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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 get_specification(self):
 """Get the specification for the running application. Returns ------- spec : ApplicationSpec """

        resp = self._call('getApplicationSpec', proto.Empty())
        return ApplicationSpec.from_protobuf(resp)