code: def path(self, path):
          
  
          # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
          self._path = copy_.copy(path)
  
          # The provided path is shallow copied; it does not have any attributes
          # with mutable types.
  
          # We perform this check after the initialization to avoid errors
          # in test tools that show the object with repr().
          assert isinstance(path, CIMClassName) or path is None
docs: Setter method; for a description see the getter method.