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/AbstractTreeViewer.java
if (reveal && newSelection.size() > 0) {
			showItem((Item) newSelection.get(0));
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Shows the given item.
	 * 
	 * @param item
	 *            the item
	 */
	protected abstract void showItem(Item item);
	/**
	 * Updates the tree items to correspond to the child elements of the given
	 * parent element. If null is passed for the children, this method obtains
	 * them (only if needed).
	 * 
	 * @param widget
	 *            the widget
	 * @param parent
	 *            the parent element
	 * @param elementChildren
	 *            the child elements, or null
	 * @deprecated this is no longer called by the framework
	 */
	protected void updateChildren(Widget widget, Object parent,
			Object[] elementChildren) {