Dynamically changing tree node

I'm having a problem when dynamically changing a JTree node. I can add a node to the tree no problem. If I then change the name of the node (via a property table in the app) and fire a node changed event, the change is not properly reflected in the tree, in that the new name is shown but the selection box remains the same size as the old (longer) name.
If I manually click on the node with the mouse and then change the name everything works fine. Although this is only manifesting itself as a cosmetic problem I think this could be a timing problem that might show up under other circumstances. I have another tree in the app where this problem does not show up at all.
Any ideas?
Thanks

1)fluctuating tree...what???
2) Create a JPopUpMenu or a subclass. Add a mouselistener to the JTree.
In this listener you handle rightMouseClick.
When you detect such an mouse action open the popup with popup.show()
If you need the selected component call JTree.getLastSelectedPathComponent().
If you want to check if it is null use this: JTree.getSelectionModel().isSelectionEmpty(). So you can prevent nullpointers, cause selection can be empty
You can write a method for your popup to give it the selected component.
Then call the .show().
Tweety

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Help in dynamically changing tree

Plz help me in fluctuating tree at runtime.
and i also want to popup a menu when a node is right cliked.
Thanks.

1)fluctuating tree...what???
2) Create a JPopUpMenu or a subclass. Add a mouselistener to the JTree.
In this listener you handle rightMouseClick.
When you detect such an mouse action open the popup with popup.show()
If you need the selected component call JTree.getLastSelectedPathComponent().
If you want to check if it is null use this: JTree.getSelectionModel().isSelectionEmpty(). So you can prevent nullpointers, cause selection can be empty
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Determine if mouse is over tree node

hi.
I recently added some code from this forum on
highlighting a node when the mouse is over it.
I am taking this futher and setting a Border around the nodehowever it draws a border around every node.
I want to only draw the border when the mouse is over the node.
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import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
import tv.izone.core.*;
import tv.izone.ide.guiutilities.*;
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    * @param value Value of the Node
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    * @param expanded true, if expanded
    * @param leaf true, if it is a leaf
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I think I was a bit too vague in my question. Let me try again...
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So ,
1 : The method usage is right?
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Thanks

Mimi gave a very good start though. I have not worked with a tree before, but those tips guided me to the documentation, and i was able to take it from there. I can't see how the documentation would be lacking for you though, i find it to be clear. However, if you don't have some experience with javascript/jquery, this will not be straightforward.
I made a new tree page, based this on EMP.
When you want to do a search, you will first need the tree object, since the search function is a function of that object. I opened Firebug and ran this in my console:
jQuery.tree.focused()This is in the docs. "This functions returns the currently focused tree instance."
If you would have more trees, you could always use
jQuery.tree.reference(needle)This functions returns a specific tree instance by an ID or contained node.
Arguments:
mixed needle
This can be either the instance ID (the ID of the container node), an ID of any contained DOM element,
an actual DOM element contained within the tree, or a jQuery extended DOM node container within the tree.>
Now you have your tree object. Let's do a search. There are 2 employees with 'LL' in their names. I want to grab those.
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string needle
The search string.
string compare_function
Optional argument. The jQuery function to be used for comparing titles to the string - defaults to "contains".>
What is of importance here is this: The function triggers the onsearch callback
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callback.onsearch Triggered after a search is performed and results are ready.
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>
So the default action of a search is something very simple: it assigns a class to the nodes which match the search criteria.
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So, running from my firebug console:
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It also helps to use something like firebug, have knowledge of jquery, DOM and being able to inspect it, and read docs. I did not do anything special except applying some knowledge and taking my lead from those docs. Of course, Mimi mentioned this aswell, but the docs are at *\apex_images\libraries\jquery-jstree\0.9.9a2\documentation.html*
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good
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However, I am faced with a problem. Border cannot detect this and I dont want to use a mouse motion listener (with a large number of nodes, I fear it will be inefficient, calculating every node's position constantly).
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TreeBasic panel;
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the node on the tree is only painted on using the
renderer to do the painting work. A mouse listener
has to be added to the tree, and when moved over an
area, you have to determine if you are over the
border and which direction to update the cursor and
to know which way to resize when dragged. One of the
BasicRootPaneUI has some code that can help determine
that.Thanks for replying. What is your opinion on this alternative idea that I just had?
I am wondering if it might be easier to have a toggle button in the node that you click when you want to resize the node. Then a mouse-down and dragging the mouse will resize the node. Mouse-up will reset the toggle button, and so will mouse down in an invalid area.
Anil

Useful Code of the Day: Hideable Tree Nodes

Someone posted about how they could selectively hide tree nodes, and I already had this AbstractTreeModel class (which does some things DefaultTreeModel does and some it doesn't) and a concrete subclass for TreeNode objects, so I was thinking how one could do hideable nodes. So I came up with this solution.
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A HideableTreeModel can take any TreeNode class, it doesn't have to be all HideableMutableTreeNodes, but only HideableMutableTreeNodes can be made invisible, of course. Any other TreeNode type would just be considered visible.
Hiding nodes works basically by making the tree think there's less nodes then there are. And to do this, the node counts and child index search just works by looping thru the parent's children. This has potential perfomance drawbacks of course, since one has to loop thru the node's children to get nodes every time. This could be alleviated by not supporting non-hideable nodes changing the internal maintenance of HideableMutableTreeNode contents. But I'll leave that to whoever really needs it. It shouldn't be a problem if there are are a relatively small set of child nodes in any given parent.
Also, note that the root node in the model cannot be made invisible, cuz it'd be redundant since JTree can be set to hide the root node.
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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
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* implementation for <code>HideableMutableTreeNode</code> objects. The
* model can also take any other <code>javax.swing.tree.TreeNode</code>
* objects.
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 super(root);
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 * hidden if the node is an instance of <code>HideableMutableTreeNode</code>. 
 * 
 * Note that this only test the visibility of the specified node, not
 * whether a parent node is visible. Use <code>isPathToNodeVisible(Object)</code>
 * to check if the full path is visible.
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 * @param true if the node is visible, else false
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 * 
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 * node visibility. 
 * 
 * Note that this will not alter the visibility of any nodes in the
 * specified node's path to the root node. Use
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 * Returns the child of parent at index index in the parent's child array.
 * @param parent the parent node
 * @param index the index
 * @return the child or null if no children
 public Object getChild(Object parent, int index) {
 if(parent instanceof TreeNode) {
 TreeNode p = (TreeNode)parent;
 for(int i = 0, j = -1; i < p.getChildCount(); i++) {
 TreeNode pc = (TreeNode)p.getChildAt(i);
 if(isNodeVisible(pc)) {
 j++;
 if(j == index) {
 return pc;
 return null;
 * Returns the number of children of parent.
 * @param parent the parent node
 * @return the child count
 public int getChildCount(Object parent) {
 int count = 0;
 if(parent instanceof TreeNode) {
 TreeNode p = (TreeNode)parent;
 for(int i = 0; i < p.getChildCount(); i++) {
 TreeNode pc = (TreeNode)p.getChildAt(i);
 if(isNodeVisible(pc)) {
 count++;
 return count;
 * Returns the index of child in parent.
 * @param parent the parent node
 * @param child the child node
 * @return the index of the child node in the parent
 public int getIndexOfChild(Object parent, Object child) {
 int index = -1;
 if(parent instanceof TreeNode && child instanceof TreeNode) {
 TreeNode p = (TreeNode)parent;
 TreeNode c = (TreeNode)child;
 if(isNodeVisible(c)) {
 index = 0;
 for(int i = 0; i < p.getChildCount(); i++) {
 TreeNode pc = (TreeNode)p.getChildAt(i);
 if(pc.equals(c)) {
 return index;
 if(isNodeVisible(pc)) {
 index++;
 return index;
 * Main method for testing.
 * @param args the command-line arguments
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 JFrame f = new JFrame();
 f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 HideableMutableTreeNode root = new HideableMutableTreeNode("root");
 root.add(new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_1"));
 final HideableMutableTreeNode c2 = new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_2");
 c2.setVisible(false);
 final HideableMutableTreeNode c2a = new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_2_A");
 c2.add(c2a);
 c2.add(new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_2_B"));
 root.add(c2);
 HideableMutableTreeNode c3 = new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_3");
 HideableMutableTreeNode cC = new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_3_C");
 cC.setVisible(false);
 c3.add(cC);
 c3.add(new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_3_D"));
 root.add(c3);
 root.add(new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_4"));
 root.add(new HideableMutableTreeNode("child_5"));
 DefaultMutableTreeNode c6 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_6");
 c6.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_6_A"));
 c6.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_6_B"));
 root.add(c6);
 final HideableTreeModel model = new HideableTreeModel(root);
 JTree tree = new JTree(model);
 f.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(tree), BorderLayout.CENTER);
 JButton b = new JButton("toggle");
 b.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
 model.setNodeVisible(c2, !model.isNodeVisible(c2));
 //model.ensurePathToNodeVisible(c2a);
 f.getContentPane().add(b, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
 f.pack();
 f.setSize(300, 500);
 f.show();
// *** HideableMutableTreeNode ***
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
* <code>HideableMutableTreeNode</code> is a <code>DefaultMutableTreeNode</code>
* implementation that works with <code>HideableTreeModel</code>.
public class HideableMutableTreeNode extends DefaultMutableTreeNode {
 * The node is visible flag.
 public boolean visible = true;
 * Creates a tree node that has no parent and no children, but which
 * allows children.
 public HideableMutableTreeNode() {
 super();
 * Creates a tree node with no parent, no children, but which allows
 * children, and initializes it with the specified user object.
 * @param userObject - an Object provided by the user that
 * constitutes the node's data
 public HideableMutableTreeNode(Object userObject) {
 super(userObject);
 * Creates a tree node with no parent, no children, initialized with the
 * specified user object, and that allows children only if specified.
 * @param userObject - an Object provided by the user that
 * constitutes the node's data
 * @param allowsChildren - if true, the node is allowed to have child
 * nodes -- otherwise, it is always a leaf node
 public HideableMutableTreeNode(Object userObject, boolean allowsChildren) {
 super(userObject, allowsChildren);
 * Checks if the node is visible.
 * @return true if the node is visible, else false
 public boolean isVisible() {
 return this.visible;
 * Sets if the node is visible.
 * @param v true if the node is visible, else false
 public void setVisible(boolean v) {
 this.visible = v;
// *** TreeNodeTreeModel ***
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
* <code>TreeNodeTreeModel</code> is an <code>AbstractTreeModel</code>
* implementation for <code>javax.swing.tree.TreeNode</code> objects.
public class TreeNodeTreeModel extends AbstractTreeModel {
 * Creates a new <code>TreeNodeTreeModel</code> object.
 * @param root the root node
 public TreeNodeTreeModel(TreeNode root) {
 super();
 setRoot(root);
 * Returns the parent of the child node.
 * @param node the child node
 * @return the parent or null if root
 public Object getParent(Object node) {
 if(node != getRoot() && (node instanceof TreeNode)) {
 return ((TreeNode)node).getParent();
 return null;
 * Returns the child of parent at index index in the parent's child array.
 * @param parent the parent node
 * @param index the index
 * @return the child or null if no children
 public Object getChild(Object parent, int index) {
 if(parent instanceof TreeNode) {
 return ((TreeNode)parent).getChildAt(index);
 return null;
 * Returns the number of children of parent.
 * @param parent the parent node
 * @return the child count
 public int getChildCount(Object parent) {
 if(parent instanceof TreeNode) {
 return ((TreeNode)parent).getChildCount();
 return 0;
 * Returns the index of child in parent.
 * @param parent the parent node
 * @param child the child node
 * @return the index of the child node in the parent
 public int getIndexOfChild(Object parent, Object child) {
 if(parent instanceof TreeNode && child instanceof TreeNode) {
 return ((TreeNode)parent).getIndex((TreeNode)child);
 return -1;
 * Returns true if node is a leaf.
 * @param node the node
 * @return true if the node is a leaf
 public boolean isLeaf(Object node) {
 if(node instanceof TreeNode) {
 return ((TreeNode)node).isLeaf();
 return true;
 * Main method for testing.
 * @param args the command-line arguments
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 JFrame f = new JFrame();
 f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 DefaultMutableTreeNode root = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("root");
 root.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_1"));
 DefaultMutableTreeNode c2 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_2");
 c2.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_2_A"));
 c2.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_2_B"));
 root.add(c2);
 root.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_3"));
 root.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("child_4"));
 JTree tree = new JTree(new TreeNodeTreeModel(root));
 f.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(tree));
 f.pack();
 f.setSize(300, 500);
 f.show();
// *** AbstractTreeModel ***
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;
public abstract class AbstractTreeModel implements TreeModel {
 * The list of tree model listeners.
 private Vector modelListeners = new Vector();
 * The root object of the tree.
 private Object root = null;
 * Basic no-op constructor.
 public AbstractTreeModel() {
 * Gets the root object of the tree.
 * @return the root object
 public Object getRoot() {
 return this.root;
 * Sets the root object of the tree.
 * @param r the root object
 protected void setRoot(Object r) {
 this.root = r;
 * Gets the path to the root node for the specified object.
 * @param node the root node
 * @return the path to the object or <CODE>null</CODE>
 public Object[] getPathToRoot(Object node) {
 return getPathToRoot(node, 0);
 * Gets the path to the root node for the specified object.
 * @param node the root node
 * @param i the current index
 * @return the path to the object or <CODE>null</CODE>
 private Object[] getPathToRoot(Object node, int i) {
 Object anode[];
 if(node == null) {
 if(i == 0) {
 return null;
 anode = new Object[i];
 } else {
 i++;
 if(node == getRoot()) {
 anode = new Object[i];
 } else {
 anode = getPathToRoot(getParent(node), i);
 anode[anode.length - i] = node;
 return anode;
 * Gets the parent object of the specified object. This method is not
 * part of the <code>javax.swing.tree.TreeModel</code> interface, but is
 * required to support the <code>getPathToRoot(Object)</code> method,
 * which is widely used in this class. Therefore, it is important to
 * correctly implement this method.
 * @param obj the object
 * @parma the parent object or null if no parent or invalid object
 protected abstract Object getParent(Object obj);
 * Adds a listener for the <CODE>TreeModelEvent</CODE> posted after the
 * tree changes.
 * @param l the tree model listener
 public void addTreeModelListener(TreeModelListener l) {
 modelListeners.addElement(l);
 * Removes a listener previously added with addTreeModelListener().
 * @param l the tree model listener
 public void removeTreeModelListener(TreeModelListener l) {
 modelListeners.removeElement(l);
 * Forces the tree to reload. This is useful when many changes occur
 * under the root node in the tree structure.
 * NOTE: This will cause the tree to be collapsed. To maintain
 * the expanded nodes, see the <code>getExpandedPaths(JTree)</code>
 * and <code>expandPaths(JTree, ArrayList)</code> methods.
 * @see #getExpandedPaths(JTree)
 * @see #expandPaths(JTree, ArrayList)
 public void reload() {
 reload(getRoot());
 * Forces the tree to repaint. This is useful when many changes occur
 * under a specific node in the tree structure.
 * NOTE: This will cause the tree to be collapsed below the
 * updated node.
 * @param node the node that changed
 public void reload(Object node) {
 if(node != null) {
 TreePath tp = new TreePath(getPathToRoot(node));
 fireTreeStructureChanged(new TreeModelEvent(this, tp));
 * Messaged when the user has altered the value for the item identified
 * by <CODE>path</CODE> to <CODE>newValue</CODE>.
 * @param path the path to the changed object
 * @param newValue the new value
 public void valueForPathChanged(TreePath path, Object newValue) {
 nodeChanged(path.getLastPathComponent());
 * Notifies the tree that nodes were inserted. The index is looked up
 * automatically.
 * @param node the parent node
 * @param child the inserted child node
 public void nodeInserted(Object node, Object child) {
 nodeInserted(node, child, -1);
 * Notifies the tree that nodes were inserted.
 * @param node the parent node
 * @param child the inserted child node
 * @param index the index of the child
 public void nodeInserted(Object node, Object child, int index) {
 if(index < 0) {
 index = getIndexOfChild(node, child);
 if(node != null && child != null && index >= 0) {
 TreePath tp = new TreePath(getPathToRoot(node));
 int[] ai = { index };
 Object[] ac = { child };
 fireTreeNodesInserted(new TreeModelEvent(this, tp, ai, ac));
 * Notifies the tree that nodes were removed. The index is required
 * since by this point, the object will no longer be in the tree.
 * @param node the parent node
 * @param child the removed child node
 * @param index the index of the child
 public void nodeRemoved(Object node, Object child, int index) {
 if(node != null && child != null && index >= 0) {
 TreePath tp = new TreePath(getPathToRoot(node));
 int[] ai = { index };
 Object[] ac = { child };
 fireTreeNodesRemoved(new TreeModelEvent(this, tp, ai, ac));
 * Notifies the tree that a node was changed.
 * @param node the changed node
 public void nodeChanged(Object node) {
 if(node != null) {
 TreePath tp = new TreePath(getPathToRoot(node));
 fireTreeNodesChanged(new TreeModelEvent(this, tp, null, null));
 * Fires "tree nodes changed" events to all listeners.
 * @param event the tree model event
 protected void fireTreeNodesChanged(TreeModelEvent event) {
 for(int i = 0; i < modelListeners.size(); i++) {
 ((TreeModelListener)modelListeners.elementAt(i)).treeNodesChanged(event);
 * Fires "tree nodes inserted" events to all listeners.
 * @param event the tree model event
 protected void fireTreeNodesInserted(TreeModelEvent event) {
 for(int i = 0; i < modelListeners.size(); i++) {
 ((TreeModelListener)modelListeners.elementAt(i)).treeNodesInserted(event);
 * Fires "tree nodes removed" events to all listeners.
 * @param event the tree model event
 protected void fireTreeNodesRemoved(TreeModelEvent event) {
 for(int i = 0; i < modelListeners.size(); i++) {
 ((TreeModelListener)modelListeners.elementAt(i)).treeNodesRemoved(event);
 * Fires "tree structure changed" events to all listeners.
 * @param event the tree model event
 protected void fireTreeStructureChanged(TreeModelEvent event) {
 for(int i = 0; i < modelListeners.size(); i++) {
 ((TreeModelListener)modelListeners.elementAt(i)).treeStructureChanged(event);
 * Records the list of currently expanded paths in the specified tree.
 * This method is meant to be called before calling the
 * <code>reload()</code> methods to allow the tree to store the paths.
 * @param tree the tree
 * @param pathlist the list of expanded paths
 public ArrayList getExpandedPaths(JTree tree) {
 ArrayList expandedPaths = new ArrayList();
 addExpandedPaths(tree, tree.getPathForRow(0), expandedPaths);
 return expandedPaths;
 * Adds the expanded descendants of the specifed path in the specified
 * tree to the internal expanded list.
 * @param tree the tree
 * @param path the path
 * @param pathlist the list of expanded paths
 private void addExpandedPaths(JTree tree, TreePath path, ArrayList pathlist) {
 Enumeration enum = tree.getExpandedDescendants(path);
 while(enum.hasMoreElements()) {
 TreePath tp = (TreePath)enum.nextElement();
 pathlist.add(tp);
 addExpandedPaths(tree, tp, pathlist);
 * Re-expands the expanded paths in the specified tree. This method is
 * meant to be called before calling the <code>reload()</code> methods
 * to allow the tree to store the paths.
 * @param tree the tree
 * @param pathlist the list of expanded paths
 public void expandPaths(JTree tree, ArrayList pathlist) {
 for(int i = 0; i < pathlist.size(); i++) {
 tree.expandPath((TreePath)pathlist.get(i));

Hey
I'm not trying to show anyone up here, but having just built a tree model for displaying an XML document in a tree, I thought this seemed like a neat exercise.
I implemented this very differently from the @OP. I only have one class, HiddenNodeTreeModel. All the hidden node data is stored in the model itself in my class. The advantage of what I've created is it will work with any TreeModel. The disadvantage is that I think it's not going to be very scalable - the additional computing to get the number of child nodes and to adjust indexes is heavy. So if you need a scalable solution definitely don't use this.
Anyway here you go
HiddenNodeTreeModel.java
======================
package tjacobs.ui.tree;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JTree;
import javax.swing.event.TreeModelListener;
import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode;
import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel;
import javax.swing.tree.TreeModel;
import javax.swing.tree.TreePath;
import tjacobs.ui.WindowUtilities;
public class HiddenNodeTreeModel implements TreeModel {
 TreeModel mModel;
 ArrayList<Object> mHidden = new ArrayList<Object>();
 public HiddenNodeTreeModel (TreeModel model) {
 mModel = model;
 public void addTreeModelListener(TreeModelListener arg0) {
 mModel.addTreeModelListener(arg0);
 private ArrayList<Integer> getHiddenChildren(Object parent) {
 ArrayList<Integer> spots = new ArrayList<Integer>();
 Iterator _i = mHidden.iterator();
 while (_i.hasNext()) {
 Object hidden = _i.next();
 int idx = mModel.getIndexOfChild(parent, hidden);
 if (idx != -1) {
 spots.add(idx);
 return spots;
 public Object getChild(Object arg0, int index) {
 ArrayList<Integer> spots = getHiddenChildren(arg0);
 Collections.sort(spots);
 Iterator<Integer> _i = spots.iterator();
 while (_i.hasNext()) {
 int num = _i.next();
 if (num <= index) {
 index++;
 return mModel.getChild(arg0, index);
 public int getChildCount(Object arg0) {
 ArrayList list = getHiddenChildren(arg0);
 System.out.println("size = " + list.size());
 return mModel.getChildCount(arg0) - list.size();
 public int getIndexOfChild(Object arg0, Object arg1) {
 int index = mModel.getIndexOfChild(arg0, arg1);
 ArrayList<Integer> spots = getHiddenChildren(arg0);
 Collections.sort(spots);
 Iterator<Integer> _i = spots.iterator();
 int toSub = 0;
 while (_i.hasNext()) {
 int num = _i.next();
 if (num <= index) {
 toSub++;
 return index - toSub;
 public Object getRoot() {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 return mModel.getRoot();
 public boolean isLeaf(Object arg0) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 return mModel.isLeaf(arg0);
 public void removeTreeModelListener(TreeModelListener arg0) {
 mModel.removeTreeModelListener(arg0);
 public void valueForPathChanged(TreePath arg0, Object arg1) {
 mModel.valueForPathChanged(arg0, arg1);
 public void hideNode(Object node) {
 if (node instanceof TreePath) {
 node = ((TreePath)node).getLastPathComponent();
 mHidden.add(node);
 public void showNode(Object node) {
 mHidden.remove(node);
 public void showAll() {
 mHidden.clear();
 * @param args
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 DefaultMutableTreeNode A = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("A");
 DefaultMutableTreeNode B = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("B");
 DefaultMutableTreeNode C = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("C");
 DefaultMutableTreeNode D = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("D");
 DefaultMutableTreeNode E = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("E");
 DefaultMutableTreeNode F = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("F");
 A.add(B);
 B.add(C);
 B.add(D);
 B.add(E);
 E.add(F);
 DefaultTreeModel model = new DefaultTreeModel(A);
 final HiddenNodeTreeModel hmodel = new HiddenNodeTreeModel(model);
 final JTree tree = new JTree(hmodel);
 JFrame jf = new JFrame("HiddenNodeTreeModel Test");
 jf.add(tree);
 JMenuBar bar = new JMenuBar();
 jf.setJMenuBar(bar);
 JMenu menu = new JMenu("Options");
 bar.add(menu);
 final JMenuItem hide = new JMenuItem("Hide");
 final JMenuItem show = new JMenuItem("ShowAll");
 menu.add(hide);
 menu.add(show);
 ActionListener al = new ActionListener() {
 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
 if (ae.getSource() == hide) {
 hmodel.hideNode(tree.getSelectionPath());
 tree.updateUI();
 else {
 hmodel.showAll();
 tree.updateUI();
 hide.addActionListener(al);
 show.addActionListener(al);
 jf.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 jf.setBounds(100,100,100,100);
 jf.setVisible(true);
}

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