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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 __convert_node(node, default_value='', default_flags=vsflags()):
 """Converts a XML node to a JSON equivalent."""

    name = __get_attribute(node, 'Name')
    logging.debug('Found %s named %s', node.tagName, name)

    converted = {}
    converted['name'] = name
    converted['switch'] = __get_attribute(node, 'Switch')
    converted['comment'] = __get_attribute(node, 'DisplayName')
    converted['value'] = default_value

    # Check for the Flags attribute in case it was created during preprocessing
    flags = __get_attribute(node, 'Flags')

    if flags:
        flags = flags.split(',')
    else:
        flags = default_flags

    converted['flags'] = flags

    return converted