Bug 60117 [Viewers] Need a DeferredTableContentProvider
eclipse-SDK-I20040427-win32.zip 1. Perform a search & display the results with the flat layout 2. Now sort the results by 'Parent Name'... notice the type names do not come first 2. Switch to the hierarchical layout, then back to the flat - now the type names are first
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/TableViewer.java
for (int i = items.length; --i >= min;) {
				
				disassociate(items[i]);
			}
			table.remove(min, items.length - 1);
		}
		
		
		if (table.getItemCount() == 0) {
			table.removeAll();
		}
		
		for (int i = 0; i < min; ++i) {
							
			TableItem item = items[i];
			if (item.getData() == null) 
				updateItem(item, children[i]);
		}
		
		for (int i = min; i < children.length; ++i) {
			createItem(children[i],i);
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Removes the given elements from this table viewer.
	 * 
	 * @param elements
	 *            the elements to remove
	 */
	private void internalRemove(final Object[] elements) {