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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 get_tabs(self, request, **kwargs):
 """Returns the initialized tab group for this view."""

        if self._tab_group is None:
            self._tab_group = self.tab_group_class(request, **kwargs)
        return self._tab_group