Java JTree sort tree node
import java.awt.Container; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTree; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode; import javax.swing.tree.DefaultTreeModel; 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 .ja v a 2s . co 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"); c3.add(n6); JTree t = new JTree(root); sortNodesAlphabetically( root, (DefaultTreeModel)t.getModel()); c.add(new JScrollPane(t)); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } public static void sortNodesAlphabetically( DefaultMutableTreeNode nodeToSort, DefaultTreeModel model) { int nrOfChildren = nodeToSort.getChildCount(); if (nrOfChildren > 1) { Map<String, DefaultMutableTreeNode> nameNodeMap = new HashMap<String, DefaultMutableTreeNode>( nrOfChildren); for (int i = 0; i < nrOfChildren; i++) { DefaultMutableTreeNode child = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) nodeToSort .getChildAt(i); nameNodeMap.put(child.toString(), child); } List<String> names = new ArrayList<String>(nameNodeMap.keySet()); Collections.sort(names); for (DefaultMutableTreeNode node : nameNodeMap.values()) { model.removeNodeFromParent(node); } for (int i = 0; i < names.size(); i++) { model.insertNodeInto(nameNodeMap.get(names.get(i)), nodeToSort, i); } model.reload(); } } }