7.6. Mixed-DOM-and-SAX Tips

it is only available in the default mode (that is, when executeBefore equals false). If executeBefore is configured to be true, this facility will not be available, which means that the Groovy script will only have access to SAXElements.

writeFragment must be called in order to write the DOM fragment to a Smooks.filterSource StreamResult.

a performance overhead will be incurred by using this DOM construction facility. (It can still process huge messages but it might take a slightly longer period of time. The compromise is between "usability" and performance.)