JavaFX TabPane remove/removeAll does not work - javafx

Question

Good day, I have a problem when trying to remove tab's from a TabPane in JavaFX.
First thing I do I pass an ArrayList of String's with selected tab names from the list to the method which suppose to delete the corresponding by name tabs from the TabPane:
removeBranch.setOnAction(e->{
ArrayList<String>indexes=new ArrayList(list.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItems());
entryShifts.removeBranch(indexes);
list.getItems().removeAll(indexes);
});
Afterwards I try to delete them like this in the mentioned method:
public void removeBranch(ArrayList<String> branch){
pane.getTabs().removeAll(branch);
}
However it does not work, even if I do something like(Please notice I pass only the first name from the list):
public void removeBranch(ArrayList<String> branch){
pane.getTabs().remove(branch.get(0));
}
But if I do something like this, it works (here I only remove the first name from the ArrayList as well):
public void removeBranch(ArrayList<String> branch){
pane.getTabs().forEach(i -> {
if (i.getText().equals(branch.get(0))) {
Platform.runLater(() -> {
pane.getTabs().remove(i);
});
}
});
}
Why is this happening? Am I doing something wrong?
P.S the way I fixed it by looping through the ArrayList and passing each time a different name to the method:
indexes.forEach(i->{entryShifts.removeBranch(i);});
public void removeBranch(String branch){
pane.getTabs().forEach(i -> {
if (i.getText().equals(branch)) {
Platform.runLater(() -> {
pane.getTabs().remove(i);
});
}
});
}

Answer 1

Your problem is that pane.getTabs() returns a list of Tab, and you are trying to find Strings in it. You need a way to convert the strings (Tab names?) to the actual Tab nodes in the TabPane.
One such way is to have a Map<String, Tab> map which you initialize with the tab names and tabs, and then do something like:
List<Tab> tabs = branch.stream().map(map::get).collect(Collectors.toList());
pane.getTabs().removeAll(tabs);