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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_service_config(self):
 """ Reads in config file of UAA credential information or generates one as a side-effect if not yet initialized. """

        # Should work for windows, osx, and linux environments
        if not os.path.exists(self.config_path):
            try:
                os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.config_path))
            except OSError as exc:
                if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:
                    raise

            return {}

        with open(self.config_path, 'r') as data:
            return json.load(data)