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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 conf_sets(self):
        '''The dictionary of configuration sets in this component, if any.'''
        with self._mutex:
            if not self._conf_sets:
                self._parse_configuration()
        return self._conf_sets