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
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    protected Item getPreviousItem(Item item) {
        
        
        Item parent = getParentItem(item);
        if (parent == null) {
            return null;
        }
        Item[] siblings = getItems(parent);
        if (siblings.length == 0 || siblings[0] == item) {
            return parent;
        }
        Item previous = siblings[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < siblings.length; i++) {
            if (siblings[i] == item) {
                return rightMostVisibleDescendent(previous);
            }
            previous = siblings[i];
        }
        return null;
    }
    
    protected Object[] getRawChildren(Object parentElementOrTreePath) {
    	Object parent;
    	TreePath path;
    	if (parentElementOrTreePath instanceof TreePath) {
			path = (TreePath) parentElementOrTreePath;
			parent = path.getLastSegment();
		} else {
			parent = parentElementOrTreePath;