def to_dict(self, remove_nones=False):
        """
        Creates a dictionary representation of the object.

        :param remove_nones: Whether ``None`` values should be filtered out of the dictionary.  Defaults to ``False``.
        :return: The dictionary representation.
        """

        if remove_nones:
            return {k: v for k, v in self.to_dict().items() if v is not None}
        else:
            raise NotImplementedError()
Creates a dictionary representation of the object.

        :param remove_nones: Whether ``None`` values should be filtered out of the dictionary.  Defaults to ``False``.
        :return: The dictionary representation.