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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 fields(self):
 """ returns a list of feature fields """

        if 'feature' in self._dict:
            self._attributes = self._dict['feature']['attributes']
        else:
            self._attributes = self._dict['attributes']
        return self._attributes.keys()