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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 _render(self, request, formencode=False, realm=None):
 """Render a signed request according to signature type Returns a 3-tuple containing the request URI, headers, and body. If the formencode argument is True and the body contains parameters, it is escaped and returned as a valid formencoded string. """

        # TODO what if there are body params on a header-type auth?
        # TODO what if there are query params on a body-type auth?

        uri, headers, body = request.uri, request.headers, request.body

        # TODO: right now these prepare_* methods are very narrow in scope--they
        # only affect their little thing. In some cases (for example, with
        # header auth) it might be advantageous to allow these methods to touch
        # other parts of the request, like the headers—so the prepare_headers
        # method could also set the Content-Type header to x-www-form-urlencoded
        # like the spec requires. This would be a fundamental change though, and
        # I'm not sure how I feel about it.
        if self.signature_type == SIGNATURE_TYPE_AUTH_HEADER:
            headers = parameters.prepare_headers(
                request.oauth_params, request.headers, realm=realm)
        elif self.signature_type == SIGNATURE_TYPE_BODY and request.decoded_body is not None:
            body = parameters.prepare_form_encoded_body(
                request.oauth_params, request.decoded_body)
            if formencode:
                body = urlencode(body)
            headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
        elif self.signature_type == SIGNATURE_TYPE_QUERY:
            uri = parameters.prepare_request_uri_query(
                request.oauth_params, request.uri)
        else:
            raise ValueError('Unknown signature type specified.')

        return uri, headers, body