code: def asDictionary(self):
          
          template = {
              "type" : "simple",
              "symbol" :  self._symbol.asDictionary,
              "label" : self._label,
              "description" : self._description,
              "rotationType": self._rotationType,
              "rotationExpression": self._rotationExpression
          }
          return template
docs: provides a dictionary representation of the object