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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 metadata(self):
 """Return an SqlAlchemy MetaData object, bound to the engine."""


        from sqlalchemy import MetaData

        metadata = MetaData(bind=self.engine, schema=self._schema)

        metadata.reflect(self.engine)

        return metadata