Bug 84314 [Viewers] Need to allow mapping elements to multiple widgets/items
One of the projects I am working on is using an essentially graph structured dependancy model and we use TableTreeViewer for browsing (drilling down) through this graph. The nature of the model is such that the same model element can occur in multiple positions (paths) of the three. Current implementation of the TreeViewer and TableTreeViewer do not support such one-to-many mapping of model elements to widgets, leading to loads of unnecessary overhead to enshure that correct items will get updated. Suggestion: Element -> Item mapper should allow returning of more than one item per model element that is associated with this element.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/StructuredViewer.java
refresh(getRoot());
	}
	/**
	 * Refreshes this viewer with information freshly obtained from this
	 * viewer's model. If <code>updateLabels</code> is <code>true</code>
	 * then labels for otherwise unaffected elements are updated as well.
	 * Otherwise, it assumes labels for existing elements are unchanged, and
	 * labels are only obtained as needed (for example, for new elements).
	 * <p>
	 * Calling <code>refresh(true)</code> has the same effect as
	 * <code>refresh()</code>.
	 * <p>
	 * Note that the implementation may still obtain labels for existing
	 * elements even if <code>updateLabels</code> is false. The intent is
	 * simply to allow optimization where possible.
	 * 
	 * @param updateLabels
	 *            <code>true</code> to update labels for existing elements,
	 *            <code>false</code> to only update labels as needed, assuming
	 *            that labels for existing elements are unchanged.
	 * 
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	public void refresh(boolean updateLabels) {
		refresh(getRoot(), updateLabels);
	}
	/**
	 * Refreshes this viewer starting with the given element.
	 * <p>
	 * Unlike the <code>update</code> methods, this handles structural changes