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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 stop(self):
 """Stop the event listener."""

        # Signal the thread to stop before handling the next request
        self._listener_thread.stop_flag.set()
        # Send a dummy request in case the http server is currently listening
        try:
            urlopen(
                'http://%s:%s/' % (self.address[0], self.address[1]))
        except URLError:
            # If the server is already shut down, we receive a socket error,
            # which we ignore.
            pass
        # wait for the thread to finish
        self._listener_thread.join()
        self.is_running = False
        log.info("Event listener stopped")