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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 _match_metric(self, metric):
 """ matches the metric path, if the metrics are empty, it shorts to True """

        if len(self._compiled_filters) == 0:
            return True
        for (collector, filter_regex) in self._compiled_filters:
            if collector != metric.getCollectorPath():
                continue
            if filter_regex.match(metric.getMetricPath()):
                return True
        return False