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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 validate(self, protocol_version, values=None):
 """Validate child value types and values against protocol_version."""

        if values is None:
            values = self.values
        return self.get_schema(protocol_version)(values)