code: def toxml(self):
          
  
          xmlstr = '<Component id="{0}" type="{1}"'.format(self.id, self.type)
  
          for (k, v) in self.parameters.items():
              xmlstr += ' {0}="{1}"'.format(k, v)
  
          if self.children:
              xmlstr += '>'
              for child in self.children:
                  xmlstr += child.toxml()
              xmlstr += '</Component>'
          else:
              xmlstr += '/>'
  
          return xmlstr
docs: Exports this object into a LEMS XML object