How to serialize/deserialize a JTree ?

[fmarchioni]

Hi all!
I'm using an application where a JTree is dynamically built at runtime.
I need to add a function to save a "snapshot" of the jtree.
I think that serialization could be a valid option.
So I serialized the root DefaultMutableTreeNode and de-serialized it.

Unfortunately it doesn't work as I expected.

The jtree I re-build is incorrect (node names are missing, moreover
application locks if I check one of the nodes)

Has anybody tried to save the state of a Jtree ?
Do I need to serialize also other components (which are linked with the
jtree) ?
any advice will be very much appreciated....
thanks
Francesco

 

[David Linsin]

Hi Francesco,

I have been using the XMLEncoder/Decoder to save state of Swing objects
on a projects. Works okay...maybe you wanna give it a try.

Greetings, David
http://blog.linsin.de