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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_bucket_props(self, bucket):
 """ Serialize bucket property request and deserialize response """

        msg_code = riak.pb.messages.MSG_CODE_GET_BUCKET_REQ
        codec = self._get_codec(msg_code)
        msg = codec.encode_get_bucket_props(bucket)
        resp_code, resp = self._request(msg, codec)
        return codec.decode_bucket_props(resp.props)