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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 delete_collection(self, collection):
 """ Deletes an existing collection. The collection being updated *is* expected to include the id. """

        uri = str.join('/', [self.uri, collection])
        return self.service._delete(uri)