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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 getLogger(cls, name=None):
 """ Retrieves the Python native logger :param name: The name of the logger instance in the VSG namespace (VSG.<name>); a None value will use the VSG root. :return: The instacne of the Python logger object. """

        return logging.getLogger("{0}.{1}".format(cls.BASENAME, name) if name else cls.BASENAME)