how to use custom nodes in a JTree without reinventing the wheel?

Hello,

Each node contains two JTextAreas in a Box layout and a few JButtons.

I wish to display these nodes in a JTree.

Reading the tutorial, it seems I would have to reimplement the TreeModel, TreeCellRenderer/Editor, MutableTreeNode interfaces etc.

Can I use the DefaultTreeModel, and other standard widgets (great stuff!) to minimize the amount of reimplementation I must do. aka avoid reinventing the wheel? I was thinking of extending my node from the DefaultMutableTreeNode class - however it does not display the nodes with the TextAreas, buttons etc.

any help appreciated.

thanks,

Anil

[641 byte] By [anilp1a] at [2007-10-2 10:51:09]