Bug 122756 [Viewers] Support for TreePath based content providers
Now that the JFace tree viewer supports the notion of a tree path, it would be benefitial if this information was made available to content providers and label providers. The particular scenario that requires this is team views that include change sets. A view can display multiple change sets and a single model element may be included in multiple change sets. In 3.2, we are using the common navigator framework to allow model providers to display their models in a team operation. Having a tree path based content provider would allow the logical model display to be intermixed with change sets. Without this support, team providers would most likely need to support two views, one which shows resources and change sets and another that shows the effects of the operation on the logical model.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/StructuredViewer.java
* the update. For example, if the label provider is not affected by changes
	 * to any of these properties, an update may not actually be required.
	 * Specifing <code>properties</code> as <code>null</code> forces a full
	 * update of the element.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * If the viewer has a sorter which is affected by a change to one of the
	 * properties, the element's position is updated to maintain the sort order.
	 * </p>
	 * <p>
	 * If the viewer has a filter which is affected by a change to one of the
	 * properties, the element may appear or disappear if the change affects
	 * whether or not the element is filtered out.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @param element
	 *            the element
	 * @param properties
	 *            the properties that have changed, or <code>null</code> to
	 *            indicate unknown
	 */
	public void update(Object element, String[] properties) {
		Assert.isNotNull(element);
		Widget[] items = findItems(element);
		for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
			internalUpdate(items[i], element, properties);
		}		
	}
	/**
     * Updates the given element's presentation when one or more of its