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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 save(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """ saves creates or updates current resource returns new resource """

        self._pre_save(*args, **kwargs)
        response = self._save(*args, **kwargs)
        response = self._post_save(response, *args, **kwargs)
        return response