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package com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;

/**

 * An interface for deferred node object.

 *

 * @xerces.internal

 *

 */

public interface DeferredNode extends Node {

     public static final short TYPE_NODE  =  20;

    //

    // DeferredNode methods

    //

    /** Returns the node index. */

    public int getNodeIndex();

} // interface DeferredNode