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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 asDictionary(self):
 """ provides a dictionary representation of the object """

        template = {
            "type" : "simple",
            "symbol" :  self._symbol.asDictionary,
            "label" : self._label,
            "description" : self._description,
            "rotationType": self._rotationType,
            "rotationExpression": self._rotationExpression
        }
        return template