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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 update(self):
 """ Pushes any local changes to the object up to the actual load balancer node. """

        diff = self._diff()
        if not diff:
            # Nothing to do!
            return
        self.parent.update_node(self, diff)