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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 query(self, req, timeout=None, metadata=None, credentials=None):
 """Runs query operation."""

        return self.stub.Query(req, timeout=timeout, metadata=metadata,
                               credentials=credentials)