public boolean restoreSelection(TreeSelection treeSelection) { if (treeSelection.isEmpty()) return false; DefaultMutableTreeNode root = (DefaultMutableTreeNode) myTreeModel.getRoot(); for (int i = 0; i < root.getChildCount(); i++) { TreeNode node = root.getChildAt(i); if (node instanceof MessageNode) { MessageNode messageNode = (MessageNode) node; String[] text = messageNode.getText(); if (text.length == 0) continue; if (Comparing.equal(treeSelection.mySelectedTarget, text[0])) { TreePath pathToSelect = new TreePath(messageNode.getPath()); for (Enumeration enumeration = messageNode.children(); enumeration.hasMoreElements(); ) { Object o = enumeration.nextElement(); if (o instanceof MessageNode) { messageNode = (MessageNode) o; if (Comparing.equal(treeSelection.mySelectedTask, text[0])) { pathToSelect = new TreePath(messageNode.getPath()); break; } } } TreeUtil.selectPath(myTree, pathToSelect); myTree.expandPath(pathToSelect); return true; } } } return false; }