code: public int getExpandedTypeID(String namespace, String localName, int type)
    {
  
      ExpandedNameTable ent = m_expandedNameTable;
  
      return ent.getExpandedTypeID(namespace, localName, type);
    }
docs: Given an expanded name, return an ID.  If the expanded-name does not
  exist in the internal tables, the entry will be created, and the ID will
  be returned.  Any additional nodes that are created that have this
  expanded name will use this ID.
  
  @param type The simple type, i.e. one of ELEMENT, ATTRIBUTE, etc.
  
  @param namespace The namespace URI, which may be null, may be an empty
  string (which will be the same as null), or may be a
  namespace URI.
  @param localName The local name string, which must be a valid
  <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/">NCName</a>.
  
  @return the expanded-name id of the node.