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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 from_dict(cls, d):
 """ Given a dict in python-zimbra format or XML, generate a Python object. """


        if type(d) != dict:
            raise TypeError('Expecting a <dict>, got a {0}'.format(type(d)))
        obj = cls()
        obj._full_data = d

        # import attributes
        obj._import_attributes(d)

        # import <a> child tags as dict items, see __getitem__()
        obj._a_tags = obj._parse_a_tags(d)

        return obj