def save(self, filename: str, path: str | None = None) -> None:
        """
        Save a model to file in the format specific to the backend framework.

        :param filename: Name of the file where to store the model.
        :param path: Path of the folder where to store the model. If no path is specified, the model will be stored in
                     the default data location of the library `ART_DATA_PATH`.
        """
        if path is None:
            full_path = os.path.join(config.ART_DATA_PATH, filename)
        else:
            full_path = os.path.join(path, filename)
        folder = os.path.split(full_path)[0]
        if not os.path.exists(folder):  # pragma: no cover
            os.makedirs(folder)

        with open(full_path + ".pickle", "wb") as file_pickle:
            pickle.dump(self._model, file=file_pickle)

        Save a model to file in the format specific to the backend framework.

        :param filename: Name of the file where to store the model.
        :param path: Path of the folder where to store the model. If no path is specified, the model will be stored in
                     the default data location of the library `ART_DATA_PATH`.
        
art/estimators/classification/catboost.py