 
     /**
      *  @private
-     */
-    private var cursor:HierarchicalCollectionViewCursor;
-
-    /**
-     *  @private
      *  The total number of nodes we know about.
      */
     private var currentLength:int;

        // check if the node is already opened
        if (_openNodes[uid] != null)
            return;
        
        // add the node to the openNodes object and update the length
        _openNodes[uid] = node;
        

     *
     *  @return IViewCursor instance.
     *
     *  @see mx.collections.IViewCursor
     *  
     *  @langversion 3.0
     *  @playerversion Flash 9
