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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_name_filters(cls, filters):
 """Return a regex filter for the UID column only."""

        filters = filters.get(cls.__uid_field__)
        if not filters:
            filters = '.*'
        elif not isinstance(filters, string_types):
            filters = r'(%s)' % ('|'.join(filters))
        return filters