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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create(self, template=None, flags=0, args=()):
 """ Create a new rootfs for the container. "template" if passed must be a valid template name. "flags" (optional) is an integer representing the optional create flags to be passed. "args" (optional) is a tuple of arguments to pass to the template. It can also be provided as a dict. """


        if isinstance(args, dict):
            template_args = []
            for item in args.items():
                template_args.append("--%s" % item[0])
                template_args.append("%s" % item[1])
        else:
            template_args = args

        if template:
            return _lxc.Container.create(self, template=template,
                                         flags=flags,
                                         args=tuple(template_args))
        else:
            return _lxc.Container.create(self, flags=flags,
                                         args=tuple(template_args))