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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 _generate_resource_dict(self):
 """Generates the resource dict for this Resource, the value associated with the logical id in a CloudFormation template's Resources section. :returns: the resource dict for this Resource :rtype: dict """

        resource_dict = {}

        resource_dict['Type'] = self.resource_type

        if self.depends_on:
            resource_dict['DependsOn'] = self.depends_on

        resource_dict.update(self.resource_attributes)

        properties_dict = {}
        for name in self.property_types:
            value = getattr(self, name)
            if value is not None:
                properties_dict[name] = value

        resource_dict['Properties'] = properties_dict

        return resource_dict