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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):
 """ Convert this VirtualIP to a dict representation for passing to the API. """

        if self.id:
            return {"id": self.id}
        return {"type": self.type, "ipVersion": self.ip_version}