diff -r b5ab4dc9c729 openide.nodes/apichanges.xml
--- a/openide.nodes/apichanges.xml	Tue Apr 06 22:00:14 2010 +0200
+++ b/openide.nodes/apichanges.xml	Wed Apr 07 06:29:08 2010 +0200
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@
 <apidef name="nodes">Nodes API</apidef>
 </apidefs>
 <changes>
+    <change id="IndexedNode.LookupConstr">
+        <api name="nodes"/>
+        <summary>New constructor of IndexedNode</summary>
+        <version major="7" minor="15"/>
+        <date day="14" month="4" year="2010"/>
+        <author login="jtulach"/>
+        <compatibility addition="yes" binary="compatible" source="compatible" semantic="compatible"/>
+        <description>
+            <p>
+            <a href="@TOP@/org/openide/nodes/IndexedNode.html">IndexedNode</a> has
+            new constructor that accepts <code>Lookup</code>.
+            </p>
+        </description>
+        <class package="org.openide.nodes" name="IndexedNode"/>
+        <issue number="163258"/>
+    </change>
     <change id="NodeOp.factory">
         <api name="nodes"/>
         <summary>Support for declarative Node registrations</summary>
@@ -56,7 +72,7 @@
         <description>
             <p>
             <a href="@TOP@/org/openide/nodes/NodeOp.html">NodeOp.factory</a>
-            is new 
+            is new
             <a href="@org-openide-modules@/org/openide/modules/doc-files/api.html#how-layer">layer</a>
             based factory method
             to allow declarative definition of a root node into the UI.
diff -r b5ab4dc9c729 openide.nodes/manifest.mf
--- a/openide.nodes/manifest.mf	Tue Apr 06 22:00:14 2010 +0200
+++ b/openide.nodes/manifest.mf	Wed Apr 07 06:29:08 2010 +0200
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 OpenIDE-Module: org.openide.nodes
 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/openide/nodes/Bundle.properties
 AutoUpdate-Essential-Module: true
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 7.14
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 7.15
 
diff -r b5ab4dc9c729 openide.nodes/src/org/openide/nodes/IndexedNode.java
--- a/openide.nodes/src/org/openide/nodes/IndexedNode.java	Tue Apr 06 22:00:14 2010 +0200
+++ b/openide.nodes/src/org/openide/nodes/IndexedNode.java	Wed Apr 07 06:29:08 2010 +0200
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 package org.openide.nodes;
 
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
+import org.openide.util.Lookup;
 
 
 /** An implementation of a node that has children and
@@ -72,6 +73,18 @@
         this.indexImpl = indexImpl;
     }
 
+    /** Allows subclasses to provide their own children and
+    * index handling as well as {@link Lookup}.
+    * @param children the children implementation
+    * @param indexImpl the index implementation
+    * @param lookup lookup the node shall use
+    * @since 7.15
+    */
+    protected IndexedNode(Children children, Index indexImpl, Lookup lookup) {
+        super(children, lookup);
+        this.indexImpl = indexImpl;
+    }
+
     /*
     * @return false to signal that the customizer should not be used.
     *  Subclasses can override this method to enable customize action
diff -r b5ab4dc9c729 openide.nodes/test/unit/src/org/openide/nodes/IndexedNodeTest.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/openide.nodes/test/unit/src/org/openide/nodes/IndexedNodeTest.java	Wed Apr 07 06:29:08 2010 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
+ * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
+ * Development and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the
+ * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License. You can obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html
+ * or nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the
+ * License.  When distributing the software, include this License Header
+ * Notice in each file and include the License file at
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+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the GPL Version 2 section of the License file that
+ * accompanied this code. If applicable, add the following below the
+ * License Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by
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+ * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]"
+ *
+ * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL
+ * or only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding
+ * "[Contributor] elects to include this software in this distribution
+ * under the [CDDL or GPL Version 2] license." If you do not indicate a
+ * single choice of license, a recipient has the option to distribute
+ * your version of this file under either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or
+ * to extend the choice of license to its licensees as provided above.
+ * However, if you add GPL Version 2 code and therefore, elected the GPL
+ * Version 2 license, then the option applies only if the new code is
+ * made subject to such option by the copyright holder.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *
+ * Portions Copyrighted 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ */
+
+package org.openide.nodes;
+
+import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
+import org.openide.util.lookup.Lookups;
+import org.openide.util.Lookup;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach@netbeans.org>
+ */
+public class IndexedNodeTest implements Index {
+
+    public IndexedNodeTest() {
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConstructorWithLookup() {
+        Lookup lkp = Lookups.singleton(55);
+        Node n = new IndexedNode(Children.LEAF, this, lkp) {};
+        assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(55), n.getLookup().lookup(Integer.class));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getNodesCount() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Node[] getNodes() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int indexOf(Node node) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reorder() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void reorder(int[] perm) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void move(int x, int y) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void exchange(int x, int y) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void moveUp(int x) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void moveDown(int x) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void addChangeListener(ChangeListener chl) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void removeChangeListener(ChangeListener chl) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
+    }
+
+}
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