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 int getItemCount(Item item) {
		return ((TreeItem) item).getItemCount();
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc) Method declared in AbstractTreeViewer.
	 */
	protected Item[] getItems(Item item) {
		return ((TreeItem) item).getItems();
	}
	/**
	 * The tree viewer implementation of this <code>Viewer</code> framework
	 * method ensures that the given label provider is an instance of either
	 * <code>ITableLabelProvider</code> or <code>ILabelProvider</code>. If
	 * it is an <code>ITableLabelProvider</code>, then it provides a separate
	 * label text and image for each column. If it is an
	 * <code>ILabelProvider</code>, then it provides only the label text and
	 * image for the first column, and any remaining columns are blank.
	 */
	public IBaseLabelProvider getLabelProvider() {
		return super.getLabelProvider();
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc) Method declared in AbstractTreeViewer.
	 */
	protected Item getParentItem(Item item) {
		return ((TreeItem) item).getParentItem();
	}
	/*