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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 read_resource_list(self, uri):
 """Read resource list from specified URI else raise exception."""

        self.logger.info("Reading resource list %s" % (uri))
        try:
            resource_list = ResourceList(allow_multifile=self.allow_multifile,
                                         mapper=self.mapper)
            resource_list.read(uri=uri)
        except Exception as e:
            raise ClientError("Can't read source resource list from %s (%s)" %
                              (uri, str(e)))
        self.logger.debug("Finished reading resource list")
        return(resource_list)