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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 _directory (self):
 """The directory for this AitConfig."""

        if self._filename is None:
            return os.path.join(self._ROOT_DIR, 'config')
        else:
            return os.path.dirname(self._filename)