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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 getDict(self):
 """ Retrieve the current parameter settings from the GUI."""

        # We are going to have to return the dict so let's
        # first make sure all of our models are up to date with the values in
        # the GUI right now.
        badList = self.checkSetSaveEntries(doSave=False)
        if badList:
            self.processBadEntries(badList, self.taskName, canCancel=False)
        return self._taskParsObj.dict()