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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 _send_and_reconnect(self, message):
 """Send _message_ to Graphite Server and attempt reconnect on failure. If _autoreconnect_ was specified, attempt to reconnect if first send fails. :raises AttributeError: When the socket has not been set. :raises socket.error: When the socket connection is no longer valid. """

        try:
            self.socket.sendall(message.encode("ascii"))
        except (AttributeError, socket.error):
            if not self.autoreconnect():
                raise
            else:
                self.socket.sendall(message.encode("ascii"))