[news.eclipse.tools] How about a Virtual Resource tree?

["Colin Kingsbury" <cwkingsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there any more dynamic way to work with the resource tree than simply a
static hierarchy of files and directories?

Let's say I have ten XML files, each of which represents an item of
clothing. XML tag structures within each file will define the type
(pants|shirt), gender (male|female), and size (s|m|l) of that item. All will
be stored inside a single directory which can be thought of as a "catalog."

Now when the user opens this catalog up, he ought to be able to see these
data organized in any way he wishes: by gender, then type, then size, or by
type, size, gender, etc etc.

Is there a way to build the resource tree view "virtually" based on
organizing principles other than simple file hierarchies?

Thanks in advance,
-cwk.