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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 __dict_to_object_meta(name, namespace, metadata):
    '''
    Converts a dictionary into kubernetes ObjectMetaV1 instance.
    '''
    meta_obj = kubernetes.client.V1ObjectMeta()
    meta_obj.namespace = namespace

    # Replicate `kubectl [create|replace|apply] --record`
    if 'annotations' not in metadata:
        metadata['annotations'] = {}
    if 'kubernetes.io/change-cause' not in metadata['annotations']:
        metadata['annotations']['kubernetes.io/change-cause'] = ' '.join(sys.argv)

    for key, value in iteritems(metadata):
        if hasattr(meta_obj, key):
            setattr(meta_obj, key, value)

    if meta_obj.name != name:
        log.warning(
            'The object already has a name attribute, overwriting it with '
            'the one defined inside of salt')
        meta_obj.name = name

    return meta_obj