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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 to_dict(self):
 """Converts VDOM object to a dictionary that passes our schema """

        attributes = dict(self.attributes.items())
        if self.style:
            attributes.update({"style": dict(self.style.items())})
        vdom_dict = {'tagName': self.tag_name, 'attributes': attributes}
        if self.event_handlers:
            event_handlers = dict(self.event_handlers.items())
            for key, value in event_handlers.items():
                value = create_event_handler(key, value)
                event_handlers[key] = value
            vdom_dict['eventHandlers'] = event_handlers
        if self.key:
            vdom_dict['key'] = self.key
        vdom_dict['children'] = [c.to_dict() if isinstance(c, VDOM) else c for c in self.children]
        return vdom_dict