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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 __map_entity(self, entity: dal.AssetClass) -> AssetClass: """ maps the entity onto the model object """

        mapper = self.__get_mapper()
        ac = mapper.map_entity(entity)
        return ac