code: function fromXML($xmlElement)
      {
          if (isset($xmlElement->id)) $this->id = $xmlElement->id;
          if (isset($xmlElement->name)) $this->name = $xmlElement->name;
          if (isset($xmlElement->active)) $this->active = $xmlElement->active;
          if (isset($xmlElement->anonymizable)) $this->anonymizable = $xmlElement->anonymizable;
          if (isset($xmlElement->description)) $this->description = $xmlElement->description;
          if (isset($xmlElement->created)) $this->created = $xmlElement->created;
          if (isset($xmlElement->updated)) $this->updated = $xmlElement->updated;
  
          if (isset($xmlElement->attributes)) {
              $this->attributes = array();
              foreach ($xmlElement->attributes->children() as $xmlAttribute) {
                  $attribute = array();
                  if (isset($xmlAttribute->name)) $attribute['name'] = trim($xmlAttribute->name);
                  if (isset($xmlAttribute->datatype)) $attribute['datatype'] = DataType::getDataType($xmlAttribute->datatype);
                  if (isset($xmlAttribute->description)) $attribute['description'] = trim($xmlAttribute->description);
                  if (isset($xmlAttribute->required)) $attribute['required'] = $xmlAttribute->required;
                  array_push($this->attributes, $attribute);
              }
          }
      }
docs: Initializes this contact event type from an XML representation.
  
  @param SimpleXMLElement $xmlElement
  the serialized XML representation to use