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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 provides(self):
 # type: Union[Iterable[Type[T]], Type[Any]] """The types of objects the data store provides."""

        types = set()
        any_dispatch = False
        try:
            types.update(getattr(self.__class__, "get")._provides)
            any_dispatch = True
        except AttributeError:
            pass
        try:
            types.update(getattr(self.__class__, "get_many")._provides)
            any_dispatch = True
        except AttributeError:
            pass
        return types if any_dispatch else TYPE_WILDCARD