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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 await_socket(self, timeout):
 """Wait up to a given timeout for a process to write socket info."""

    return self.await_metadata_by_name(self._name, 'socket', timeout, self._socket_type)