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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_metadata(self):
 """ Returns the associated metadata info for this template version Returns: dict: Metadata for this version """


        if self._metadata is None:
            self._metadata = self._source.get_metadata(self._handle)
        return self._metadata