code: public int getChildNodesCount(NodeData parent) throws RepositoryException
     {
        Statistics s = ALL_STATISTICS.get(GET_CHILD_NODES_COUNT_DESCR);
        try
        {
           s.begin();
           return wcs.getChildNodesCount(parent);
        }
        finally
        {
           s.end();
        }
     }
docs: {@inheritDoc}