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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_pants_target_alias(self, pants_target_type):
 """Returns the pants target alias for the given target"""

    if pants_target_type in self.target_aliases_map:
      return self.target_aliases_map.get(pants_target_type)
    else:
      return "{}.{}".format(pants_target_type.__module__, pants_target_type.__name__)