class_docstr: Sends alerts to the Alert Processor and the alerts DynamoDB table.
docstr: Initialize the Forwarder with the boto3 clients and resource names.
docstr_tok: ["Initialize","the","Forwarder","with","the","boto3","clients","and","resource","names","."]
code: def __init__(self):
      """Initialize the Forwarder with the boto3 clients and resource names."""
      self._table = AlertTable(os.environ["ALERTS_TABLE"])
  
file_path: streamalert/streamalert/rules_engine/alert_forwarder.py
imports: import os
  from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
  from streamalert.shared import RULES_ENGINE_FUNCTION_NAME
  from streamalert.shared.alert_table import AlertTable
  from streamalert.shared.logger import get_logger
  from streamalert.shared.metrics import MetricLogger
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 to create a new AlertForwarder object  with example: obj = AlertForwarder()