Java JTree get children node for a node
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Enumeration; import java.util.List; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTree; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.TreeNode; public class Main { public static void main(String args[]) { final JFrame f = new JFrame("JTree Demo"); f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); Container c = f.getContentPane(); c.setLayout(new FlowLayout()); DefaultMutableTreeNode root = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Root"); DefaultMutableTreeNode c1 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("X"); DefaultMutableTreeNode c2 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("B"); DefaultMutableTreeNode c3 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("C"); root.add(c1);/*from ww w . java 2s .c o m*/ root.add(c2); root.add(c3); c1.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("1")); c1.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("2")); c2.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("3")); c2.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("4")); c3.add(new DefaultMutableTreeNode("5")); DefaultMutableTreeNode n6 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("6"); n6.setUserObject("demo2s.com"); c3.add(n6); JTree t = new JTree(root); List<DefaultMutableTreeNode> list = getDefaultMutableTreeNodeChildren(root); System.out.println(list); c.add(new JScrollPane(t)); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } public static List<DefaultMutableTreeNode> getDefaultMutableTreeNodeChildren( TreeNode node) { if (node == null) { throw new NullPointerException("node == null"); } List<DefaultMutableTreeNode> children = new ArrayList<>( node.getChildCount()); for (Enumeration<?> enumeration = node.children(); enumeration .hasMoreElements();) { Object nextElement = enumeration.nextElement(); if (nextElement instanceof DefaultMutableTreeNode) { children.add((DefaultMutableTreeNode) nextElement); } } return children; } }