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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 serialize(obj):
 """Takes a object and produces a dict-like representation :param obj: the object to serialize """

    if isinstance(obj, list):
        return [serialize(o) for o in obj]
    return GenericSerializer(ModelProviderImpl()).serialize(obj)