public interface DomInspector<E>
extends Inspector

Inspects the given Object and type and returns the result as a DOM Element.

DomInspector is an optional interface that enables an optimization. Like most optimizations it unfortunately adds some complexity. The basic idea is that, whilst XML is a great lowest-common-denominator for the Inspector interface (perfect for passing between disparate technologies and tiers in order to allow maximum flexibility in what can be inspected) serializing to and from XML strings is expensive.

Most Inspectors maintain their inspection results internally in a DOM. This interface allows them to expose that DOM directly, rather than serializing it to a String, whereupon either the Metawidget or a CompositeInspector must typically deserialize it back again.

If your Inspector extends BaseObjectInspector or BaseXmlInspector, this optimization is implemented for you.