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
for (int i = 0; i < current.length; i++) {
			if (current[i].getData() == null
					|| !itemSet.containsKey(current[i].getData())) {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc) Method declared in AbstractTreeViewer.
	 */
	protected void showItem(Item item) {
		getTree().showItem((TreeItem) item);
	}
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see org.eclipse.jface.viewers.AbstractTreeViewer#getChild(org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget,
	 *      int)
	 */
	protected Item getChild(Widget widget, int index) {
		if (widget instanceof TreeItem) {
			return ((TreeItem) widget).getItem(index);
		}
		if (widget instanceof Tree) {
			return ((Tree) widget).getItem(index);
		}
		return null;
	}