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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 _validate_applications(self, apps):
 		"""Validate the application collection"""

		for application_id, application_config in apps.items():
			self._validate_config(application_id, application_config)

			application_config["APPLICATION_ID"] = application_id