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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 adapt_item(item, package, filename=None):
 """Adapts ``.epub.Item`` to a ``DocumentItem``. """

    if item.media_type == 'application/xhtml+xml':
        try:
            html = etree.parse(item.data)
        except Exception as exc:
            logger.error("failed parsing {}".format(item.name))
            raise
        metadata = DocumentPointerMetadataParser(
            html, raise_value_error=False)()
        item.data.seek(0)
        if metadata.get('is_document_pointer'):
            model = DocumentPointerItem(item, package)
        else:
            model = DocumentItem(item, package)
    else:
        model = Resource(item.name, item.data, item.media_type,
                         filename or item.name)
    return model