We would like to know how to add node to JTree Dynamically.
import java.awt.BorderLayout; /* ww w .j av a 2 s. c o m*/ import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTree; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel; import javax.swing.tree.TreePath; public class Main extends JPanel { JTree tree = new JTree(); public Main() { super(new BorderLayout()); JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane(tree); add(jsp, BorderLayout.CENTER); } public static void main(String[] args) { Main temp = new Main(); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setContentPane(temp); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); Thread updater = new Thread(temp.new CustomThread()); updater.start(); } public class CustomThread implements Runnable { @Override public void run() { for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { updateTree("New Item " + i); try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } public void updateTree(final String nodeToAdd) { DefaultTreeModel model = (DefaultTreeModel) tree.getModel(); DefaultMutableTreeNode root = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) tree.getModel() .getRoot(); DefaultMutableTreeNode child = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(nodeToAdd); model.insertNodeInto(child, root, root.getChildCount()); tree.scrollPathToVisible(new TreePath(child.getPath())); } } }