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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 load_search_space(path):
    '''load search space content'''
    content = json.dumps(get_json_content(path))
    if not content:
        raise ValueError('searchSpace file should not be empty')
    return content