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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 deprecated(message=None):
 """ This decorator marks methods as deprecated. A warning is displayed if the method is called. """


    def decorated_method_to_deprecate(func):
        if inspect.isclass(func):
            # Handle a deprecated class differently from a deprecated method
            msg = "Class {}() is DEPRECATED! *** ".format(func.__name__)
            if message:
                msg += "<> %s <>" % message
            warnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning)  # See Warnings
            warnings.warn(msg, category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
            warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)  # Set Default
            return func

        @wraps(func)
        def new_func(*args, **kwargs):
            msg = "Method {}() is DEPRECATED! *** ".format(func.__name__)
            if message:
                msg += "<> %s <>" % message
            warnings.simplefilter('always', DeprecationWarning)  # See Warnings
            warnings.warn(msg, category=DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
            warnings.simplefilter('default', DeprecationWarning)  # Set Default
            return func(*args, **kwargs)
        return new_func
    return decorated_method_to_deprecate