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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 preferred_jvm_distribution(cls, platforms, strict=False):
 """Returns a jvm Distribution with a version that should work for all the platforms. Any one of those distributions whose version is >= all requested platforms' versions can be returned unless strict flag is set. :param iterable platforms: An iterable of platform settings. :param bool strict: If true, only distribution whose version matches the minimum required version can be returned, i.e, the max target_level of all the requested platforms. :returns: Distribution one of the selected distributions. """

    if not platforms:
      return DistributionLocator.cached()
    min_version = max(platform.target_level for platform in platforms)
    max_version = Revision(*(min_version.components + [9999])) if strict else None
    return DistributionLocator.cached(minimum_version=min_version, maximum_version=max_version)