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def dict_to_obj(our_dict):
    """
    Function that takes in a dict and returns a custom object associated with the dict.
    This function makes use of the "__module__" and "__class__" metadata in the dictionary
    to know which object type to create.
    """
    if "__class__" in our_dict:
        # Pop ensures we remove metadata from the dict to leave only the instance arguments
        class_name = our_dict.pop("__class__")
        

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def convert_to_dict(obj):
  """
  A function takes in a custom object and returns a dictionary representation of the object.
  This dict representation includes meta data such as the object's module and class names.
  """
  
  #  Populate the dictionary with object meta data 
  obj_dict = {
    "__class__": obj.__class__.__name__,
    "__module__": obj.__module__

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