def METHOD_NAME(self, obj, topology_model):
    """
    Defined to generate the body of the  Python channel class
    @param obj: the instance of the channel model to operation on.
    """
    try:
        instance_obj_list = topology_model.get_base_id_dict()[
            obj.get_component_base_name()
        ]
    except Exception:
        PRINT.info(
            "ERROR: Could not find instance object for component "
            + obj.get_component_base_name()
            + ". Check topology model to see if the component was instanced."
        )
        raise
    for instance_obj in instance_obj_list:
        c = ChannelBody.ChannelBody()
        if instance_obj[3].get_dict_short_name() is not None:
            fname = "{}_{}".format(
                instance_obj[3].get_dict_short_name(), obj.get_name()
            )
        elif (
            not topology_model.get_prepend_instance_name()
            and len(instance_obj_list) == 1
        ):
            fname = obj.get_name()
        else:
            fname = "{}_{}".format(instance_obj[0], obj.get_name())
        c.name = fname
        if len(obj.get_ids()) > 1:
            raise ValueError(
                "There is more than one event id when creating dictionaries. Check xml of {} or see if multiple explicit IDs exist in the AcConstants.ini file".format(
                    fname
                )
            )
        try:
            c.id = hex(instance_obj[1] + int(float(obj.get_ids()[0])))
        except (ValueError, TypeError):
            c.id = hex(instance_obj[1] + int(obj.get_ids()[0], 16))
        c.description = obj.get_comment()
        c.format_string = obj.get_format_string()
        c.component = obj.get_component_name()
        (
            c.low_red,
            c.low_orange,
            c.low_yellow,
            c.high_yellow,
            c.high_orange,
            c.high_red,
        ) = obj.get_limits()
        c.ser_import = None
        (
            c.type,
            c.ser_import,
            type_name,
            dontcare,
        ) = DictTypeConverter.DictTypeConverter().convert(
            obj.get_type(), obj.get_size()
        )
        # special case for enums and Gse GUI. Needs to convert %d to %s
        if type_name == "enum":
            c.format_string = "%s"
        self._writeTmpl(c, self.__fp[fname], "channelBodyVisit")
        self.__fp[fname].close()