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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 _response_item_to_object(self, resp_item):
 """ take json and make a resource out of it """

        item_cls = resources.get_model_class(self.resource_type)
        properties_dict = resp_item[self.resource_type]
        new_dict = helpers.remove_properties_containing_None(properties_dict)
        # raises exception if something goes wrong
        obj = item_cls(new_dict)
        return obj