docs: def encode(self):
          """
          Just iterate over the child elements and append them to the current element
  
          :return: the encoded element
          :rtype: xml.etree.ElementTree.Element
          """
          element = ElementTree.Element(
              self.name,
              attrib={'type': FieldConstants.ARRAY},
          )
          for item in self.value:
              element.append(item.encode())
          return element