[TYPO3-mvc] Tree in backend and frontend

[Michael Knoll]

Hi there,

I'm currently implementing a category system based on nested sets. 
Everything works so far - now I wanted to know what is best practice if 
you want to render a JS tree (like the page tree for example) in Backend 
(and Frontend later)?

Is the page tree usable as a standalone library and can I fill it with 
arbitrary hierarchical data - or is is restricted to pages and needs the 
DB structure used in TYPO3 to manage hierarchical data? I do not have a 
parent_id or things like that...

I already looked at cps_tcatree but this comes with its own JS - I would 
like to use something already being there...


Thanks for your help!

Greetings

Mimi