DeferredElementDefinitionImpl(DeferredDocumentImpl ownerDocument,
    int nodeIndex) 
{
    //
    // Constructors
    //
        super(ownerDocument, null);
        fNodeIndex = nodeIndex;
        needsSyncData(true);
        needsSyncChildren(true);
}

This is the deferred constructor. Only the fNodeIndex is given here. All other data, can be requested from the ownerDocument via the index.

 public int getNodeIndex() 
{
        return fNodeIndex;
}

Returns the node index.

 protected  void synchronizeChildren() 
{
        // we don't want to generate any event for this so turn them off
        boolean orig = ownerDocument.getMutationEvents();
        ownerDocument.setMutationEvents(false);
        // attributes are now synced
        needsSyncChildren(false);
        // create attributes node map
        DeferredDocumentImpl ownerDocument =
            (DeferredDocumentImpl)this.ownerDocument;
        attributes = new NamedNodeMapImpl(ownerDocument);
        // Default attributes dangle as children of the element
        // definition "node" in the internal fast table.
        for (int nodeIndex = ownerDocument.getLastChild(fNodeIndex);
             nodeIndex != -1;
             nodeIndex = ownerDocument.getPrevSibling(nodeIndex)) {
            Node attr = ownerDocument.getNodeObject(nodeIndex);
            attributes.setNamedItem(attr);
        }
        // set mutation events flag back to its original value
        ownerDocument.setMutationEvents(orig);
}

Synchronizes the default attribute values.

 protected  void synchronizeData() 
{
        // no need to sync in the future
        needsSyncData(false);
        // fluff data
        DeferredDocumentImpl ownerDocument =
            (DeferredDocumentImpl)this.ownerDocument;
        name = ownerDocument.getNodeName(fNodeIndex);
}

Synchronizes the data (name and value) for fast nodes.