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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 validate(self, document, schema=None, update=False, normalize=True):
 """ Normalizes and validates a mapping against a validation-schema of defined rules. :param document: The document to normalize. :type document: any :term:`mapping` :param schema: The validation schema. Defaults to :obj:`None`. If not provided here, the schema must have been provided at class instantiation. :type schema: any :term:`mapping` :param update: If ``True``, required fields won't be checked. :type update: :class:`bool` :param normalize: If ``True``, normalize the document before validation. :type normalize: :class:`bool` :return: ``True`` if validation succeeds, otherwise ``False``. Check the :func:`errors` property for a list of processing errors. :rtype: :class:`bool` """

        self.update = update
        self._unrequired_by_excludes = set()

        self.__init_processing(document, schema)
        if normalize:
            self.__normalize_mapping(self.document, self.schema)

        for field in self.document:
            if self.ignore_none_values and self.document[field] is None:
                continue
            definitions = self.schema.get(field)
            if definitions is not None:
                self.__validate_definitions(definitions, field)
            else:
                self.__validate_unknown_fields(field)

        if not self.update:
            self.__validate_required_fields(self.document)

        self.error_handler.end(self)

        return not bool(self._errors)