diff --git a/plugins/eventDumper.js b/plugins/eventDumper.js
index 48cf4f64..901ed40b 100644
--- a/plugins/eventDumper.js
+++ b/plugins/eventDumper.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var _ = require('underscore');
 var util = require('util');
 
 var conf = env.conf.eventDumper || {};
+var isRhino = require('jsdoc/util/runtime').isRhino();
 
 // Dump the included parser events (defaults to all events)
 var events = conf.include || [
@@ -28,6 +29,20 @@ if (conf.exclude) {
     events = _.difference(events, conf.exclude);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check whether a variable appears to be a Java native object.
+ *
+ * @param {*} o - The variable to check.
+ * @return {boolean} Set to `true` for Java native objects and `false` in all other cases.
+ */
+function isJavaNativeObject(o) {
+    if (!isRhino) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return o && typeof o === 'object' && typeof o.getClass === 'function';
+}
+
 /**
  * Get rid of native Java crud in an event object so that JSON.stringify() works.
  * @param {object} e The event object.
@@ -46,12 +61,8 @@ function cleanse(e) {
         else if (typeof e[prop] === 'function') {
             // do nothing
         }
-        // go down an extra level for these
-        else if (['code', 'doclet', 'meta'].indexOf(prop) !== -1) {
-            result[prop] = cleanse(e[prop]);
-        }
         else {
-            result[prop] = String(e[prop]);
+            result[prop] = isJavaNativeObject(e[prop]) ? String(e[prop]) : e[prop];
         }
     });