Labeling JTree nodes

[Amy Phillips]

Hi,
I have created a JTree of objects and would like each node to be labelled with the objects name rather than the object identifier which is what I currently get. I have called the objects name into a string and thought I could just give this to the Jtree to use but this doesn't seem to be the case. Anyone know why?

 root = new DefaultMutableTreeNode( "Requirements" );
    treeModel = new DefaultTreeModel(root);
        
        tree = new JTree(treeModel);
        tree.setEditable(true);
        tree.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode
        (TreeSelectionModel.SINGLE_TREE_SELECTION);
        tree.setShowsRootHandles(true);
        
 //for each test object add a new tree node
for( int i = 0; i < reqControl.getSize(); i++ )
        {
    Requirement thisReq = reqControl.getRequirement( i );
            String name = thisReq.getName();
            DefaultMutableTreeNode node = new DefaultMutableTreeNode( name );
            node.setUserObject( thisReq );
            root.add( node );
}
    
 

[Joe Gilvary]

Amy,
I think if you write your own toString() method for the Requirement class and have it return the value of name you'll get the behavior you seek.
Thanks,
Joe