def sublistReader(xmlelement):
    """ #TODO: docstring """
    #Note: actually I'm not 100% sure how this function behaves
    elements = list()
    params, children = extractParams(xmlelement)
    for child in children:
        currElement = dict()
        currElement.update(child.attrib)
        childparams, subchildren = extractParams(child)
        if childparams:
            currElement['params'] = childparams
        for subchild in subchildren:
            subchildTag = clearTag(subchild.tag)
            if 'List' in subchildTag:
                listelements, listparams = sublistReader(subchild)
                simplelist = [listelement['params'] for listelement in listelements]
                currElement[subchildTag] = simplelist
            else:
                subchildparams, _ = extractParams(subchild)
                currElement[subchildTag] = subchildparams
                if subchildTag == 'binary' and subchild.text:
                    currElement[subchildTag] = subchild.text.strip()
        elements.append(currElement)
    return elements, params
#TODO: docstring