由于问题要求可用的数据结构，树可以由列表或数组构造:

Object[] tree = new Object[2];
tree[0] = "Hello";
{
  Object[] subtree = new Object[2];
  subtree[0] = "Goodbye";
  subtree[1] = "";
  tree[1] = subtree;
}

Instanceof可用于确定元素是子树还是终端节点。

不使用Collection框架的Tree的自定义树实现。 它包含Tree实现所需的不同基本操作。

class Node {

    int data;
    Node left;
    Node right;

    public Node(int ddata, Node left, Node right) {
        this.data = ddata;
        this.left = null;
        this.right = null;      
    }

    public void displayNode(Node n) {
        System.out.print(n.data + " "); 
    }

}

class BinaryTree {

    Node root;

    public BinaryTree() {
        this.root = null;
    }

    public void insertLeft(int parent, int leftvalue ) {
        Node n = find(root, parent);
        Node leftchild = new Node(leftvalue, null, null);
        n.left = leftchild;
    }

    public void insertRight(int parent, int rightvalue) {
        Node n = find(root, parent);
        Node rightchild = new Node(rightvalue, null, null);
        n.right = rightchild;
    }

    public void insertRoot(int data) {
        root = new Node(data, null, null);
    }

    public Node getRoot() {
        return root;
    }

    public Node find(Node n, int key) {     
        Node result = null;

        if (n == null)
            return null;

        if (n.data == key)
            return n;

        if (n.left != null)
            result = find(n.left, key);

        if (result == null)
            result = find(n.right, key);

        return result;
    } 

    public int getheight(Node root){
        if (root == null)
            return 0;

        return Math.max(getheight(root.left), getheight(root.right)) + 1; 
    }

    public void printTree(Node n) {     
        if (n == null)
            return;

        printTree(n.left);
        n.displayNode(n);
        printTree(n.right);             
    }

}

我写了一个处理通用树的小库。它比秋千轻多了。我也有一个专门的项目。

    // TestTree.java
// A simple test to see how we can build a tree and populate it
//
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.tree.*;

public class TestTree extends JFrame {

  JTree tree;
  DefaultTreeModel treeModel;

  public TestTree( ) {
    super("Tree Test Example");
    setSize(400, 300);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
  }

  public void init( ) {
    // Build up a bunch of TreeNodes. We use DefaultMutableTreeNode because the
    // DefaultTreeModel can use it to build a complete tree.
    DefaultMutableTreeNode root = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Root");
    DefaultMutableTreeNode subroot = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("SubRoot");
    DefaultMutableTreeNode leaf1 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Leaf 1");
    DefaultMutableTreeNode leaf2 = new DefaultMutableTreeNode("Leaf 2");

    // Build our tree model starting at the root node, and then make a JTree out
    // of it.
    treeModel = new DefaultTreeModel(root);
    tree = new JTree(treeModel);

    // Build the tree up from the nodes we created.
    treeModel.insertNodeInto(subroot, root, 0);
    // Or, more succinctly:
    subroot.add(leaf1);
    root.add(leaf2);

    // Display it.
    getContentPane( ).add(tree, BorderLayout.CENTER);
  }

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    TestTree tt = new TestTree( );
    tt.init( );
    tt.setVisible(true);
  }
}

public class Tree {
    private List<Tree> leaves = new LinkedList<Tree>();
    private Tree parent = null;
    private String data;

    public Tree(String data, Tree parent) {
        this.data = data;
        this.parent = parent;
    }
}

显然，您可以添加实用工具方法来添加/删除子元素。

public abstract class Node {
  List<Node> children;

  public List<Node> getChidren() {
    if (children == null) {
      children = new ArrayList<>();
    }
    return chidren;
  }
}

它非常简单，很容易使用。要使用它，请扩展它:

public class MenuItem extends Node {
  String label;
  String href;
  ...
}