diff -r b66166091f15 xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/AbstractComponent.java
--- a/xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/AbstractComponent.java	Tue Jul 28 14:18:42 2009 +0400
+++ b/xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/AbstractComponent.java	Thu Jul 30 02:28:54 2009 +0400
@@ -138,7 +138,23 @@ public abstract class AbstractComponent<
         List<C> result = new ArrayList<C>(_getChildren());
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
     }
-    
+
+    /**
+     * This method works much faster then using getChildren() in case of big
+     * amount of children because of absence of list's copying.
+     */
+    public void checkChildrenPopulated() {
+        _getChildren();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method works much faster then using getChildren().size() in case of big
+     * amount of children because of absence of list's copying. 
+     */
+    public int getChildrenCount() {
+        return _getChildren().size();
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method provides the ability to detect whether calling getChildren()
      * will trigger population of children. This can be used for meta models

diff -r b66166091f15 xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/dom/AbstractDocumentComponent.java
--- a/xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/dom/AbstractDocumentComponent.java	Tue Jul 28 14:18:42 2009 +0400
+++ b/xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/dom/AbstractDocumentComponent.java	Thu Jul 30 02:28:54 2009 +0400
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDocumentCo
     }
     
     protected DocumentModelAccess getAccess() {
-        getChildren(); //make sure children populated before potential mutation
+        checkChildrenPopulated(); //make sure children populated before potential mutation
         return (DocumentModelAccess) getModel().getAccess();
     }
     
diff -r b66166091f15 xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/dom/AbstractDocumentModel.java
--- a/xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/dom/AbstractDocumentModel.java	Tue Jul 28 14:18:42 2009 +0400
+++ b/xml.xam/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/xam/dom/AbstractDocumentModel.java	Thu Jul 30 02:28:54 2009 +0400
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDocumentMo
         Element e = pathFromRoot.get(current);
         if (base.referencesSameNode(e)) {
             if (pathFromRoot.size() == current + 1) {
-                base.getChildren(); // make sure children inited
+                base.checkChildrenPopulated(); // make sure children inited
                 return base;
             } else {
                 for (Object child : base.getChildren()) {


diff -r 7ad0eec2c334 xml.xam/nbproject/project.properties
--- a/xml.xam/nbproject/project.properties	Mon May 04 22:21:11 2009 +0400
+++ b/xml.xam/nbproject/project.properties	Thu May 14 19:32:19 2009 +0400
@@ -42,4 +42,5 @@ is.autoload=true
 is.autoload=true
 javac.source=1.5
 javadoc.arch=${basedir}/arch.xml
-spec.version.base=1.6.0
+javadoc.apichanges=${basedir}/apichanges.xml
+spec.version.base=1.7.0


diff -r 7ad0eec2c334 xml.xam/apichanges.xml
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/xml.xam/apichanges.xml	Thu May 14 19:35:25 2009 +0400
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Search for CHANGEME in this document when copying and using it: -->
+<!--
+DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
+
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+http://www.netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html
+or nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. See the License for the
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+
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+or only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding
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+However, if you add GPL Version 2 code and therefore, elected the GPL
+Version 2 license, then the option applies only if the new code is
+made subject to such option by the copyright holder.
+-->
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xml" href="../nbbuild/javadoctools/apichanges.xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE apichanges PUBLIC "-//NetBeans//DTD API changes list 1.0//EN" "../nbbuild/javadoctools/apichanges.dtd">
+
+<!--
+
+INFO FOR PEOPLE ADDING CHANGES:
+
+Check the DTD (apichanges.dtd) for details on the syntax. You do not
+need to regenerate the HTML, as this is part of Javadoc generation; just
+change the XML. Rough syntax of a change (several parts optional):
+
+<change>
+    <api name="compiler"/>
+    <summary>Some brief description here, can use <b>XHTML</b></summary>
+    <version major="1" minor="99"/>
+    <date day="13" month="6" year="2001"/>
+    <author login="jrhacker"/>
+    <compatibility addition="yes"/>
+    <description>
+        The main description of the change here.
+        Again can use full <b>XHTML</b> as needed.
+    </description>
+    <class package="org.openide.compiler" name="DoWhatIWantCompiler"/>
+    <issue number="14309"/>
+</change>
+
+Also permitted elements: <package>, <branch>. <version> is API spec
+version, recommended for all new changes. <compatibility> should say
+if things were added/modified/deprecated/etc. and give all information
+related to upgrading old code. List affected top-level classes and
+link to issue numbers if applicable. See the DTD for more details.
+
+Changes need not be in any particular order, they are sorted in various
+ways by the stylesheet anyway.
+
+Dates are assumed to mean "on the trunk". If you *also* make the same
+change on a stabilization branch, use the <branch> tag to indicate this
+and explain why the change was made on a branch in the <description>.
+
+Please only change this file on the trunk! Rather: you can change it
+on branches if you want, but these changes will be ignored; only the
+trunk version of this file is important.
+
+Deprecations do not count as incompatible, assuming that code using the
+deprecated calls continues to see their documented behavior. But do
+specify deprecation="yes" in <compatibility>.
+
+This file is not a replacement for Javadoc: it is intended to list changes,
+not describe the complete current behavior, for which ordinary documentation
+is the proper place.
+
+-->
+
+<apichanges>
+
+    <!-- First, a list of API names you may use: -->
+    <apidefs>
+        <apidef name="org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam">Extansible Abstract Model (XAM)</apidef>
+        <!-- etc. -->
+    </apidefs>
+
+    <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
+    <changes>
+        
+        <change id="model-changes-notification">
+            <api name="org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam"/>
+            <summary>Two new methods to enhance model's performance</summary>
+            <version major="1" minor="7"/>
+            <date day="30" month="7" year="2009"/>
+            <author login="supernikita"/>
+            <compatibility binary="incompatible" source="compatible" addition="yes"/>
+            <description>
+                <p>
+                Two new methods are added:
+                {@link org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.dom.AbstractComponent#checkChildrenPopulated()}
+                and 
+                {@link org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.dom.AbstractComponent#getChildrenCount()}
+		 They are intended to be used instead of getChildren() in cases when the children's list isn't required. 
+                </p>
+            </description>
+            <class package="org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam.dom" name="AbstractDocumentModel"/>
+            <issue number="162769"/>
+        </change>
+
+    </changes>
+
+    <!-- Now the surrounding HTML text and document structure: -->
+
+    <htmlcontents>
+<!-- Generated from apichanges.xml -->
+    <head>
+      <title>Change History for the Extansible Abstract Model (XAM)</title>
+      <link rel="stylesheet" href="prose.css" type="text/css"/>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+
+<p class="overviewlink"><a href="@TOP@/overview-summary.html">Overview</a></p>
+
+<h1>Introduction</h1>
+
+<p>This document lists changes made to the <a href="@TOP@/overview-summary.html">Extansible Abstract Model (XAM)</a>.</p>
+      <hr/>
+      <standard-changelists module-code-name="org.netbeans.modules.xml.xam/1"/>
+      <hr/><p>@FOOTER@</p>
+    </body>
+  </htmlcontents>
+
+</apichanges>