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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 duplicate(self):
        '''
        Returns a copy of this deliveries method.
        @return: DeliveryMethod
        '''
        return self.__class__(self.method, self.status, self.date, self.ref)