/* TODO why is it used for? short elemSymbol = */ in.readShort();
int attrCount = in.readAttributeCount();
for ( int i = 0 ; i < attrCount; i++ ) {
short symbol = in.readShort();
short strLen = in.readShort();
byte[] b = new byte[strLen];
in.read(b);
SymbolTable.SymbolInfo si = st.getSymbolInfo(symbol);
String name = si.getQName();
String nsURI = si.getNamespaceURI();