Bug 138608 [Viewers] JFace AbstractTreeViewer: itemExists doesn't handle equal tree entries
I use a TreeViewer with - setUseHashLookup(true) - without any sorter or filter - with a comparer When I try to add an object that is equal to an existing entry in the tree, it will not be added. This is because the method private boolean itemExists(Item[] items, Object element) { if(usingElementMap()) { return findItem(element) != null; } for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) { if(items[i].getData().equals(element)) { return true; } } return false; } takes a shortcut if there is an element map, but the shortcut doesn't handle the 'multiple equal elements' case. There is a workaround, however: Setting a dummy sorter will avoid the call to itemExists and multiple equal elements can be added to the tree.
bundles/org.eclipse.jface/src/org/eclipse/jface/viewers/AbstractTreeViewer.java
}
    }
    /**
     * Refreshes the tree starting at the given widget.
     * <p>
     * EXPERIMENTAL.  Not to be used except by JDT.
     * This method was added to support JDT's explorations
     * into grouping by working sets, which requires viewers to support multiple 
     * equal elements.  See bug 76482 for more details.  This support will
     * likely be removed in Eclipse 3.2 in favour of proper support for
     * multiple equal elements. 
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param widget
     *           the widget
     * @param element
     *           the element
     * @param doStruct
     *           <code>true</code> if structural changes are to be picked up,
     *           and <code>false</code> if only label provider changes are of
     *           interest
     * @param updateLabels
     *           <code>true</code> to update labels for existing elements,
     *           <code>false</code> to only update labels as needed, assuming
     *           that labels for existing elements are unchanged.
     * @since 3.1
     */
    protected void internalRefresh(Widget widget, Object element,
            boolean doStruct, boolean updateLabels) {
        if (widget instanceof Item) {