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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 get_templates(self):
 """ Get list of templates this object use :return: list of templates :rtype: list """

        use = getattr(self, 'use', '')
        if isinstance(use, list):
            return [n.strip() for n in use if n.strip()]

        return [n.strip() for n in use.split(',') if n.strip()]