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
showItem(next == null ? current : next);
            return next;
        }
        return null;
    }
    
    public Item scrollUp(int x, int y) {
        Item current = getItem(x, y);
        if (current != null) {
            Item previous = getPreviousItem(current);
            showItem(previous == null ? current : previous);
            return previous;
        }
        return null;
    }
    /**
     * Sets the auto-expand level. The value 0 means that there is no
     * auto-expand; 1 means that top-level elements are expanded, but not their
     * children; 2 means that top-level elements are expanded, and their
     * children, but not grandchildren; and so on.
     * <p>
     * The value <code>ALL_LEVELS</code> means that all subtrees should be
     * expanded.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param level
     *           non-negative level, or <code>ALL_LEVELS</code> to expand all
     *           levels of the tree
     */
    public void setAutoExpandLevel(int level) {