Adding upstream version 1:7.0.4.upstream/1%7.0.4upstream

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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diff --git a/include/salhelper/condition.hxx b/include/salhelper/condition.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_CONDITION_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_CONDITION_HXX
+
+
+#include "osl/conditn.hxx"
+#include "salhelper/salhelperdllapi.h"
+
+namespace osl { class Mutex; }
+
+namespace salhelper
+{
+
+    class SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC Condition
+    {
+        friend class ConditionModifier;
+        friend class ConditionWaiter;
+
+    public:
+
+        Condition(osl::Mutex& aMutex);
+
+        virtual ~Condition();
+
+
+    protected:
+
+        virtual bool applies() const = 0;
+
+
+    private:
+        Condition(Condition &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+        void operator =(Condition &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+        osl::Mutex&     m_aMutex;
+        osl::Condition  m_aCondition;
+    };
+
+
+    class SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ConditionModifier
+    {
+    public:
+
+        ConditionModifier(Condition& aCond);
+
+        ~ConditionModifier();
+
+
+    private:
+        ConditionModifier(ConditionModifier &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+        void operator =(ConditionModifier &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+        Condition& m_aCond;
+    };
+
+
+    class SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ConditionWaiter
+    {
+    public:
+
+        ConditionWaiter(Condition& aCond);
+
+        struct SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC timedout {
+            timedout();
+
+            timedout(timedout const &);
+
+            virtual ~timedout();
+
+            timedout & operator =(timedout const &);
+        };
+
+        /// @throws timedout
+        ConditionWaiter(Condition& aCond,sal_uInt32 milliSec);
+
+
+        ~ConditionWaiter();
+
+
+    private:
+        ConditionWaiter(ConditionWaiter &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+        void operator =(ConditionWaiter &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+        Condition& m_aCond;
+    };
+
+
+}   // namespace salhelper
+
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/dynload.hxx b/include/salhelper/dynload.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_DYNLOAD_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_DYNLOAD_HXX
+
+#include "sal/types.h"
+#include "rtl/ustring.hxx"
+#include "osl/module.h"
+#include "salhelper/salhelperdllapi.h"
+
+namespace salhelper
+{
+
+/** The ORealDynamicLoader is an implementation helper class for the template loader ODynamicLoader.
+ */
+class SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC ORealDynamicLoader
+{
+public:
+    /** initializes the loader, loads the library and call the initialization function.
+
+        @param ppSetToZeroInDestructor points to the loader instance which must be set to NULL
+                                       if the loader will be destroyed.
+        @param strModuleName specifies the library name.
+        @param strInitFunction specifies the name of the initialization function.
+     */
+    static ORealDynamicLoader* SAL_CALL newInstance(
+            ORealDynamicLoader ** ppSetToZeroInDestructor,
+            const ::rtl::OUString& strModuleName,
+            const ::rtl::OUString& strInitFunction );
+
+    /// increase the reference count.
+    sal_uInt32 SAL_CALL acquire();
+    /// decrease the reference count and delete the last instance.
+    sal_uInt32 SAL_CALL release();
+
+    /// returns a pointer to the initialized API function structure.
+    void* SAL_CALL getApi() const;
+
+protected:
+    /** Constructor.
+
+        @param ppSetToZeroInDestructor points to the loader instance which must be set to NULL
+                                       if the loader will be destroyed.
+        @param strModuleName specifies the library name.
+        @param strInitFunction specifies the name of the initialization function.
+        @param pApi points to a structure with the initialized API function pointers.
+        @param pModule points to the loaded library handle.
+     */
+    ORealDynamicLoader( ORealDynamicLoader ** ppSetToZeroInDestructor,
+                        const ::rtl::OUString& strModuleName,
+                        const ::rtl::OUString& strInitFunction,
+                        void* pApi,
+                        oslModule pModule );
+
+    /// Destructor, try to unload the library.
+    virtual ~ORealDynamicLoader();
+
+    /// points to  the structure with the initialized API function pointers.
+    void*                   m_pApi;
+    /// stores the reference count.
+    sal_uInt32              m_refCount;
+    /// stores the library handle.
+    oslModule               m_pModule;
+    /// stores the library name.
+    ::rtl::OUString         m_strModuleName;
+    /// stores the name of the initialization function.
+    ::rtl::OUString         m_strInitFunction;
+    /** stores a pointer to itself, which must be reset in the destructor to signal
+        that the loader is invalid.
+    */
+    ORealDynamicLoader **   ppSetToZeroInDestructor;
+};
+
+
+/** The ODynamicLoader provides a special load on call mechanism for dynamic libraries
+    which support a C-API.
+
+    The libraries must provide a struct with function pointers for all supported C functions.
+    The loader loads the specified library and call the specified initialization function
+    to initialize the function pointers with the real functions. Furthermore provides the
+    loader a reference counter for the library. When the last instance of the laoder will
+    be destroyed the loader will unload the library.
+
+    @deprecated
+    Do not use.
+ */
+template<class API>
+class ODynamicLoader
+{
+public:
+    /// Default constructor
+    ODynamicLoader()
+    {
+        m_pLoader = NULL;
+    }
+
+    /** Constructor, loads the library if necessary otherwise the reference count will
+        be increased.
+
+        @param strModuleName specifies the library name.
+        @param strInitFunction specifies the name of the initialization function.
+     */
+    ODynamicLoader( const ::rtl::OUString& strModuleName,
+                       const ::rtl::OUString& strInitFunction )
+    {
+        if (!m_pStaticLoader)
+        {
+            m_pStaticLoader = ORealDynamicLoader::newInstance(
+               &m_pStaticLoader,
+               strModuleName,
+               strInitFunction);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            m_pStaticLoader->acquire();
+        }
+
+        m_pLoader = m_pStaticLoader;
+    }
+
+    /// Copy constructor
+    ODynamicLoader(const ODynamicLoader<API>& toCopy)
+    {
+        m_pLoader = toCopy.m_pLoader;
+        if( m_pLoader )
+            m_pLoader->acquire();
+    }
+
+    /// Destructor, decrease the reference count and unload the library if it is the last instance.
+    ~ODynamicLoader()
+    {
+        if( m_pLoader )
+            if (m_pLoader->release()==0)
+                m_pStaticLoader = NULL;
+    }
+
+    /// Assign operator
+    ODynamicLoader<API>& SAL_CALL operator = (const ODynamicLoader<API>& toAssign)
+    {
+        if( m_pLoader != toAssign.m_pLoader )
+        {
+            if( toAssign.m_pLoader )
+            {
+                toAssign.m_pLoader->acquire();
+            }
+            if( m_pLoader )
+            {
+                m_pLoader->release();
+            }
+            m_pLoader = toAssign.m_pLoader;
+        }
+
+        return (*this);
+    }
+
+    /// returns a pointer to the initialized API function structure.
+    API* SAL_CALL getApi() const
+    {
+        return static_cast<API*>(m_pLoader->getApi());
+    }
+
+    /// cast operator, which cast to a pointer with the initialized API function structure.
+    API* SAL_CALL operator->() const
+    {
+        return static_cast<API*>(m_pLoader->getApi());
+    }
+
+    /// checks if the loader works on a loaded and initialized library.
+    bool SAL_CALL isLoaded() const
+    {
+        return (m_pLoader != NULL);
+    }
+
+protected:
+    /// stores the real loader helper instance
+    static ORealDynamicLoader*  m_pStaticLoader;
+    ORealDynamicLoader*         m_pLoader;
+};
+
+
+template<class API>
+ORealDynamicLoader* ODynamicLoader<API>::m_pStaticLoader = NULL;
+
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/linkhelper.hxx b/include/salhelper/linkhelper.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_LINKHELPER_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_LINKHELPER_HXX
+
+#include "rtl/ustring.hxx"
+#include "osl/file.hxx"
+
+namespace salhelper
+{
+    class SAL_WARN_UNUSED LinkResolver
+    {
+    public:
+        osl::FileStatus m_aStatus;
+
+        LinkResolver(sal_uInt32 nMask)
+            : m_aStatus(nMask |
+                        osl_FileStatus_Mask_FileURL |
+                        osl_FileStatus_Mask_Type |
+                        osl_FileStatus_Mask_LinkTargetURL)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /** Resolve a file url if it's a symbolic link, to a maximum depth of
+         *  nDepth and fill in m_aStatus with the requested ctor flags
+         *
+         *  @return osl::FileBase::E_None on success
+         *
+         *  @see DirectoryItem::getFileStatus
+         */
+        osl::FileBase::RC fetchFileStatus(const rtl::OUString &rURL,
+            int nDepth = 128)
+        {
+            //In an ideal world this wouldn't be inline, but I want to use this
+            //in jvmfwk hence salhelper, but salhelper is .map controlled and
+            //getting all the mangled names right is a misery, moving it over
+            //to visibility markup would drop per-symbol versioning
+            osl::FileBase::RC eReturn;
+
+            osl::DirectoryItem item;
+            rtl::OUString sURL(rURL);
+            while ((eReturn = osl::DirectoryItem::get(sURL, item))
+                  == osl::File::E_None)
+            {
+                if (--nDepth == 0)
+                {
+                    eReturn = osl::FileBase::E_MULTIHOP;
+                    break;
+                }
+                eReturn = item.getFileStatus(m_aStatus);
+                if (eReturn != osl::File::E_None)
+                    break;
+                if (m_aStatus.getFileType() != osl::FileStatus::Link)
+                {
+                    eReturn = osl::FileBase::E_None;
+                    break;
+                }
+                sURL = m_aStatus.getLinkTargetURL();
+            }
+
+            return eReturn;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/refobj.hxx b/include/salhelper/refobj.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_REFOBJ_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_REFOBJ_HXX
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+#include "sal/types.h"
+#include "rtl/alloc.h"
+#include "osl/interlck.h"
+
+namespace salhelper
+{
+
+/** A base implementation for reference-counted objects.
+
+    @deprecated use salhelper::SimpleReferenceObject instead
+*/
+class ReferenceObject
+{
+    /** Representation.
+     */
+    oslInterlockedCount m_nReferenceCount;
+
+    ReferenceObject (const ReferenceObject&) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+    ReferenceObject& operator= (const ReferenceObject&) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+public:
+    /** Allocation.
+     */
+    static void* operator new (size_t n)
+    {
+        return ::rtl_allocateMemory (n);
+    }
+    static void operator delete (void* p)
+    {
+        ::rtl_freeMemory (p);
+    }
+    static void* operator new (size_t, void* p)
+    {
+        return p;
+    }
+    static void operator delete (void*, void*)
+    {}
+
+public:
+    /** Construction.
+     */
+    ReferenceObject() : m_nReferenceCount(0)
+    {}
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL acquire()
+    {
+        osl_atomic_increment(&m_nReferenceCount);
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL release()
+    {
+        if (osl_atomic_decrement(&m_nReferenceCount) == 0)
+        {
+            // Last reference released.
+            delete this;
+        }
+    }
+
+protected:
+    /** Destruction.
+     */
+    virtual ~ReferenceObject()
+    {
+        assert(m_nReferenceCount == 0);
+    }
+};
+
+
+} // namespace salhelper
+
+#endif /* ! INCLUDED_SALHELPER_REFOBJ_HXX */
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/salhelperdllapi.h b/include/salhelper/salhelperdllapi.h
new file mode 100644
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SALHELPERDLLAPI_H
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SALHELPERDLLAPI_H
+
+#include "sal/types.h"
+
+#if defined(SALHELPER_DLLIMPLEMENTATION)
+#define SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC  SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT
+#else
+#define SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC  SAL_DLLPUBLIC_IMPORT
+#endif
+#define SALHELPER_DLLPRIVATE SAL_DLLPRIVATE
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SALHELPERDLLAPI_H
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/simplereferenceobject.hxx b/include/salhelper/simplereferenceobject.hxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SIMPLEREFERENCEOBJECT_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SIMPLEREFERENCEOBJECT_HXX
+
+#include "osl/interlck.h"
+#include "salhelper/salhelperdllapi.h"
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <new>
+
+namespace salhelper {
+
+/** A simple base implementation for reference-counted objects.
+
+    Classes that want to implement a reference-counting mechanism based on the
+    acquire()/release() interface should derive from this class.
+
+    The reason to have class local operators new and delete here is technical.
+    Imagine a class D derived from SimpleReferenceObject, but implemented in
+    another shared library that happens to use different global operators new
+    and delete from those used in this shared library (which, sadly, seems to
+    be possible with shared libraries).  Now, without the class local
+    operators new and delete here, a code sequence like "new D" would use the
+    global operator new as found in the other shared library, while the code
+    sequence "delete this" in release() would use the global operator delete
+    as found in this shared library---and these two operators would not be
+    guaranteed to match.
+
+    There are no overloaded operators new and delete for placement new here,
+    because it is felt that the concept of placement new does not work well
+    with the concept of reference-counted objects; so it seems best to simply
+    leave those operators out.
+
+    The same problem as with operators new and delete would also be there with
+    operators new[] and delete[].  But since arrays of reference-counted
+    objects are of no use, anyway, it seems best to simply
+    define operators new[] and delete[] as deleted.
+ */
+class SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC SimpleReferenceObject
+{
+public:
+    SimpleReferenceObject(): m_nCount(0) {}
+
+    /** @attention
+        The results are undefined if, for any individual instance of
+        SimpleReferenceObject, the total number of calls to acquire() exceeds
+        the total number of calls to release() by a platform dependent amount
+        (which, hopefully, is quite large).
+     */
+    void acquire()
+    { osl_atomic_increment(&m_nCount); }
+
+    void release()
+    { if (osl_atomic_decrement(&m_nCount) == 0) delete this; }
+
+    /** see general class documentation
+     */
+    static void * operator new(std::size_t nSize);
+
+    /** see general class documentation
+     */
+    static void * operator new(std::size_t nSize,
+                               std::nothrow_t const & rNothrow);
+
+    /** see general class documentation
+     */
+    static void operator delete(void * pPtr);
+
+    /** see general class documentation
+     */
+    static void operator delete(void * pPtr, std::nothrow_t const & rNothrow);
+
+protected:
+    virtual ~SimpleReferenceObject() COVERITY_NOEXCEPT_FALSE;
+
+    oslInterlockedCount m_nCount;
+
+private:
+    /** not implemented
+     */
+    SimpleReferenceObject(SimpleReferenceObject &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+    /** not implemented
+     */
+    void operator =(SimpleReferenceObject) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+    /** see general class documentation
+     */
+    static void * operator new[](std::size_t) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+    /** see general class documentation
+     */
+    static void operator delete[](void * pPtr) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SIMPLEREFERENCEOBJECT_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/singletonref.hxx b/include/salhelper/singletonref.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6e9cbe2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/salhelper/singletonref.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SINGLETONREF_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SINGLETONREF_HXX
+
+#include "sal/config.h"
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include "osl/mutex.hxx"
+#include "rtl/instance.hxx"
+#include "osl/diagnose.h"
+#include "osl/getglobalmutex.hxx"
+
+
+namespace salhelper{
+
+
+/** @short  template for implementing singleton classes.
+
+            Such classes can be instantiated every time they
+            are needed. But the internal wrapped object will
+            be created one times only. Of course it's used
+            resources are referenced one times only too.
+            This template hold it alive till the last
+            reference is gone. Further all operations
+            on this reference are threadsafe. Only
+            calls directly to the internal object (which modify
+            its state) must be made threadsafe by the object itself
+            or from outside.
+
+    @attention  To prevent the code against race conditions, it's not
+                allowed to start operations inside the ctor
+                of the internal wrapped object - especially operations
+                which needs a reference to the same singleton too.
+
+                The only chance to suppress such strange constellations
+                is a lazy-init mechanism.
+
+                <ul>
+                    <li>a) The singleton class can provide a special init()
+                           method, which must be called as first after creation.</li>
+                    <li>b) The singleton class can call a special impl_init()
+                           method implicit for every called interface method.</li>
+                </ul>
+
+                Note further that this singleton pattern can work only, if
+                all user of such singleton are located inside the same library!
+                Because static values can't be exported - e.g. from windows libraries.
+ */
+template< class SingletonClass >
+class SingletonRef
+{
+
+    // member
+
+    private:
+
+        /** @short  pointer to the internal wrapped singleton. */
+        static SingletonClass* m_pInstance;
+
+        /** @short  ref count, which regulate creation and removing of m_pInstance. */
+        static sal_Int32 m_nRef;
+
+
+    // interface
+
+    public:
+
+
+        /** @short  standard ctor.
+
+                    The internal wrapped object is created only,
+                    if its ref count was 0. Otherwise this method
+                    does nothing ... except increasing of the internal
+                    ref count!
+         */
+        SingletonRef()
+        {
+            // GLOBAL SAFE ->
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aLock(SingletonRef::ownStaticLock());
+
+            // must be increased before(!) the check is done.
+            // Otherwise this check can fail inside the same thread ...
+            ++m_nRef;
+            if (m_nRef == 1)
+                m_pInstance = new SingletonClass();
+
+            OSL_ENSURE(m_nRef>0 && m_pInstance, "Race? Ref count of singleton >0, but instance is NULL!");
+            // <- GLOBAL SAFE
+        }
+
+
+        /** @short  standard dtor.
+
+                    The internal wrapped object is removed only,
+                    if its ref count will be 0. Otherwise this method
+                    does nothing ... except decreasing of the internal
+                    ref count!
+         */
+        ~SingletonRef()
+        {
+            // GLOBAL SAFE ->
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aLock(SingletonRef::ownStaticLock());
+
+            // must be decreased before(!) the check is done.
+            // Otherwise this check can fail inside the same thread ...
+            --m_nRef;
+            if (m_nRef == 0)
+            {
+                delete m_pInstance;
+                m_pInstance = NULL;
+            }
+            // <- GLOBAL SAFE
+        }
+
+#if defined LIBO_INTERNAL_ONLY
+        SingletonRef & operator =(SingletonRef const &) = default;
+#endif
+
+        /** @short  Allows rSingle->someBodyOp().
+         */
+        SingletonClass* operator->() const
+        {
+            // GLOBAL SAFE ->
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aLock(SingletonRef::ownStaticLock());
+            return m_pInstance;
+            // <- GLOBAL SAFE
+        }
+
+
+        /** @short  Allows (*rSingle).someBodyOp().
+         */
+        SingletonClass& operator*() const
+        {
+            // GLOBAL SAFE ->
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aLock(SingletonRef::ownStaticLock());
+            return *m_pInstance;
+            // <- GLOBAL SAFE
+        }
+
+
+    // helper
+
+    private:
+        SingletonRef(SingletonRef &) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+        /** @short  creates an own mutex for guarding static contents.
+
+                    The global mutex the osl library is used one times
+                    only to create an own static mutex, which can be used
+                    next time to guard own static member operations.
+         */
+        struct SingletonLockInit
+        {
+            ::osl::Mutex* operator()()
+            {
+                static ::osl::Mutex aInstance;
+                return &aInstance;
+            }
+        };
+
+        ::osl::Mutex& ownStaticLock() const
+        {
+            return *rtl_Instance< ::osl::Mutex,
+                                  SingletonLockInit,
+                                  ::osl::MutexGuard,
+                                  ::osl::GetGlobalMutex >::create(SingletonLockInit(), ::osl::GetGlobalMutex());
+        }
+};
+
+template< class SingletonClass >
+SingletonClass* SingletonRef< SingletonClass >::m_pInstance = NULL;
+
+template< class SingletonClass >
+sal_Int32 SingletonRef< SingletonClass >::m_nRef = 0;
+
+} // namespace salhelper
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_SALHELPER_SINGLETONREF_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/thread.hxx b/include/salhelper/thread.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4fac5493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/salhelper/thread.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_THREAD_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_THREAD_HXX
+
+#include "sal/config.h"
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include "osl/thread.hxx"
+#include "sal/types.h"
+#include "salhelper/salhelperdllapi.h"
+#include "salhelper/simplereferenceobject.hxx"
+
+namespace salhelper {
+
+/**
+   A safe encapsulation of ::osl::Thread.
+
+   @since LibreOffice 3.6
+*/
+class SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC Thread:
+    public salhelper::SimpleReferenceObject, private osl::Thread
+{
+public:
+    /**
+       @param name the thread name, see ::osl_setThreadName; must be a non-null
+       null terminated string
+     */
+    Thread(char const * name);
+
+    /**
+       Launch the thread.
+
+       This function must be called at most once.
+
+       Each call of this function should eventually be followed by a call to
+       ::osl::Thread::join before exit(3), to ensure the thread is no longer
+       relying on any infrastructure while that infrastructure is being shut
+       down in atexit handlers.
+    */
+    void launch();
+
+    using osl::Thread::getIdentifier;
+    using osl::Thread::join;
+    using osl::Thread::schedule;
+    using osl::Thread::terminate;
+
+    // While the below static member functions should arguably always be called
+    // with qualified (osl::Thread) names, compilers would still complain that
+    // they are inaccessible from within derivations of salhelper::Thread (an
+    // alternative would be to force such derivations to use global names,
+    // prefixed with ::osl::Thread):
+    using osl::Thread::getCurrentIdentifier;
+    using osl::Thread::wait;
+    using osl::Thread::yield;
+
+    static void * operator new(std::size_t size)
+    { return SimpleReferenceObject::operator new(size); }
+
+    static void operator delete(void * pointer)
+    { SimpleReferenceObject::operator delete(pointer); }
+
+protected:
+    virtual ~Thread() SAL_OVERRIDE;
+
+    /**
+       The main function executed by the thread.
+
+       Any uncaught exceptions lead to std::terminate.
+    */
+    virtual void execute() = 0;
+
+private:
+    virtual void SAL_CALL run() SAL_OVERRIDE;
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL onTerminated() SAL_OVERRIDE;
+
+    char const * name_;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/include/salhelper/timer.hxx b/include/salhelper/timer.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6e67f454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/salhelper/timer.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_SALHELPER_TIMER_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_SALHELPER_TIMER_HXX
+
+#include "salhelper/simplereferenceobject.hxx"
+#include "osl/time.h"
+#include "salhelper/salhelperdllapi.h"
+
+namespace salhelper
+{
+
+/** Helper class for easier manipulation with TimeValue.
+ *
+ *  Times are seconds in UTC since 01.01.1970
+ */
+struct SAL_WARN_UNUSED TTimeValue : public TimeValue
+{
+    TTimeValue()
+    {
+        Seconds = 0;
+        Nanosec = 0;
+    }
+
+    TTimeValue( sal_uInt32 Secs, sal_uInt32 Nano )
+    {
+        Seconds = Secs;
+        Nanosec = Nano;
+
+        normalize();
+    }
+
+    TTimeValue(sal_uInt32 MilliSecs)
+    {
+        Seconds = MilliSecs / 1000;
+        Nanosec = (MilliSecs % 1000) * 1000000L;
+
+        normalize();
+    }
+
+    TTimeValue( const TimeValue& rTimeValue )
+    {
+        Seconds = rTimeValue.Seconds;
+        Nanosec = rTimeValue.Nanosec;
+
+        normalize();
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL normalize()
+    {
+        if ( Nanosec > 1000000000 )
+        {
+            Seconds += Nanosec / 1000000000;
+            Nanosec %= 1000000000;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL addTime( const TTimeValue& Delta )
+    {
+        Seconds += Delta.Seconds;
+        Nanosec += Delta.Nanosec;
+
+        normalize();
+    }
+
+    bool SAL_CALL isEmpty() const
+    {
+        return ( ( Seconds == 0 ) && ( Nanosec == 0 ) );
+    }
+};
+
+inline bool operator<( const TTimeValue& rTimeA, const TTimeValue& rTimeB )
+{
+    if ( rTimeA.Seconds < rTimeB.Seconds )
+        return true;
+    else if ( rTimeA.Seconds > rTimeB.Seconds )
+        return false;
+    else
+        return ( rTimeA.Nanosec < rTimeB.Nanosec );
+}
+
+inline bool operator>( const TTimeValue& rTimeA, const TTimeValue& rTimeB )
+{
+    if ( rTimeA.Seconds > rTimeB.Seconds )
+        return true;
+    else if ( rTimeA.Seconds < rTimeB.Seconds )
+        return false;
+    else
+        return ( rTimeA.Nanosec > rTimeB.Nanosec );
+}
+
+inline bool operator==( const TTimeValue& rTimeA, const TTimeValue& rTimeB )
+{
+    return ( ( rTimeA.Seconds == rTimeB.Seconds ) &&
+             ( rTimeA.Nanosec == rTimeB.Nanosec ) );
+}
+
+class TimerManager;
+
+/** Interface for the Timer and handling the event
+*/
+class SALHELPER_DLLPUBLIC Timer : public salhelper::SimpleReferenceObject
+{
+public:
+
+    /** Constructor.
+     */
+    Timer();
+
+    /** Constructor.
+     */
+    Timer( const TTimeValue& Time );
+
+    /** Constructor.
+     */
+    Timer( const TTimeValue& Time, const TTimeValue& RepeatTime );
+
+    /** Start timer.
+     */
+    void        SAL_CALL start();
+
+    /** Abort timer prematurely.
+     */
+    void        SAL_CALL stop();
+
+    /** Returns sal_True if timer is running.
+     */
+    sal_Bool    SAL_CALL isTicking() const;
+
+    /** Is the timer expired?
+     */
+    sal_Bool    SAL_CALL isExpired() const;
+
+    /** Does pTimer expires before us?
+     */
+    sal_Bool    SAL_CALL expiresBefore( const Timer* pTimer ) const;
+
+    /** Set the absolute time when the timer should fire.
+     */
+    void        SAL_CALL setAbsoluteTime( const TTimeValue& Time );
+
+    /** Set the time to fire to 'now' + Remaining.
+     */
+    void        SAL_CALL setRemainingTime( const TTimeValue& Remaining );
+
+    /** Set the time to fire to 'now' + Remaining with repeat interveal
+     * Repeat.
+     */
+    void        SAL_CALL setRemainingTime( const TTimeValue& Remaining, const TTimeValue& Repeat );
+
+    /** Adds Time to the 'fire time'.
+     */
+    void        SAL_CALL addTime( const TTimeValue& Time );
+
+    /** Returns the remaining time before timer expiration relative to now.
+     */
+    TTimeValue  SAL_CALL getRemainingTime() const;
+
+protected:
+
+    /** Destructor.
+     */
+    virtual ~Timer() SAL_OVERRIDE;
+
+    /** What should be done when the 'timer fires'.
+     */
+    virtual void SAL_CALL onShot() = 0;
+
+protected:
+
+    /** holds (initial) expiration time of this timer.
+     */
+    TTimeValue  m_aTimeOut;
+
+    /** holds the time of expiration of this timer.
+     */
+    TTimeValue  m_aExpired;
+
+    /** holds the time interveal of successive expirations.
+     */
+    TTimeValue  m_aRepeatDelta;
+
+    /** Pointer to the next timer (to fire).
+     */
+    Timer*      m_pNext;
+
+private:
+
+    /** Copy constructor deleted.
+     */
+    Timer( const Timer& rTimer ) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+    /** Copy assignment operator deleted.
+     */
+    void SAL_CALL operator=( const Timer& rTimer ) SAL_DELETED_FUNCTION;
+
+    friend class TimerManager;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_SALHELPER_TIMER_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */