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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 _send_query(self):
 """ send a QUERY message periodically."""

        timeout = 60
        ofproto = self._datapath.ofproto
        parser = self._datapath.ofproto_parser
        if ofproto_v1_0.OFP_VERSION == ofproto.OFP_VERSION:
            send_port = ofproto.OFPP_NONE
        else:
            send_port = ofproto.OFPP_ANY

        # create a general query.
        res_igmp = igmp.igmp(
            msgtype=igmp.IGMP_TYPE_QUERY,
            maxresp=igmp.QUERY_RESPONSE_INTERVAL * 10,
            csum=0,
            address='0.0.0.0')
        res_ipv4 = ipv4.ipv4(
            total_length=len(ipv4.ipv4()) + len(res_igmp),
            proto=inet.IPPROTO_IGMP, ttl=1,
            src='0.0.0.0',
            dst=igmp.MULTICAST_IP_ALL_HOST)
        res_ether = ethernet.ethernet(
            dst=igmp.MULTICAST_MAC_ALL_HOST,
            src=self._datapath.ports[ofproto.OFPP_LOCAL].hw_addr,
            ethertype=ether.ETH_TYPE_IP)
        res_pkt = packet.Packet()
        res_pkt.add_protocol(res_ether)
        res_pkt.add_protocol(res_ipv4)
        res_pkt.add_protocol(res_igmp)
        res_pkt.serialize()

        flood = [parser.OFPActionOutput(ofproto.OFPP_FLOOD)]

        while True:
            # reset reply status.
            for status in self._mcast.values():
                for port in status.keys():
                    status[port] = False

            # send a general query to the host that sent this message.
            self._do_packet_out(
                self._datapath, res_pkt.data, send_port, flood)
            hub.sleep(igmp.QUERY_RESPONSE_INTERVAL)

            # QUERY timeout expired.
            del_groups = []
            for group, status in self._mcast.items():
                del_ports = []
                actions = []
                for port in status.keys():
                    if not status[port]:
                        del_ports.append(port)
                    else:
                        actions.append(parser.OFPActionOutput(port))
                if len(actions) and len(del_ports):
                    self._set_flow_entry(
                        self._datapath, actions, self.server_port, group)
                if not len(actions):
                    self._del_flow_entry(
                        self._datapath, self.server_port, group)
                    del_groups.append(group)
                if len(del_ports):
                    for port in del_ports:
                        self._del_flow_entry(self._datapath, port, group)
                for port in del_ports:
                    del status[port]
            for group in del_groups:
                del self._mcast[group]

            rest_time = timeout - igmp.QUERY_RESPONSE_INTERVAL
            hub.sleep(rest_time)