Tree will Expand event and listener
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTree; import javax.swing.event.TreeExpansionEvent; import javax.swing.event.TreeWillExpandListener; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.ExpandVetoException; import javax.swing.tree.TreePath; public class TreeExpandSample { public static void main(String args[]) { String title = ("JTree Expand Sample"); JFrame frame = new JFrame(title); JTree tree = new JTree(); TreeWillExpandListener treeWillExpandListener = new TreeWillExpandListener() { public void treeWillCollapse(TreeExpansionEvent treeExpansionEvent) throws ExpandVetoException { TreePath path = treeExpansionEvent.getPath(); DefaultMutableTreeNode node = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) path .getLastPathComponent(); String data = node.getUserObject().toString(); if (data.equals("colors")) { throw new ExpandVetoException(treeExpansionEvent); } } public void treeWillExpand(TreeExpansionEvent treeExpansionEvent) throws ExpandVetoException { TreePath path = treeExpansionEvent.getPath(); DefaultMutableTreeNode node = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) path .getLastPathComponent(); String data = node.getUserObject().toString(); if (data.equals("sports")) { throw new ExpandVetoException(treeExpansionEvent); } } }; tree.addTreeWillExpandListener(treeWillExpandListener); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(tree); frame.getContentPane().add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }