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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_entries(self, root):
 """Loads all the child entries of the input template from the specified root element."""

        mdict = {
            "comments": self._comment,
            "line": self._line,
            "group": self._group
        }
        for entry in root:
            mdict[entry.tag](entry)