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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 force_unlock(self, key):
 """ Releases the lock for the specified key regardless of the lock owner. It always successfully unlocks the key, never blocks, and returns immediately. **Warning: This method uses __hash__ and __eq__ methods of binary form of the key, not the actual implementations of __hash__ and __eq__ defined in key's class.** :param key: (object), the key to lock. """

        check_not_none(key, "key can't be None")
        key_data = self._to_data(key)
        return self._encode_invoke_on_key(map_force_unlock_codec, key_data, key=key_data,
                                          reference_id=self.reference_id_generator.get_and_increment())