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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 message(self):
 """The message contents"""

        if self.type == 'cleartext':
            return self.bytes_to_text(self._message)

        if self.type == 'literal':
            return self._message.contents

        if self.type == 'encrypted':
            return self._message