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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 backend(self):
 """Returns the backend class"""

        from indico_livesync.plugin import LiveSyncPlugin
        return LiveSyncPlugin.instance.backend_classes.get(self.backend_name)