OpenLayers.Renderer.Elements.prototype.drawGeometry = function(geometry, style, featureId) {
    var className = geometry.CLASS_NAME;
    var rendered = true;
    if ((className == "OpenLayers.Geometry.Collection") ||
        (className == "OpenLayers.Geometry.MultiPoint") ||
        (className == "OpenLayers.Geometry.MultiLineString") ||
        (className == "OpenLayers.Geometry.MultiPolygon")) {
        for (var i = 0, len=geometry.components.length; i<len; i++) {
            rendered = this.drawGeometry(
                geometry.components[i], style, featureId) && rendered;
        }
        return rendered;
    };

    rendered = false;
    if (style.display != "none") {
        if (style.backgroundGraphic) {
            this.redrawBackgroundNode(geometry.id, geometry, style,
                featureId);
        }
        rendered = this.redrawNode(geometry.id, geometry, style,
            featureId);
    }
    if (rendered == false) {
        var node = document.getElementById(geometry.id);
        if (node) {
            if (node._style.backgroundGraphic) {
                node.parentNode.removeChild(document.getElementById(
                    geometry.id + this.BACKGROUND_ID_SUFFIX));
            }
            node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
        }
    }
    return rendered;
};