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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 start(self):
 """Start the socket server. The socket server will begin accepting incoming connections. """

        if self._shutdown:
            raise ShutdownError()

        self.read_watcher.start()
        logger.info("server started listening on {}".format(self.address))