Here you can find the source of isNodeOrChildSelected(JTree tree, DefaultMutableTreeNode node)
public static boolean isNodeOrChildSelected(JTree tree, DefaultMutableTreeNode node)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w w w . ja va 2 s .c om*/ * Copyright 2000-2009 JetBrains s.r.o. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import javax.swing.*; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.TreePath; public class Main { public static boolean isNodeOrChildSelected(JTree tree, DefaultMutableTreeNode node) { TreePath[] selectionPaths = tree.getSelectionPaths(); if (selectionPaths == null || selectionPaths.length == 0) return false; TreePath path = new TreePath(node.getPath()); for (TreePath selectionPath : selectionPaths) { if (path.isDescendant(selectionPath)) return true; } return false; } }