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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 encode(self, obj):
 """Fired for every object."""

        s = super(CustomEncoder, self).encode(obj)
        # If uncompressed, postprocess for formatting
        if len(s.splitlines()) > 1:
            s = self.postprocess(s)
        return s