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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 add_job(self, func, *args):
 """Add a job that should return a reply to be sent. A job is a tuple of function and optional args. Keyword arguments can be passed via use of functools.partial. The job should return a string that should be sent by the gateway protocol. The async version of this method will send the reply directly. """

        job = func, args
        reply = self.run_job(job)
        self.send(reply)