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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 getConfigRoot(cls, create = False):
 """ Return the mapped configuration root node """

        try:
            return manager.gettree(getattr(cls, 'configkey'), create)
        except AttributeError:
            return None