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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 getElement(self, node, name, nsuri=None, default=join):
 """Return the first child of node with a matching name and namespace uri, or the default if one is provided."""

        nsmatch = self.nsUriMatch
        ELEMENT_NODE = node.ELEMENT_NODE
        for child in node.childNodes:
            if child.nodeType == ELEMENT_NODE:
                if ((child.localName == name or name is None) and
                    (nsuri is None or nsmatch(child.namespaceURI, nsuri))
                    ):
                    return child
        if default is not join:
            return default
        raise KeyError, name