code: public int getExpandedTypeID(int nodeHandle)
    {
      // %REVIEW% This _should_ only be null if someone asked the wrong DTM about the node...
      // which one would hope would never happen...
      int id=makeNodeIdentity(nodeHandle);
      if(id==NULL)
        return NULL;
      return _exptype(id);
    }
docs: Given a node handle, return an ID that represents the node's expanded name.
  
  @param nodeHandle The handle to the node in question.
  
  @return the expanded-name id of the node.