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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 getReferenceByName(self, name):
 """ Returns the reference with the specified name. """

        if name not in self._referenceNameMap:
            raise exceptions.ReferenceNameNotFoundException(name)
        return self._referenceNameMap[name]