Create Tool Node

public class MyTool implements Tool ... {

    VScopeNode myToolNode;

    ...

    // Notice how we leave the first 3 parameters as null.
    // This means the console's rendering engine will take
    // over for us and handle the rendering of our child
    // nodes.
    myToolNode = new VScopeNode(null, null, null,
        myMenuBar, myToolBar, myPopupMenu,
        smallIcon, largeIcon, "My Cool Tool",
        "A tool that does cool stuff",
        null, -1, myDataObject);

    // Associate the node with our Tool's instance.
    // This allows node selection notification to be handled by the
    // console's engine thru the Tool's start/atop methods.
    MyToolNode.setTool(this);

    ...

    public void getScopeNode() {
        // Return the root node of our data model
        return myToolNode;
    }

    ...