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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 loads(inputStr):
 """Takes a string and converts it into an internal hypercat object, with some checking"""

    inCat = json.loads(inputStr)
    assert CATALOGUE_TYPE in _values(inCat[CATALOGUE_METADATA], ISCONTENTTYPE_RELATION)
    # Manually copy mandatory fields, to check that they are they, and exclude other garbage
    desc = _values(inCat[CATALOGUE_METADATA], DESCRIPTION_RELATION)[0]  # TODO: We are ASSUMING just one description, which may not be true
    outCat = Hypercat(desc)
    for i in inCat[ITEMS]:
        href = i[HREF]
        contentType = _values(i[ITEM_METADATA], ISCONTENTTYPE_RELATION) [0]
        desc = _values(i[ITEM_METADATA], DESCRIPTION_RELATION) [0]
        if contentType == CATALOGUE_TYPE:
            r = Hypercat(desc)
        else:
            r = Resource(desc, contentType)
        outCat.addItem(r, href)

    return outCat