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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 getroot(self):
 """Return the root element of the figure. The root element is a group of elements after stripping the toplevel ``<svg>`` tag. Returns ------- GroupElement All elements of the figure without the ``<svg>`` tag. """

        if 'class' in self.root.attrib:
            attrib = {'class': self.root.attrib['class']}
        else:
            attrib = None
        return GroupElement(self.root.getchildren(), attrib=attrib)