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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 apply_filter(self, strings):
 """ Apply the text filter filter to the given list of strings. :param list strings: the list of input strings """

        result = strings
        for filt in self.filters:
            result = filt.apply_filter(result)
        self.log([u"Applying regex: '%s' => '%s'", strings, result])
        return result