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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 _load_mapping(self, tag, ssh=False):
 """Extracts all the alternate module name mappings to be considered. :arg tag: the ET tag for the <mappings> element."""

        mappings = {}
        for mapping in tag:
            if mapping.tag == "map":
                mappings[mapping.attrib["module"]] = mapping.attrib["file"]

        if ssh == False:
            self._vardict["mappings"] = mappings
        else:
            self._vardict["ssh.mappings"] = mappings