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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 encode(self, object_):
 """ Encodes an object. Args: object_ (object):
 Object to encode. Returns: object: Encoding of the object. """

        if self.enforce_reversible:
            self.enforce_reversible = False
            if self.decode(self.encode(object_)) != object_:
                raise ValueError('Encoding is not reversible for "%s"' % object_)
            self.enforce_reversible = True

        return object_