[XERCESJ-1671] Clarify the meaning of DeferredNode in the javadoc

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.11.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sorin Postelnicu
• Created: 12/Aug/16 09:57
• Updated: 12/Aug/16 09:57

Description

Could you please update the javadoc for the following classes to make it more clear what does "Deferred" mean in this context?

org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredNode
org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredElementImpl
org.apache.xerces.dom.DeferredElementNSImpl

I couldn't find anywhere on the Internet what "deferred element" means. (neither in the Xerces documentation, nor in the W3C documentation)

To make fun of the user, the javadoc for DeferredElementNSImpl says:
"DeferredElementNSImpl is to ElementNSImpl, what DeferredElementImpl is to ElementImpl."
(And the same for DeferredAttrNSImpl)

But what does DeferredNode mean?