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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 jinja_env(self) -> Environment: """The jinja environment used to load templates."""

        if self._jinja_env is None:
            self._jinja_env = self.create_jinja_environment()
        return self._jinja_env