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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 read_json(self, xblock):
 """ Retrieve the serialized value for this field from the specified xblock """

        self._warn_deprecated_outside_JSONField()
        return self.to_json(self.read_from(xblock))