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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 runGetRequest(self, obj):
 """ Runs a get request by converting the specified datamodel object into its protocol representation. """

        protocolElement = obj.toProtocolElement()
        jsonString = protocol.toJson(protocolElement)
        return jsonString