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package org.apache.xerces.dom;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/** 
 * An interface for deferred node object.
 * 
 * @xerces.internal
 *
 * @version $Id: DeferredNode.java 447266 2006-09-18 05:57:49Z mrglavas $
 */
public interface DeferredNode extends Node {


     public static final short TYPE_NODE  =  20;

    //
    // DeferredNode methods
    //

    /** Returns the node index. */
    public int getNodeIndex();

} // interface DeferredNode