if (element == null || equals(element, getRoot())) {

	boolean usingMotif = "motif".equals(SWT.getPlatform());//$NON-NLS-1$

		// the parent

		try {

			if (usingMotif) {

				// This avoids a "graphic is disposed" error on Motif by not letting

				// it redraw while we remove entries.  Some items in this table are

				// being removed and may have icons which may have already been

				// disposed elsewhere.

				table.setRedraw(false);

			}

			if (element == null || equals(element, getRoot())) {

				// the parent

				// in the code below, it is important to do all disassociates

				// before any associates, since a later disassociate can undo an

				// earlier associate

				// e.g. if (a, b) is replaced by (b, a), the disassociate of b

				// to item 1 could undo

				// the associate of b to item 0.

		// in the code below, it is important to do all disassociates

				Object[] children = getSortedChildren(getRoot());

		// before any associates, since a later disassociate can undo an earlier associate

				TableItem[] items = table.getItems();

		// e.g. if (a, b) is replaced by (b, a), the disassociate of b to item 1 could undo

				int min = Math.min(children.length, items.length);

		// the associate of b to item 0.

				for (int i = 0; i < min; ++i) {

					// if the element is unchanged, update its label if

		Object[] children = getSortedChildren(getRoot());

					// appropriate

		TableItem[] items = table.getItems();

					if (equals(children[i], items[i].getData())) {

		int min = Math.min(children.length, items.length);

						if (updateLabels) {

		for (int i = 0; i < min; ++i) {

							updateItem(items[i], children[i]);

			// if the element is unchanged, update its label if appropriate

						} else {

			if (equals(children[i], items[i].getData())) {

							// associate the new element, even if equal to the

				if (updateLabels) {

							// old one,

					updateItem(items[i], children[i]);

							// to remove stale references (see bug 31314)

				}

							associate(children[i], items[i]);

				else {

						}

					// associate the new element, even if equal to the old one,

					} else {

					// to remove stale references (see bug 31314)

						// updateItem does an associate(...), which can mess up

					associate(children[i], items[i]);

						// the associations if the order of elements has

						// changed.

						// E.g. (a, b) -> (b, a) first replaces a->0 with b->0,

						// then replaces b->1 with a->1, but this actually

						// removes b->0.

						// So, if the object associated with this item has

						// changed,

						// just disassociate it for now, and update it below.

						items[i].setText(""); //$NON-NLS-1$

						items[i].setImage(new Image[0]);

						disassociate(items[i]);

					}

				}

				// dispose of all items beyond the end of the current elements

				if (min < items.length) {

					for (int i = items.length; --i >= min;) {

						disassociate(items[i]);

					}

					table.remove(min, items.length - 1);

				}

				// Workaround for 1GDGN4Q: ITPUI:WIN2000 - TableViewer icons get

				// scrunched

				if (table.getItemCount() == 0) {

					table.removeAll();

				}

				// Update items which were removed above

				for (int i = 0; i < min; ++i) {

					if (items[i].getData() == null) {

						updateItem(items[i], children[i]);

					}

		// Update items which were removed above

				// add any remaining elements

		for (int i = 0; i < min; ++i) {

				for (int i = min; i < children.length; ++i) {

			if (items[i].getData() == null) {

					updateItem(new TableItem(table, SWT.NONE, i), children[i]);

				updateItem(items[i], children[i]);

				}

			} else {

				Widget w = findItem(element);

				if (w != null) {

					updateItem(w, element);

				}

			}

		} finally {

			if (usingMotif) {

				table.setRedraw(true);