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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 configuration(self, plugin):
 """ Get plugin configuration. Return a tuple of (on|off|default, args) """

        conf = self.config.get(plugin, "default;").split(';')
        if len(conf) == 1:
            conf.append('')
        return tuple(conf)