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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 get_component(self, component_type):
        '''
        Gets component of component_type or returns None
        '''
        matching_components = list(filter(lambda component:
                                          isinstance(component,
                                                     component_type),
                                          self._components))
        if matching_components:
            return matching_components[0]
        else:
            return None