public interface javax.swing.tree
TreeSelectionModel


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Java SE 6
  
Implemented by: DefaultTreeSelectionModel
Details
This interface represents the current state of the selection for the tree component. For information and examples of using tree selection models, see How to Use Trees in The Java Tutorial.

The state of the tree selection is characterized by a set of TreePaths, and optionally a set of integers. The mapping from TreePath to integer is done by way of an instance of RowMapper. It is not necessary for a TreeSelectionModel to have a RowMapper to correctly operate, but without a RowMapper getSelectionRows will return null.

A TreeSelectionModel can be configured to allow only one path (SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION) a number of continguous paths (CONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION) or a number of discontiguous paths (DISCONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION). A RowMapper is used to determine if TreePaths are contiguous. In the absence of a RowMapper CONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION and DISCONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION behave the same, that is they allow any number of paths to be contained in the TreeSelectionModel.

For a selection model of CONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION any time the paths are changed (setSelectionPath, addSelectionPath ...) the TreePaths are again checked to make they are contiguous. A check of the TreePaths can also be forced by invoking resetRowSelection. How a set of discontiguous TreePaths is mapped to a contiguous set is left to implementors of this interface to enforce a particular policy.

Implementations should combine duplicate TreePaths that are added to the selection. For example, the following code

   TreePath[] paths = new TreePath[] { treePath, treePath };
   treeSelectionModel.setSelectionPaths(paths);
 
should result in only one path being selected: treePath, and not two copies of treePath.

The lead TreePath is the last path that was added (or set). The lead row is then the row that corresponds to the TreePath as determined from the RowMapper.
version1.25 11/17/05


Fields
final public static int SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION
Selection can only contain one path at a time.
final public static int CONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION
Selection can only be contiguous. This will only be enforced if a RowMapper instance is provided. That is, if no RowMapper is set this behaves the same as DISCONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION.
final public static int DISCONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION
Selection can contain any number of items that are not necessarily contiguous.

Methods
public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Details
Adds a PropertyChangeListener to the listener list. The listener is registered for all properties.

A PropertyChangeEvent will get fired when the selection mode changes.
listenerthe PropertyChangeListener to be added

public void addSelectionPath(TreePath path) Details
Adds path to the current selection. If path is not currently in the selection the TreeSelectionListeners are notified. This has no effect if path is null.
paththe new path to add to the current selection
public void addSelectionPaths(TreePath[] paths) Details
Adds paths to the current selection. If any of the paths in paths are not currently in the selection the TreeSelectionListeners are notified. This has no effect if paths is null.
pathsthe new paths to add to the current selection
public void addTreeSelectionListener(TreeSelectionListener x) Details
Adds x to the list of listeners that are notified each time the set of selected TreePaths changes.
xthe new listener to be added
public void clearSelection()
Empties the current selection. If this represents a change in the current selection, the selection listeners are notified.
public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener listener) Details
Removes a PropertyChangeListener from the listener list. This removes a PropertyChangeListener that was registered for all properties.
listenerthe PropertyChangeListener to be removed
public void removeSelectionPath(TreePath path) Details
Removes path from the selection. If path is in the selection The TreeSelectionListeners are notified. This has no effect if path is null.
paththe path to remove from the selection
public void removeSelectionPaths(TreePath[] paths) Details
Removes paths from the selection. If any of the paths in paths are in the selection, the TreeSelectionListeners are notified. This method has no effect if paths is null.
pathsthe path to remove from the selection
public void removeTreeSelectionListener(TreeSelectionListener x) Details
Removes x from the list of listeners that are notified each time the set of selected TreePaths changes.
xthe listener to remove
public void resetRowSelection()
Updates this object's mapping from TreePaths to rows. This should be invoked when the mapping from TreePaths to integers has changed (for example, a node has been expanded).

You do not normally have to call this; JTree and its associated listeners will invoke this for you. If you are implementing your own view class, then you will have to invoke this.


Properties
public TreePath getLeadSelectionPath()
Returns the last path that was added. This may differ from the leadSelectionPath property maintained by the JTree.
public int getLeadSelectionRow()
Returns the lead selection index. That is the last index that was added.
public int getMaxSelectionRow()
Returns the largest value obtained from the RowMapper for the current set of selected TreePaths. If nothing is selected, or there is no RowMapper, this will return -1.
public int getMinSelectionRow()
Returns the smallest value obtained from the RowMapper for the current set of selected TreePaths. If nothing is selected, or there is no RowMapper, this will return -1.
public boolean isPathSelected(TreePath path)
Returns true if the path, path, is in the current selection.
public void setRowMapper(RowMapper newMapper)
Sets the RowMapper instance. This instance is used to determine the row for a particular TreePath.
public RowMapper getRowMapper()
Returns the RowMapper instance that is able to map a TreePath to a row.
public boolean isRowSelected(int row)
Returns true if the row identified by row is selected.
public int getSelectionCount()
Returns the number of paths that are selected.
public boolean isSelectionEmpty()
Returns true if the selection is currently empty.
public void setSelectionMode(int mode)
Sets the selection model, which must be one of SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION, CONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION or DISCONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION.

This may change the selection if the current selection is not valid for the new mode. For example, if three TreePaths are selected when the mode is changed to SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION, only one TreePath will remain selected. It is up to the particular implementation to decide what TreePath remains selected.

public int getSelectionMode()
Returns the current selection mode, one of SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION, CONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION or DISCONTIGUOUS_TREE_SELECTION.
public void setSelectionPath(TreePath path) Details
Sets the selection to path. If this represents a change, then the TreeSelectionListeners are notified. If path is null, this has the same effect as invoking clearSelection.
pathnew path to select
public TreePath getSelectionPath()
Returns the first path in the selection. How first is defined is up to implementors, and may not necessarily be the TreePath with the smallest integer value as determined from the RowMapper.
public void setSelectionPaths(TreePath[] paths) Details
Sets the selection to path. If this represents a change, then the TreeSelectionListeners are notified. If paths is null, this has the same effect as invoking clearSelection.
pathsnew selection
public TreePath[] getSelectionPaths()
Returns the paths in the selection. This will return null (or an empty array) if nothing is currently selected.
public int[] getSelectionRows()
Returns all of the currently selected rows. This will return null (or an empty array) if there are no selected TreePaths or a RowMapper has not been set.