Java tutorial
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.TreeExpansionListener; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.TreePath; public class TreeExpansionListenerDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); DefaultMutableTreeNode root = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Root"); root.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("A")); root.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("B")); root.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("C")); JTree tree = new JTree(root); TreeExpansionListener treeExpandListener = new TreeExpansionListener() { public void treeExpanded(TreeExpansionEvent event) { TreePath path = event.getPath(); DefaultMutableTreeNode node = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) path.getLastPathComponent(); String data = node.getUserObject().toString(); System.out.println("Expanded: " + data); } public void treeCollapsed(TreeExpansionEvent event) { TreePath path = event.getPath(); DefaultMutableTreeNode node = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) path.getLastPathComponent(); String data = node.getUserObject().toString(); System.out.println("Collapsed: " + data); } }; tree.addTreeExpansionListener(treeExpandListener); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(tree); frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }