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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 setEncoder(self, encoder):
 """ Sets the client's encoder ``encoder`` should be an instance of a ``json.JSONEncoder`` class """

        if not encoder:
            self._encoder = json.JSONEncoder()
        else:
            self._encoder = encoder
        self._encode = self._encoder.encode