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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 close(self):
 """ Close the database connection and render self invalid. Any subsequent re-use of self will raise an error. """

        self._cursor.close()
        self._db.close()
        self._cursor = self._db = self._cache = None