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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 as_dict(self):
        "json friendly dict representation"
        d = {}
        d["@module"] = self.__class__.__module__
        d["@class"] = self.__class__.__name__
        d["spin_mode"] = self.spin_mode.as_dict()
        d["smearing"] = self.smearing.as_dict()
        d["algorithm"] = self.algorithm.as_dict() if self.algorithm else None
        d["nband"] = self.nband
        d["fband"] = self.fband
        d["charge"] = self.charge
        d["comment"] = self.comment
        return d