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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 set(self, instance, value, **kw):
 # noqa """Set the value of the uid reference field """

        ref = []
        # The value is an UID
        if api.is_uid(value):
            ref.append(value)

        # The value is a dictionary, get the UIDs.
        if u.is_dict(value):
            ref = ref.append(value.get("uid"))

        # The value is already an object
        if api.is_at_content(value):
            ref.append(value)

        # The value is a list
        if u.is_list(value):
            for item in value:
                # uid
                if api.is_uid(item):
                    ref.append(item)
                # dict (catalog query)
                elif u.is_dict(item):
                    # If there is UID of objects, just use it.
                    uid = item.get('uid', None)
                    if uid:
                        ref.append(uid)

        # Handle non multi valued fields
        if not self.multi_valued:
            if len(ref) > 1:
                raise ValueError("Multiple values given for single valued "
                                 "field {}".format(repr(self.field)))
            else:
                ref = ref[0]

        return self._set(instance, ref, **kw)