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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 publish(self, message):
 """ If not stopping, publish a message to RabbitMQ. :param str message: The fully encoded message to publish """

        if self._stopping:
            return
        self._logger.info("publishing\t%s" % message)
        properties = pika.BasicProperties(content_type=self._content_type,
                                          delivery_mode=1)

        self._channel.basic_publish(self._exchange,
                                    self._routing_key,
                                    message,
                                    properties)