onent state is now an implementation detail. The default
 implementation returns <code>null</code>.</span></div>
<div class="block"><p>
 Convenience method, which must be called by <code>saveSerializedView()</code>, to construct and return a
 <code>Serializable</code> object that represents the structure of the entire component tree (including children and
 facets) of this view.
 </p>

 <p>
 Components may opt-out of being included in the tree structure by setting their <code>transient</code> property to
 <