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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_connection_cls(cls):
 """Return connection class. :rtype: :class:`type` """

        if cls.__connection_cls is None:
            cls.__connection_cls, _ = cls.from_settings()
        return cls.__connection_cls