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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 inherit_type(self, type_cls: Type[TInherit]) \ -> Union[TInherit, 'Publisher']: """ enables the usage of method and attribute overloading for this publisher. """

        self._inherited_type = type_cls
        return self