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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 __get_axis_events(self, state, timeval=None):
 """Get the stick events from xinput."""

        axis_changes = self.__detect_axis_events(state)
        events = self.__emulate_axis(axis_changes, timeval)
        return events