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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 create(cls, data=None, *args, **kwargs):
 """Validate and then create a Vendor entity."""

        cls.validate(data)
        # otherwise endpoint should contain the service path too
        getattr(Entity, 'create').__func__(cls, data=data, *args, **kwargs)