function serialize(object) {
    var out;

    if (angular.isElement(object)) {
      object = angular.element(object);
      out = angular.element('<div></div>');
      angular.forEach(object, function(element) {
        out.append(angular.element(element).clone());
      });
      out = out.html();
    } else if (angular.isArray(object)) {
      out = [];
      angular.forEach(object, function(o) {
        out.push(serialize(o));
      });
      out = '[ ' + out.join(', ') + ' ]';
    } else if (angular.isObject(object)) {
      if (angular.isFunction(object.$eval) && angular.isFunction(object.$apply)) {
        out = serializeScope(object);
      } else if (object instanceof Error) {
        out = object.stack || ('' + object.name + ': ' + object.message);
      } else {
        // TODO(i): this prevents methods being logged,
        // we should have a better way to serialize objects
        out = angular.toJson(object, true);
      }
    } else {
      out = String(object);
    }

    return out;
  }
@ngdoc function
@name angular.mock.dump
@description

*NOTE*: This is not an injectable instance, just a globally available function.

Method for serializing common AngularJS objects (scope, elements, etc..) into strings.
It is useful for logging objects to the console when debugging.

@param {*} object - any object to turn into string.
@return {string} a serialized string of the argument