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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 collect(self):
 """Collect the data for a plugin."""

        start = time()
        self._collect_copy_specs()
        self._collect_cmd_output()
        self._collect_strings()
        fields = (self.name(), time() - start)
        self._log_debug("collected plugin '%s' in %s" % fields)