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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 socket(self):
 """Return the socket or ssl object for this client."""

        if self._ssl:
            if self._useSecuredWebsocket:
                return self._ssl.getSSLSocket()
            else:
                return self._ssl
        else:
            return self._sock