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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 _GetStat(self):
 """Retrieves a stat object. Returns: VFSStat: a stat object. Raises: BackEndError: when the encoded stream is missing. """

    stat_object = vfs_stat.VFSStat()

    # File data stat information.
    stat_object.size = self.path_spec.range_size

    # File entry type stat information.
    stat_object.type = stat_object.TYPE_FILE

    return stat_object