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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 contains_container(self, path):
 """ Returns True if a container exists at the specified path, otherwise False. :param path: str or Path instance :return: :rtype: bool :raises ValueError: A component of path is a field name. """

        path = make_path(path)
        try:
            self.get_container(path)
            return True
        except KeyError:
            return False