code: def template(self) -> "DictStrAny":
      # optimization: check for syntax errors only once for `matrix` stages
      check_syntax_errors(self._template, self.name, self.relpath)
      return self._template
  
imports: import logging
  import os
  from collections.abc import Mapping, Sequence
  from copy import deepcopy
  from itertools import product
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
  from funcy import collecting, first, isa, join, reraise
  from dvc.exceptions import DvcException
  from dvc.log import logger
  from dvc.parsing.interpolate import ParseError
  from dvc.utils.objects import cached_property
  from .context import Context, ContextError, KeyNotInContext, MergeError, Node, VarsAlreadyLoaded
  from .interpolate import check_recursive_parse_errors, is_interpolated_string, recurse, to_str
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the MatrixDefinition obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.template() and returns: self