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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 getVariables(self):
 """ Get all the variables declared. """

        variables = lock_and_call(
            lambda: self._impl.getVariables(),
            self._lock
        )
        return EntityMap(variables, Variable)