 			//remove the item
 	        var parentOfItemToRemove:DataNode = _currentHierarchy.getParentItem(itemToDelete) as DataNode;
 	        var collectionToChange:ArrayCollection = parentOfItemToRemove ? parentOfItemToRemove.children : _utils.getRoot(_currentHierarchy) as ArrayCollection;
-			//trace("REM: sel=" + selectedNode + "; before=" + itemToDelete);
+			//trace("REM: sel=" + selectedNode + "; before=" + nextItem);
 			_operationPerformedInLastStep = true;
 	        collectionToChange.removeItem(itemToDelete);
+
+            return currentWillBeNulled;
 	    }
 
 
-        /**
-         * @return true when the where parameter designates an item on the root collection (last ancestor of modified node)
-         */
-        private function testAddition(where:HierarchicalCollectionViewCursor):void
+        private function testAddition(where:HierarchicalCollectionViewCursor):Boolean
         {
             var itemBeforeWhichWereAdding:DataNode = where.current as DataNode;
             assertNotNull(itemBeforeWhichWereAdding);

	        private static var OPERATION_LOCATION:int = 0;
	        private static var OPERATION_INDEX:int = 0;
	        for(SELECTED_INDEX = 0; SELECTED_INDEX < NO_ITEMS_IN_HIERARCHY; SELECTED_INDEX++)
		        for(OPERATION_LOCATION = SELECTED_INDEX -1; OPERATION_LOCATION >= 0; OPERATION_LOCATION--)
		            for(OPERATION_INDEX = 0; OPERATION_INDEX < OPERATIONS.length; OPERATION_INDEX++)
		                positionAndOperation.push([SELECTED_INDEX, OPERATION_LOCATION, OPERATIONS[OPERATION_INDEX]]);
	    }

	import mx.collections.HierarchicalCollectionViewCursor;
	import mx.collections.IViewCursor;
	import mx.core.FlexGlobals;

	import spark.components.WindowedApplication;
	
	import flexunit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
