Bug 122756 [Viewers] Support for TreePath based content providers
Now that the JFace tree viewer supports the notion of a tree path, it would be benefitial if this information was made available to content providers and label providers. The particular scenario that requires this is team views that include change sets. A view can display multiple change sets and a single model element may be included in multiple change sets. In 3.2, we are using the common navigator framework to allow model providers to display their models in a team operation. Having a tree path based content provider would allow the logical model display to be intermixed with change sets. Without this support, team providers would most likely need to support two views, one which shows resources and change sets and another that shows the effects of the operation on the logical model.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/AbstractTreeViewer.java
Assert.isNotNull(elementOrTreePath);
        Widget item = internalGetWidgetToSelect(elementOrTreePath);
        if (item instanceof Item)
            return getExpanded((Item) item);
        return false;
    }
    /**
     * Returns the number of child items of the given SWT control.
     * 
     * @param control
     *           the control
     * @return the number of children
     */
    protected abstract int getItemCount(Control control);
    /**
     * Returns the number of child items of the given SWT item.
     * 
     * @param item
     *           the item
     * @return the number of children
     */
    protected abstract int getItemCount(Item item);
    /**
     * Returns the child items of the given SWT item.
     * 
     * @param item
     *           the item
     * @return the child items
     */
    protected abstract Item[] getItems(Item item);