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Background
A tree view is used to display hierarchical data organized in the form of a tree. In other words, a Tree is a visualization of a hierarchy. In a tree structure, there are parent and child nodes. The hierarchy level is shown by indentation on the left side of the Tree nodes.
Implementing a Windchill Client Architecture tree is the same as implementing a Windchill Client Architecture table. In tree, as opposed to specifying a service method or QuerySpec, a TreeHandler is specified to populate the content.
Following are the few key salient features of a Windchill Client Architecture Tree with respect to a Windchill Client Architecture Table