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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 thread(self, value: str):
 """ Set thread id of the message Args: value (str):
 the thread id """

        if value is not None and not isinstance(value, str):
            raise TypeError("'thread' MUST be a string")
        self._thread = value