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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):
 """ Just iterate over the child elements and append them to the current element :return: the encoded element :rtype: xml.etree.ElementTree.Element """

        element = ElementTree.Element(
            self.name,
            attrib={'type': FieldConstants.ARRAY},
        )
        for item in self.value:
            element.append(item.encode())
        return element