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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 parse(self, path):
 """Extracts a dictionary of values from the XML file at the specified path."""

        #Load the template that will be used for parsing the values.
        expath, template, root = self._load_template(path)
        if expath is not None:
            values = template.parse(root)

        return (values, template)