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I generated a decision tree based on a set of data, then I converted this data to a xml file, after that I put it into a JTree. This part works fine but now I have to take a new instance(which contains the data received from the user), find it's place in the decision tree and change that node's color. And I can't find a way to do that. I am using weka and the J48 classifier to generate the decision tree. The xml is created in the Luc Sorel style: http://www.lucsorel.com/media/downloads/sample_decision_tree.xml
The first thing I tried was to classify the instance using the algorithm but that gets me only the class where it belongs, and I don't know how to locate it in the JTree. What should I do? Any ideeas?

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Like JTable, JTree uses a flyweight renderer to draw nodes. As the default renderer is a JLabel, you can set the foreground color or make the label opaque and set the background color. This related example changes the icon for emphasis. More examples may be found here.

Addendum: I cannot find … the node that I should color.

When getTreeCellRendererComponent() is called, value is a reference to the node to be rendered, and the tree parameter allows access to the TreeModel as a whole via getModel(). This example shows how to search a tree.

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  • Thx, but my problem is that I cannot find the node where the instance should be. I mean finding the node that I should color. – user1833300 Nov 25 '12 at 12:35