def get_choices(self):
        """stub"""
        # ideally would return a displayText object in text ... except for legacy
        # use cases like OEA, it expects a text string.
        choices = {}
        # for region_name, region_choices in self.my_osid_object.object_map['choices'].items():
        for region_name, region_choices in self.my_osid_object._my_map['choices'].items():
            updated_region_choices = []
            for current_choice in region_choices:
                filtered_choice = {
                    'id': current_choice['id'],
                    'text': self.get_matching_language_value('texts',
                                                             dictionary=current_choice).text,
                    'name': current_choice['name']
                }
                updated_region_choices.append(filtered_choice)
            choices[region_name] = updated_region_choices
        return choices