def dict_contents(self, use_dict=None, as_class=dict):
        """Return the contents of an object as a dict."""
        if _debug: Any._debug("dict_contents use_dict=%r as_class=%r", use_dict, as_class)

        # result will be a list
        rslt_list = []

        # loop through the tags
        for tag in self.tagList:
            # build a tag thing
            use_dict = as_class()

            # save the pieces
            use_dict.__setitem__('class', tag.tagClass)
            use_dict.__setitem__('number', tag.tagNumber)
            use_dict.__setitem__('lvt', tag.tagLVT)

            ### use_dict.__setitem__('data', '.'.join('%02X' % ord(c) for c in tag.tagData))

            # add it to the list
            rslt_list = use_dict

        # return what we built
        return rslt_list
Return the contents of an object as a dict.