{
  "context": "Evaluates whether the solution uses dicttoxml to generate XML with configurable declaration visibility, root wrapping, encoding metadata, and return type handling as described in the spec.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "Uses dicttoxml",
      "description": "Serializes payloads via dicttoxml.dicttoxml rather than manual XML construction or alternative libraries.",
      "max_score": 25
    },
    {
      "name": "Declaration toggle",
      "description": "Maps the include_declaration option to dicttoxml's xml_declaration flag so the XML header appears or is suppressed exactly as requested.",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Root control",
      "description": "Applies dicttoxml's root/custom_root handling to wrap output in the provided root_name or disable wrapping when wrap_root is False.",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Encoding metadata",
      "description": "Sets dicttoxml's encoding and include_encoding parameters so the XML declaration uses the requested encoding value and can omit the encoding attribute when requested.",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Return type",
      "description": "Uses dicttoxml's return_bytes parameter (or decodes appropriately) to support both string and bytes outputs as specified by return_bytes.",
      "max_score": 15
    }
  ]
}