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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 close(self):
 """ Closes the socket. """

        self.acquire()
        try:
            if self.transport is not None:
                self.transport.close()
            super(Rfc5424SysLogHandler, self).close()
        finally:
            self.release()