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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_proto(self):
 """ Return the prototype of the method :rtype: string """

        if self.proto_idx_value is None:
            self.proto_idx_value = self.CM.get_proto(self.proto_idx)

        return self.proto_idx_value