Read child nodes in Jtree

Need some help in reading the child nodes in a jTree after a parent node has been selected.
I've created a Jtree using DefaultMutableTreeNode. When I select a node, I'm able to read the contents of that node but can't figure out how to read all the children beneath it.
I'm using this code to read the current selected path:
TreePath tp1 = jTreeTOC.getSelectionPath();
Object bal_Grp[] = tp1.getPath();
int iNodeCnt = bal_Grp.length;
if (iNodeCnt > 1) {
String sTOCNode = bal_Grp[iNodeCnt-1].toString();
So my sTOCNode is the selected one, now how do I get the children.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

Read the tutorial:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/tree.html#select
If you use getLastSelectedPathComponent you get back DefaultMutableTreeNode object of the selected node.
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