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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 _validate_timeout(cls, value, name):
 """ Check that a timeout attribute is valid. :param value: The timeout value to validate :param name: The name of the timeout attribute to validate. This is used to specify in error messages. :return: The validated and casted version of the given value. :raises ValueError: If it is a numeric value less than or equal to zero, or the type is not an integer, float, or None. """

        if value is _Default:
            return cls.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT

        if value is None or value is cls.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
            return value

        if isinstance(value, bool):
            raise ValueError("Timeout cannot be a boolean value. It must "
                             "be an int, float or None.")
        try:
            float(value)
        except (TypeError, ValueError):
            raise ValueError("Timeout value %s was %s, but it must be an "
                             "int, float or None." % (name, value))

        try:
            if value <= 0:
                raise ValueError("Attempted to set %s timeout to %s, but the "
                                 "timeout cannot be set to a value less "
                                 "than or equal to 0." % (name, value))
        except TypeError:  # Python 3
            raise ValueError("Timeout value %s was %s, but it must be an "
                             "int, float or None." % (name, value))

        return value