if (typeof(HTMLElement) != "undefined") {
        var _emptyTags = {
           "IMG": true,
           "BR": true,
           "INPUT": true,
           "META": true,
           "LINK": true,
           "PARAM": true,
           "HR": true
        };

        HTMLElement.prototype.__defineGetter__("outerHTML", function () {
           var attrs = this.attributes;
           var str = "<" + this.tagName;
           for (var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++)
              str += " " + attrs[ i ].name + "=\"" + attrs[ i ].value + "\"";

           if (_emptyTags[this.tagName])
              return str + ">";

           return str + ">" + this.innerHTML + "</" + this.tagName + ">";
        });

        HTMLElement.prototype.__defineSetter__("outerHTML", function (sHTML) {
           var r = this.ownerDocument.createRange();
           r.setStartBefore(this);
           var df = r.createContextualFragment(sHTML);
           this.parentNode.replaceChild(df, this);
        });
    }