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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(self, message):
 """Write a message to the gateway."""

        if not message or not self.protocol or not self.protocol.transport:
            return
        if not self.can_log:
            _LOGGER.debug('Sending %s', message.strip())
        try:
            self.protocol.transport.write(message.encode())
        except OSError as exc:
            _LOGGER.error(
                'Failed writing to transport %s: %s',
                self.protocol.transport, exc)
            self.protocol.transport.close()
            self.protocol.conn_lost_callback()