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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 create_default_element(self, name):
 """ Creates a <@name/> tag under root if there is none. """


        found = self.root.find(name)
        if found is not None:
            return found
        ele = ET.Element(name)
        self.root.append(ele)
        return ele