def string(self):
        """:return: the dump as a string"""
        if self.__text_is_expected:
            return self._string()
        else:
            return self._bytes().decode(self.__encoding)
def string(self):
        """:return: the dump as a string"""
        if self.__text_is_expected:
            return self._string()
        else:
            return self._bytes().decode(self.__encoding)
def string ( self ) : if self . __text_is_expected : return self . _string ( ) else : return self . _bytes ( ) . decode ( self . __encoding )
:return: the dump as a string
: return : the dump as a string