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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 type_str(self, short=False):
 """ Returns the type of the attribute as string. :return: the type :rtype: str """

        if short:
            return javabridge.static_call(
                "weka/core/Attribute", "typeToStringShort", "(Lweka/core/Attribute;)Ljava/lang/String;",
                self.jobject)
        else:
            return javabridge.static_call(
                "weka/core/Attribute", "typeToString", "(Lweka/core/Attribute;)Ljava/lang/String;",
                self.jobject)