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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 publish(self, topic, payload = None, qos = 0, retain = False):
 """Publish some payload to server."""

        #print "PUBLISHING (",topic,"): ", payload
        payloadlen = len(payload)
        if topic is None or qos < 0 or qos > 2:
            print "PUBLISH:err inval"
            return NC.ERR_INVAL
        
        #payloadlen <= 250MB
        if payloadlen > (250 * 1024 * 1204):
            self.logger.error("PUBLISH:err payload len:%d", payloadlen)
            return NC.ERR_PAYLOAD_SIZE
        
        #wildcard check : TODO
        mid = self.mid_generate()
        
        if qos in (0,1,2):
            return self.send_publish(mid, topic, payload, qos, retain, False)

        else:
            self.logger.error("Unsupport QoS= %d", qos)
    
        return NC.ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED