def addSystemEventTrigger(phase, eventType, callable, *args, **kw):
    """
        Add a function to be called when a system event occurs.

        Each "system event" in Twisted, such as 'startup', 'shutdown', and
        'persist', has 3 phases: 'before', 'during', and 'after' (in that
        order, of course).  These events will be fired internally by the
        Reactor.

        An implementor of this interface must only implement those events
        described here.

        Callbacks registered for the "before" phase may return either None or a
        Deferred.  The "during" phase will not execute until all of the
        Deferreds from the "before" phase have fired.

        Once the "during" phase is running, all of the remaining triggers must
        execute; their return values must be ignored.

        @param phase: a time to call the event -- either the string 'before',
                      'after', or 'during', describing when to call it
                      relative to the event's execution.

        @param eventType: this is a string describing the type of event.

        @param callable: the object to call before shutdown.

        @param args: the arguments to call it with.

        @param kw: the keyword arguments to call it with.

        @return: an ID that can be used to remove this call with
                 removeSystemEventTrigger.
        """
