@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static G2DTreeNode getNode(MutableTreeNode root, String name) { try { Enumeration files = root.children(); while (files.hasMoreElements()) { G2DTreeNode node = (G2DTreeNode) files.nextElement(); if (node.getName().equals(name)) { return node; } } } catch (Exception err) { err.printStackTrace(); } return null; }