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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def __load_json(self, stream):
 """Load json stream into a dict object """


        import json

        try:
            return json.loads(stream)
        except ValueError as e:
            cause = "invalid json format. %s" % str(e)
        raise InvalidFormatError(cause=cause)