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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 hostname(self, value):
 """ The hostname where the log message was created. Should be the first part of the hostname, or an IP address. Should NOT be set to a fully qualified domain name. """

        if value is None:
            value = socket.gethostname()
        self._hostname = value