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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 encodeSpecialChars(self, input):
 """Do a global encoding of a string, replacing the predefined entities this routine is reentrant, and result must be deallocated. """

        ret = libxml2mod.xmlEncodeSpecialChars(self._o, input)
        return ret