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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 maybe_expire(self, request_timeout_ms, retry_backoff_ms, linger_ms, is_full):
 """Expire batches if metadata is not available A batch whose metadata is not available should be expired if one of the following is true: * the batch is not in retry AND request timeout has elapsed after it is ready (full or linger.ms has reached). * the batch is in retry AND request timeout has elapsed after the backoff period ended. """

        now = time.time()
        since_append = now - self.last_append
        since_ready = now - (self.created + linger_ms / 1000.0)
        since_backoff = now - (self.last_attempt + retry_backoff_ms / 1000.0)
        timeout = request_timeout_ms / 1000.0

        error = None
        if not self.in_retry() and is_full and timeout < since_append:
            error = "%d seconds have passed since last append" % (since_append,)
        elif not self.in_retry() and timeout < since_ready:
            error = "%d seconds have passed since batch creation plus linger time" % (since_ready,)
        elif self.in_retry() and timeout < since_backoff:
            error = "%d seconds have passed since last attempt plus backoff time" % (since_backoff,)

        if error:
            self.records.close()
            self.done(-1, None, Errors.KafkaTimeoutError(
                "Batch for %s containing %s record(s) expired: %s" % (
                self.topic_partition, self.records.next_offset(), error)))
            return True
        return False