Jtree: how to hide portions of a given text defaulttutabletreenode?

Question

Say that my JTree consists of the following nodes.

new DefaultMutableTreeNode("DisplayThisTextOnly {donotdisplaystringsinhere}");

how can i hide text between and turning {} from display using TreeCellRenderer?

when i select this node i want to get the whole row again.

"DisplayThisTextOnly {donotdisplaystringsinhere}"

Basically my goal is to be able to extract additional data from a given node tree without the need setObject()

Answer 1

Create your own renderer and cross out the text that you do not want to see. In the Swing tutorial on How to Use Trees, there is an example of a renderer to get you started.