elementToObject

/**
 * Given an html element or jquery object, will return a serializable object representation of that node
 * @param {HTMLElement|jQuery} element
 * @param {Boolean} [recurse] - specifying whether we want to build objects for the children
 * @returns {Object}
 */
function elementToObject(element, recurse) {
    var el = $(element),
        o = {
            tagName: el[0].tagName
        };

    _.each(el[0].attributes, function(attribute){
        o[attribute.name] = attribute.value;
    });

    if (recurse) {
        o.children = _.map(el.children(), function(child){
            return this.elementToObject(child, true);
        }, this);
    }
    return  o;
}

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