Re: JTree of objects other than String but displaying String, possible?

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From: Sjaak Wolfert
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 00:00

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Jabber,

You should override the toString() method in MyObject and return the string
you like.

Sjaak

Jabber wrote in message <374C580D.635E4D78@tiac.net>...
>I am trying to create a JTree of my own defined objects, rather than
>Strings. This in itself is easy:
>    child = new DefaultMutableTreeNode(new MyObject);
>    parent.add(child);
>However, I would like to see a String attribute of MyObject as the label
>for the node in the tree, rather than the MyObject.toString(); of it. Is
>there a way to do this?
>

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