How does DefaultTreeModel and HtmlTree relate?

[Todd Patrick]

I've created a HtmlTree in Java code:

 

HtmlTree tree = (HtmlTree) application.createComponent(HtmlTree.COMPONENT_TYPE);
        tree.setRendererType("org.apache.myfaces.custom.tree.renderkit.html.HtmlTreeRenderer");
        tree.setId("tree");
        tree.setVar("treeItem");
        tree.setStyleClass("tree");
        tree.setNodeClass("treenode");
        tree.setRowClasses("a, b");
        tree.setColumnClasses("col1, col12");
        tree.setSelectedNodeClass("treenodeSelected");

 

How do I apply the DefaultTreeModel that I am returning from a getter?

 

public DefaultTreeModel getTreeModel() {
        return treeModel;
}

 

I know that the getter does return a valid DefaultTreeModel object.

 

How does DefaultTreeModel and HtmlTree relate?

 

Thanks,

 

--Todd