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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_object_handle(self, obj):
 """ Gets the vrep object handle. """

        if obj not in self._object_handles:
            self._object_handles[obj] = self._get_object_handle(obj=obj)

        return self._object_handles[obj]