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+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.testGuiFramework.fixtures;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.Ref;
+import com.intellij.testGuiFramework.framework.GuiTestUtil;
+import com.intellij.testGuiFramework.matcher.ClassNameMatcher;
+import com.intellij.ui.treeStructure.CachingSimpleNode;
+import com.intellij.ui.treeStructure.SimpleTree;
+import com.intellij.ui.treeStructure.filtered.FilteringTreeStructure;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.tree.TreeUtil;
+import org.fest.swing.cell.JTreeCellReader;
+import org.fest.swing.core.Robot;
+import org.fest.swing.fixture.JTreeFixture;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import javax.swing.*;
+import javax.swing.tree.DefaultMutableTreeNode;
+import javax.swing.tree.TreeNode;
+import javax.swing.tree.TreePath;
+
+/**
+ * Fixture for the left tree panel in Settings Dialog
+ */
+public class SettingsTreeFixture extends ComponentFixture<SettingsTreeFixture, SimpleTree> {
+
+  public SettingsTreeFixture(@NotNull Robot robot, @NotNull SimpleTree target) {
+    super(SettingsTreeFixture.class, robot, target);
+  }
+
+  //done
+  @NotNull
+  public static SettingsTreeFixture find(@NotNull Robot robot) {
+    SimpleTree simpleTree = GuiTestUtil.waitUntilFound(robot, ClassNameMatcher.forClass("com.intellij.openapi.options.newEditor.SettingsTreeView$MyTree", SimpleTree.class));
+    return new SettingsTreeFixture(robot, simpleTree);
+  }
+
+  public JTreeFixture getTreeFixture() {
+    JTreeFixture fixture = new JTreeFixture(robot(), target());
+    fixture.replaceCellReader(new SettingsTreeCellReader());
+    return fixture;
+  }
+
+  public void select(String path) {
+    getTreeFixture().selectPath(path);
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  public TreePath findPathByItemName(@NotNull String itemName){
+
+    Ref<TreeNode> searchableNodeRef = Ref.create();
+    TreeNode searchableNode;
+    TreeUtil.traverse((TreeNode)target().getModel().getRoot(), node -> {
+      String valueFromNode = getValueFromNode(target(), node);
+      if (valueFromNode != null && valueFromNode.equals(itemName)) {
+        assert (node instanceof TreeNode);
+        searchableNodeRef.set((TreeNode)node);
+        return false;
+      }
+      return true;
+    });
+    if (searchableNodeRef.isNull()) return null;
+    searchableNode = searchableNodeRef.get();
+    assert searchableNode != null;
+    return TreeUtil.getPathFromRoot(searchableNode);
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  public static String getValueFromNode(@NotNull JTree jTree, Object treeNode){
+    if (!(treeNode instanceof DefaultMutableTreeNode)) return null;
+    Object userObject = ((DefaultMutableTreeNode)treeNode).getUserObject();
+    if (!(userObject instanceof FilteringTreeStructure.FilteringNode)) return null;
+    FilteringTreeStructure.FilteringNode myNode = (FilteringTreeStructure.FilteringNode)userObject;
+    Object delegate = myNode.getDelegate();
+    if (!(delegate instanceof CachingSimpleNode)) return null;
+    CachingSimpleNode simpleNode = (CachingSimpleNode) delegate;
+    return simpleNode.toString();
+  }
+
+  private static class SettingsTreeCellReader implements JTreeCellReader {
+    @Nullable
+    @Override
+    public String valueAt(@NotNull JTree tree, Object treeNode) {
+      return getValueFromNode(tree, treeNode);
+    }
+  }
+
+}