code: def toxml(self):
          
          argstr = ''
          if self.component:
              argstr += 'component="{0}" '.format(self.component)
          if self.component_type:
              argstr += 'componentType="{0}" '.format(self.component_type)
          if self.number:
              argstr += 'number="{0}" '.format(self.number)
          if self.assignments:
              chxmlstr = ''
              for assign in self.assignments:
                  chxmlstr += assign.toxml()
              return '<MultiInstantiate {0}>{1}</MultiInstantiate>'.format(argstr, chxmlstr)
          else:
              return '<MultiInstantiate {0}/>'.format(argstr)
docs: Exports this object into a LEMS XML object