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
if ((getTree().getStyle() & SWT.VIRTUAL) != 0) {
			
			
			if (item.getData(VIRTUAL_DISPOSE_KEY) == null) {
				item.setData(VIRTUAL_DISPOSE_KEY, Boolean.TRUE);
				item.addDisposeListener(new DisposeListener() {
					public void widgetDisposed(DisposeEvent e) {
						if (!treeIsDisposed) {
							Object data = item.getData();
							if (usingElementMap() && data != null) {
								unmapElement(data, item);
							}
						}
					}
				});
			}
		}
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ColumnViewer#getRowPartFromItem(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget)
	 */
	protected ViewerRow getRowPartFromItem(Widget item) {
		ViewerRow part = (ViewerRow) item.getData(ViewerRow.ROWPART_KEY);
		if (part == null) {
			part = new TreeViewerRow(((TreeItem) item));
		}
		return part;