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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 runPlugins(self, category, func, protocol, *args):
 """ Run the specified set of plugins against a given protocol. """

        # Plugins are already sorted by priority
        for plugin in self.plugins:
            # If a plugin throws an exception, we should catch it gracefully.
            try:
                event_listener = getattr(plugin, func)
            except AttributeError:
                # If the plugin doesn't implement the event, do nothing
                pass
            else:
                try:
                    stop = event_listener(protocol, *args)
                    if stop:
                        break
                except Exception:
                    # A plugin should not be able to crash the bot.
                    # Catch and log all errors.
                    traceback.print_exc()