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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 process(self):
 """ Store the actual process in _process. If it doesn't exist yet, create it. """

        if hasattr(self, '_process'):
            return self._process
        else:
            self._process = self._get_process()
            return self._process