Bug 158778 [Viewers] request for remove(parent, index) API on tree viewer
3.3 It would be helpful to have a 'remove(Object parent, int index)' method on the tree viewer to complement that 'replace(...)' and 'setChildCount(...)' APIs. The debug platform requires such a method to implement filtering in virtual tree views. Rather than performing a 'replace/remove' based on elements, the content provider can make one atomic call to remove an element at a specific index.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/TreeViewer.java
/*
	 * (non-Javadoc) Method declared in AbstractTreeViewer.
	 */
	protected boolean getExpanded(Item item) {
		return ((TreeItem) item).getExpanded();
	}
	/**
	 * Returns the item at the given display-relative coordinates, or
	 * <code>null</code> if there is no item at that location.
	 * <p>
	 * The default implementation of this method returns <code>null</code>.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param x
	 *            horizontal coordinate
	 * @param y
	 *            vertical coordinate
	 * @return the item, or <code>null</code> if there is no item at the given
	 *         coordinates
	 */
	protected Item getItem(int x, int y) {
		return getTree().getItem(getTree().toControl(new Point(x, y)));
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc) Method declared in AbstractTreeViewer.
	 */
	protected int getItemCount(Control widget) {
		return ((Tree) widget).getItemCount();
	}
	/*