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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 parse(self, element):
 """Parses the contents of the specified XML element using template info. :arg element: the XML element from the input file being converted. """

        result = []
        if element.text is not None and element.tag == self.identifier:
            l, k = (0, 0)
            raw = element.text.split()
            while k < len(self.values):
                dtype = self.dtype[k]
                if isinstance(self.values[k], int):
                    for i in range(self.values[k]):
                        result.append(self._caster[dtype](raw[i + l]))
                    l += self.values[k]
                    k += 1
                else:
                    #This is a variable argument line, just use up the rest
                    #of them as the type of the current line
                    rest = [ self._caster[dtype](val) for val in raw[l::] ]
                    result.extend(rest)
                    break
        else:
            msg.warn("no results for parsing {} using line {}".format(element.tag, self.identifier))

        return result