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+//  This file (TreeUtils.cs) is a part of the IBBoard.GtkSharp project and is copyright 2009 IBBoard
+// 
+//  The file and the library/program it is in are licensed under the GNU LGPL license, either version 3 of the License or (at your option) any later version. Please see COPYING.LGPL for more information and the full license.
+// 
+
+using System;
+using Gtk;
+
+namespace IBBoard.GtkSharp
+{
+	/// <summary>
+	/// Utility methods for working with GTK TreeViews and TreeModels
+	/// </summary>	
+	public class TreeUtils
+	{
+		public static object GetItemAtPath(TreeView tree, TreePath path)
+		{
+			TreeModel model = tree.Model;
+			TreeIter iter;
+			model.GetIter(out iter, path);
+			return model.GetValue(iter, 0);
+		}
+
+		public static object GetSelectedItem(TreeView tree)
+		{
+			TreeSelection selection = tree.Selection;
+			TreeModel model;
+			TreeIter iter;
+			object selected = null;
+			
+			if (selection.CountSelectedRows() > 0)
+			{
+				selection.GetSelected(out model, out iter);
+				selected = model.GetValue(iter, 0);
+			}
+
+			return selected;
+		}
+	}
+}