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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 replace_component(self, name, callable, provides=None, depends=None):
 """Changes an existing component with a given name, invalidating all the values computed by the previous component and its successors."""

        self.remove_component(name)
        self.add_component(name, callable, provides, depends)