def METHOD_NAME(self):
    sd = {
        "desc": self.desc,
        "value": self.value,
        "default": self.default,
        "vmax": self.vmax,
        "vmin": self.vmin,
        "dtype": self.typeToString(self.dtype),
        "validValues": self.validValues,
        "optSet": self.optSet,
        "disable": self.disable,
    }
    return sd