Speeding up container() method

[strykker]

While working on some custom containers, I noticed that the container method can be rather slow. I profiled this and found that the update() method called at the end which calls the xhtml parser was taking up to 3 seconds in some cases, making the use of containers un-bearable.
When adding containers, we are in full control of the (x)html we insert , so is it really necessary to re-parse the html every time we add a container element. For my app, I have removed the call to the xhtml parser in the container method (ie.e. don;t simply call update() , but simply call

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jQuery(this._element).val(html);
jQuery(this._box).find(this._options.htmlValSelector).val(html);


instead of update(). And this has improved the performance of my app significantly.

- Eric