Java tutorial
import java.util.Vector; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTree; import javax.swing.text.Position; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel; import javax.swing.tree.MutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.TreePath; public class TreeNodeRemove { public static void main(String[] argv) { Vector<String> v = new Vector<String>(); v.add("a"); v.add("b"); v.add("c"); JTree tree = new JTree(v); DefaultTreeModel model = (DefaultTreeModel) tree.getModel(); int startRow = 0; String prefix = "b"; TreePath path = tree.getNextMatch(prefix, startRow, Position.Bias.Forward); MutableTreeNode node = (MutableTreeNode) path.getLastPathComponent(); model.removeNodeFromParent(node); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(new JScrollPane(tree)); frame.setSize(380, 320); frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); frame.setVisible(true); } }