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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 load_db(self):
 """ " Load json db as a dictionary. """

        try:
            with open(self.json_db_path) as fp:
                self.db = json.load(fp)
        except Exception as e:
            _logger.debug("*** Open JSON DB error.")
            raise e