Build a JTree from custom objects in Java
Description
The following code shows how to build a JTree from custom objects.
Example
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/*
* A 1.4 example that uses the following files: GenealogyModel.java Person.java
*
* Based on an example provided by tutorial reader Olivier Berlanger.
*/
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.ButtonGroup;
import javax.swing.Icon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JRadioButton;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTree;
import javax.swing.event.TreeModelEvent;
import javax.swing.event.TreeModelListener;
import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.tree.TreeModel;
import javax.swing.tree.TreePath;
import javax.swing.tree.TreeSelectionModel;
public class Main extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
GenealogyTree tree;
private static String SHOW_ANCESTOR_CMD = "showAncestor";
public Main() {
super(new BorderLayout());
//Construct the panel with the toggle buttons.
JRadioButton showDescendant = new JRadioButton("Show descendants", true);
final JRadioButton showAncestor = new JRadioButton("Show ancestors");
ButtonGroup bGroup = new ButtonGroup();
bGroup.add(showDescendant);
bGroup.add(showAncestor);
showDescendant.addActionListener(this);
showAncestor.addActionListener(this);
showAncestor.setActionCommand(SHOW_ANCESTOR_CMD);
JPanel buttonPanel = new JPanel();
buttonPanel.add(showDescendant);
buttonPanel.add(showAncestor);
//Construct the tree.
tree = new GenealogyTree(getGenealogyGraph());
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(tree);
scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 200));
//Add everything to this panel.
add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.PAGE_START);
add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
/**
* Required by the ActionListener interface. Handle events on the
* showDescendant and showAncestore buttons.
*/
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
if (ae.getActionCommand() == SHOW_ANCESTOR_CMD) {
tree.showAncestor(true);
} else {
tree.showAncestor(false);
}
}
/**
* Constructs the genealogy graph used by the model.
*/
public Person getGenealogyGraph() {
//the greatgrandparent generation
Person a1 = new Person("Jack (great-granddaddy)");
Person a2 = new Person("Jean (great-granny)");
Person a3 = new Person("Albert (great-granddaddy)");
Person a4 = new Person("Rae (great-granny)");
Person a5 = new Person("Paul (great-granddaddy)");
Person a6 = new Person("Josie (great-granny)");
//the grandparent generation
Person b1 = new Person("Peter (grandpa)");
Person b2 = new Person("Zoe (grandma)");
Person b3 = new Person("Simon (grandpa)");
Person b4 = new Person("James (grandpa)");
Person b5 = new Person("Bertha (grandma)");
Person b6 = new Person("Veronica (grandma)");
Person b7 = new Person("Anne (grandma)");
Person b8 = new Person("Renee (grandma)");
Person b9 = new Person("Joseph (grandpa)");
//the parent generation
Person c1 = new Person("Isabelle (mom)");
Person c2 = new Person("Frank (dad)");
Person c3 = new Person("Louis (dad)");
Person c4 = new Person("Laurence (dad)");
Person c5 = new Person("Valerie (mom)");
Person c6 = new Person("Marie (mom)");
Person c7 = new Person("Helen (mom)");
Person c8 = new Person("Mark (dad)");
Person c9 = new Person("Oliver (dad)");
//the youngest generation
Person d1 = new Person("Clement (boy)");
Person d2 = new Person("Colin (boy)");
Person.linkFamily(a1, a2, new Person[] { b1, b2, b3, b4 });
Person.linkFamily(a3, a4, new Person[] { b5, b6, b7 });
Person.linkFamily(a5, a6, new Person[] { b8, b9 });
Person.linkFamily(b3, b6, new Person[] { c1, c2, c3 });
Person.linkFamily(b4, b5, new Person[] { c4, c5, c6 });
Person.linkFamily(b8, b7, new Person[] { c7, c8, c9 });
Person.linkFamily(c4, c7, new Person[] { d1, d2 });
return a1;
}
/**
* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, this method should be
* invoked from the event-dispatching thread.
*/
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
//Make sure we have nice window decorations.
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
//Create and set up the window.
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Main");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Create and set up the content pane.
Main newContentPane = new Main();
newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
//Display the window.
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
class GenealogyModel implements TreeModel {
private boolean showAncestors;
private Vector treeModelListeners = new Vector();
private Person rootPerson;
public GenealogyModel(Person root) {
showAncestors = false;
rootPerson = root;
}
/**
* Used to toggle between show ancestors/show descendant and to change the
* root of the tree.
*/
public void showAncestor(boolean b, Object newRoot) {
showAncestors = b;
Person oldRoot = rootPerson;
if (newRoot != null) {
rootPerson = (Person) newRoot;
}
fireTreeStructureChanged(oldRoot);
}
//////////////// Fire events //////////////////////////////////////////////
/**
* The only event raised by this model is TreeStructureChanged with the root
* as path, i.e. the whole tree has changed.
*/
protected void fireTreeStructureChanged(Person oldRoot) {
int len = treeModelListeners.size();
TreeModelEvent e = new TreeModelEvent(this, new Object[] { oldRoot });
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
((TreeModelListener) treeModelListeners.elementAt(i))
.treeStructureChanged(e);
}
}
//////////////// TreeModel interface implementation ///////////////////////
/**
* Adds a listener for the TreeModelEvent posted after the tree changes.
*/
public void addTreeModelListener(TreeModelListener l) {
treeModelListeners.addElement(l);
}
/**
* Returns the child of parent at index index in the parent's child array.
*/
public Object getChild(Object parent, int index) {
Person p = (Person) parent;
if (showAncestors) {
if ((index > 0) && (p.getFather() != null)) {
return p.getMother();
}
return p.getFather();
}
return p.getChildAt(index);
}
/**
* Returns the number of children of parent.
*/
public int getChildCount(Object parent) {
Person p = (Person) parent;
if (showAncestors) {
int count = 0;
if (p.getFather() != null) {
count++;
}
if (p.getMother() != null) {
count++;
}
return count;
}
return p.getChildCount();
}
/**
* Returns the index of child in parent.
*/
public int getIndexOfChild(Object parent, Object child) {
Person p = (Person) parent;
if (showAncestors) {
int count = 0;
Person father = p.getFather();
if (father != null) {
count++;
if (father == child) {
return 0;
}
}
if (p.getMother() != child) {
return count;
}
return -1;
}
return p.getIndexOfChild((Person) child);
}
/**
* Returns the root of the tree.
*/
public Object getRoot() {
return rootPerson;
}
/**
* Returns true if node is a leaf.
*/
public boolean isLeaf(Object node) {
Person p = (Person) node;
if (showAncestors) {
return ((p.getFather() == null) && (p.getMother() == null));
}
return p.getChildCount() == 0;
}
/**
* Removes a listener previously added with addTreeModelListener().
*/
public void removeTreeModelListener(TreeModelListener l) {
treeModelListeners.removeElement(l);
}
/**
* Messaged when the user has altered the value for the item identified by
* path to newValue. Not used by this model.
*/
public void valueForPathChanged(TreePath path, Object newValue) {
System.out.println("*** valueForPathChanged : " + path + " --> "
+ newValue);
}
}
class Person {
Person father;
Person mother;
Vector children;
private String name;
public Person(String name) {
this.name = name;
mother = father = null;
children = new Vector();
}
/**
* Link together all members of a family.
*
* @param pa
* the father
* @param ma
* the mother
* @param kids
* the children
*/
public static void linkFamily(Person pa, Person ma, Person[] kids) {
int len = kids.length;
Person kid = null;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
kid = kids[i];
pa.children.addElement(kid);
ma.children.addElement(kid);
kid.father = pa;
kid.mother = ma;
}
}
/// getter methods ///////////////////////////////////
public String toString() {
return name;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public Person getFather() {
return father;
}
public Person getMother() {
return mother;
}
public int getChildCount() {
return children.size();
}
public Person getChildAt(int i) {
return (Person) children.elementAt(i);
}
public int getIndexOfChild(Person kid) {
return children.indexOf(kid);
}
}
class GenealogyTree extends JTree {
GenealogyModel model;
public GenealogyTree(Person graphNode) {
super(new GenealogyModel(graphNode));
getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(
TreeSelectionModel.SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION);
DefaultTreeCellRenderer renderer = new DefaultTreeCellRenderer();
Icon personIcon = null;
renderer.setLeafIcon(personIcon);
renderer.setClosedIcon(personIcon);
renderer.setOpenIcon(personIcon);
setCellRenderer(renderer);
}
/**
* Get the selected item in the tree, and call showAncestor with this item
* on the model.
*/
public void showAncestor(boolean b) {
Object newRoot = null;
TreePath path = getSelectionModel().getSelectionPath();
if (path != null) {
newRoot = path.getLastPathComponent();
}
((GenealogyModel) getModel()).showAncestor(b, newRoot);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
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