#closure boilerplate reduction:
@107106902560384103150 submitted http://cr/47565620 , which allows goog.ui.Components to do this:
this.getRequiredElementByClass('classname')
Also goog.ui.Component has a domhelper. You can get rid of your local domHelper_ vars in most cases and use this.getDomHelper() (and other dom helpers in goog.ui.Component) instead..
#googplus