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

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

110 files changed, 28416 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/comphelper/source/compare/AnyCompareFactory.cxx b/comphelper/source/compare/AnyCompareFactory.cxx
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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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XAnyCompareFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/Collator.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/Locale.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.h>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::ucb;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace com::sun::star::i18n;
+
+namespace {
+
+class AnyCompare : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XAnyCompare >
+{
+    Reference< XCollator > m_xCollator;
+
+public:
+    AnyCompare( Reference< XComponentContext > const & xContext, const Locale& rLocale )
+       : m_xCollator(Collator::create( xContext ))
+    {
+        m_xCollator->loadDefaultCollator( rLocale,
+                                          0 ); //???
+    }
+
+    virtual sal_Int16 SAL_CALL compare( const Any& any1, const Any& any2 ) override;
+};
+
+class AnyCompareFactory : public cppu::WeakImplHelper< XAnyCompareFactory, XInitialization, XServiceInfo >
+{
+    Reference< XAnyCompare >            m_xAnyCompare;
+    Reference< XComponentContext >      m_xContext;
+    Locale                              m_Locale;
+
+public:
+    explicit AnyCompareFactory( Reference< XComponentContext > const & xContext ) : m_xContext( xContext )
+    {}
+
+    // XAnyCompareFactory
+    virtual Reference< XAnyCompare > SAL_CALL createAnyCompareByName ( const OUString& aPropertyName ) override;
+
+    // XInitialization
+    virtual void SAL_CALL initialize( const Sequence< Any >& aArguments ) override;
+
+    // XServiceInfo
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+};
+
+}
+
+sal_Int16 SAL_CALL AnyCompare::compare( const Any& any1, const Any& any2 )
+{
+    sal_Int16 aResult = 0;
+
+    OUString aStr1;
+    OUString aStr2;
+
+    any1 >>= aStr1;
+    any2 >>= aStr2;
+
+    aResult = static_cast<sal_Int16>(m_xCollator->compareString(aStr1, aStr2));
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+Reference< XAnyCompare > SAL_CALL AnyCompareFactory::createAnyCompareByName( const OUString& aPropertyName )
+{
+    // for now only OUString properties compare is implemented
+    // so no check for the property name is done
+
+    if( aPropertyName == "Title" )
+        return m_xAnyCompare;
+
+    return Reference< XAnyCompare >();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL AnyCompareFactory::initialize( const Sequence< Any >& aArguments )
+{
+    if( aArguments.hasElements() )
+    {
+        if( aArguments[0] >>= m_Locale )
+        {
+            m_xAnyCompare = new AnyCompare( m_xContext, m_Locale );
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+OUString SAL_CALL AnyCompareFactory::getImplementationName(  )
+{
+    return "AnyCompareFactory";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL AnyCompareFactory::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, ServiceName);
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL AnyCompareFactory::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.ucb.AnyCompareFactory" };
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+AnyCompareFactory_get_implementation(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *context,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new AnyCompareFactory(context));
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/IndexedPropertyValuesContainer.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/IndexedPropertyValuesContainer.cxx
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+++ b/comphelper/source/container/IndexedPropertyValuesContainer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.h>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+typedef std::vector < uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > > IndexedPropertyValues;
+
+namespace {
+
+class IndexedPropertyValuesContainer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper< container::XIndexContainer, lang::XServiceInfo >
+{
+public:
+    IndexedPropertyValuesContainer() throw();
+
+    // XIndexContainer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL insertByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removeByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex ) override;
+
+    // XIndexReplace
+    virtual void SAL_CALL replaceByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+
+    // XIndexAccess
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL getCount(  ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex ) override;
+
+    // XElementAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasElements(  ) override;
+
+    //XServiceInfo
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+
+private:
+    IndexedPropertyValues maProperties;
+};
+
+}
+
+IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::IndexedPropertyValuesContainer() throw()
+{
+}
+
+// XIndexContainer
+void SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::insertByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, const css::uno::Any& aElement )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nSize(maProperties.size());
+    if ((nSize < nIndex) || (nIndex < 0))
+        throw lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+    uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> aProps;
+    if (!(aElement >>= aProps))
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+    if (nSize == nIndex)
+        maProperties.push_back(aProps);
+    else
+        maProperties.insert(maProperties.begin() + nIndex, aProps);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::removeByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex )
+{
+    if ((nIndex >= sal_Int32(maProperties.size())) || (nIndex < 0))
+        throw lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+    maProperties.erase(maProperties.begin() + nIndex);
+}
+
+// XIndexReplace
+void SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::replaceByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, const css::uno::Any& aElement )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nSize(maProperties.size());
+    if ((nIndex >= nSize) || (nIndex < 0))
+        throw lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+    uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> aProps;
+    if (!(aElement >>= aProps))
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+    maProperties[nIndex] = aProps;
+}
+
+// XIndexAccess
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::getCount(  )
+{
+    return maProperties.size();
+}
+
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::getByIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nSize(maProperties.size());
+    if (!((nIndex < nSize) && (nIndex >= 0)))
+        throw lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+    return uno::Any( maProperties[nIndex] );
+}
+
+// XElementAccess
+css::uno::Type SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::getElementType(  )
+{
+    return cppu::UnoType<uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>>::get();
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::hasElements(  )
+{
+    return !maProperties.empty();
+}
+
+//XServiceInfo
+OUString SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::getImplementationName(  )
+{
+    return "IndexedPropertyValuesContainer";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, ServiceName);
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL IndexedPropertyValuesContainer::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.document.IndexedPropertyValues" };
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+IndexedPropertyValuesContainer_get_implementation(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new IndexedPropertyValuesContainer());
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/NamedPropertyValuesContainer.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/NamedPropertyValuesContainer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79a7d714b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/NamedPropertyValuesContainer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.h>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <map>
+
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+typedef std::map< OUString, uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> > NamedPropertyValues;
+
+namespace {
+
+class NamedPropertyValuesContainer : public cppu::WeakImplHelper< container::XNameContainer, lang::XServiceInfo >
+{
+public:
+    NamedPropertyValuesContainer() throw();
+
+    // XNameContainer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL insertByName( const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removeByName( const OUString& Name ) override;
+
+    // XNameReplace
+    virtual void SAL_CALL replaceByName( const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+
+    // XNameAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getByName( const OUString& aName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getElementNames(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasByName( const OUString& aName ) override;
+
+    // XElementAccess
+    virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasElements(  ) override;
+
+    //XServiceInfo
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+
+private:
+    NamedPropertyValues maProperties;
+};
+
+}
+
+NamedPropertyValuesContainer::NamedPropertyValuesContainer() throw()
+{
+}
+
+// XNameContainer
+void SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::insertByName( const OUString& aName, const uno::Any& aElement )
+{
+    if( maProperties.find( aName ) != maProperties.end() )
+        throw container::ElementExistException();
+
+    uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> aProps;
+    if( !(aElement >>= aProps ) )
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    maProperties.emplace( aName, aProps );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::removeByName( const OUString& Name )
+{
+    NamedPropertyValues::iterator aIter = maProperties.find( Name );
+    if( aIter == maProperties.end() )
+        throw container::NoSuchElementException();
+
+    maProperties.erase( aIter );
+}
+
+// XNameReplace
+void SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::replaceByName( const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aElement )
+{
+    NamedPropertyValues::iterator aIter = maProperties.find( aName );
+    if( aIter == maProperties.end() )
+        throw container::NoSuchElementException();
+
+    uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> aProps;
+    if( !(aElement >>= aProps) )
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    (*aIter).second = aProps;
+}
+
+// XNameAccess
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::getByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    NamedPropertyValues::iterator aIter = maProperties.find( aName );
+    if( aIter == maProperties.end() )
+        throw container::NoSuchElementException();
+
+    uno::Any aElement;
+
+    aElement <<= (*aIter).second;
+
+    return aElement;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::getElementNames(  )
+{
+    return comphelper::mapKeysToSequence(maProperties);
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::hasByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    NamedPropertyValues::iterator aIter = maProperties.find( aName );
+    return aIter != maProperties.end();
+}
+
+// XElementAccess
+css::uno::Type SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::getElementType(  )
+{
+    return cppu::UnoType<uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>>::get();
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::hasElements(  )
+{
+    return !maProperties.empty();
+}
+
+//XServiceInfo
+OUString SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::getImplementationName(  )
+{
+    return "NamedPropertyValuesContainer";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, ServiceName);
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL NamedPropertyValuesContainer::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.document.NamedPropertyValues" };
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+NamedPropertyValuesContainer_get_implementation(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new NamedPropertyValuesContainer());
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/container.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/container.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a6132e0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/container.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XInterface.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XChild.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/container.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/any.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+IndexAccessIterator::IndexAccessIterator(css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface> const & xStartingPoint)
+    :m_xStartingPoint(xStartingPoint)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_xStartingPoint.is(), "IndexAccessIterator::IndexAccessIterator : no starting point !");
+}
+
+IndexAccessIterator::~IndexAccessIterator() {}
+
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface> const & IndexAccessIterator::Next()
+{
+    bool bCheckingStartingPoint = !m_xCurrentObject.is();
+        // Is the current node the starting point?
+    bool bAlreadyCheckedCurrent = m_xCurrentObject.is();
+        // Have I already tested the current node through ShouldHandleElement?
+    if (!m_xCurrentObject.is())
+        m_xCurrentObject = m_xStartingPoint;
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface> xSearchLoop( m_xCurrentObject);
+    bool bHasMoreToSearch = true;
+    bool bFoundSomething = false;
+    while (!bFoundSomething && bHasMoreToSearch)
+    {
+        // Priming loop
+        if (!bAlreadyCheckedCurrent && ShouldHandleElement(xSearchLoop))
+        {
+            m_xCurrentObject = xSearchLoop;
+            bFoundSomething = true;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // First, check to see if there's a match below
+            css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess> xContainerAccess(xSearchLoop, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+            if (xContainerAccess.is() && xContainerAccess->getCount() && ShouldStepInto(xContainerAccess))
+            {
+                css::uno::Any aElement(xContainerAccess->getByIndex(0));
+                xSearchLoop = *o3tl::doAccess<css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>>(aElement);
+                bCheckingStartingPoint = false;
+
+                m_arrChildIndizies.push_back(sal_Int32(0));
+            }
+            else
+            {   // otherwise, look above and to the right, if possible
+                while (!m_arrChildIndizies.empty())
+                {   // If the list isn't empty and there's nothing above
+                    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XChild> xChild(xSearchLoop, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+                    OSL_ENSURE(xChild.is(), "IndexAccessIterator::Next : a content has no appropriate interface !");
+
+                    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface> xParent( xChild->getParent());
+                    xContainerAccess.set(xParent, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+                    OSL_ENSURE(xContainerAccess.is(), "IndexAccessIterator::Next : a content has an invalid parent !");
+
+                    // Remove the index that SearchLoop had within this parent from my stack
+                    sal_Int32 nOldSearchChildIndex = m_arrChildIndizies[m_arrChildIndizies.size() - 1];
+                    m_arrChildIndizies.pop_back();
+
+                    if (nOldSearchChildIndex < xContainerAccess->getCount() - 1)
+                    {   // Move to the right in this row
+                        ++nOldSearchChildIndex;
+                        // and check the next child
+                        css::uno::Any aElement(xContainerAccess->getByIndex(nOldSearchChildIndex));
+                        xSearchLoop = *o3tl::doAccess<css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>>(aElement);
+                        bCheckingStartingPoint = false;
+                        // and update its position in the list.
+                        m_arrChildIndizies.push_back(nOldSearchChildIndex);
+
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    // Finally, if there's nothing more to do in this row (to the right), we'll move on to the next row.
+                    xSearchLoop = xParent;
+                    bCheckingStartingPoint = false;
+                }
+
+                if (m_arrChildIndizies.empty() && !bCheckingStartingPoint)
+                {   //This is the case if there is nothing to the right in the original search loop
+                    bHasMoreToSearch = false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (bHasMoreToSearch)
+            {   // If there is still a node in the tree which can be tested
+                if (ShouldHandleElement(xSearchLoop))
+                {
+                    m_xCurrentObject = xSearchLoop;
+                    bFoundSomething = true;
+                }
+                else
+                    if (bCheckingStartingPoint)
+                        bHasMoreToSearch = false;
+                bAlreadyCheckedCurrent = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!bFoundSomething)
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_arrChildIndizies.empty(), "IndexAccessIterator::Next : items left on stack ! how this ?");
+        Invalidate();
+    }
+
+    return m_xCurrentObject;
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/containermultiplexer.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/containermultiplexer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c687e7279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/containermultiplexer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/containermultiplexer.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainer.hpp>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::container;
+
+    OContainerListener::OContainerListener(::osl::Mutex& _rMutex)
+        :m_rMutex(_rMutex)
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OContainerListener::~OContainerListener()
+    {
+        if (m_xAdapter.is())
+        {
+            m_xAdapter->dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void OContainerListener::_elementInserted( const ContainerEvent& /*_rEvent*/ )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OContainerListener::_elementRemoved( const ContainerEvent& )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OContainerListener::_elementReplaced( const ContainerEvent& /*_rEvent*/ )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OContainerListener::_disposing(const EventObject& )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OContainerListener::setAdapter(OContainerListenerAdapter* pAdapter)
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard(m_rMutex);
+        m_xAdapter = pAdapter;
+    }
+
+    OContainerListenerAdapter::OContainerListenerAdapter(OContainerListener* _pListener,
+            const  Reference< XContainer >& _rxContainer)
+        :m_xContainer(_rxContainer)
+        ,m_pListener(_pListener)
+    {
+        if (m_pListener)
+            m_pListener->setAdapter(this);
+
+        osl_atomic_increment(&m_refCount);
+        try
+        {
+            m_xContainer->addContainerListener(this);
+        }
+        catch(const Exception&)
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL("Exception caught!");
+        }
+        osl_atomic_decrement(&m_refCount);
+    }
+
+
+    OContainerListenerAdapter::~OContainerListenerAdapter()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OContainerListenerAdapter::dispose()
+    {
+        if (!m_xContainer.is())
+            return;
+
+        try
+        {
+            Reference< XContainerListener > xPreventDelete(this);
+            m_xContainer->removeContainerListener(xPreventDelete);
+            m_pListener->setAdapter(nullptr);
+        }
+        catch(const Exception&)
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL("Exception caught!");
+        }
+        m_xContainer = nullptr;
+        m_pListener = nullptr;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OContainerListenerAdapter::disposing( const  EventObject& _rSource)
+    {
+        if (m_pListener)
+        {
+             // tell the listener
+            m_pListener->_disposing(_rSource);
+            // disconnect the listener
+            if ( m_pListener )
+                m_pListener->setAdapter(nullptr);
+        }
+
+        m_xContainer = nullptr;
+        m_pListener = nullptr;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OContainerListenerAdapter::elementInserted( const ContainerEvent& _rEvent )
+    {
+        if (m_pListener)
+            m_pListener->_elementInserted(_rEvent);
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OContainerListenerAdapter::elementRemoved( const ContainerEvent& _rEvent )
+    {
+        if (m_pListener)
+            m_pListener->_elementRemoved(_rEvent);
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OContainerListenerAdapter::elementReplaced( const ContainerEvent& _rEvent )
+    {
+        if (m_pListener)
+            m_pListener->_elementReplaced(_rEvent);
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/embeddedobjectcontainer.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/embeddedobjectcontainer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd3ab4736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/embeddedobjectcontainer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1497 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XChild.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/EmbeddedObjectCreator.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/WrongStateException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XEmbeddedObject.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XEmbedPersist.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XLinkageSupport.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XTransactedObject.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XOptimizedStorage.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/EntryInitModes.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XCloseable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XModifiable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/EmbedStates.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySetInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/Aspects.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/EmbedMisc.hpp>
+
+#include <comphelper/seqstream.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/storagehelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/embeddedobjectcontainer.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertysequence.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+typedef std::unordered_map<OUString, uno::Reference<embed::XEmbeddedObject>> EmbeddedObjectContainerNameMap;
+struct EmbedImpl
+{
+    // TODO/LATER: remove objects from temp. Container storage when object is disposed
+    EmbeddedObjectContainerNameMap maNameToObjectMap;
+    // to speed up lookup by Reference
+    std::unordered_map<uno::Reference<embed::XEmbeddedObject>, OUString> maObjectToNameMap;
+    uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > mxStorage;
+    EmbeddedObjectContainer* mpTempObjectContainer;
+    uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > mxImageStorage;
+    uno::WeakReference < uno::XInterface > m_xModel;
+
+    bool mbOwnsStorage : 1;
+    bool mbUserAllowsLinkUpdate : 1;
+
+    const uno::Reference < embed::XStorage >& GetReplacements();
+};
+
+const uno::Reference < embed::XStorage >& EmbedImpl::GetReplacements()
+{
+    if ( !mxImageStorage.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            mxImageStorage = mxStorage->openStorageElement(
+                "ObjectReplacements", embed::ElementModes::READWRITE );
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            mxImageStorage = mxStorage->openStorageElement(
+                "ObjectReplacements", embed::ElementModes::READ );
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( !mxImageStorage.is() )
+        throw io::IOException();
+
+    return mxImageStorage;
+}
+
+EmbeddedObjectContainer::EmbeddedObjectContainer()
+    :     pImpl(new EmbedImpl)
+{
+    pImpl->mxStorage = ::comphelper::OStorageHelper::GetTemporaryStorage();
+    pImpl->mbOwnsStorage = true;
+    pImpl->mbUserAllowsLinkUpdate = true;
+    pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer = nullptr;
+}
+
+EmbeddedObjectContainer::EmbeddedObjectContainer( const uno::Reference < embed::XStorage >& rStor )
+    :     pImpl(new EmbedImpl)
+{
+    pImpl->mxStorage = rStor;
+    pImpl->mbOwnsStorage = false;
+    pImpl->mbUserAllowsLinkUpdate = true;
+    pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer = nullptr;
+}
+
+EmbeddedObjectContainer::EmbeddedObjectContainer( const uno::Reference < embed::XStorage >& rStor, const uno::Reference < uno::XInterface >& xModel )
+    :     pImpl(new EmbedImpl)
+{
+    pImpl->mxStorage = rStor;
+    pImpl->mbOwnsStorage = false;
+    pImpl->mbUserAllowsLinkUpdate = true;
+    pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer = nullptr;
+    pImpl->m_xModel = xModel;
+}
+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::SwitchPersistence( const uno::Reference < embed::XStorage >& rStor )
+{
+    ReleaseImageSubStorage();
+
+    if ( pImpl->mbOwnsStorage )
+        pImpl->mxStorage->dispose();
+
+    pImpl->mxStorage = rStor;
+    pImpl->mbOwnsStorage = false;
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::CommitImageSubStorage()
+{
+    if ( pImpl->mxImageStorage.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            bool bReadOnlyMode = true;
+            uno::Reference < beans::XPropertySet > xSet(pImpl->mxImageStorage,uno::UNO_QUERY);
+            if ( xSet.is() )
+            {
+                // get the open mode from the parent storage
+                sal_Int32 nMode = 0;
+                uno::Any aAny = xSet->getPropertyValue("OpenMode");
+                if ( aAny >>= nMode )
+                    bReadOnlyMode = !(nMode & embed::ElementModes::WRITE );
+            } // if ( xSet.is() )
+            if ( !bReadOnlyMode )
+            {
+                uno::Reference< embed::XTransactedObject > xTransact( pImpl->mxImageStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+                xTransact->commit();
+            }
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::ReleaseImageSubStorage()
+{
+    CommitImageSubStorage();
+
+    if ( pImpl->mxImageStorage.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            pImpl->mxImageStorage->dispose();
+            pImpl->mxImageStorage.clear();
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Problems releasing image substorage!" );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+EmbeddedObjectContainer::~EmbeddedObjectContainer()
+{
+    ReleaseImageSubStorage();
+
+    if ( pImpl->mbOwnsStorage )
+        pImpl->mxStorage->dispose();
+
+    delete pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer;
+}
+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::CloseEmbeddedObjects()
+{
+    for( const auto& rObj : pImpl->maNameToObjectMap )
+    {
+        uno::Reference < util::XCloseable > const & xClose = rObj.second;
+        if( xClose.is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                xClose->close( true );
+            }
+            catch (const uno::Exception&)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+OUString EmbeddedObjectContainer::CreateUniqueObjectName()
+{
+    OUString aStr;
+    sal_Int32 i=1;
+    do
+    {
+        aStr = "Object " + OUString::number( i++ );
+    }
+    while( HasEmbeddedObject( aStr ) );
+    // TODO/LATER: should we consider deleted objects?
+
+    return aStr;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence < OUString > EmbeddedObjectContainer::GetObjectNames() const
+{
+    return comphelper::mapKeysToSequence(pImpl->maNameToObjectMap);
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::HasEmbeddedObjects() const
+{
+    return !pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.empty();
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::HasEmbeddedObject( const OUString& rName )
+{
+    auto aIt = pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.find( rName );
+    if (aIt != pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end())
+        return true;
+    if (!pImpl->mxStorage.is())
+        return false;
+    return pImpl->mxStorage->hasByName(rName);
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::HasEmbeddedObject( const uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj ) const
+{
+    return pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.find(xObj) != pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.end();
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::HasInstantiatedEmbeddedObject( const OUString& rName )
+{
+    // allows to detect whether the object was already instantiated
+    // currently the filter instantiate it on loading, so this method allows
+    // to avoid objects pointing to the same persistence
+    auto aIt = pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.find( rName );
+    return ( aIt != pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end() );
+}
+
+OUString EmbeddedObjectContainer::GetEmbeddedObjectName( const css::uno::Reference < css::embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj ) const
+{
+    auto it = pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.find(xObj);
+    if (it == pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.end())
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Unknown object!" );
+        return OUString();
+    }
+    return it->second;
+}
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XEmbeddedObject>
+EmbeddedObjectContainer::GetEmbeddedObject(
+        const OUString& rName, OUString const*const pBaseURL)
+{
+    SAL_WARN_IF( rName.isEmpty(), "comphelper.container", "Empty object name!");
+
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj;
+    auto aIt = pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.find( rName );
+
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
+    uno::Reference < container::XNameAccess > xAccess( pImpl->mxStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    uno::Sequence< OUString> aSeq = xAccess->getElementNames();
+    const OUString* pIter = aSeq.getConstArray();
+    const OUString* pEnd   = pIter + aSeq.getLength();
+    for(;pIter != pEnd;++pIter)
+    {
+        (void)*pIter;
+    }
+    OSL_ENSURE( aIt != pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end() || xAccess->hasByName(rName), "Could not return object!" );
+#endif
+
+    // check if object was already created
+    if ( aIt != pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end() )
+        xObj = (*aIt).second;
+    else
+        xObj = Get_Impl(rName, uno::Reference<embed::XEmbeddedObject>(), pBaseURL);
+
+    return xObj;
+}
+
+uno::Reference<embed::XEmbeddedObject> EmbeddedObjectContainer::Get_Impl(
+        const OUString& rName,
+        const uno::Reference<embed::XEmbeddedObject>& xCopy,
+        OUString const*const pBaseURL)
+{
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj;
+    try
+    {
+        // create the object from the storage
+        uno::Reference < beans::XPropertySet > xSet( pImpl->mxStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        bool bReadOnlyMode = true;
+        if ( xSet.is() )
+        {
+            // get the open mode from the parent storage
+            sal_Int32 nMode = 0;
+            uno::Any aAny = xSet->getPropertyValue("OpenMode");
+            if ( aAny >>= nMode )
+                bReadOnlyMode = !(nMode & embed::ElementModes::WRITE );
+        }
+
+        // object was not added until now - should happen only by calling this method from "inside"
+        //TODO/LATER: it would be good to detect an error when an object should be created already, but isn't (not an "inside" call)
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObjectCreator > xFactory = embed::EmbeddedObjectCreator::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aObjDescr(1 + (xCopy.is() ? 1 : 0) + (pBaseURL ? 1 : 0));
+        aObjDescr[0].Name = "Parent";
+        aObjDescr[0].Value <<= pImpl->m_xModel.get();
+        sal_Int32 i = 1;
+        if (pBaseURL)
+        {
+            aObjDescr[i].Name = "DefaultParentBaseURL";
+            aObjDescr[i].Value <<= *pBaseURL;
+            ++i;
+        }
+        if ( xCopy.is() )
+        {
+            aObjDescr[i].Name = "CloneFrom";
+            aObjDescr[i].Value <<= xCopy;
+        }
+
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aMediaDescr( 1 );
+        aMediaDescr[0].Name = "ReadOnly";
+        aMediaDescr[0].Value <<= bReadOnlyMode;
+        xObj.set( xFactory->createInstanceInitFromEntry(
+                pImpl->mxStorage, rName,
+                aMediaDescr, aObjDescr ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+        // insert object into my list
+        AddEmbeddedObject( xObj, rName );
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const& e)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper.container", "EmbeddedObjectContainer::Get_Impl: exception caught: " << e);
+    }
+
+    return xObj;
+}
+
+uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > EmbeddedObjectContainer::CreateEmbeddedObject( const uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 >& rClassId,
+            const uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue >& rArgs, OUString& rNewName, OUString const* pBaseURL )
+{
+    if ( rNewName.isEmpty() )
+        rNewName = CreateUniqueObjectName();
+
+    SAL_WARN_IF( HasEmbeddedObject(rNewName), "comphelper.container", "Object to create already exists!");
+
+    // create object from classid by inserting it into storage
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObjectCreator > xFactory = embed::EmbeddedObjectCreator::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+
+        const size_t nExtraArgs = pBaseURL ? 2 : 1;
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aObjDescr( rArgs.getLength() + nExtraArgs );
+        aObjDescr[0].Name = "Parent";
+        aObjDescr[0].Value <<= pImpl->m_xModel.get();
+        if (pBaseURL)
+        {
+            aObjDescr[1].Name = "DefaultParentBaseURL";
+            aObjDescr[1].Value <<= *pBaseURL;
+        }
+        std::copy( rArgs.begin(), rArgs.end(), aObjDescr.getArray() + nExtraArgs );
+        xObj.set( xFactory->createInstanceInitNew(
+                    rClassId, OUString(), pImpl->mxStorage, rNewName,
+                    aObjDescr ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+        AddEmbeddedObject( xObj, rNewName );
+
+        OSL_ENSURE( !xObj.is() || xObj->getCurrentState() != embed::EmbedStates::LOADED,
+                    "A freshly create object should be running always!" );
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const& e)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper.container", "EmbeddedObjectContainer::CreateEmbeddedObject: exception caught: " << e);
+    }
+
+    return xObj;
+}
+
+uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > EmbeddedObjectContainer::CreateEmbeddedObject( const uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 >& rClassId, OUString& rNewName, OUString const* pBaseURL )
+{
+    return CreateEmbeddedObject( rClassId, uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue >(), rNewName, pBaseURL );
+}
+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::AddEmbeddedObject( const css::uno::Reference < css::embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj, const OUString& rName )
+{
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
+    SAL_WARN_IF( rName.isEmpty(), "comphelper.container", "Added object doesn't have a name!");
+    uno::Reference < container::XNameAccess > xAccess( pImpl->mxStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xEmb( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    uno::Reference < embed::XLinkageSupport > xLink( xEmb, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    // if the object has a persistence and the object is not a link than it must have persistence entry in the storage
+    OSL_ENSURE( !( xEmb.is() && ( !xLink.is() || !xLink->isLink() ) ) || xAccess->hasByName(rName),
+                    "Added element not in storage!" );
+#endif
+
+    // remember object - it needs to be in storage already
+    auto aIt = pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.find( rName );
+    OSL_ENSURE( aIt == pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end(), "Element already inserted!" );
+    pImpl->maNameToObjectMap[ rName ] = xObj;
+    pImpl->maObjectToNameMap[ xObj ] = rName;
+    uno::Reference < container::XChild > xChild( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( xChild.is() && xChild->getParent() != pImpl->m_xModel.get() )
+        xChild->setParent( pImpl->m_xModel.get() );
+
+    // look for object in temporary container
+    if ( !pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer )
+        return;
+
+    auto& rObjectContainer = pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->pImpl->maNameToObjectMap;
+    auto aIter = std::find_if(rObjectContainer.begin(), rObjectContainer.end(),
+        [&xObj](const EmbeddedObjectContainerNameMap::value_type& rEntry) { return rEntry.second == xObj; });
+    if (aIter == rObjectContainer.end())
+        return;
+
+    // copy replacement image from temporary container (if there is any)
+    OUString aTempName = aIter->first;
+    OUString aMediaType;
+    uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xStream = pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->GetGraphicStream( xObj, &aMediaType );
+    if ( xStream.is() )
+    {
+        InsertGraphicStream( xStream, rName, aMediaType );
+        xStream = nullptr;
+        pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->RemoveGraphicStream( aTempName );
+    }
+
+    // remove object from storage of temporary container
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( xPersist.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->pImpl->mxStorage->removeElement( aTempName );
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    // temp. container needs to forget the object
+    pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.erase( aIter->second );
+    pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.erase( aIter );
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::StoreEmbeddedObject(
+    const uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj, OUString& rName, bool bCopy,
+    const OUString& rSrcShellID, const OUString& rDestShellID )
+{
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( rName.isEmpty() )
+        rName = CreateUniqueObjectName();
+
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
+    uno::Reference < container::XNameAccess > xAccess( pImpl->mxStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    OSL_ENSURE( !xPersist.is() || !xAccess->hasByName(rName), "Inserting element already present in storage!" );
+    OSL_ENSURE( xPersist.is() || xObj->getCurrentState() == embed::EmbedStates::RUNNING, "Non persistent object inserted!");
+#endif
+
+    // insert objects' storage into the container storage (if object has one)
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xPersist.is() )
+        {
+            uno::Sequence < beans::PropertyValue > aSeq;
+            if ( bCopy )
+            {
+                auto aObjArgs(::comphelper::InitPropertySequence({
+                    { "SourceShellID", uno::Any(rSrcShellID) },
+                    { "DestinationShellID", uno::Any(rDestShellID) }
+                }));
+                xPersist->storeToEntry(pImpl->mxStorage, rName, aSeq, aObjArgs);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                //TODO/LATER: possible optimization, don't store immediately
+                //xPersist->setPersistentEntry( pImpl->mxStorage, rName, embed::EntryInitModes::ENTRY_NO_INIT, aSeq, aSeq );
+                xPersist->storeAsEntry( pImpl->mxStorage, rName, aSeq, aSeq );
+                xPersist->saveCompleted( true );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const& e)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper.container", "EmbeddedObjectContainer::StoreEmbeddedObject: exception caught: " << e);
+        // TODO/LATER: better error recovery should keep storage intact
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertEmbeddedObject( const uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj, OUString& rName )
+{
+    // store it into the container storage
+    if (StoreEmbeddedObject(xObj, rName, false, OUString(), OUString()))
+    {
+        // remember object
+        AddEmbeddedObject( xObj, rName );
+        return true;
+    }
+    else
+        return false;
+}
+
+uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertEmbeddedObject( const uno::Reference < io::XInputStream >& xStm, OUString& rNewName )
+{
+    if ( rNewName.isEmpty() )
+        rNewName = CreateUniqueObjectName();
+
+    // store it into the container storage
+    bool bIsStorage = false;
+    try
+    {
+        // first try storage persistence
+        uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xStore = ::comphelper::OStorageHelper::GetStorageFromInputStream( xStm );
+
+        // storage was created from stream successfully
+        bIsStorage = true;
+
+        uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xNewStore = pImpl->mxStorage->openStorageElement( rNewName, embed::ElementModes::READWRITE );
+        xStore->copyToStorage( xNewStore );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        if ( bIsStorage )
+            // it is storage persistence, but opening of new substorage or copying to it failed
+            return uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject >();
+
+        // stream didn't contain a storage, now try stream persistence
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference < io::XStream > xNewStream = pImpl->mxStorage->openStreamElement( rNewName, embed::ElementModes::READWRITE );
+            ::comphelper::OStorageHelper::CopyInputToOutput( xStm, xNewStream->getOutputStream() );
+
+            // No mediatype is provided so the default for OLE objects value is used
+            // it is correct so for now, but what if somebody introduces a new stream based embedded object?
+            // Probably introducing of such an object must be restricted ( a storage must be used! ).
+            uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xProps( xNewStream, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            xProps->setPropertyValue("MediaType",
+                    uno::Any( OUString( "application/vnd.sun.star.oleobject" ) ) );
+        }
+        catch (uno::Exception const& e)
+        {
+            // complete disaster!
+            SAL_WARN("comphelper.container", "EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertEmbeddedObject: exception caught: " << e);
+            return uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject >();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // stream was copied into the container storage in either way, now try to open something form it
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xRet = GetEmbeddedObject( rNewName );
+    try
+    {
+        if ( !xRet.is() )
+            // no object could be created, so withdraw insertion
+            pImpl->mxStorage->removeElement( rNewName );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return xRet;
+}
+
+uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertEmbeddedObject( const css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::PropertyValue >& aMedium, OUString& rNewName, OUString const* pBaseURL )
+{
+    if ( rNewName.isEmpty() )
+        rNewName = CreateUniqueObjectName();
+
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObjectCreator > xFactory = embed::EmbeddedObjectCreator::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aObjDescr(pBaseURL ? 2 : 1);
+        aObjDescr[0].Name = "Parent";
+        aObjDescr[0].Value <<= pImpl->m_xModel.get();
+        if (pBaseURL)
+        {
+            aObjDescr[1].Name = "DefaultParentBaseURL";
+            aObjDescr[1].Value <<= *pBaseURL;
+        }
+        xObj.set( xFactory->createInstanceInitFromMediaDescriptor(
+                pImpl->mxStorage, rNewName, aMedium, aObjDescr ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+        OSL_ENSURE( !xObj.is() || xObj->getCurrentState() != embed::EmbedStates::LOADED,
+                    "A freshly create object should be running always!" );
+
+        // possible optimization: store later!
+        if ( xPersist.is())
+            xPersist->storeOwn();
+
+        AddEmbeddedObject( xObj, rNewName );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return xObj;
+}
+
+uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertEmbeddedLink( const css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::PropertyValue >& aMedium, OUString& rNewName )
+{
+    if ( rNewName.isEmpty() )
+        rNewName = CreateUniqueObjectName();
+
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObjectCreator > xFactory = embed::EmbeddedObjectCreator::create(::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aObjDescr( 1 );
+        aObjDescr[0].Name = "Parent";
+        aObjDescr[0].Value <<= pImpl->m_xModel.get();
+        xObj.set( xFactory->createInstanceLink( pImpl->mxStorage, rNewName, aMedium, aObjDescr ), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+        OSL_ENSURE( !xObj.is() || xObj->getCurrentState() != embed::EmbedStates::LOADED,
+                    "A freshly create object should be running always!" );
+
+        // possible optimization: store later!
+        if ( xPersist.is())
+            xPersist->storeOwn();
+
+        AddEmbeddedObject( xObj, rNewName );
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const& e)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper.container", "EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertEmbeddedLink: "
+                "exception caught: " << e);
+    }
+
+    return xObj;
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::TryToCopyGraphReplacement( EmbeddedObjectContainer& rSrc,
+                                                            const OUString& aOrigName,
+                                                            const OUString& aTargetName )
+{
+    bool bResult = false;
+
+    if ( ( &rSrc != this || aOrigName != aTargetName ) && !aOrigName.isEmpty() && !aTargetName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        OUString aMediaType;
+        uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xGrStream = rSrc.GetGraphicStream( aOrigName, &aMediaType );
+        if ( xGrStream.is() )
+            bResult = InsertGraphicStream( xGrStream, aTargetName, aMediaType );
+    }
+
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > EmbeddedObjectContainer::CopyAndGetEmbeddedObject(
+    EmbeddedObjectContainer& rSrc, const uno::Reference <embed::XEmbeddedObject>& xObj, OUString& rName,
+    const OUString& rSrcShellID, const OUString& rDestShellID )
+{
+    uno::Reference< embed::XEmbeddedObject > xResult;
+
+    // TODO/LATER: For now only objects that implement XEmbedPersist have a replacement image, it might change in future
+    // do an incompatible change so that object name is provided in all the move and copy methods
+    OUString aOrigName;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        aOrigName = xPersist->getEntryName();
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+
+    if ( rName.isEmpty() )
+        rName = CreateUniqueObjectName();
+
+    // objects without persistence are not really stored by the method
+    if (xObj.is() && StoreEmbeddedObject(xObj, rName, true, rSrcShellID, rDestShellID))
+    {
+        SAL_INFO_IF(rDestShellID.isEmpty(), "comphelper.container",
+            "SfxObjectShell with no base URL?"); // every shell has a base URL, except the clipboard SwDocShell
+        xResult = Get_Impl(rName, xObj, &rDestShellID);
+        if ( !xResult.is() )
+        {
+            // this is a case when object has no real persistence
+            // in such cases a new object should be explicitly created and initialized with the data of the old one
+            try
+            {
+                uno::Reference< embed::XLinkageSupport > xOrigLinkage( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xOrigLinkage.is() && xOrigLinkage->isLink() )
+                {
+                    // this is an OOo link, it has no persistence
+                    OUString aURL = xOrigLinkage->getLinkURL();
+                    if ( aURL.isEmpty() )
+                        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+                    // create new linked object from the URL the link is based on
+                    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObjectCreator > xCreator =
+                        embed::EmbeddedObjectCreator::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+
+                    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aMediaDescr( 1 );
+                    aMediaDescr[0].Name = "URL";
+                    aMediaDescr[0].Value <<= aURL;
+                    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aObjDescr( 1 );
+                    aObjDescr[0].Name = "Parent";
+                    aObjDescr[0].Value <<= pImpl->m_xModel.get();
+                    xResult.set(xCreator->createInstanceLink(
+                                    pImpl->mxStorage,
+                                    rName,
+                                    aMediaDescr,
+                                    aObjDescr ),
+                                uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // the component is required for copying of this object
+                    if ( xObj->getCurrentState() == embed::EmbedStates::LOADED )
+                        xObj->changeState( embed::EmbedStates::RUNNING );
+
+                    // this must be an object based on properties, otherwise we can not copy it currently
+                    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xOrigProps( xObj->getComponent(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+                    // use object class ID to create a new one and transfer all the properties
+                    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObjectCreator > xCreator =
+                        embed::EmbeddedObjectCreator::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+
+                    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aObjDescr( 1 );
+                    aObjDescr[0].Name = "Parent";
+                    aObjDescr[0].Value <<= pImpl->m_xModel.get();
+                    xResult.set(xCreator->createInstanceInitNew(
+                                    xObj->getClassID(),
+                                    xObj->getClassName(),
+                                    pImpl->mxStorage,
+                                    rName,
+                                    aObjDescr ),
+                                uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+                    if ( xResult->getCurrentState() == embed::EmbedStates::LOADED )
+                        xResult->changeState( embed::EmbedStates::RUNNING );
+
+                    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xTargetProps( xResult->getComponent(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+                    // copy all the properties from xOrigProps to xTargetProps
+                    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySetInfo > xOrigInfo = xOrigProps->getPropertySetInfo();
+                    if ( !xOrigInfo.is() )
+                        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+                    uno::Sequence< beans::Property > aPropertiesList = xOrigInfo->getProperties();
+                    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aPropertiesList.getLength(); nInd++ )
+                    {
+                        try
+                        {
+                            xTargetProps->setPropertyValue(
+                                aPropertiesList[nInd].Name,
+                                xOrigProps->getPropertyValue( aPropertiesList[nInd].Name ) );
+                        }
+                        catch (const beans::PropertyVetoException&)
+                        {
+                            // impossibility to copy readonly property is not treated as an error for now
+                            // but the assertion is helpful to detect such scenarios and review them
+                            SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Could not copy readonly property!" );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if ( xResult.is() )
+                    AddEmbeddedObject( xResult, rName );
+            }
+            catch (const uno::Exception&)
+            {
+                if ( xResult.is() )
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        xResult->close( true );
+                    }
+                    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+                    {
+                    }
+                    xResult.clear();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    SAL_WARN_IF( !xResult.is(), "comphelper.container", "Can not copy embedded object that has no persistence!" );
+
+    if ( xResult.is() )
+    {
+        // the object is successfully copied, try to copy graphical replacement
+        if ( !aOrigName.isEmpty() )
+            TryToCopyGraphReplacement( rSrc, aOrigName, rName );
+
+        // the object might need the size to be set
+        try
+        {
+            if ( xResult->getStatus( embed::Aspects::MSOLE_CONTENT ) & embed::EmbedMisc::EMBED_NEEDSSIZEONLOAD )
+                xResult->setVisualAreaSize( embed::Aspects::MSOLE_CONTENT,
+                                            xObj->getVisualAreaSize( embed::Aspects::MSOLE_CONTENT ) );
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    return xResult;
+}
+
+// #i119941, bKeepToTempStorage: use to specify whether store the removed object to temporary storage+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::RemoveEmbeddedObject( const OUString& rName, bool bKeepToTempStorage )
+{
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj = GetEmbeddedObject( rName );
+    if ( xObj.is() )
+        RemoveEmbeddedObject( xObj, bKeepToTempStorage );
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::MoveEmbeddedObject( const OUString& rName, EmbeddedObjectContainer& rCnt )
+{
+    // find object entry
+    auto aIt2 = rCnt.pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.find( rName );
+    OSL_ENSURE( aIt2 == rCnt.pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end(), "Object does already exist in target container!" );
+
+    if ( aIt2 != rCnt.pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end() )
+        return false;
+
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj;
+    auto aIt = pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.find( rName );
+    if ( aIt != pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end() )
+    {
+        xObj = (*aIt).second;
+        try
+        {
+            if ( xObj.is() )
+            {
+                // move object
+                OUString aName( rName );
+                rCnt.InsertEmbeddedObject( xObj, aName );
+                pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.erase( aIt->second );
+                pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.erase( aIt );
+                uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xPersist.is() )
+                    pImpl->mxStorage->removeElement( rName );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // copy storages; object *must* have persistence!
+                uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xOld = pImpl->mxStorage->openStorageElement( rName, embed::ElementModes::READ );
+                uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xNew = rCnt.pImpl->mxStorage->openStorageElement( rName, embed::ElementModes::READWRITE );
+                xOld->copyToStorage( xNew );
+            }
+
+            rCnt.TryToCopyGraphReplacement( *this, rName, rName );
+            // RemoveGraphicStream( rName );
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Could not move object!");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+    }
+    else
+        SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Unknown object!");
+    return false;
+}
+
+// #i119941, bKeepToTempStorage: use to specify whether store the removed object to temporary storage+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::RemoveEmbeddedObject( const uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj, bool bKeepToTempStorage )
+{
+    uno::Reference < embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    OUString aName;
+    if ( xPersist.is() )
+        aName = xPersist->getEntryName();
+
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
+    uno::Reference < container::XNameAccess > xAccess( pImpl->mxStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    uno::Reference < embed::XLinkageSupport > xLink( xPersist, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    sal_Bool bIsNotEmbedded = !xPersist.is() || ( xLink.is() && xLink->isLink() );
+
+    // if the object has a persistence and the object is not a link than it must have persistence entry in the storage
+    OSL_ENSURE( bIsNotEmbedded || xAccess->hasByName(aName), "Removing element not present in storage!" );
+#endif
+
+    // somebody still needs the object, so we must assign a temporary persistence
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xPersist.is() && bKeepToTempStorage ) // #i119941
+        {
+
+            if ( !pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer )
+            {
+                pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer = new EmbeddedObjectContainer();
+                try
+                {
+                    // TODO/LATER: in future probably the temporary container will have two storages ( of two formats )
+                    //             the media type will be provided with object insertion
+                    OUString aOrigStorMediaType;
+                    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xStorProps( pImpl->mxStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+                    static const OUStringLiteral s_sMediaType("MediaType");
+                    xStorProps->getPropertyValue( s_sMediaType ) >>= aOrigStorMediaType;
+
+                    SAL_WARN_IF( aOrigStorMediaType.isEmpty(), "comphelper.container", "No valuable media type in the storage!" );
+
+                    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xTargetStorProps(
+                                                                pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->pImpl->mxStorage,
+                                                                uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+                    xTargetStorProps->setPropertyValue( s_sMediaType,uno::Any( aOrigStorMediaType ) );
+                }
+                catch (const uno::Exception&)
+                {
+                    SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Can not set the new media type to a storage!" );
+                }
+            }
+
+            OUString aTempName, aMediaType;
+            pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->InsertEmbeddedObject( xObj, aTempName );
+
+            uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xStream = GetGraphicStream( xObj, &aMediaType );
+            if ( xStream.is() )
+                pImpl->mpTempObjectContainer->InsertGraphicStream( xStream, aTempName, aMediaType );
+
+            // object is stored, so at least it can be set to loaded state
+            xObj->changeState( embed::EmbedStates::LOADED );
+        }
+        else
+            // objects without persistence need to stay in running state if they shall not be closed
+            xObj->changeState( embed::EmbedStates::RUNNING );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto aIter = std::find_if(pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.begin(), pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end(),
+        [&xObj](const EmbeddedObjectContainerNameMap::value_type& rEntry) { return rEntry.second == xObj; });
+    if (aIter != pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end())
+    {
+        pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.erase( aIter->second );
+        pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.erase( aIter );
+        uno::Reference < container::XChild > xChild( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xChild.is() )
+            xChild->setParent( uno::Reference < uno::XInterface >() );
+    }
+    else
+        SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Object not found for removal!" );
+
+    if ( xPersist.is() && bKeepToTempStorage )  // #i119941#
+    {
+        // remove replacement image (if there is one)
+        RemoveGraphicStream( aName );
+
+        // now it's time to remove the storage from the container storage
+        try
+        {
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
+            // if the object has a persistence and the object is not a link than it must have persistence entry in storage
+            OSL_ENSURE( bIsNotEmbedded || pImpl->mxStorage->hasByName( aName ), "The object has no persistence entry in the storage!" );
+#endif
+            if ( xPersist.is() && pImpl->mxStorage->hasByName( aName ) )
+                pImpl->mxStorage->removeElement( aName );
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "Failed to remove object from storage!" );
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::CloseEmbeddedObject( const uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj )
+{
+    // disconnect the object from the container and close it if possible
+
+    auto aIter = std::find_if(pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.begin(), pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end(),
+        [&xObj](const EmbeddedObjectContainerNameMap::value_type& rEntry) { return rEntry.second == xObj; });
+    if (aIter == pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.end())
+        return;
+
+    pImpl->maObjectToNameMap.erase( aIter->second );
+    pImpl->maNameToObjectMap.erase( aIter );
+
+    try
+    {
+        xObj->close( true );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        // it is no problem if the object is already closed
+        // TODO/LATER: what if the object can not be closed?
+    }
+}
+
+uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > EmbeddedObjectContainer::GetGraphicStream( const OUString& aName, OUString* pMediaType )
+{
+    uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xStream;
+
+    SAL_WARN_IF( aName.isEmpty(), "comphelper.container", "Retrieving graphic for unknown object!" );
+    if ( !aName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xReplacements = pImpl->GetReplacements();
+            uno::Reference < io::XStream > xGraphicStream = xReplacements->openStreamElement( aName, embed::ElementModes::READ );
+            xStream = xGraphicStream->getInputStream();
+            if ( pMediaType )
+            {
+                uno::Reference < beans::XPropertySet > xSet( xStream, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xSet.is() )
+                {
+                    uno::Any aAny = xSet->getPropertyValue("MediaType");
+                    aAny >>= *pMediaType;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (uno::Exception const& e)
+        {
+            SAL_INFO("comphelper.container",
+                "EmbeddedObjectContainer::GetGraphicStream(): " << e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return xStream;
+}
+
+uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > EmbeddedObjectContainer::GetGraphicStream( const css::uno::Reference < css::embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj, OUString* pMediaType )
+{
+    // try to load it from the container storage
+    return GetGraphicStream( GetEmbeddedObjectName( xObj ), pMediaType );
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertGraphicStream( const css::uno::Reference < css::io::XInputStream >& rStream, const OUString& rObjectName, const OUString& rMediaType )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xReplacements = pImpl->GetReplacements();
+
+        // store it into the subfolder
+        uno::Reference < io::XOutputStream > xOutStream;
+        uno::Reference < io::XStream > xGraphicStream = xReplacements->openStreamElement( rObjectName,
+                embed::ElementModes::READWRITE | embed::ElementModes::TRUNCATE );
+        xOutStream = xGraphicStream->getOutputStream();
+        ::comphelper::OStorageHelper::CopyInputToOutput( rStream, xOutStream );
+        xOutStream->flush();
+
+        uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xPropSet( xGraphicStream, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        xPropSet->setPropertyValue("UseCommonStoragePasswordEncryption",
+                                    uno::Any( true ) );
+        xPropSet->setPropertyValue("MediaType", uno::Any(rMediaType) );
+
+        xPropSet->setPropertyValue("Compressed",
+                                    uno::Any( true ) );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::InsertGraphicStreamDirectly( const css::uno::Reference < css::io::XInputStream >& rStream, const OUString& rObjectName, const OUString& rMediaType )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xReplacement = pImpl->GetReplacements();
+        uno::Reference < embed::XOptimizedStorage > xOptRepl( xReplacement, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        // store it into the subfolder
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps( 3 );
+        aProps[0].Name = "MediaType";
+        aProps[0].Value <<= rMediaType;
+        aProps[1].Name = "UseCommonStoragePasswordEncryption";
+        aProps[1].Value <<= true;
+        aProps[2].Name = "Compressed";
+        aProps[2].Value <<= true;
+
+        if ( xReplacement->hasByName( rObjectName ) )
+            xReplacement->removeElement( rObjectName );
+
+        xOptRepl->insertStreamElementDirect( rObjectName, rStream, aProps );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::RemoveGraphicStream( const OUString& rObjectName )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XStorage > xReplacements = pImpl->GetReplacements();
+        xReplacements->removeElement( rObjectName );
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+}
+namespace {
+    void InsertStreamIntoPicturesStorage_Impl( const uno::Reference< embed::XStorage >& xDocStor,
+                                            const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xInStream,
+                                            const OUString& aStreamName )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( !aStreamName.isEmpty() && xInStream.is() && xDocStor.is(), "Misuse of the method!" );
+
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xPictures = xDocStor->openStorageElement(
+                                        "Pictures",
+                                        embed::ElementModes::READWRITE );
+            uno::Reference< io::XStream > xObjReplStr = xPictures->openStreamElement(
+                                        aStreamName,
+                                        embed::ElementModes::READWRITE | embed::ElementModes::TRUNCATE );
+            uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream > xOutStream(
+                                        xObjReplStr->getInputStream(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+            ::comphelper::OStorageHelper::CopyInputToOutput( xInStream, xOutStream );
+            xOutStream->closeOutput();
+
+            uno::Reference< embed::XTransactedObject > xTransact( xPictures, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xTransact.is() )
+                xTransact->commit();
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN( "comphelper.container", "The images storage is not available!" );
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::StoreAsChildren(bool _bOasisFormat,bool _bCreateEmbedded,const uno::Reference < embed::XStorage >& _xStorage)
+{
+    bool bResult = false;
+    try
+    {
+        comphelper::EmbeddedObjectContainer aCnt( _xStorage );
+        const uno::Sequence < OUString > aNames = GetObjectNames();
+        const OUString* pIter = aNames.getConstArray();
+        const OUString* pEnd   = pIter + aNames.getLength();
+        for(;pIter != pEnd;++pIter)
+        {
+            uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj = GetEmbeddedObject( *pIter );
+            SAL_WARN_IF( !xObj.is(), "comphelper.container", "An empty entry in the embedded objects list!" );
+            if ( xObj.is() )
+            {
+                bool bSwitchBackToLoaded = false;
+                uno::Reference< embed::XLinkageSupport > xLink( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+                uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xStream;
+                OUString aMediaType;
+
+                sal_Int32 nCurState = xObj->getCurrentState();
+                if ( nCurState == embed::EmbedStates::LOADED || nCurState == embed::EmbedStates::RUNNING )
+                {
+                    // means that the object is not active
+                    // copy replacement image from old to new container
+                    xStream = GetGraphicStream( xObj, &aMediaType );
+                }
+
+                if ( !xStream.is() && getUserAllowsLinkUpdate() )
+                {
+                    // the image must be regenerated
+                    // TODO/LATER: another aspect could be used
+                    if ( xObj->getCurrentState() == embed::EmbedStates::LOADED )
+                            bSwitchBackToLoaded = true;
+
+                    xStream = GetGraphicReplacementStream(
+                                                            embed::Aspects::MSOLE_CONTENT,
+                                                            xObj,
+                                                            &aMediaType );
+                }
+
+                if ( _bOasisFormat || (xLink.is() && xLink->isLink()) )
+                {
+                    if ( xStream.is() )
+                    {
+                        if ( _bOasisFormat )
+                        {
+                            // if it is an embedded object or the optimized inserting fails the normal inserting should be done
+                            if ( _bCreateEmbedded
+                                || !aCnt.InsertGraphicStreamDirectly( xStream, *pIter, aMediaType ) )
+                                aCnt.InsertGraphicStream( xStream, *pIter, aMediaType );
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // it is a linked object exported into SO7 format
+                            InsertStreamIntoPicturesStorage_Impl( _xStorage, xStream, *pIter );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                uno::Reference< embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xPersist.is() )
+                {
+                    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aArgs( _bOasisFormat ? 2 : 3 );
+                    aArgs[0].Name = "StoreVisualReplacement";
+                    aArgs[0].Value <<= !_bOasisFormat;
+
+                    // if it is an embedded object or the optimized inserting fails the normal inserting should be done
+                    aArgs[1].Name = "CanTryOptimization";
+                    aArgs[1].Value <<= !_bCreateEmbedded;
+                    if ( !_bOasisFormat )
+                    {
+                        // if object has no cached replacement it will use this one
+                        aArgs[2].Name = "VisualReplacement";
+                        aArgs[2].Value <<= xStream;
+                    }
+
+                    try
+                    {
+                        xPersist->storeAsEntry( _xStorage, xPersist->getEntryName(), uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >(), aArgs );
+                    }
+                    catch (const embed::WrongStateException&)
+                    {
+                        SAL_WARN("comphelper.container", "failed to store '" << *pIter << "'");
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if ( bSwitchBackToLoaded )
+                    // switch back to loaded state; that way we have a minimum cache confusion
+                    xObj->changeState( embed::EmbedStates::LOADED );
+            }
+        }
+
+        bResult = aCnt.CommitImageSubStorage();
+
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception& e)
+    {
+        // TODO/LATER: error handling
+        bResult = false;
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper.container", "failed. Message: " << e);
+    }
+
+    // the old SO6 format does not store graphical replacements
+    if ( !_bOasisFormat && bResult )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // the substorage still can not be locked by the embedded object container
+            OUString aObjReplElement( "ObjectReplacements" );
+            if ( _xStorage->hasByName( aObjReplElement ) && _xStorage->isStorageElement( aObjReplElement ) )
+                _xStorage->removeElement( aObjReplElement );
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            // TODO/LATER: error handling;
+            bResult = false;
+        }
+    }
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::StoreChildren(bool _bOasisFormat,bool _bObjectsOnly)
+{
+    bool bResult = true;
+    const uno::Sequence < OUString > aNames = GetObjectNames();
+    const OUString* pIter = aNames.getConstArray();
+    const OUString* pEnd   = pIter + aNames.getLength();
+    for(;pIter != pEnd;++pIter)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj = GetEmbeddedObject( *pIter );
+            SAL_WARN_IF( !xObj.is(), "comphelper.container", "An empty entry in the embedded objects list!" );
+            if ( xObj.is() )
+            {
+                sal_Int32 nCurState = xObj->getCurrentState();
+                if ( _bOasisFormat && nCurState != embed::EmbedStates::LOADED && nCurState != embed::EmbedStates::RUNNING )
+                {
+                    // means that the object is active
+                    // the image must be regenerated
+                    OUString aMediaType;
+
+                    // TODO/LATER: another aspect could be used
+                    uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xStream =
+                                GetGraphicReplacementStream(
+                                                            embed::Aspects::MSOLE_CONTENT,
+                                                            xObj,
+                                                            &aMediaType );
+                    if ( xStream.is() )
+                    {
+                        if ( !InsertGraphicStreamDirectly( xStream, *pIter, aMediaType ) )
+                            InsertGraphicStream( xStream, *pIter, aMediaType );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // TODO/LATER: currently the object by default does not cache replacement image
+                // that means that if somebody loads SO7 document and store its objects using
+                // this method the images might be lost.
+                // Currently this method is only used on storing to alien formats, that means
+                // that SO7 documents storing does not use it, and all other filters are
+                // based on OASIS format. But if it changes the method must be fixed. The fix
+                // must be done only on demand since it can affect performance.
+
+                uno::Reference< embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xPersist.is() )
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        //TODO/LATER: only storing if changed!
+                        //xPersist->storeOwn(); //commented, i120168
+
+                        // begin:all charts will be persisted as xml format on disk when saving, which is time consuming.
+                        // '_bObjectsOnly' mean we are storing to alien formats.
+                        //  'isStorageElement' mean current object is NOT a MS OLE format. (may also include in future), i120168
+                        if (_bObjectsOnly && (nCurState == embed::EmbedStates::LOADED || nCurState == embed::EmbedStates::RUNNING)
+                            && (pImpl->mxStorage->isStorageElement( *pIter ) ))
+                        {
+                            uno::Reference< util::XModifiable > xModifiable( xObj->getComponent(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                            if ( xModifiable.is() && xModifiable->isModified())
+                            {
+                                xPersist->storeOwn();
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                //do nothing. Embedded model is not modified, no need to persist.
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else //the embedded object is in active status, always store back it.
+                        {
+                            xPersist->storeOwn();
+                        }
+                        //end i120168
+                    }
+                    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+                    {
+                        // TODO/LATER: error handling
+                        bResult = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if ( !_bOasisFormat && !_bObjectsOnly )
+                {
+                    // copy replacement images for linked objects
+                    try
+                    {
+                        uno::Reference< embed::XLinkageSupport > xLink( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+                        if ( xLink.is() && xLink->isLink() )
+                        {
+                            OUString aMediaType;
+                            uno::Reference < io::XInputStream > xInStream = GetGraphicStream( xObj, &aMediaType );
+                            if ( xInStream.is() )
+                                InsertStreamIntoPicturesStorage_Impl( pImpl->mxStorage, xInStream, *pIter );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+                    {
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            // TODO/LATER: error handling
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( bResult && _bOasisFormat )
+        bResult = CommitImageSubStorage();
+
+    if ( bResult && !_bObjectsOnly )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ReleaseImageSubStorage();
+            OUString aObjReplElement( "ObjectReplacements" );
+            if ( !_bOasisFormat && pImpl->mxStorage->hasByName( aObjReplElement ) && pImpl->mxStorage->isStorageElement( aObjReplElement ) )
+                pImpl->mxStorage->removeElement( aObjReplElement );
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            // TODO/LATER: error handling
+            bResult = false;
+        }
+    }
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > EmbeddedObjectContainer::GetGraphicReplacementStream(
+                                                                sal_Int64 nViewAspect,
+                                                                const uno::Reference< embed::XEmbeddedObject >& xObj,
+                                                                OUString* pMediaType )
+{
+    uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > xInStream;
+    if ( xObj.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // retrieving of the visual representation can switch object to running state
+            embed::VisualRepresentation aRep = xObj->getPreferredVisualRepresentation( nViewAspect );
+            if ( pMediaType )
+                *pMediaType = aRep.Flavor.MimeType;
+
+            uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aSeq;
+            aRep.Data >>= aSeq;
+            xInStream = new ::comphelper::SequenceInputStream( aSeq );
+        }
+        catch (const uno::Exception&)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    return xInStream;
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::SetPersistentEntries(const uno::Reference< embed::XStorage >& _xStorage,bool _bClearModifedFlag)
+{
+    bool bError = false;
+    const uno::Sequence < OUString > aNames = GetObjectNames();
+    const OUString* pIter = aNames.getConstArray();
+    const OUString* pEnd   = pIter + aNames.getLength();
+    for(;pIter != pEnd;++pIter)
+    {
+        uno::Reference < embed::XEmbeddedObject > xObj = GetEmbeddedObject( *pIter );
+        SAL_WARN_IF( !xObj.is(), "comphelper.container", "An empty entry in the embedded objects list!" );
+        if ( xObj.is() )
+        {
+            uno::Reference< embed::XEmbedPersist > xPersist( xObj, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xPersist.is() )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    xPersist->setPersistentEntry( _xStorage,
+                                                *pIter,
+                                                embed::EntryInitModes::NO_INIT,
+                                                uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >(),
+                                                uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >() );
+
+                }
+                catch (const uno::Exception&)
+                {
+                    // TODO/LATER: error handling
+                    bError = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if ( _bClearModifedFlag )
+            {
+                // if this method is used as part of SaveCompleted the object must stay unmodified after execution
+                try
+                {
+                    uno::Reference< util::XModifiable > xModif( xObj->getComponent(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+                    if ( xModif->isModified() )
+                        xModif->setModified( false );
+                }
+                catch (const uno::Exception&)
+                {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return bError;
+}
+
+bool EmbeddedObjectContainer::getUserAllowsLinkUpdate() const
+{
+    return pImpl->mbUserAllowsLinkUpdate;
+}
+
+void EmbeddedObjectContainer::setUserAllowsLinkUpdate(bool bNew)
+{
+    if(pImpl->mbUserAllowsLinkUpdate != bNew)
+    {
+        pImpl->mbUserAllowsLinkUpdate = bNew;
+    }
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/enumerablemap.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/enumerablemap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5c7069a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/enumerablemap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,737 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper_module.hxx>
+#include <comphelper_services.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/anytostring.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/anycompare.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/componentbase.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XEnumerableMap.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NoSupportException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/AlreadyInitializedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/IllegalTypeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/Pair.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/compbase3.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <typelib/typedescription.hxx>
+
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::UNO_QUERY;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Any;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Type;
+    using ::com::sun::star::container::XEnumerableMap;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::NoSupportException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::IllegalTypeException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::container::NoSuchElementException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::XInitialization;
+    using ::com::sun::star::ucb::AlreadyInitializedException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::Pair;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_VOID;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_UNKNOWN;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_ANY;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_EXCEPTION;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_STRUCT;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_FLOAT;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_DOUBLE;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_INTERFACE;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::XServiceInfo;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XComponentContext;
+    using ::com::sun::star::container::XEnumeration;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeDescription;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::DisposedException;
+
+    namespace {
+
+    class MapEnumerator;
+
+    }
+
+    typedef std::map< Any, Any, LessPredicateAdapter > KeyedValues;
+
+    namespace {
+
+    struct MapData
+    {
+        Type                                        m_aKeyType;
+        Type                                        m_aValueType;
+        std::unique_ptr< KeyedValues >            m_pValues;
+        std::shared_ptr< IKeyPredicateLess >      m_pKeyCompare;
+        bool                                        m_bMutable;
+        std::vector< MapEnumerator* >             m_aModListeners;
+
+        MapData()
+            :m_bMutable( true )
+        {
+        }
+
+        MapData( const MapData& _source )
+            :m_aKeyType( _source.m_aKeyType )
+            ,m_aValueType( _source.m_aValueType )
+            ,m_pValues( new KeyedValues( *_source.m_pValues ) )
+            ,m_pKeyCompare( _source.m_pKeyCompare )
+            ,m_bMutable( false )
+            ,m_aModListeners()
+        {
+        }
+    private:
+        MapData& operator=( const MapData& _source ) = delete;
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    static void lcl_registerMapModificationListener( MapData& _mapData, MapEnumerator& _listener )
+    {
+    #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+        for ( const MapEnumerator* lookup : _mapData.m_aModListeners )
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE( lookup != &_listener, "lcl_registerMapModificationListener: this listener is already registered!" );
+        }
+    #endif
+        _mapData.m_aModListeners.push_back( &_listener );
+    }
+
+
+    static void lcl_revokeMapModificationListener( MapData& _mapData, MapEnumerator& _listener )
+    {
+        auto lookup = std::find(_mapData.m_aModListeners.begin(), _mapData.m_aModListeners.end(), &_listener);
+        if (lookup != _mapData.m_aModListeners.end())
+        {
+            _mapData.m_aModListeners.erase( lookup );
+            return;
+        }
+        OSL_FAIL( "lcl_revokeMapModificationListener: the listener is not registered!" );
+    }
+
+
+    static void lcl_notifyMapDataListeners_nothrow( const MapData& _mapData );
+
+
+    // EnumerableMap
+
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakAggComponentImplHelper3 <   XInitialization
+                                                ,   XEnumerableMap
+                                                ,   XServiceInfo
+                                                > Map_IFace;
+
+    namespace {
+
+    class EnumerableMap: public Map_IFace, public ComponentBase
+    {
+    protected:
+        EnumerableMap();
+        virtual ~EnumerableMap() override;
+
+        // XInitialization
+        virtual void SAL_CALL initialize( const Sequence< Any >& aArguments ) override;
+
+        // XEnumerableMap
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createKeyEnumeration( sal_Bool Isolated ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createValueEnumeration( sal_Bool Isolated ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createElementEnumeration( sal_Bool Isolated ) override;
+
+        // XMap
+        virtual Type SAL_CALL getKeyType() override;
+        virtual Type SAL_CALL getValueType() override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL clear(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL containsKey( const Any& _key ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL containsValue( const Any& _value ) override;
+        virtual Any SAL_CALL get( const Any& _key ) override;
+        virtual Any SAL_CALL put( const Any& _key, const Any& _value ) override;
+        virtual Any SAL_CALL remove( const Any& _key ) override;
+
+        // XElementAccess (base of XMap)
+        virtual Type SAL_CALL getElementType() override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasElements() override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+        virtual Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+
+    public:
+        // XServiceInfo, static version (used for component registration)
+        static OUString getImplementationName_static(  );
+        static Sequence< OUString > getSupportedServiceNames_static(  );
+        static Reference< XInterface > Create( const Reference< XComponentContext >& );
+
+    private:
+        void    impl_initValues_throw( const Sequence< Pair< Any, Any > >& _initialValues );
+
+        /// throws an IllegalTypeException if the given value is not compatible with our ValueType
+        void    impl_checkValue_throw( const Any& _value ) const;
+        void    impl_checkKey_throw( const Any& _key ) const;
+        void    impl_checkNaN_throw( const Any& _keyOrValue, const Type& _keyOrValueType ) const;
+        void    impl_checkMutable_throw() const;
+
+    private:
+        ::osl::Mutex        m_aMutex;
+        MapData             m_aData;
+    };
+
+    enum EnumerationType
+    {
+        eKeys, eValues, eBoth
+    };
+
+    class MapEnumerator final
+    {
+    public:
+        MapEnumerator( ::cppu::OWeakObject& _rParent, MapData& _mapData, const EnumerationType _type )
+            :m_rParent( _rParent )
+            ,m_rMapData( _mapData )
+            ,m_eType( _type )
+            ,m_mapPos( _mapData.m_pValues->begin() )
+            ,m_disposed( false )
+        {
+            lcl_registerMapModificationListener( m_rMapData, *this );
+        }
+
+        ~MapEnumerator()
+        {
+            dispose();
+        }
+
+        void dispose()
+        {
+            if ( !m_disposed )
+            {
+                lcl_revokeMapModificationListener( m_rMapData, *this );
+                m_disposed = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // noncopyable
+        MapEnumerator(const MapEnumerator&) = delete;
+        const MapEnumerator& operator=(const MapEnumerator&) = delete;
+
+        // XEnumeration equivalents
+        bool hasMoreElements();
+        Any nextElement();
+
+        /// called when the map was modified
+        void mapModified();
+
+    private:
+        ::cppu::OWeakObject&        m_rParent;
+        MapData&                    m_rMapData;
+        const EnumerationType       m_eType;
+        KeyedValues::const_iterator m_mapPos;
+        bool                        m_disposed;
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    static void lcl_notifyMapDataListeners_nothrow( const MapData& _mapData )
+    {
+        for ( MapEnumerator* loop : _mapData.m_aModListeners )
+        {
+            loop->mapModified();
+        }
+    }
+
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakImplHelper <   XEnumeration
+                                   >   MapEnumeration_Base;
+
+    namespace {
+
+    class MapEnumeration :public ComponentBase
+                         ,public MapEnumeration_Base
+    {
+    public:
+        MapEnumeration( ::cppu::OWeakObject& _parentMap, MapData& _mapData, ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper& _rBHelper,
+                        const EnumerationType _type, const bool _isolated )
+            :ComponentBase( _rBHelper, ComponentBase::NoInitializationNeeded() )
+            ,m_xKeepMapAlive( _parentMap )
+            ,m_pMapDataCopy( _isolated ? new MapData( _mapData ) : nullptr )
+            ,m_aEnumerator( *this, _isolated ? *m_pMapDataCopy : _mapData, _type )
+        {
+        }
+
+        // XEnumeration
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasMoreElements(  ) override;
+        virtual Any SAL_CALL nextElement(  ) override;
+
+    protected:
+        virtual ~MapEnumeration() override
+        {
+            acquire();
+            {
+                ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( getMutex() );
+                m_aEnumerator.dispose();
+                m_pMapDataCopy.reset();
+            }
+        }
+
+    private:
+        // since we share our mutex with the main map, we need to keep it alive as long as we live
+        Reference< XInterface >     m_xKeepMapAlive;
+        std::unique_ptr< MapData > m_pMapDataCopy;
+        MapEnumerator               m_aEnumerator;
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    EnumerableMap::EnumerableMap()
+        :Map_IFace( m_aMutex )
+        ,ComponentBase( Map_IFace::rBHelper )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    EnumerableMap::~EnumerableMap()
+    {
+        if ( !impl_isDisposed() )
+        {
+            acquire();
+            dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::initialize( const Sequence< Any >& _arguments )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this, ComponentMethodGuard::MethodType::WithoutInit );
+        if ( impl_isInitialized_nothrow() )
+            throw AlreadyInitializedException();
+
+        sal_Int32 nArgumentCount = _arguments.getLength();
+        if ( ( nArgumentCount != 2 ) && ( nArgumentCount != 3 ) )
+            throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+        Type aKeyType, aValueType;
+        if ( !( _arguments[0] >>= aKeyType ) )
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("com.sun.star.uno.Type expected.", *this, 1 );
+        if ( !( _arguments[1] >>= aValueType ) )
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("com.sun.star.uno.Type expected.", *this, 2 );
+
+        Sequence< Pair< Any, Any > > aInitialValues;
+        bool bMutable = true;
+        if ( nArgumentCount == 3 )
+        {
+            if ( !( _arguments[2] >>= aInitialValues ) )
+                throw IllegalArgumentException("[]com.sun.star.beans.Pair<any,any> expected.", *this, 2 );
+            bMutable = false;
+        }
+
+        // for the value, anything is allowed, except VOID
+        if ( ( aValueType.getTypeClass() == TypeClass_VOID ) || ( aValueType.getTypeClass() == TypeClass_UNKNOWN ) )
+            throw IllegalTypeException("Unsupported value type.", *this );
+
+        // create the comparator for the KeyType, and throw if the type is not supported
+        std::unique_ptr< IKeyPredicateLess > pComparator( getStandardLessPredicate( aKeyType, nullptr ) );
+        if (!pComparator)
+            throw IllegalTypeException("Unsupported key type.", *this );
+
+        // init members
+        m_aData.m_aKeyType = aKeyType;
+        m_aData.m_aValueType = aValueType;
+        m_aData.m_pKeyCompare = std::move(pComparator);
+        m_aData.m_pValues.reset( new KeyedValues( *m_aData.m_pKeyCompare ) );
+        m_aData.m_bMutable = bMutable;
+
+        if ( aInitialValues.hasElements() )
+            impl_initValues_throw( aInitialValues );
+
+        setInitialized();
+    }
+
+
+    void EnumerableMap::impl_initValues_throw( const Sequence< Pair< Any, Any > >& _initialValues )
+    {
+        OSL_PRECOND( m_aData.m_pValues && m_aData.m_pValues->empty(), "EnumerableMap::impl_initValues_throw: illegal call!" );
+        if (!m_aData.m_pValues || !m_aData.m_pValues->empty())
+            throw RuntimeException();
+
+        const Pair< Any, Any >* mapping = _initialValues.getConstArray();
+        const Pair< Any, Any >* mappingEnd = mapping + _initialValues.getLength();
+        for ( ; mapping != mappingEnd; ++mapping )
+        {
+            impl_checkValue_throw( mapping->Second );
+            (*m_aData.m_pValues)[ mapping->First ] = mapping->Second;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void EnumerableMap::impl_checkValue_throw( const Any& _value ) const
+    {
+        if ( !_value.hasValue() )
+            // nothing to do, NULL values are always allowed, regardless of the ValueType
+            return;
+
+        TypeClass eAllowedTypeClass = m_aData.m_aValueType.getTypeClass();
+        bool bValid = false;
+
+        switch ( eAllowedTypeClass )
+        {
+        default:
+            bValid = ( _value.getValueTypeClass() == eAllowedTypeClass );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_ANY:
+            bValid = true;
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_INTERFACE:
+        {
+            // special treatment: _value might contain the proper type, but the interface
+            // might actually be NULL. Which is still valid ...
+            if ( m_aData.m_aValueType.isAssignableFrom( _value.getValueType() ) )
+                // this also catches the special case where XFoo is our value type,
+                // and _value contains a NULL-reference to XFoo, or a derived type
+                bValid = true;
+            else
+            {
+                Reference< XInterface > xValue( _value, UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xValue.is() )
+                    // XInterface is not-NULL, but is X(ValueType) not-NULL, too?
+                    xValue.set( xValue->queryInterface( m_aData.m_aValueType ), UNO_QUERY );
+                bValid = xValue.is();
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+        case TypeClass_EXCEPTION:
+        case TypeClass_STRUCT:
+        {
+            // values are accepted if and only if their type equals, or is derived from, our value type
+
+            if ( _value.getValueTypeClass() != eAllowedTypeClass )
+                bValid = false;
+            else
+            {
+                const TypeDescription aValueTypeDesc( _value.getValueType() );
+                const TypeDescription aRequiredTypeDesc( m_aData.m_aValueType );
+
+                const _typelib_CompoundTypeDescription* pValueCompoundTypeDesc =
+                    reinterpret_cast< const _typelib_CompoundTypeDescription* >( aValueTypeDesc.get() );
+
+                while ( pValueCompoundTypeDesc )
+                {
+                    if ( typelib_typedescription_equals( &pValueCompoundTypeDesc->aBase, aRequiredTypeDesc.get() ) )
+                        break;
+                    pValueCompoundTypeDesc = pValueCompoundTypeDesc->pBaseTypeDescription;
+                }
+                bValid = ( pValueCompoundTypeDesc != nullptr );
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+        }
+
+        if ( !bValid )
+        {
+            throw IllegalTypeException(
+                "Incompatible value type. Found '" + _value.getValueTypeName()
+                + "', where '" + m_aData.m_aValueType.getTypeName()
+                + "' (or compatible type) is expected.",
+                *const_cast< EnumerableMap* >( this ) );
+        }
+
+        impl_checkNaN_throw( _value, m_aData.m_aValueType );
+    }
+
+
+    void EnumerableMap::impl_checkNaN_throw( const Any& _keyOrValue, const Type& _keyOrValueType ) const
+    {
+        if  (   ( _keyOrValueType.getTypeClass() == TypeClass_DOUBLE )
+            ||  ( _keyOrValueType.getTypeClass() == TypeClass_FLOAT )
+            )
+        {
+            double nValue(0);
+            if ( _keyOrValue >>= nValue )
+                if ( std::isnan( nValue ) )
+                    throw IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "NaN (not-a-number) not supported by this implementation.",
+                        *const_cast< EnumerableMap* >( this ), 0 );
+            // (note that the case of _key not containing a float/double value is handled in the
+            // respective IKeyPredicateLess implementation, so there's no need to handle this here.)
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void EnumerableMap::impl_checkKey_throw( const Any& _key ) const
+    {
+        if ( !_key.hasValue() )
+            throw IllegalArgumentException(
+                "NULL keys not supported by this implementation.",
+                *const_cast< EnumerableMap* >( this ), 0 );
+
+        impl_checkNaN_throw( _key, m_aData.m_aKeyType );
+    }
+
+
+    void EnumerableMap::impl_checkMutable_throw() const
+    {
+        if ( !m_aData.m_bMutable )
+            throw NoSupportException(
+                    "The map is immutable.",
+                    *const_cast< EnumerableMap* >( this ) );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XEnumeration > SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::createKeyEnumeration( sal_Bool Isolated )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return new MapEnumeration( *this, m_aData, getBroadcastHelper(), eKeys, Isolated );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XEnumeration > SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::createValueEnumeration( sal_Bool Isolated )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return new MapEnumeration( *this, m_aData, getBroadcastHelper(), eValues, Isolated );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XEnumeration > SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::createElementEnumeration( sal_Bool Isolated )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return new MapEnumeration( *this, m_aData, getBroadcastHelper(), eBoth, Isolated );
+    }
+
+
+    Type SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::getKeyType()
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return m_aData.m_aKeyType;
+    }
+
+
+    Type SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::getValueType()
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return m_aData.m_aValueType;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::clear(  )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        impl_checkMutable_throw();
+
+        m_aData.m_pValues->clear();
+
+        lcl_notifyMapDataListeners_nothrow( m_aData );
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::containsKey( const Any& _key )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        impl_checkKey_throw( _key );
+
+        KeyedValues::const_iterator pos = m_aData.m_pValues->find( _key );
+        return ( pos != m_aData.m_pValues->end() );
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::containsValue( const Any& _value )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        impl_checkValue_throw( _value );
+        for (auto const& value : *m_aData.m_pValues)
+        {
+            if ( value.second == _value )
+                return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::get( const Any& _key )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        impl_checkKey_throw( _key );
+
+        KeyedValues::const_iterator pos = m_aData.m_pValues->find( _key );
+        if ( pos == m_aData.m_pValues->end() )
+            throw NoSuchElementException( anyToString( _key ), *this );
+
+        return pos->second;
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::put( const Any& _key, const Any& _value )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        impl_checkMutable_throw();
+        impl_checkKey_throw( _key );
+        impl_checkValue_throw( _value );
+
+        Any previousValue;
+
+        KeyedValues::iterator pos = m_aData.m_pValues->find( _key );
+        if ( pos != m_aData.m_pValues->end() )
+        {
+            previousValue = pos->second;
+            pos->second = _value;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            (*m_aData.m_pValues)[ _key ] = _value;
+        }
+
+        lcl_notifyMapDataListeners_nothrow( m_aData );
+
+        return previousValue;
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::remove( const Any& _key )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        impl_checkMutable_throw();
+        impl_checkKey_throw( _key );
+
+        Any previousValue;
+
+        KeyedValues::iterator pos = m_aData.m_pValues->find( _key );
+        if ( pos != m_aData.m_pValues->end() )
+        {
+            previousValue = pos->second;
+            m_aData.m_pValues->erase( pos );
+        }
+
+        lcl_notifyMapDataListeners_nothrow( m_aData );
+
+        return previousValue;
+    }
+
+
+    Type SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::getElementType()
+    {
+        return ::cppu::UnoType< Pair< Any, Any > >::get();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::hasElements()
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return m_aData.m_pValues->empty();
+    }
+
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::getImplementationName(  )
+    {
+        return getImplementationName_static();
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::supportsService( const OUString& _serviceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService(this, _serviceName);
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL EnumerableMap::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+    {
+        return getSupportedServiceNames_static();
+    }
+
+
+    OUString EnumerableMap::getImplementationName_static(  )
+    {
+        return "org.openoffice.comp.comphelper.EnumerableMap";
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< OUString > EnumerableMap::getSupportedServiceNames_static(  )
+    {
+        Sequence< OUString > aServiceNames { "com.sun.star.container.EnumerableMap" };
+        return aServiceNames;
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XInterface > EnumerableMap::Create( SAL_UNUSED_PARAMETER const Reference< XComponentContext >& )
+    {
+        return *new EnumerableMap;
+    }
+
+
+    bool MapEnumerator::hasMoreElements()
+    {
+        if ( m_disposed )
+            throw DisposedException( OUString(), m_rParent );
+        return m_mapPos != m_rMapData.m_pValues->end();
+    }
+
+
+    Any MapEnumerator::nextElement()
+    {
+        if ( m_disposed )
+            throw DisposedException( OUString(), m_rParent );
+        if ( m_mapPos == m_rMapData.m_pValues->end() )
+            throw NoSuchElementException("No more elements.", m_rParent );
+
+        Any aNextElement;
+        switch ( m_eType )
+        {
+        case eKeys:     aNextElement = m_mapPos->first; break;
+        case eValues:   aNextElement = m_mapPos->second; break;
+        case eBoth:     aNextElement <<= Pair< Any, Any >( m_mapPos->first, m_mapPos->second ); break;
+        }
+        ++m_mapPos;
+        return aNextElement;
+    }
+
+
+    void MapEnumerator::mapModified()
+    {
+        m_disposed = true;
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL MapEnumeration::hasMoreElements(  )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return m_aEnumerator.hasMoreElements();
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL MapEnumeration::nextElement(  )
+    {
+        ComponentMethodGuard aGuard( *this );
+        return m_aEnumerator.nextElement();
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+void createRegistryInfo_Map()
+{
+    ::comphelper::module::OAutoRegistration< ::comphelper::EnumerableMap > aAutoRegistration;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/enumhelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/enumhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c05c89d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/enumhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,268 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/enumhelper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XIndexAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+OEnumerationByName::OEnumerationByName(const css::uno::Reference<css::container::XNameAccess>& _rxAccess)
+    :m_aNames(_rxAccess->getElementNames())
+    ,m_nPos(0)
+    ,m_xAccess(_rxAccess)
+    ,m_bListening(false)
+{
+    impl_startDisposeListening();
+}
+
+
+OEnumerationByName::OEnumerationByName(const css::uno::Reference<css::container::XNameAccess>& _rxAccess,
+                                       const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >&           _aNames  )
+    :m_aNames(_aNames)
+    ,m_nPos(0)
+    ,m_xAccess(_rxAccess)
+    ,m_bListening(false)
+{
+    impl_startDisposeListening();
+}
+
+
+OEnumerationByName::~OEnumerationByName()
+{
+    impl_stopDisposeListening();
+}
+
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OEnumerationByName::hasMoreElements(  )
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (m_xAccess.is() && m_aNames.getLength() > m_nPos)
+        return true;
+
+    if (m_xAccess.is())
+    {
+        impl_stopDisposeListening();
+        m_xAccess.clear();
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OEnumerationByName::nextElement(  )
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    css::uno::Any aRes;
+    if (m_xAccess.is() && m_nPos < m_aNames.getLength())
+        aRes = m_xAccess->getByName(m_aNames.getConstArray()[m_nPos++]);
+
+    if (m_xAccess.is() && m_nPos >= m_aNames.getLength())
+    {
+        impl_stopDisposeListening();
+        m_xAccess.clear();
+    }
+
+    if (!aRes.hasValue())       //There are no more elements
+        throw css::container::NoSuchElementException();
+
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OEnumerationByName::disposing(const css::lang::EventObject& aEvent)
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (aEvent.Source == m_xAccess)
+        m_xAccess.clear();
+}
+
+
+void OEnumerationByName::impl_startDisposeListening()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (m_bListening)
+        return;
+
+    osl_atomic_increment(&m_refCount);
+    css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XComponent > xDisposable(m_xAccess, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    if (xDisposable.is())
+    {
+        xDisposable->addEventListener(this);
+        m_bListening = true;
+    }
+    osl_atomic_decrement(&m_refCount);
+}
+
+
+void OEnumerationByName::impl_stopDisposeListening()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (!m_bListening)
+        return;
+
+    osl_atomic_increment(&m_refCount);
+    css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XComponent > xDisposable(m_xAccess, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    if (xDisposable.is())
+    {
+        xDisposable->removeEventListener(this);
+        m_bListening = false;
+    }
+    osl_atomic_decrement(&m_refCount);
+}
+
+OEnumerationByIndex::OEnumerationByIndex(const css::uno::Reference< css::container::XIndexAccess >& _rxAccess)
+    :m_xAccess(_rxAccess)
+    ,m_nPos(0)
+    ,m_bListening(false)
+{
+    impl_startDisposeListening();
+}
+
+
+OEnumerationByIndex::~OEnumerationByIndex()
+{
+    impl_stopDisposeListening();
+}
+
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OEnumerationByIndex::hasMoreElements(  )
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (m_xAccess.is() && m_xAccess->getCount() > m_nPos)
+        return true;
+
+    if (m_xAccess.is())
+    {
+        impl_stopDisposeListening();
+        m_xAccess.clear();
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OEnumerationByIndex::nextElement(  )
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    css::uno::Any aRes;
+    if (m_xAccess.is() && m_nPos < m_xAccess->getCount())
+        aRes = m_xAccess->getByIndex(m_nPos++);
+
+    if (m_xAccess.is() && m_nPos >= m_xAccess->getCount())
+    {
+        impl_stopDisposeListening();
+        m_xAccess.clear();
+    }
+
+    if (!aRes.hasValue())
+        throw css::container::NoSuchElementException();
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OEnumerationByIndex::disposing(const css::lang::EventObject& aEvent)
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (aEvent.Source == m_xAccess)
+        m_xAccess.clear();
+}
+
+
+void OEnumerationByIndex::impl_startDisposeListening()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (m_bListening)
+        return;
+
+    osl_atomic_increment(&m_refCount);
+    css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XComponent > xDisposable(m_xAccess, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    if (xDisposable.is())
+    {
+        xDisposable->addEventListener(this);
+        m_bListening = true;
+    }
+    osl_atomic_decrement(&m_refCount);
+}
+
+
+void OEnumerationByIndex::impl_stopDisposeListening()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    if (!m_bListening)
+        return;
+
+    osl_atomic_increment(&m_refCount);
+    css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XComponent > xDisposable(m_xAccess, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    if (xDisposable.is())
+    {
+        xDisposable->removeEventListener(this);
+        m_bListening = false;
+    }
+    osl_atomic_decrement(&m_refCount);
+}
+
+OAnyEnumeration::OAnyEnumeration(const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& lItems)
+    :m_nPos(0)
+    ,m_lItems(lItems)
+{
+}
+
+
+OAnyEnumeration::~OAnyEnumeration()
+{
+}
+
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OAnyEnumeration::hasMoreElements(  )
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    return (m_lItems.getLength() > m_nPos);
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OAnyEnumeration::nextElement(  )
+{
+    if ( ! hasMoreElements())
+        throw css::container::NoSuchElementException();
+
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aLock);
+    sal_Int32 nPos = m_nPos;
+    ++m_nPos;
+    return m_lItems[nPos];
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/interfacecontainer2.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/interfacecontainer2.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1524600af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/interfacecontainer2.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/interfacecontainer2.hxx>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XEventListener.hpp>
+
+
+using namespace osl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+OInterfaceIteratorHelper2::OInterfaceIteratorHelper2( OInterfaceContainerHelper2 & rCont_ )
+    : rCont( rCont_ ),
+      bIsList( rCont_.bIsList )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( rCont.rMutex );
+    if( rCont.bInUse )
+        // worst case, two iterators at the same time
+        rCont.copyAndResetInUse();
+    aData = rCont_.aData;
+    if( bIsList )
+    {
+        rCont.bInUse = true;
+        nRemain = aData.pAsVector->size();
+    }
+    else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+    {
+        aData.pAsInterface->acquire();
+        nRemain = 1;
+    }
+    else
+        nRemain = 0;
+}
+
+OInterfaceIteratorHelper2::~OInterfaceIteratorHelper2()
+{
+    bool bShared;
+    {
+    MutexGuard aGuard( rCont.rMutex );
+    // bResetInUse protect the iterator against recursion
+    bShared = aData.pAsVector == rCont.aData.pAsVector && rCont.bIsList;
+    if( bShared )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( rCont.bInUse, "OInterfaceContainerHelper2 must be in use" );
+        rCont.bInUse = false;
+    }
+    }
+
+    if( !bShared )
+    {
+        if( bIsList )
+            // Sequence owned by the iterator
+            delete aData.pAsVector;
+        else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+            // Interface is acquired by the iterator
+            aData.pAsInterface->release();
+    }
+}
+
+XInterface * OInterfaceIteratorHelper2::next()
+{
+    if( nRemain )
+    {
+        nRemain--;
+        if( bIsList )
+            return (*aData.pAsVector)[nRemain].get();
+        else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+            return aData.pAsInterface;
+    }
+    // exception
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+void OInterfaceIteratorHelper2::remove()
+{
+    if( bIsList )
+    {
+        OSL_ASSERT( nRemain >= 0 &&
+                    nRemain < static_cast<sal_Int32>(aData.pAsVector->size()) );
+        rCont.removeInterface(  (*aData.pAsVector)[nRemain] );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSL_ASSERT( 0 == nRemain );
+        rCont.removeInterface( aData.pAsInterface );
+    }
+}
+
+OInterfaceContainerHelper2::OInterfaceContainerHelper2( Mutex & rMutex_ )
+    : rMutex( rMutex_ )
+    , bInUse( false )
+    , bIsList( false )
+{
+}
+
+OInterfaceContainerHelper2::~OInterfaceContainerHelper2()
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE( !bInUse, "~OInterfaceContainerHelper2 but is in use" );
+    if( bIsList )
+        delete aData.pAsVector;
+    else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+        aData.pAsInterface->release();
+}
+
+sal_Int32 OInterfaceContainerHelper2::getLength() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( rMutex );
+    if( bIsList )
+        return aData.pAsVector->size();
+    else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+        return 1;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+std::vector< Reference<XInterface> > OInterfaceContainerHelper2::getElements() const
+{
+    std::vector< Reference<XInterface> > rVec;
+    MutexGuard aGuard( rMutex );
+    if( bIsList )
+        rVec = *aData.pAsVector;
+    else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+    {
+        rVec.emplace_back( aData.pAsInterface );
+    }
+    return rVec;
+}
+
+void OInterfaceContainerHelper2::copyAndResetInUse()
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE( bInUse, "OInterfaceContainerHelper2 not in use" );
+    if( bInUse )
+    {
+        // this should be the worst case. If an iterator is active
+        // and a new Listener is added.
+        if( bIsList )
+            aData.pAsVector = new std::vector< Reference< XInterface > >( *aData.pAsVector );
+        else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+            aData.pAsInterface->acquire();
+
+        bInUse = false;
+    }
+}
+
+sal_Int32 OInterfaceContainerHelper2::addInterface( const Reference<XInterface> & rListener )
+{
+    OSL_ASSERT( rListener.is() );
+    MutexGuard aGuard( rMutex );
+    if( bInUse )
+        copyAndResetInUse();
+
+    if( bIsList )
+    {
+        aData.pAsVector->push_back(  rListener );
+        return aData.pAsVector->size();
+    }
+    else if( aData.pAsInterface )
+    {
+        std::vector< Reference< XInterface > > * pVec = new std::vector< Reference< XInterface > >( 2 );
+        (*pVec)[0] = aData.pAsInterface;
+        (*pVec)[1] = rListener;
+        aData.pAsInterface->release();
+        aData.pAsVector = pVec;
+        bIsList = true;
+        return 2;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        aData.pAsInterface = rListener.get();
+        if( rListener.is() )
+            rListener->acquire();
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
+
+sal_Int32 OInterfaceContainerHelper2::removeInterface( const Reference<XInterface> & rListener )
+{
+    OSL_ASSERT( rListener.is() );
+    MutexGuard aGuard( rMutex );
+    if( bInUse )
+        copyAndResetInUse();
+
+    if( bIsList )
+    {
+        // It is not valid to compare the pointer directly, but it's faster.
+        auto it = std::find_if(aData.pAsVector->begin(), aData.pAsVector->end(),
+            [&rListener](const css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>& rItem) {
+                return rItem.get() == rListener.get(); });
+
+        // interface not found, use the correct compare method
+        if (it == aData.pAsVector->end())
+            it = std::find(aData.pAsVector->begin(), aData.pAsVector->end(), rListener);
+
+        if (it != aData.pAsVector->end())
+            aData.pAsVector->erase(it);
+
+        if( aData.pAsVector->size() == 1 )
+        {
+            XInterface * p = (*aData.pAsVector)[0].get();
+            p->acquire();
+            delete aData.pAsVector;
+            aData.pAsInterface = p;
+            bIsList = false;
+            return 1;
+        }
+        else
+            return aData.pAsVector->size();
+    }
+    else if( aData.pAsInterface && Reference<XInterface>( aData.pAsInterface ) == rListener )
+    {
+        aData.pAsInterface->release();
+        aData.pAsInterface = nullptr;
+    }
+    return aData.pAsInterface ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+void OInterfaceContainerHelper2::disposeAndClear( const EventObject & rEvt )
+{
+    ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( rMutex );
+    OInterfaceIteratorHelper2 aIt( *this );
+    // Release container, in case new entries come while disposing
+    OSL_ENSURE( !bIsList || bInUse, "OInterfaceContainerHelper2 not in use" );
+    if( !bIsList && aData.pAsInterface )
+        aData.pAsInterface->release();
+    // set the member to null, use the iterator to delete the values
+    aData.pAsInterface = nullptr;
+    bIsList = false;
+    bInUse = false;
+    aGuard.clear();
+    while( aIt.hasMoreElements() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Reference<XEventListener > xLst( aIt.next(), UNO_QUERY );
+            if( xLst.is() )
+                xLst->disposing( rEvt );
+        }
+        catch ( RuntimeException & )
+        {
+            // be robust, if e.g. a remote bridge has disposed already.
+            // there is no way to delegate the error to the caller :o(.
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void OInterfaceContainerHelper2::clear()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( rMutex );
+    // Release container, in case new entries come while disposing
+    OSL_ENSURE( !bIsList || bInUse, "OInterfaceContainerHelper2 not in use" );
+    if (bInUse)
+        copyAndResetInUse();
+    if (bIsList)
+        delete aData.pAsVector;
+    else if (aData.pAsInterface)
+        aData.pAsInterface->release();
+    aData.pAsInterface = nullptr;
+    bIsList = false;
+}
+
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/container/namecontainer.cxx b/comphelper/source/container/namecontainer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bed257ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/container/namecontainer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <map>
+
+#include <comphelper/namecontainer.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+
+typedef std::map<OUString, css::uno::Any> SvGenericNameContainerMapImpl;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    namespace {
+
+    /** this is the base helper class for NameContainer that's also declared in this header. */
+    class NameContainer : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::container::XNameContainer >
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit NameContainer( const css::uno::Type& aType );
+
+        // XNameContainer
+        virtual void SAL_CALL insertByName( const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL removeByName( const OUString& Name ) override;
+
+        // XNameReplace
+        virtual void SAL_CALL replaceByName( const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+
+        // XNameAccess
+        virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getByName( const OUString& aName ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getElementNames(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasByName( const OUString& aName ) override;
+
+        // XElementAccess
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasElements(  ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType(  ) override;
+
+    private:
+        SvGenericNameContainerMapImpl maProperties;
+        const css::uno::Type maType;
+        osl::Mutex maMutex;
+    };
+
+    }
+}
+
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+using namespace ::osl;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::container;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+
+NameContainer::NameContainer( const css::uno::Type& aType )
+: maType( aType )
+{
+}
+
+// XNameContainer
+void SAL_CALL NameContainer::insertByName( const OUString& aName, const Any& aElement )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    if( maProperties.find( aName ) != maProperties.end() )
+        throw ElementExistException();
+
+    if( aElement.getValueType() != maType )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    maProperties.emplace(aName,aElement);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL NameContainer::removeByName( const OUString& Name )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    SvGenericNameContainerMapImpl::iterator aIter = maProperties.find( Name );
+    if( aIter == maProperties.end() )
+        throw NoSuchElementException();
+
+    maProperties.erase( aIter );
+}
+
+// XNameReplace
+
+void SAL_CALL NameContainer::replaceByName( const OUString& aName, const Any& aElement )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    SvGenericNameContainerMapImpl::iterator aIter( maProperties.find( aName ) );
+    if( aIter == maProperties.end() )
+        throw NoSuchElementException();
+
+    if( aElement.getValueType() != maType )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    (*aIter).second = aElement;
+}
+
+// XNameAccess
+
+Any SAL_CALL NameContainer::getByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    SvGenericNameContainerMapImpl::iterator aIter = maProperties.find( aName );
+    if( aIter == maProperties.end() )
+        throw NoSuchElementException();
+
+    return (*aIter).second;
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL NameContainer::getElementNames(  )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    return comphelper::mapKeysToSequence(maProperties);
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL NameContainer::hasByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    SvGenericNameContainerMapImpl::iterator aIter = maProperties.find( aName );
+    return aIter != maProperties.end();
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL NameContainer::hasElements(  )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    return !maProperties.empty();
+}
+
+Type SAL_CALL NameContainer::getElementType()
+{
+    return maType;
+}
+
+Reference< XNameContainer > comphelper::NameContainer_createInstance( const Type& aType )
+{
+    return new NameContainer(aType);
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/eventattachermgr/eventattachermgr.cxx b/comphelper/source/eventattachermgr/eventattachermgr.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e92b7fc70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/eventattachermgr/eventattachermgr.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,743 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <o3tl/any.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <comphelper/eventattachermgr.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/theIntrospection.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XObjectInputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XPersistObject.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XObjectOutputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XMarkableStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetRuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/reflection/theCoreReflection.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/reflection/XIdlClass.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/reflection/XIdlReflection.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/reflection/XIdlMethod.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/script/CannotConvertException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/script/Converter.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/script/XEventAttacher2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/script/XEventAttacherManager.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/script/XScriptListener.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/weak.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/interfacecontainer2.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+
+#include <deque>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::io;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace com::sun::star::script;
+using namespace com::sun::star::reflection;
+using namespace cppu;
+using namespace osl;
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+namespace {
+
+struct AttachedObject_Impl
+{
+    Reference< XInterface >                 xTarget;
+    std::vector< Reference< XEventListener > > aAttachedListenerSeq;
+    Any                                     aHelper;
+};
+
+struct AttacherIndex_Impl
+{
+    std::deque< ScriptEventDescriptor > aEventList;
+    std::deque< AttachedObject_Impl > aObjList;
+};
+
+
+class ImplEventAttacherManager
+    : public WeakImplHelper< XEventAttacherManager, XPersistObject >
+{
+    friend class AttacherAllListener_Impl;
+    std::deque< AttacherIndex_Impl >  aIndex;
+    Mutex aLock;
+    // Container for the ScriptListener
+    OInterfaceContainerHelper2          aScriptListeners;
+    // Instance of EventAttacher
+    Reference< XEventAttacher2 >        xAttacher;
+    Reference< XComponentContext >      mxContext;
+    Reference< XIdlReflection >         mxCoreReflection;
+    Reference< XTypeConverter >         xConverter;
+    sal_Int16                           nVersion;
+public:
+    ImplEventAttacherManager( const Reference< XIntrospection > & rIntrospection,
+                              const Reference< XComponentContext >& rContext );
+
+    // Methods of XEventAttacherManager
+    virtual void SAL_CALL registerScriptEvent(sal_Int32 Index, const ScriptEventDescriptor& ScriptEvent) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL registerScriptEvents(sal_Int32 Index, const Sequence< ScriptEventDescriptor >& ScriptEvents) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL revokeScriptEvent(sal_Int32 Index, const OUString& ListenerType, const OUString& EventMethod, const OUString& removeListenerParam) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL revokeScriptEvents(sal_Int32 Index) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL insertEntry(sal_Int32 Index) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removeEntry(sal_Int32 Index) override;
+    virtual Sequence< ScriptEventDescriptor > SAL_CALL getScriptEvents(sal_Int32 Index) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL attach(sal_Int32 Index, const Reference< XInterface >& Object, const Any& Helper) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL detach(sal_Int32 nIndex, const Reference< XInterface >& xObject) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL addScriptListener(const Reference< XScriptListener >& aListener) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removeScriptListener(const Reference< XScriptListener >& Listener) override;
+
+    // Methods of XPersistObject
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getServiceName() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL write(const Reference< XObjectOutputStream >& OutStream) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL read(const Reference< XObjectInputStream >& InStream) override;
+
+private:
+    /// @throws Exception
+    Reference< XIdlReflection > getReflection();
+
+    /** checks if <arg>_nIndex</arg> is a valid index, throws an <type>IllegalArgumentException</type> if not
+    @param _nIndex
+        the index to check
+    @return
+        the iterator pointing to the position indicated by the index
+    */
+    std::deque<AttacherIndex_Impl>::iterator implCheckIndex( sal_Int32 _nIndex );
+};
+
+
+// Implementation of an EventAttacher-subclass 'AllListeners', which
+// only passes individual events of the general AllListeners.
+class AttacherAllListener_Impl : public WeakImplHelper< XAllListener >
+{
+    rtl::Reference<ImplEventAttacherManager> mxManager;
+    OUString const                           aScriptType;
+    OUString const                           aScriptCode;
+
+    /// @throws CannotConvertException
+    void convertToEventReturn( Any & rRet, const Type & rRetType );
+public:
+    AttacherAllListener_Impl( ImplEventAttacherManager* pManager_, const OUString &rScriptType_,
+                                const OUString & rScriptCode_ );
+
+    // Methods of XAllListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL firing(const AllEventObject& Event) override;
+    virtual Any SAL_CALL approveFiring(const AllEventObject& Event) override;
+
+    // Methods of XEventListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL disposing(const EventObject& Source) override;
+};
+
+}
+
+AttacherAllListener_Impl::AttacherAllListener_Impl
+(
+    ImplEventAttacherManager*   pManager_,
+    const OUString &             rScriptType_,
+    const OUString &             rScriptCode_
+)
+    : mxManager( pManager_ )
+    , aScriptType( rScriptType_ )
+    , aScriptCode( rScriptCode_ )
+{
+}
+
+
+// Methods of XAllListener
+void SAL_CALL AttacherAllListener_Impl::firing(const AllEventObject& Event)
+{
+    ScriptEvent aScriptEvent;
+    aScriptEvent.Source         = static_cast<OWeakObject *>(mxManager.get()); // get correct XInterface
+    aScriptEvent.ListenerType   = Event.ListenerType;
+    aScriptEvent.MethodName     = Event.MethodName;
+    aScriptEvent.Arguments      = Event.Arguments;
+    aScriptEvent.Helper         = Event.Helper;
+    aScriptEvent.ScriptType     = aScriptType;
+    aScriptEvent.ScriptCode     = aScriptCode;
+
+    // Iterate over all listeners and pass events.
+    OInterfaceIteratorHelper2 aIt( mxManager->aScriptListeners );
+    while( aIt.hasMoreElements() )
+        static_cast<XScriptListener *>(aIt.next())->firing( aScriptEvent );
+}
+
+
+// Convert to the standard event return
+void AttacherAllListener_Impl::convertToEventReturn( Any & rRet, const Type & rRetType )
+{
+    // no return value? Set to the specified values
+    if( rRet.getValueType().getTypeClass() == TypeClass_VOID )
+    {
+        switch( rRetType.getTypeClass()  )
+        {
+            case TypeClass_INTERFACE:
+                {
+                rRet <<= Reference< XInterface >();
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case TypeClass_BOOLEAN:
+                rRet <<= true;
+                break;
+
+            case TypeClass_STRING:
+                rRet <<= OUString();
+                break;
+
+            case TypeClass_FLOAT:           rRet <<= float(0);  break;
+            case TypeClass_DOUBLE:          rRet <<= 0.0;  break;
+            case TypeClass_BYTE:            rRet <<= sal_uInt8(0);      break;
+            case TypeClass_SHORT:           rRet <<= sal_Int16( 0 );    break;
+            case TypeClass_LONG:            rRet <<= sal_Int32( 0 );    break;
+            case TypeClass_UNSIGNED_SHORT:  rRet <<= sal_uInt16( 0 );   break;
+            case TypeClass_UNSIGNED_LONG:   rRet <<= sal_uInt32( 0 );   break;
+
+            default:
+                OSL_ASSERT(false);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    else if( !rRet.getValueType().equals( rRetType ) )
+    {
+        if( !mxManager->xConverter.is() )
+            throw CannotConvertException();
+        rRet = mxManager->xConverter->convertTo( rRet, rRetType );
+    }
+}
+
+// Methods of XAllListener
+Any SAL_CALL AttacherAllListener_Impl::approveFiring( const AllEventObject& Event )
+{
+    ScriptEvent aScriptEvent;
+    aScriptEvent.Source         = static_cast<OWeakObject *>(mxManager.get()); // get correct XInterface
+    aScriptEvent.ListenerType   = Event.ListenerType;
+    aScriptEvent.MethodName     = Event.MethodName;
+    aScriptEvent.Arguments      = Event.Arguments;
+    aScriptEvent.Helper         = Event.Helper;
+    aScriptEvent.ScriptType     = aScriptType;
+    aScriptEvent.ScriptCode     = aScriptCode;
+
+    Any aRet;
+    // Iterate over all listeners and pass events.
+    OInterfaceIteratorHelper2 aIt( mxManager->aScriptListeners );
+    while( aIt.hasMoreElements() )
+    {
+        aRet = static_cast<XScriptListener *>(aIt.next())->approveFiring( aScriptEvent );
+        try
+        {
+            Reference< XIdlClass > xListenerType = mxManager->getReflection()->
+                        forName( Event.ListenerType.getTypeName() );
+            Reference< XIdlMethod > xMeth = xListenerType->getMethod( Event.MethodName );
+            if( xMeth.is() )
+            {
+                Reference< XIdlClass > xRetType = xMeth->getReturnType();
+                Type aRetType(xRetType->getTypeClass(), xRetType->getName());
+                convertToEventReturn( aRet, aRetType );
+            }
+
+            switch( aRet.getValueType().getTypeClass()  )
+            {
+                case TypeClass_INTERFACE:
+                    {
+                    // Interface not null, return
+                    Reference< XInterface > x;
+                    aRet >>= x;
+                    if( x.is() )
+                        return aRet;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                case TypeClass_BOOLEAN:
+                    // FALSE -> Return
+                    if( !(*o3tl::forceAccess<bool>(aRet)) )
+                        return aRet;
+                    break;
+
+                case TypeClass_STRING:
+                    // none empty string -> return
+                    if( !o3tl::forceAccess<OUString>(aRet)->isEmpty() )
+                        return aRet;
+                    break;
+
+                    // none zero number -> return
+                case TypeClass_FLOAT:           if( *o3tl::forceAccess<float>(aRet) )    return aRet; break;
+                case TypeClass_DOUBLE:          if( *o3tl::forceAccess<double>(aRet) )   return aRet; break;
+                case TypeClass_BYTE:            if( *o3tl::forceAccess<sal_Int8>(aRet) )    return aRet; break;
+                case TypeClass_SHORT:           if( *o3tl::forceAccess<sal_Int16>(aRet) )    return aRet; break;
+                case TypeClass_LONG:            if( *o3tl::forceAccess<sal_Int32>(aRet) )    return aRet; break;
+                case TypeClass_UNSIGNED_SHORT:  if( *o3tl::forceAccess<sal_uInt16>(aRet) )   return aRet; break;
+                case TypeClass_UNSIGNED_LONG:   if( *o3tl::forceAccess<sal_uInt32>(aRet) )   return aRet; break;
+
+                default:
+                    OSL_ASSERT(false);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (const CannotConvertException&)
+        {
+            // silent ignore conversions errors from a script call
+            Reference< XIdlClass > xListenerType = mxManager->getReflection()->
+                        forName( Event.ListenerType.getTypeName() );
+            Reference< XIdlMethod > xMeth = xListenerType->getMethod( Event.MethodName );
+            if( xMeth.is() )
+            {
+                Reference< XIdlClass > xRetType = xMeth->getReturnType();
+                Type aRetType(xRetType->getTypeClass(), xRetType->getName());
+                aRet.clear();
+                try
+                {
+                    convertToEventReturn( aRet, aRetType );
+                }
+                catch (const CannotConvertException& e)
+                {
+                    css::uno::Any anyEx = cppu::getCaughtException();
+                    throw css::lang::WrappedTargetRuntimeException(
+                        "wrapped CannotConvertException " + e.Message,
+                        css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>(), anyEx);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+// Methods of XEventListener
+void SAL_CALL AttacherAllListener_Impl::disposing(const EventObject& )
+{
+    // It is up to the container to release the object
+}
+
+// Constructor method for EventAttacherManager
+Reference< XEventAttacherManager > createEventAttacherManager( const Reference< XComponentContext > & rxContext )
+{
+    Reference< XIntrospection > xIntrospection = theIntrospection::get( rxContext );
+    return new ImplEventAttacherManager( xIntrospection, rxContext );
+}
+
+
+ImplEventAttacherManager::ImplEventAttacherManager( const Reference< XIntrospection > & rIntrospection,
+                                                    const Reference< XComponentContext >& rContext )
+    : aScriptListeners( aLock )
+    , mxContext( rContext )
+    , nVersion(0)
+{
+    if ( rContext.is() )
+    {
+        Reference< XInterface > xIFace( rContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext(
+             "com.sun.star.script.EventAttacher", rContext)  );
+        if ( xIFace.is() )
+        {
+            xAttacher.set( xIFace, UNO_QUERY );
+        }
+        xConverter = Converter::create(rContext);
+    }
+
+    Reference< XInitialization > xInit( xAttacher, UNO_QUERY );
+    if( xInit.is() )
+    {
+        Sequence< Any > Arguments( 1 );
+        Arguments[0] <<= rIntrospection;
+        xInit->initialize( Arguments );
+    }
+}
+
+Reference< XIdlReflection > ImplEventAttacherManager::getReflection()
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    // Do we already have a service? If not, create one.
+    if( !mxCoreReflection.is() )
+    {
+        mxCoreReflection = theCoreReflection::get(mxContext);
+    }
+    return mxCoreReflection;
+}
+
+
+std::deque< AttacherIndex_Impl >::iterator ImplEventAttacherManager::implCheckIndex( sal_Int32 _nIndex )
+{
+    if ( (_nIndex < 0) || (o3tl::make_unsigned(_nIndex) >= aIndex.size()) )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    std::deque<AttacherIndex_Impl>::iterator aIt = aIndex.begin() + _nIndex;
+    return aIt;
+}
+
+// Methods of XEventAttacherManager
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::registerScriptEvent
+(
+    sal_Int32 nIndex,
+    const ScriptEventDescriptor& ScriptEvent
+)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+
+    // Examine the index and apply the array
+    std::deque<AttacherIndex_Impl>::iterator aIt = implCheckIndex( nIndex );
+
+    ScriptEventDescriptor aEvt = ScriptEvent;
+    sal_Int32 nLastDot = aEvt.ListenerType.lastIndexOf('.');
+    if (nLastDot != -1)
+        aEvt.ListenerType = aEvt.ListenerType.copy(nLastDot+1);
+    aIt->aEventList.push_back( aEvt );
+
+    // register new Event
+    for( auto& rObj : aIt->aObjList )
+    {
+        Reference< XAllListener > xAll =
+            new AttacherAllListener_Impl( this, ScriptEvent.ScriptType, ScriptEvent.ScriptCode );
+        try
+        {
+            rObj.aAttachedListenerSeq.push_back( xAttacher->attachSingleEventListener( rObj.xTarget, xAll,
+                        rObj.aHelper, ScriptEvent.ListenerType,
+                        ScriptEvent.AddListenerParam, ScriptEvent.EventMethod ) );
+        }
+        catch( Exception& )
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::registerScriptEvents
+(
+    sal_Int32 nIndex,
+    const Sequence< ScriptEventDescriptor >& ScriptEvents
+)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+
+    // Examine the index and apply the array
+    std::deque< AttachedObject_Impl > aList = implCheckIndex( nIndex )->aObjList;
+    for( const auto& rObj : aList )
+        detach( nIndex, rObj.xTarget );
+
+    const ScriptEventDescriptor* pArray = ScriptEvents.getConstArray();
+    sal_Int32 nLen = ScriptEvents.getLength();
+    for( sal_Int32 i = 0 ; i < nLen ; i++ )
+        registerScriptEvent( nIndex, pArray[ i ] );
+
+    for( const auto& rObj : aList )
+        attach( nIndex, rObj.xTarget, rObj.aHelper );
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::revokeScriptEvent
+(
+    sal_Int32 nIndex,
+    const OUString& ListenerType,
+    const OUString& EventMethod,
+    const OUString& ToRemoveListenerParam
+)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+
+    std::deque<AttacherIndex_Impl>::iterator aIt = implCheckIndex( nIndex );
+
+    std::deque< AttachedObject_Impl > aList = aIt->aObjList;
+    for( const auto& rObj : aList )
+        detach( nIndex, rObj.xTarget );
+
+    OUString aLstType = ListenerType;
+    sal_Int32 nLastDot = aLstType.lastIndexOf('.');
+    if (nLastDot != -1)
+        aLstType = aLstType.copy(nLastDot+1);
+
+    auto aEvtIt = std::find_if(aIt->aEventList.begin(), aIt->aEventList.end(),
+        [&aLstType, &EventMethod, &ToRemoveListenerParam](const ScriptEventDescriptor& rEvent) {
+            return aLstType              == rEvent.ListenerType
+                && EventMethod           == rEvent.EventMethod
+                && ToRemoveListenerParam == rEvent.AddListenerParam;
+        });
+    if (aEvtIt != aIt->aEventList.end())
+        aIt->aEventList.erase( aEvtIt );
+
+    for( const auto& rObj : aList )
+        attach( nIndex, rObj.xTarget, rObj.aHelper );
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::revokeScriptEvents(sal_Int32 nIndex )
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    std::deque<AttacherIndex_Impl>::iterator aIt = implCheckIndex( nIndex );
+
+    std::deque< AttachedObject_Impl > aList = aIt->aObjList;
+    for( const auto& rObj : aList )
+        detach( nIndex, rObj.xTarget );
+    aIt->aEventList.clear();
+    for( const auto& rObj : aList )
+        attach( nIndex, rObj.xTarget, rObj.aHelper );
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::insertEntry(sal_Int32 nIndex)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    if( nIndex < 0 )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    if ( o3tl::make_unsigned(nIndex) >= aIndex.size() )
+        aIndex.resize(nIndex+1);
+
+    AttacherIndex_Impl aTmp;
+    aIndex.insert( aIndex.begin() + nIndex, aTmp );
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::removeEntry(sal_Int32 nIndex)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    std::deque<AttacherIndex_Impl>::iterator aIt = implCheckIndex( nIndex );
+
+    std::deque< AttachedObject_Impl > aList = aIt->aObjList;
+    for( const auto& rObj : aList )
+        detach( nIndex, rObj.xTarget );
+
+    aIndex.erase( aIt );
+}
+
+
+Sequence< ScriptEventDescriptor > SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::getScriptEvents(sal_Int32 nIndex)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    std::deque<AttacherIndex_Impl>::iterator aIt = implCheckIndex( nIndex );
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aIt->aEventList);
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::attach(sal_Int32 nIndex, const Reference< XInterface >& xObject, const Any & Helper)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    if( nIndex < 0 || !xObject.is() )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    if( o3tl::make_unsigned(nIndex) >= aIndex.size() )
+    {
+        // read older files
+        if( nVersion != 1 )
+            throw IllegalArgumentException();
+        insertEntry( nIndex );
+        attach( nIndex, xObject, Helper );
+        return;
+    }
+
+    std::deque< AttacherIndex_Impl >::iterator aCurrentPosition = aIndex.begin() + nIndex;
+
+    AttachedObject_Impl aTmp;
+    aTmp.xTarget = xObject;
+    aTmp.aHelper = Helper;
+    aCurrentPosition->aObjList.push_back( aTmp );
+
+    AttachedObject_Impl & rCurObj = aCurrentPosition->aObjList.back();
+    rCurObj.aAttachedListenerSeq = std::vector< Reference< XEventListener > >( aCurrentPosition->aEventList.size() );
+
+    if (aCurrentPosition->aEventList.empty())
+        return;
+
+    Sequence<css::script::EventListener> aEvents(aCurrentPosition->aEventList.size());
+    css::script::EventListener* p = aEvents.getArray();
+    size_t i = 0;
+    for (const auto& rEvent : aCurrentPosition->aEventList)
+    {
+        css::script::EventListener aListener;
+        aListener.AllListener =
+            new AttacherAllListener_Impl(this, rEvent.ScriptType, rEvent.ScriptCode);
+        aListener.Helper = rCurObj.aHelper;
+        aListener.ListenerType = rEvent.ListenerType;
+        aListener.EventMethod = rEvent.EventMethod;
+        aListener.AddListenerParam = rEvent.AddListenerParam;
+        p[i++] = aListener;
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        rCurObj.aAttachedListenerSeq = comphelper::sequenceToContainer<std::vector<Reference< XEventListener >>>(
+            xAttacher->attachMultipleEventListeners(rCurObj.xTarget, aEvents));
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        // Fail gracefully.
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::detach(sal_Int32 nIndex, const Reference< XInterface >& xObject)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    //return;
+    if( nIndex < 0 || o3tl::make_unsigned(nIndex) >= aIndex.size() || !xObject.is() )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    std::deque< AttacherIndex_Impl >::iterator aCurrentPosition = aIndex.begin() + nIndex;
+    auto aObjIt = std::find_if(aCurrentPosition->aObjList.begin(), aCurrentPosition->aObjList.end(),
+        [&xObject](const AttachedObject_Impl& rObj) { return rObj.xTarget == xObject; });
+    if (aObjIt == aCurrentPosition->aObjList.end())
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int32 i = 0;
+    for( const auto& rEvt : aCurrentPosition->aEventList )
+    {
+        if( aObjIt->aAttachedListenerSeq[i].is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                xAttacher->removeListener( aObjIt->xTarget, rEvt.ListenerType,
+                                       rEvt.AddListenerParam, aObjIt->aAttachedListenerSeq[i] );
+            }
+            catch( Exception& )
+            {
+            }
+        }
+        ++i;
+    }
+    aCurrentPosition->aObjList.erase( aObjIt );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::addScriptListener(const Reference< XScriptListener >& aListener)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    aScriptListeners.addInterface( aListener );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::removeScriptListener(const Reference< XScriptListener >& aListener)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    aScriptListeners.removeInterface( aListener );
+}
+
+
+// Methods of XPersistObject
+OUString SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::getServiceName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.uno.script.EventAttacherManager";
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::write(const Reference< XObjectOutputStream >& OutStream)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    // Don't run without XMarkableStream
+    Reference< XMarkableStream > xMarkStream( OutStream, UNO_QUERY );
+    if( !xMarkStream.is() )
+        return;
+
+    // Write out the version
+    OutStream->writeShort( 2 );
+
+    // Remember position for length
+    sal_Int32 nObjLenMark = xMarkStream->createMark();
+    OutStream->writeLong( 0 );
+
+    OutStream->writeLong( aIndex.size() );
+
+    // Write out sequences
+    for( const auto& rIx : aIndex )
+    {
+        OutStream->writeLong( rIx.aEventList.size() );
+        for( const auto& rDesc : rIx.aEventList )
+        {
+            OutStream->writeUTF( rDesc.ListenerType );
+            OutStream->writeUTF( rDesc.EventMethod );
+            OutStream->writeUTF( rDesc.AddListenerParam );
+            OutStream->writeUTF( rDesc.ScriptType );
+            OutStream->writeUTF( rDesc.ScriptCode );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The length is now known
+    sal_Int32 nObjLen = xMarkStream->offsetToMark( nObjLenMark ) -4;
+    xMarkStream->jumpToMark( nObjLenMark );
+    OutStream->writeLong( nObjLen );
+    xMarkStream->jumpToFurthest();
+    xMarkStream->deleteMark( nObjLenMark );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ImplEventAttacherManager::read(const Reference< XObjectInputStream >& InStream)
+{
+    Guard< Mutex > aGuard( aLock );
+    // Don't run without XMarkableStream
+    Reference< XMarkableStream > xMarkStream( InStream, UNO_QUERY );
+    if( !xMarkStream.is() )
+        return;
+
+    // Read in the version
+    nVersion = InStream->readShort();
+
+    // At first there's the data according to version 1 --
+    // this part needs to be kept in later versions.
+    sal_Int32 nLen = InStream->readLong();
+
+    // Position for comparative purposes
+    sal_Int32 nObjLenMark = xMarkStream->createMark();
+
+    // Number of read sequences
+    sal_Int32 nItemCount = InStream->readLong();
+
+    for( sal_Int32 i = 0 ; i < nItemCount ; i++ )
+    {
+        insertEntry( i );
+        // Read the length of the sequence
+        sal_Int32 nSeqLen = InStream->readLong();
+
+        // Display the sequences and read the descriptions
+        Sequence< ScriptEventDescriptor > aSEDSeq( nSeqLen );
+        ScriptEventDescriptor* pArray = aSEDSeq.getArray();
+        for( sal_Int32 j = 0 ; j < nSeqLen ; j++ )
+        {
+            ScriptEventDescriptor& rDesc = pArray[ j ];
+            rDesc.ListenerType = InStream->readUTF();
+            rDesc.EventMethod = InStream->readUTF();
+            rDesc.AddListenerParam = InStream->readUTF();
+            rDesc.ScriptType = InStream->readUTF();
+            rDesc.ScriptCode = InStream->readUTF();
+        }
+        registerScriptEvents( i, aSEDSeq );
+    }
+
+    // Have we read the specified length?
+    sal_Int32 nRealLen = xMarkStream->offsetToMark( nObjLenMark );
+    if( nRealLen != nLen )
+    {
+        // Only if the StreamVersion is > 1 and the date still follows, can
+        // this be true. Otherwise, something is completely gone.
+        if( nRealLen > nLen || nVersion == 1 )
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL( "ImplEventAttacherManager::read(): Fatal Error, wrong object length" );
+        }
+        else
+        {   // TODO: Examine if caching the dates would be useful
+            // But for now, it's easier to skip it.
+            sal_Int32 nSkipCount = nLen - nRealLen;
+            InStream->skipBytes( nSkipCount );
+        }
+    }
+    xMarkStream->jumpToFurthest();
+    xMarkStream->deleteMark( nObjLenMark );
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/inc/comphelper_module.hxx b/comphelper/source/inc/comphelper_module.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11f5c36db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/inc/comphelper_module.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* -*- 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_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_INC_COMPHELPER_MODULE_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_INC_COMPHELPER_MODULE_HXX
+
+#include <comphelper/componentmodule.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper::module
+{
+
+
+    class ComphelperModule : public ::comphelper::OModule
+    {
+        friend struct ComphelperModuleCreator;
+        typedef ::comphelper::OModule BaseClass;
+
+    public:
+        static ComphelperModule& getInstance();
+
+    private:
+        ComphelperModule();
+    };
+
+    /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+    template < class TYPE >
+    class OAutoRegistration : public ::comphelper::OAutoRegistration< TYPE >
+    {
+    private:
+        typedef ::comphelper::OAutoRegistration< TYPE > BaseClass;
+
+    public:
+        OAutoRegistration() : BaseClass( ComphelperModule::getInstance() )
+        {
+        }
+    };
+
+} // namespace comphelper::module
+
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_INC_COMPHELPER_MODULE_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/inc/comphelper_services.hxx b/comphelper/source/inc/comphelper_services.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfb720119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/inc/comphelper_services.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* -*- 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_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_INC_COMPHELPER_SERVICES_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_INC_COMPHELPER_SERVICES_HXX
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+void createRegistryInfo_Map();
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/AccessibleImplementationHelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/AccessibleImplementationHelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ceba64e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/AccessibleImplementationHelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/AccessibleImplementationHelper.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/KeyStroke.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+
+using namespace css::awt;
+using namespace css::uno;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+OUString GetkeyBindingStrByXkeyBinding(const Sequence<KeyStroke>& keySet)
+{
+    OUStringBuffer buf;
+    for (int iIndex = 0; iIndex < keySet.getLength(); iIndex++)
+    {
+        KeyStroke stroke = keySet[iIndex];
+        buf.append('\n');
+        buf.append(stroke.KeyChar);
+    }
+    return buf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab cinoptions=b1,g0,N-s cinkeys+=0=break: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/DirectoryHelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/DirectoryHelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b0ffbf68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/DirectoryHelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/DirectoryHelper.hxx>
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+typedef std::shared_ptr<osl::File> FileSharedPtr;
+
+OUString DirectoryHelper::splitAtLastToken(const OUString& rSrc, sal_Unicode aToken,
+                                           OUString& rRight)
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nIndex(rSrc.lastIndexOf(aToken));
+    OUString aRetval;
+
+    if (-1 == nIndex)
+    {
+        aRetval = rSrc;
+        rRight.clear();
+    }
+    else if (nIndex > 0)
+    {
+        aRetval = rSrc.copy(0, nIndex);
+
+        if (rSrc.getLength() > nIndex + 1)
+        {
+            rRight = rSrc.copy(nIndex + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aRetval;
+}
+
+bool DirectoryHelper::fileExists(const OUString& rBaseURL)
+{
+    if (!rBaseURL.isEmpty())
+    {
+        FileSharedPtr aBaseFile = std::make_shared<osl::File>(rBaseURL);
+
+        return (osl::File::E_None == aBaseFile->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read));
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool DirectoryHelper::dirExists(const OUString& rDirURL)
+{
+    if (!rDirURL.isEmpty())
+    {
+        osl::Directory aDirectory(rDirURL);
+
+        return (osl::FileBase::E_None == aDirectory.open());
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+void DirectoryHelper::scanDirsAndFiles(const OUString& rDirURL, std::set<OUString>& rDirs,
+                                       std::set<std::pair<OUString, OUString>>& rFiles)
+{
+    if (rDirURL.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    osl::Directory aDirectory(rDirURL);
+
+    if (osl::FileBase::E_None != aDirectory.open())
+        return;
+
+    osl::DirectoryItem aDirectoryItem;
+
+    while (osl::FileBase::E_None == aDirectory.getNextItem(aDirectoryItem))
+    {
+        osl::FileStatus aFileStatus(osl_FileStatus_Mask_Type | osl_FileStatus_Mask_FileURL
+                                    | osl_FileStatus_Mask_FileName);
+
+        if (osl::FileBase::E_None == aDirectoryItem.getFileStatus(aFileStatus))
+        {
+            if (aFileStatus.isDirectory())
+            {
+                const OUString aFileName(aFileStatus.getFileName());
+
+                if (!aFileName.isEmpty())
+                {
+                    rDirs.insert(aFileName);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (aFileStatus.isRegular())
+            {
+                OUString aFileName(aFileStatus.getFileName());
+                OUString aExtension;
+                aFileName = splitAtLastToken(aFileName, '.', aExtension);
+
+                if (!aFileName.isEmpty())
+                {
+                    rFiles.insert(std::pair<OUString, OUString>(aFileName, aExtension));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+bool DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(const OUString& rDirURL)
+{
+    std::set<OUString> aDirs;
+    std::set<std::pair<OUString, OUString>> aFiles;
+    bool bError(false);
+
+    scanDirsAndFiles(rDirURL, aDirs, aFiles);
+
+    for (const auto& dir : aDirs)
+    {
+        const OUString aNewDirURL(rDirURL + "/" + dir);
+
+        bError |= deleteDirRecursively(aNewDirURL);
+    }
+
+    for (const auto& file : aFiles)
+    {
+        OUString aNewFileURL(rDirURL + "/" + file.first);
+
+        if (!file.second.isEmpty())
+        {
+            aNewFileURL += "." + file.second;
+        }
+        bError |= (osl::FileBase::E_None != osl::File::remove(aNewFileURL));
+    }
+
+    bError |= (osl::FileBase::E_None != osl::Directory::remove(rDirURL));
+
+    return bError;
+}
+
+// both exist, move content
+bool DirectoryHelper::moveDirContent(const OUString& rSourceDirURL, const OUString& rTargetDirURL,
+                                     const std::set<OUString>& rExcludeList)
+{
+    std::set<OUString> aDirs;
+    std::set<std::pair<OUString, OUString>> aFiles;
+    bool bError(false);
+
+    scanDirsAndFiles(rSourceDirURL, aDirs, aFiles);
+
+    for (const auto& dir : aDirs)
+    {
+        const bool bExcluded(!rExcludeList.empty() && rExcludeList.find(dir) != rExcludeList.end());
+
+        if (!bExcluded)
+        {
+            const OUString aNewSourceDirURL(rSourceDirURL + "/" + dir);
+
+            if (dirExists(aNewSourceDirURL))
+            {
+                const OUString aNewTargetDirURL(rTargetDirURL + "/" + dir);
+
+                if (dirExists(aNewTargetDirURL))
+                {
+                    deleteDirRecursively(aNewTargetDirURL);
+                }
+
+                bError |= (osl::FileBase::E_None
+                           != osl::File::move(aNewSourceDirURL, aNewTargetDirURL));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (const auto& file : aFiles)
+    {
+        OUString aSourceFileURL(rSourceDirURL + "/" + file.first);
+
+        if (!file.second.isEmpty())
+        {
+            aSourceFileURL += "." + file.second;
+        }
+
+        if (fileExists(aSourceFileURL))
+        {
+            OUString aTargetFileURL(rTargetDirURL + "/" + file.first);
+
+            if (!file.second.isEmpty())
+            {
+                aTargetFileURL += "." + file.second;
+            }
+
+            if (fileExists(aTargetFileURL))
+            {
+                osl::File::remove(aTargetFileURL);
+            }
+
+            bError |= (osl::FileBase::E_None != osl::File::move(aSourceFileURL, aTargetFileURL));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return bError;
+}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/SelectionMultiplex.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/SelectionMultiplex.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..267266388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/SelectionMultiplex.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/SelectionMultiplex.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/view/XSelectionSupplier.hpp>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::view;
+
+OSelectionChangeListener::~OSelectionChangeListener()
+{
+}
+
+
+void OSelectionChangeListener::_disposing(const EventObject&)
+{
+    // nothing to do here
+}
+
+
+OSelectionChangeMultiplexer::OSelectionChangeMultiplexer(OSelectionChangeListener* _pListener, const  Reference< XSelectionSupplier>& _rxSet)
+            :m_xSet(_rxSet)
+            ,m_pListener(_pListener)
+            ,m_nLockCount(0)
+{
+    osl_atomic_increment(&m_refCount);
+    {
+        Reference< XSelectionChangeListener> xPreventDelete(this);
+        m_xSet->addSelectionChangeListener(xPreventDelete);
+    }
+    osl_atomic_decrement(&m_refCount);
+}
+
+
+OSelectionChangeMultiplexer::~OSelectionChangeMultiplexer()
+{
+}
+
+
+void OSelectionChangeMultiplexer::lock()
+{
+    ++m_nLockCount;
+}
+
+
+void OSelectionChangeMultiplexer::unlock()
+{
+    --m_nLockCount;
+}
+
+
+// XEventListener
+
+void SAL_CALL OSelectionChangeMultiplexer::disposing( const  EventObject& _rSource)
+{
+    if (m_pListener)
+    {
+         // tell the listener
+        if (!locked())
+            m_pListener->_disposing(_rSource);
+    }
+
+    m_pListener = nullptr;
+
+    m_xSet = nullptr;
+}
+
+// XSelectionChangeListener
+
+void SAL_CALL OSelectionChangeMultiplexer::selectionChanged( const  EventObject& _rEvent )
+{
+    if (m_pListener && !locked())
+        m_pListener->_selectionChanged(_rEvent);
+}
+
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblecomponenthelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblecomponenthelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2962bbac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblecomponenthelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/accessiblecomponenthelper.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+
+    OCommonAccessibleComponent::OCommonAccessibleComponent( )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OCommonAccessibleComponent::~OCommonAccessibleComponent( )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    bool OCommonAccessibleComponent::containsPoint( const awt::Point& _rPoint )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        awt::Rectangle aBounds( implGetBounds() );
+        return  ( _rPoint.X >= 0 )
+            &&  ( _rPoint.Y >= 0 )
+            &&  ( _rPoint.X < aBounds.Width )
+            &&  ( _rPoint.Y < aBounds.Height );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Point OCommonAccessibleComponent::getLocation(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        awt::Rectangle aBounds( implGetBounds() );
+        return awt::Point( aBounds.X, aBounds.Y );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Point OCommonAccessibleComponent::getLocationOnScreen(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        awt::Point aScreenLoc( 0, 0 );
+
+        Reference< XAccessibleComponent > xParentComponent( implGetParentContext(), UNO_QUERY );
+        OSL_ENSURE( xParentComponent.is(), "OCommonAccessibleComponent::getLocationOnScreen: no parent component!" );
+        if ( xParentComponent.is() )
+        {
+            awt::Point aParentScreenLoc( xParentComponent->getLocationOnScreen() );
+            awt::Point aOwnRelativeLoc( getLocation() );
+            aScreenLoc.X = aParentScreenLoc.X + aOwnRelativeLoc.X;
+            aScreenLoc.Y = aParentScreenLoc.Y + aOwnRelativeLoc.Y;
+        }
+
+        return aScreenLoc;
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Size OCommonAccessibleComponent::getSize(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        awt::Rectangle aBounds( implGetBounds() );
+        return awt::Size( aBounds.Width, aBounds.Height );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Rectangle OCommonAccessibleComponent::getBounds(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        return implGetBounds();
+    }
+
+    OAccessibleComponentHelper::OAccessibleComponentHelper( )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XINTERFACE2( OAccessibleComponentHelper, OCommonAccessibleComponent, OAccessibleComponentHelper_Base )
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OAccessibleComponentHelper, OCommonAccessibleComponent, OAccessibleComponentHelper_Base )
+        // (order matters: the first is the class name, the second is the class doing the ref counting)
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OAccessibleComponentHelper::containsPoint( const awt::Point& _rPoint )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::containsPoint( _rPoint );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Point SAL_CALL OAccessibleComponentHelper::getLocation(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getLocation( );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Point SAL_CALL OAccessibleComponentHelper::getLocationOnScreen(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getLocationOnScreen( );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Size SAL_CALL OAccessibleComponentHelper::getSize(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getSize( );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Rectangle SAL_CALL OAccessibleComponentHelper::getBounds(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getBounds( );
+    }
+
+    OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper::OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper( )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XINTERFACE2( OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper, OCommonAccessibleComponent, OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper_Base )
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper, OCommonAccessibleComponent, OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper_Base )
+        // (order matters: the first is the class name, the second is the class doing the ref counting)
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper::containsPoint( const awt::Point& _rPoint )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::containsPoint( _rPoint );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Point SAL_CALL OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper::getLocation(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getLocation( );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Point SAL_CALL OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper::getLocationOnScreen(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getLocationOnScreen( );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Size SAL_CALL OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper::getSize(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getSize( );
+    }
+
+
+    awt::Rectangle SAL_CALL OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper::getBounds(  )
+    {
+        return OCommonAccessibleComponent::getBounds( );
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblecontexthelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblecontexthelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4d11cb59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblecontexthelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/accessiblecontexthelper.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/accessibility/IllegalAccessibleComponentStateException.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/accessibleeventnotifier.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/solarmutex.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+
+    /** implementation class for OAccessibleContextHelper. No own thread safety!
+    */
+    class OContextHelper_Impl
+    {
+    private:
+        WeakReference< XAccessible >        m_aCreator;         // the XAccessible which created our XAccessibleContext
+
+        AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId  m_nClientId;
+
+    public:
+        Reference< XAccessible >    getCreator( ) const                 { return m_aCreator; }
+        inline  void                        setCreator( const Reference< XAccessible >& _rAcc );
+
+        AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId
+                                            getClientId() const                 { return m_nClientId; }
+        void                        setClientId( const AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId _nId )
+                                                                                { m_nClientId = _nId; }
+
+    public:
+        OContextHelper_Impl()
+            :m_nClientId( 0 )
+        {
+        }
+    };
+
+
+    inline  void OContextHelper_Impl::setCreator( const Reference< XAccessible >& _rAcc )
+    {
+        m_aCreator = _rAcc;
+    }
+
+    OAccessibleContextHelper::OAccessibleContextHelper( )
+        :OAccessibleContextHelper_Base( GetMutex() )
+        ,m_pImpl(new OContextHelper_Impl)
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleContextHelper::~OAccessibleContextHelper( )
+    {
+            // this ensures that the lock, which may be already destroyed as part of the derivee,
+            // is not used anymore
+
+        ensureDisposed();
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextHelper::disposing()
+    {
+        // rhbz#1001768: de facto this class is locked by SolarMutex;
+        // do not lock m_Mutex because it may cause deadlock
+        osl::Guard<SolarMutex> aGuard(SolarMutex::get());
+
+        if ( m_pImpl->getClientId( ) )
+        {
+            AccessibleEventNotifier::revokeClientNotifyDisposing( m_pImpl->getClientId( ), *this );
+            m_pImpl->setClientId( 0 );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextHelper::addAccessibleEventListener( const Reference< XAccessibleEventListener >& _rxListener )
+    {
+        osl::Guard<SolarMutex> aGuard(SolarMutex::get());
+            // don't use the OContextEntryGuard - it will throw an exception if we're not alive
+            // anymore, while the most recent specification for XComponent states that we should
+            // silently ignore the call in such a situation
+        if ( !isAlive() )
+        {
+            if ( _rxListener.is() )
+                _rxListener->disposing( EventObject( *this ) );
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ( _rxListener.is() )
+        {
+            if ( !m_pImpl->getClientId( ) )
+                m_pImpl->setClientId( AccessibleEventNotifier::registerClient( ) );
+
+            AccessibleEventNotifier::addEventListener( m_pImpl->getClientId( ), _rxListener );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextHelper::removeAccessibleEventListener( const Reference< XAccessibleEventListener >& _rxListener )
+    {
+        osl::Guard<SolarMutex> aGuard(SolarMutex::get());
+            // don't use the OContextEntryGuard - it will throw an exception if we're not alive
+            // anymore, while the most recent specification for XComponent states that we should
+            // silently ignore the call in such a situation
+        if ( !isAlive() )
+            return;
+
+        if ( !(_rxListener.is() && m_pImpl->getClientId()) )
+            return;
+
+        sal_Int32 nListenerCount = AccessibleEventNotifier::removeEventListener( m_pImpl->getClientId( ), _rxListener );
+        if ( !nListenerCount )
+        {
+            // no listeners anymore
+            // -> revoke ourself. This may lead to the notifier thread dying (if we were the last client),
+            // and at least to us not firing any events anymore, in case somebody calls
+            // NotifyAccessibleEvent, again
+            AccessibleEventNotifier::revokeClient( m_pImpl->getClientId( ) );
+            m_pImpl->setClientId( 0 );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleContextHelper::NotifyAccessibleEvent( const sal_Int16 _nEventId,
+        const Any& _rOldValue, const Any& _rNewValue )
+    {
+        if ( !m_pImpl->getClientId( ) )
+            // if we don't have a client id for the notifier, then we don't have listeners, then
+            // we don't need to notify anything
+            return;
+
+        // build an event object
+        AccessibleEventObject aEvent;
+        aEvent.Source = *this;
+        aEvent.EventId = _nEventId;
+        aEvent.OldValue = _rOldValue;
+        aEvent.NewValue = _rNewValue;
+
+        // let the notifier handle this event
+        AccessibleEventNotifier::addEvent( m_pImpl->getClientId( ), aEvent );
+    }
+
+
+    bool OAccessibleContextHelper::isAlive() const
+    {
+        return !rBHelper.bDisposed && !rBHelper.bInDispose;
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleContextHelper::ensureAlive() const
+    {
+        if( !isAlive() )
+            throw DisposedException();
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleContextHelper::ensureDisposed( )
+    {
+        if ( !rBHelper.bDisposed )
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE( 0 == m_refCount, "OAccessibleContextHelper::ensureDisposed: this method _has_ to be called from without your dtor only!" );
+            acquire();
+            dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleContextHelper::lateInit( const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxAccessible )
+    {
+        m_pImpl->setCreator( _rxAccessible );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessible > OAccessibleContextHelper::getAccessibleCreator( ) const
+    {
+        return m_pImpl->getCreator();
+    }
+
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextHelper::getAccessibleId(  )
+    {
+        return OUString();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextHelper::getAccessibleIndexInParent(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        // -1 for child not found/no parent (according to specification)
+        sal_Int32 nRet = -1;
+
+        try
+        {
+
+            Reference< XAccessibleContext > xParentContext( implGetParentContext() );
+
+            //  iterate over parent's children and search for this object
+            if ( xParentContext.is() )
+            {
+                // our own XAccessible for comparing with the children of our parent
+                Reference< XAccessible > xCreator( m_pImpl->getCreator() );
+
+                OSL_ENSURE( xCreator.is(), "OAccessibleContextHelper::getAccessibleIndexInParent: invalid creator!" );
+                    // two ideas why this could be NULL:
+                    // * nobody called our late ctor (init), so we never had a creator at all -> bad
+                    // * the creator is already dead. In this case, we should have been disposed, and
+                    //   never survived the above OContextEntryGuard.
+                    // in all other situations the creator should be non-NULL
+
+                if ( xCreator.is() )
+                {
+                    sal_Int32 nChildCount = xParentContext->getAccessibleChildCount();
+                    for ( sal_Int32 nChild = 0; ( nChild < nChildCount ) && ( -1 == nRet ); ++nChild )
+                    {
+                        Reference< XAccessible > xChild( xParentContext->getAccessibleChild( nChild ) );
+                        if ( xChild.get() == xCreator.get() )
+                            nRet = nChild;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL( "OAccessibleContextHelper::getAccessibleIndexInParent: caught an exception!" );
+        }
+
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
+
+    Locale SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextHelper::getLocale(  )
+    {
+        // simply ask the parent
+        Reference< XAccessible > xParent = getAccessibleParent();
+        Reference< XAccessibleContext > xParentContext;
+        if ( xParent.is() )
+            xParentContext = xParent->getAccessibleContext();
+
+        if ( !xParentContext.is() )
+            throw IllegalAccessibleComponentStateException( OUString(), *this );
+
+        return xParentContext->getLocale();
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessibleContext > OAccessibleContextHelper::implGetParentContext()
+    {
+        Reference< XAccessible > xParent = getAccessibleParent();
+        Reference< XAccessibleContext > xParentContext;
+        if ( xParent.is() )
+            xParentContext = xParent->getAccessibleContext();
+        return xParentContext;
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accessibleeventnotifier.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accessibleeventnotifier.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f14176a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/accessibleeventnotifier.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/accessibleeventnotifier.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/accessibility/XAccessibleEventListener.hpp>
+#include <rtl/instance.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/interfacecontainer2.hxx>
+
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <limits>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+
+namespace {
+
+typedef std::pair< AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId,
+        AccessibleEventObject > ClientEvent;
+
+typedef std::map< AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId,
+            ::comphelper::OInterfaceContainerHelper2* > ClientMap;
+
+/// key is the end of the interval, value is the start of the interval
+typedef std::map<AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId,
+            AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId> IntervalMap;
+
+struct lclMutex : public rtl::Static< ::osl::Mutex, lclMutex > {};
+
+struct Clients : public rtl::Static< ClientMap, Clients > {};
+
+struct FreeIntervals : public rtl::StaticWithInit<IntervalMap, FreeIntervals>
+{
+    IntervalMap operator() ()
+    {
+        IntervalMap map;
+        map.insert(std::make_pair(
+            std::numeric_limits<AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId>::max(), 1));
+        return map;
+    }
+};
+
+void releaseId(AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId const nId)
+{
+    IntervalMap & rFreeIntervals(FreeIntervals::get());
+    IntervalMap::iterator const upper(rFreeIntervals.upper_bound(nId));
+    assert(upper != rFreeIntervals.end());
+    assert(nId < upper->second); // second is start of the interval!
+    if (nId + 1 == upper->second)
+    {
+        --upper->second; // add nId to existing interval
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        IntervalMap::iterator const lower(rFreeIntervals.lower_bound(nId));
+        if (lower != rFreeIntervals.end() && lower->first == nId - 1)
+        {
+            // add nId by replacing lower with new merged entry
+            rFreeIntervals.insert(std::make_pair(nId, lower->second));
+            rFreeIntervals.erase(lower);
+        }
+        else // otherwise just add new 1-element interval
+        {
+            rFreeIntervals.insert(std::make_pair(nId, nId));
+        }
+    }
+    // currently it's not checked whether intervals can be merged now
+    // hopefully that won't be a problem in practice
+}
+
+/// generates a new client id
+AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId generateId()
+{
+    IntervalMap & rFreeIntervals(FreeIntervals::get());
+    assert(!rFreeIntervals.empty());
+    IntervalMap::iterator const iter(rFreeIntervals.begin());
+    AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId const nFirst = iter->first;
+    AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId const nFreeId = iter->second;
+    assert(nFreeId <= nFirst);
+    if (nFreeId != nFirst)
+    {
+        ++iter->second; // remove nFreeId from interval
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        rFreeIntervals.erase(iter); // remove 1-element interval
+    }
+
+    assert(Clients::get().end() == Clients::get().find(nFreeId));
+
+    return nFreeId;
+}
+
+/** looks up a client in our client map, asserts if it cannot find it or
+    no event thread is present
+
+    @precond
+        to be called with our mutex locked
+
+    @param nClient
+        the id of the client to lookup
+    @param rPos
+        out-parameter for the position of the client in the client map
+
+    @return
+        <TRUE/> if and only if the client could be found and
+        <arg>rPos</arg> has been filled with its position
+*/
+bool implLookupClient(
+        const AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId nClient,
+        ClientMap::iterator& rPos )
+{
+    // look up this client
+    ClientMap &rClients = Clients::get();
+    rPos = rClients.find( nClient );
+    assert( rClients.end() != rPos &&
+        "AccessibleEventNotifier::implLookupClient: invalid client id "
+        "(did you register your client?)!" );
+
+    return ( rClients.end() != rPos );
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId AccessibleEventNotifier::registerClient()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( lclMutex::get() );
+
+    // generate a new client id
+    TClientId nNewClientId = generateId( );
+
+    // the event listeners for the new client
+    ::comphelper::OInterfaceContainerHelper2 *const pNewListeners =
+        new ::comphelper::OInterfaceContainerHelper2( lclMutex::get() );
+        // note that we're using our own mutex here, so the listener containers for all
+        // our clients share this same mutex.
+        // this is a reminiscence to the days where the notifier was asynchronous. Today this is
+        // completely nonsense, and potentially slowing down the Office me thinks...
+
+    // add the client
+    Clients::get().emplace( nNewClientId, pNewListeners );
+
+    // outta here
+    return nNewClientId;
+}
+
+void AccessibleEventNotifier::revokeClient( const TClientId _nClient )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( lclMutex::get() );
+
+    ClientMap::iterator aClientPos;
+    if ( !implLookupClient( _nClient, aClientPos ) )
+        // already asserted in implLookupClient
+        return;
+
+    // remove it from the clients map
+    delete aClientPos->second;
+    Clients::get().erase( aClientPos );
+    releaseId(_nClient);
+}
+
+void AccessibleEventNotifier::revokeClientNotifyDisposing(
+    const TClientId _nClient, const Reference< XInterface >& _rxEventSource )
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<::comphelper::OInterfaceContainerHelper2> pListeners;
+
+    {
+        // rhbz#1001768 drop the mutex before calling disposeAndClear
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( lclMutex::get() );
+
+        ClientMap::iterator aClientPos;
+        if (!implLookupClient(_nClient, aClientPos))
+            // already asserted in implLookupClient
+            return;
+
+        // notify the listeners
+        pListeners.reset(aClientPos->second);
+
+        // we do not need the entry in the clients map anymore
+        // (do this before actually notifying, because some client
+        // implementations have re-entrance problems and call into
+        // revokeClient while we are notifying from here)
+        Clients::get().erase(aClientPos);
+        releaseId(_nClient);
+    }
+
+    // notify the "disposing" event for this client
+    EventObject aDisposalEvent;
+    aDisposalEvent.Source = _rxEventSource;
+
+    // now really do the notification
+    pListeners->disposeAndClear( aDisposalEvent );
+}
+
+sal_Int32 AccessibleEventNotifier::addEventListener(
+    const TClientId _nClient, const Reference< XAccessibleEventListener >& _rxListener )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( lclMutex::get() );
+
+    ClientMap::iterator aClientPos;
+    if ( !implLookupClient( _nClient, aClientPos ) )
+        // already asserted in implLookupClient
+        return 0;
+
+    if ( _rxListener.is() )
+        aClientPos->second->addInterface( _rxListener );
+
+    return aClientPos->second->getLength();
+}
+
+sal_Int32 AccessibleEventNotifier::removeEventListener(
+    const TClientId _nClient, const Reference< XAccessibleEventListener >& _rxListener )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( lclMutex::get() );
+
+    ClientMap::iterator aClientPos;
+    if ( !implLookupClient( _nClient, aClientPos ) )
+        // already asserted in implLookupClient
+        return 0;
+
+    if ( _rxListener.is() )
+        aClientPos->second->removeInterface( _rxListener );
+
+    return aClientPos->second->getLength();
+}
+
+void AccessibleEventNotifier::addEvent( const TClientId _nClient, const AccessibleEventObject& _rEvent )
+{
+    std::vector< Reference< XInterface > > aListeners;
+
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( lclMutex::get() );
+
+        ClientMap::iterator aClientPos;
+        if ( !implLookupClient( _nClient, aClientPos ) )
+            // already asserted in implLookupClient
+            return;
+
+        // since we're synchronous, again, we want to notify immediately
+        aListeners = aClientPos->second->getElements();
+    }
+
+    // default handling: loop through all listeners, and notify them
+    for ( const auto& rListener : aListeners )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            static_cast< XAccessibleEventListener* >( rListener.get() )->notifyEvent( _rEvent );
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            // no assertion, because a broken access remote bridge or something like this
+            // can cause this exception
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblekeybindinghelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblekeybindinghelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8028464af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblekeybindinghelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/accessiblekeybindinghelper.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star; // MT 04/2003: was ::drafts::com::sun::star - otherwise too many changes
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+
+
+    // OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper
+
+
+    OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper::OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper::OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper( const OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper& rHelper )
+        : cppu::WeakImplHelper<XAccessibleKeyBinding>( rHelper )
+        , m_aKeyBindings( rHelper.m_aKeyBindings )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper::~OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper::AddKeyBinding( const Sequence< awt::KeyStroke >& rKeyBinding )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        m_aKeyBindings.push_back( rKeyBinding );
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper::AddKeyBinding( const awt::KeyStroke& rKeyStroke )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        Sequence< awt::KeyStroke > aSeq(1);
+        aSeq[0] = rKeyStroke;
+        m_aKeyBindings.push_back( aSeq );
+    }
+
+
+    // XAccessibleKeyBinding
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper::getAccessibleKeyBindingCount()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        return m_aKeyBindings.size();
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< awt::KeyStroke > OAccessibleKeyBindingHelper::getAccessibleKeyBinding( sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        if ( nIndex < 0 || nIndex >= static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aKeyBindings.size()) )
+            throw IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        return m_aKeyBindings[nIndex];
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accessibleselectionhelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accessibleselectionhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..967c1b079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/accessibleselectionhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/accessibleselectionhelper.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::awt;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+
+    OCommonAccessibleSelection::OCommonAccessibleSelection( )
+    {
+    }
+
+    OCommonAccessibleSelection::~OCommonAccessibleSelection() {}
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleSelection::selectAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 nChildIndex )
+    {
+        implSelect( nChildIndex, true );
+    }
+
+
+    bool OCommonAccessibleSelection::isAccessibleChildSelected( sal_Int32 nChildIndex )
+    {
+        return implIsSelected( nChildIndex );
+    }
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleSelection::clearAccessibleSelection(  )
+    {
+        implSelect( ACCESSIBLE_SELECTION_CHILD_ALL, false );
+    }
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleSelection::selectAllAccessibleChildren(  )
+    {
+        implSelect( ACCESSIBLE_SELECTION_CHILD_ALL, true );
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OCommonAccessibleSelection::getSelectedAccessibleChildCount(  )
+    {
+        sal_Int32                       nRet = 0;
+        Reference< XAccessibleContext > xParentContext( implGetAccessibleContext() );
+
+        OSL_ENSURE( xParentContext.is(), "OCommonAccessibleSelection::getSelectedAccessibleChildCount: no parent context!" );
+
+        if( xParentContext.is() )
+        {
+            for( sal_Int32 i = 0, nChildCount = xParentContext->getAccessibleChildCount(); i < nChildCount; i++ )
+                if( implIsSelected( i ) )
+                    ++nRet;
+        }
+
+        return nRet;
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessible > OCommonAccessibleSelection::getSelectedAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 nSelectedChildIndex )
+    {
+        Reference< XAccessible >        xRet;
+        Reference< XAccessibleContext > xParentContext( implGetAccessibleContext() );
+
+        OSL_ENSURE( xParentContext.is(), "OCommonAccessibleSelection::getSelectedAccessibleChildCount: no parent context!" );
+
+        if( xParentContext.is() )
+        {
+            for( sal_Int32 i = 0, nChildCount = xParentContext->getAccessibleChildCount(), nPos = 0; ( i < nChildCount ) && !xRet.is(); i++ )
+                if( implIsSelected( i ) && ( nPos++ == nSelectedChildIndex ) )
+                    xRet = xParentContext->getAccessibleChild( i );
+        }
+
+        return xRet;
+    }
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleSelection::deselectAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 nSelectedChildIndex )
+    {
+        implSelect( nSelectedChildIndex, false );
+    }
+
+    OAccessibleSelectionHelper::OAccessibleSelectionHelper()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XINTERFACE2( OAccessibleSelectionHelper, OAccessibleComponentHelper, OAccessibleSelectionHelper_Base )
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OAccessibleSelectionHelper, OAccessibleComponentHelper, OAccessibleSelectionHelper_Base )
+    // (order matters: the first is the class name, the second is the class doing the ref counting)
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessibleContext > OAccessibleSelectionHelper::implGetAccessibleContext()
+    {
+        return this;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleSelectionHelper::selectAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 nChildIndex )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        OCommonAccessibleSelection::selectAccessibleChild( nChildIndex );
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OAccessibleSelectionHelper::isAccessibleChildSelected( sal_Int32 nChildIndex )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        return OCommonAccessibleSelection::isAccessibleChildSelected( nChildIndex );
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleSelectionHelper::clearAccessibleSelection(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        OCommonAccessibleSelection::clearAccessibleSelection();
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleSelectionHelper::selectAllAccessibleChildren(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        OCommonAccessibleSelection::selectAllAccessibleChildren();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OAccessibleSelectionHelper::getSelectedAccessibleChildCount(  )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        return OCommonAccessibleSelection::getSelectedAccessibleChildCount();
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessible > SAL_CALL OAccessibleSelectionHelper::getSelectedAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 nSelectedChildIndex )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        return OCommonAccessibleSelection::getSelectedAccessibleChild( nSelectedChildIndex );
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleSelectionHelper::deselectAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 nSelectedChildIndex )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+        OCommonAccessibleSelection::deselectAccessibleChild( nSelectedChildIndex );
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accessibletexthelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accessibletexthelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35fe769c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/accessibletexthelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,801 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/accessibletexthelper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/accessibility/AccessibleTextType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/BreakIterator.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/CharacterIteratorMode.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/CharacterClassification.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/WordType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/KCharacterType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/accessibility/TextSegment.hpp>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+
+
+    // OCommonAccessibleText
+
+
+    OCommonAccessibleText::OCommonAccessibleText()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OCommonAccessibleText::~OCommonAccessibleText()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    Reference < i18n::XBreakIterator > const & OCommonAccessibleText::implGetBreakIterator()
+    {
+        if ( !m_xBreakIter.is() )
+        {
+            Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+            m_xBreakIter = i18n::BreakIterator::create(xContext);
+        }
+
+        return m_xBreakIter;
+    }
+
+
+    Reference < i18n::XCharacterClassification > const & OCommonAccessibleText::implGetCharacterClassification()
+    {
+        if ( !m_xCharClass.is() )
+        {
+            m_xCharClass = i18n::CharacterClassification::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+        }
+
+        return m_xCharClass;
+    }
+
+
+    bool OCommonAccessibleText::implIsValidBoundary( i18n::Boundary const & rBoundary, sal_Int32 nLength )
+    {
+        return ( rBoundary.startPos >= 0 ) && ( rBoundary.startPos < nLength ) && ( rBoundary.endPos >= 0 ) && ( rBoundary.endPos <= nLength );
+    }
+
+
+    bool OCommonAccessibleText::implIsValidIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int32 nLength )
+    {
+        return ( nIndex >= 0 ) && ( nIndex < nLength );
+    }
+
+
+    bool OCommonAccessibleText::implIsValidRange( sal_Int32 nStartIndex, sal_Int32 nEndIndex, sal_Int32 nLength )
+    {
+        return ( nStartIndex >= 0 ) && ( nStartIndex <= nLength ) && ( nEndIndex >= 0 ) && ( nEndIndex <= nLength );
+    }
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleText::implGetGlyphBoundary( const OUString& rText, i18n::Boundary& rBoundary, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex, rText.getLength() ) )
+        {
+            Reference < i18n::XBreakIterator > xBreakIter = implGetBreakIterator();
+            if ( xBreakIter.is() )
+            {
+                sal_Int32 nCount = 1;
+                sal_Int32 nDone;
+                sal_Int32 nStartIndex = xBreakIter->previousCharacters( rText, nIndex, implGetLocale(), i18n::CharacterIteratorMode::SKIPCELL, nCount, nDone );
+                if ( nDone != 0 )
+                    nStartIndex = xBreakIter->nextCharacters( rText, nStartIndex, implGetLocale(), i18n::CharacterIteratorMode::SKIPCELL, nCount, nDone );
+                sal_Int32 nEndIndex = xBreakIter->nextCharacters( rText, nStartIndex, implGetLocale(), i18n::CharacterIteratorMode::SKIPCELL, nCount, nDone );
+                if ( nDone != 0 )
+                {
+                    rBoundary.startPos = nStartIndex;
+                    rBoundary.endPos = nEndIndex;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rBoundary.startPos = nIndex;
+            rBoundary.endPos = nIndex;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    bool OCommonAccessibleText::implGetWordBoundary( const OUString& rText, i18n::Boundary& rBoundary, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        bool bWord = false;
+
+        if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex, rText.getLength() ) )
+        {
+            Reference < i18n::XBreakIterator > xBreakIter = implGetBreakIterator();
+            if ( xBreakIter.is() )
+            {
+                rBoundary = xBreakIter->getWordBoundary( rText, nIndex, implGetLocale(), i18n::WordType::ANY_WORD, true );
+
+                // it's a word, if the first character is an alpha-numeric character
+                Reference< i18n::XCharacterClassification > xCharClass = implGetCharacterClassification();
+                if ( xCharClass.is() )
+                {
+                    sal_Int32 nType = xCharClass->getCharacterType( rText, rBoundary.startPos, implGetLocale() );
+                    if ( ( nType & ( i18n::KCharacterType::LETTER | i18n::KCharacterType::DIGIT ) ) != 0 )
+                        bWord = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rBoundary.startPos = nIndex;
+            rBoundary.endPos = nIndex;
+        }
+
+        return bWord;
+    }
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleText::implGetSentenceBoundary( const OUString& rText, i18n::Boundary& rBoundary, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex, rText.getLength() ) )
+        {
+            Locale aLocale = implGetLocale();
+            Reference < i18n::XBreakIterator > xBreakIter = implGetBreakIterator();
+            if ( xBreakIter.is() )
+            {
+                rBoundary.endPos = xBreakIter->endOfSentence( rText, nIndex, aLocale );
+                rBoundary.startPos = xBreakIter->beginOfSentence( rText, rBoundary.endPos, aLocale );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rBoundary.startPos = nIndex;
+            rBoundary.endPos = nIndex;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleText::implGetParagraphBoundary( const OUString& rText, i18n::Boundary& rBoundary, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex, rText.getLength() ) )
+        {
+            rBoundary.startPos = 0;
+            rBoundary.endPos = rText.getLength();
+
+            sal_Int32 nFound = rText.lastIndexOf( '\n', nIndex );
+            if ( nFound != -1 )
+                rBoundary.startPos = nFound + 1;
+
+            nFound = rText.indexOf( '\n', nIndex );
+            if ( nFound != -1 )
+                rBoundary.endPos = nFound + 1;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rBoundary.startPos = nIndex;
+            rBoundary.endPos = nIndex;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void OCommonAccessibleText::implGetLineBoundary( const OUString& rText, i18n::Boundary& rBoundary, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nLength = rText.getLength();
+
+        if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex, nLength ) || nIndex == nLength )
+        {
+            rBoundary.startPos = 0;
+            rBoundary.endPos = nLength;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            rBoundary.startPos = nIndex;
+            rBoundary.endPos = nIndex;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Unicode OCommonAccessibleText::implGetCharacter( const OUString& rText, sal_Int32 nIndex )
+    {
+        if ( !implIsValidIndex( nIndex, rText.getLength() ) )
+            throw IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        return rText[nIndex];
+    }
+
+    OUString OCommonAccessibleText::getSelectedText()
+    {
+        OUString sText;
+        sal_Int32 nStartIndex;
+        sal_Int32 nEndIndex;
+
+        implGetSelection( nStartIndex, nEndIndex );
+
+        try
+        {
+            sText = implGetTextRange( implGetText(), nStartIndex, nEndIndex );
+        }
+        catch ( IndexOutOfBoundsException& )
+        {
+        }
+
+        return sText;
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OCommonAccessibleText::getSelectionStart()
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nStartIndex;
+        sal_Int32 nEndIndex;
+
+        implGetSelection( nStartIndex, nEndIndex );
+
+        return nStartIndex;
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OCommonAccessibleText::getSelectionEnd()
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nStartIndex;
+        sal_Int32 nEndIndex;
+
+        implGetSelection( nStartIndex, nEndIndex );
+
+        return nEndIndex;
+    }
+
+
+    OUString OCommonAccessibleText::implGetTextRange( const OUString& rText, sal_Int32 nStartIndex, sal_Int32 nEndIndex )
+    {
+
+        if ( !implIsValidRange( nStartIndex, nEndIndex, rText.getLength() ) )
+            throw IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        sal_Int32 nMinIndex = std::min( nStartIndex, nEndIndex );
+        sal_Int32 nMaxIndex = std::max( nStartIndex, nEndIndex );
+
+        return rText.copy( nMinIndex, nMaxIndex - nMinIndex );
+    }
+
+    TextSegment OCommonAccessibleText::getTextAtIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int16 aTextType )
+    {
+        OUString sText( implGetText() );
+        sal_Int32 nLength = sText.getLength();
+
+        if ( !implIsValidIndex( nIndex, nLength ) && nIndex != nLength )
+            throw IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        i18n::Boundary aBoundary;
+        TextSegment aResult;
+        aResult.SegmentStart = -1;
+        aResult.SegmentEnd = -1;
+
+        switch ( aTextType )
+        {
+            case AccessibleTextType::CHARACTER:
+            {
+                if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( nIndex, 1 );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = nIndex;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = nIndex+1;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::GLYPH:
+            {
+                // get glyph at index
+                implGetGlyphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::WORD:
+            {
+                // get word at index
+                bool bWord = implGetWordBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                if ( bWord && implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::SENTENCE:
+            {
+                // get sentence at index
+                implGetSentenceBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::PARAGRAPH:
+            {
+                // get paragraph at index
+                implGetParagraphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::LINE:
+            {
+                // get line at index
+                implGetLineBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::ATTRIBUTE_RUN:
+            {
+                // TODO: implGetAttributeRunBoundary() (incompatible!)
+
+                aResult.SegmentText = sText;
+                aResult.SegmentStart = 0;
+                aResult.SegmentEnd = nLength;
+            }
+            break;
+            default:
+            {
+                // unknown text type
+            }
+        }
+
+        return aResult;
+    }
+
+
+    TextSegment OCommonAccessibleText::getTextBeforeIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int16 aTextType )
+    {
+        OUString sText( implGetText() );
+        sal_Int32 nLength = sText.getLength();
+
+        if ( !implIsValidIndex( nIndex, nLength ) && nIndex != nLength )
+            throw IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        i18n::Boundary aBoundary;
+        TextSegment aResult;
+        aResult.SegmentStart = -1;
+        aResult.SegmentEnd = -1;
+
+        switch ( aTextType )
+        {
+            case AccessibleTextType::CHARACTER:
+            {
+                if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex - 1, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( nIndex - 1, 1 );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = nIndex-1;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = nIndex;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::GLYPH:
+            {
+                // get glyph at index
+                implGetGlyphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get previous glyph
+                if ( aBoundary.startPos > 0 )
+                {
+                    implGetGlyphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.startPos - 1 );
+                    if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                    {
+                        aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                        aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                        aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::WORD:
+            {
+                // get word at index
+                implGetWordBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get previous word
+                bool bWord = false;
+                while ( !bWord && aBoundary.startPos > 0 )
+                    bWord = implGetWordBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.startPos - 1 );
+                if ( bWord && implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::SENTENCE:
+            {
+                // get sentence at index
+                implGetSentenceBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get previous sentence
+                if ( aBoundary.startPos > 0 )
+                {
+                    implGetSentenceBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.startPos - 1 );
+                    if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                    {
+                        aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                        aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                        aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::PARAGRAPH:
+            {
+                // get paragraph at index
+                implGetParagraphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get previous paragraph
+                if ( aBoundary.startPos > 0 )
+                {
+                    implGetParagraphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.startPos - 1 );
+                    if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                    {
+                        aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                        aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                        aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::LINE:
+            {
+                // get line at index
+                implGetLineBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get previous line
+                if ( aBoundary.startPos > 0 )
+                {
+                    implGetLineBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.startPos - 1 );
+                    if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                    {
+                        aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                        aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                        aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::ATTRIBUTE_RUN:
+            {
+                // TODO: implGetAttributeRunBoundary() (incompatible!)
+            }
+            break;
+            default:
+            {
+                // unknown text type
+            }
+        }
+
+        return aResult;
+    }
+
+
+    TextSegment OCommonAccessibleText::getTextBehindIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int16 aTextType )
+    {
+        OUString sText( implGetText() );
+        sal_Int32 nLength = sText.getLength();
+
+        if ( !implIsValidIndex( nIndex, nLength ) && nIndex != nLength )
+            throw IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+        i18n::Boundary aBoundary;
+        TextSegment aResult;
+        aResult.SegmentStart = -1;
+        aResult.SegmentEnd = -1;
+
+        switch ( aTextType )
+        {
+            case AccessibleTextType::CHARACTER:
+            {
+                if ( implIsValidIndex( nIndex + 1, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( nIndex + 1, 1 );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = nIndex+1;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = nIndex+2;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::GLYPH:
+            {
+                // get glyph at index
+                implGetGlyphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get next glyph
+                if ( aBoundary.endPos < nLength )
+                {
+                    implGetGlyphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.endPos );
+                    if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                    {
+                        aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                        aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                        aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::WORD:
+            {
+                // get word at index
+                implGetWordBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get next word
+                bool bWord = false;
+                while ( !bWord && aBoundary.endPos < nLength )
+                    bWord = implGetWordBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.endPos );
+                if ( bWord && implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::SENTENCE:
+            {
+                // get sentence at index
+                implGetSentenceBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get next sentence
+                sal_Int32 nEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                sal_Int32 nI = aBoundary.endPos;
+                bool bFound = false;
+                while ( !bFound && ++nI < nLength )
+                {
+                    implGetSentenceBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nI );
+                    bFound = ( aBoundary.endPos > nEnd );
+                }
+                if ( bFound && implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                {
+                    aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                    aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                    aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::PARAGRAPH:
+            {
+                // get paragraph at index
+                implGetParagraphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get next paragraph
+                if ( aBoundary.endPos < nLength )
+                {
+                    implGetParagraphBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.endPos );
+                    if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                    {
+                        aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                        aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                        aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::LINE:
+            {
+                // get line at index
+                implGetLineBoundary( sText, aBoundary, nIndex );
+                // get next line
+                if ( aBoundary.endPos < nLength )
+                {
+                    implGetLineBoundary( sText, aBoundary, aBoundary.endPos );
+                    if ( implIsValidBoundary( aBoundary, nLength ) )
+                    {
+                        aResult.SegmentText = sText.copy( aBoundary.startPos, aBoundary.endPos - aBoundary.startPos );
+                        aResult.SegmentStart = aBoundary.startPos;
+                        aResult.SegmentEnd = aBoundary.endPos;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            case AccessibleTextType::ATTRIBUTE_RUN:
+            {
+                // TODO: implGetAttributeRunBoundary() (incompatible!)
+            }
+            break;
+            default:
+            {
+                // unknown text type
+            }
+        }
+
+        return aResult;
+    }
+
+
+    bool OCommonAccessibleText::implInitTextChangedEvent(
+        const OUString& rOldString,
+        const OUString& rNewString,
+        css::uno::Any& rDeleted,
+        css::uno::Any& rInserted) // throw()
+    {
+        sal_uInt32 nLenOld = rOldString.getLength();
+        sal_uInt32 nLenNew = rNewString.getLength();
+
+        // equal
+        if ((0 == nLenOld) && (0 == nLenNew))
+            return false;
+
+        TextSegment aDeletedText;
+        TextSegment aInsertedText;
+
+        aDeletedText.SegmentStart = -1;
+        aDeletedText.SegmentEnd = -1;
+        aInsertedText.SegmentStart = -1;
+        aInsertedText.SegmentEnd = -1;
+
+        // insert only
+        if ((0 == nLenOld) && (nLenNew > 0))
+        {
+            aInsertedText.SegmentStart = 0;
+            aInsertedText.SegmentEnd = nLenNew;
+            aInsertedText.SegmentText = rNewString.copy( aInsertedText.SegmentStart, aInsertedText.SegmentEnd - aInsertedText.SegmentStart );
+
+            rInserted <<= aInsertedText;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // delete only
+        if ((nLenOld > 0) && (0 == nLenNew))
+        {
+            aDeletedText.SegmentStart = 0;
+            aDeletedText.SegmentEnd = nLenOld;
+            aDeletedText.SegmentText = rOldString.copy( aDeletedText.SegmentStart, aDeletedText.SegmentEnd - aDeletedText.SegmentStart );
+
+            rDeleted <<= aDeletedText;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        const sal_Unicode* pFirstDiffOld = rOldString.getStr();
+        const sal_Unicode* pLastDiffOld  = rOldString.getStr() + nLenOld;
+        const sal_Unicode* pFirstDiffNew = rNewString.getStr();
+        const sal_Unicode* pLastDiffNew  = rNewString.getStr() + nLenNew;
+
+        // find first difference
+        while ((*pFirstDiffOld == *pFirstDiffNew) &&
+               (pFirstDiffOld  <  pLastDiffOld) &&
+               (pFirstDiffNew  <  pLastDiffNew))
+        {
+            pFirstDiffOld++;
+            pFirstDiffNew++;
+        }
+
+        // equality test
+        if ((0 == *pFirstDiffOld) && (0 == *pFirstDiffNew))
+            return false;
+
+        // find last difference
+        while ( ( pLastDiffOld > pFirstDiffOld) &&
+                ( pLastDiffNew > pFirstDiffNew) &&
+                (pLastDiffOld[-1]  == pLastDiffNew[-1]))
+        {
+            pLastDiffOld--;
+            pLastDiffNew--;
+        }
+
+        if (pFirstDiffOld < pLastDiffOld)
+        {
+            aDeletedText.SegmentStart = pFirstDiffOld - rOldString.getStr();
+            aDeletedText.SegmentEnd = pLastDiffOld  - rOldString.getStr();
+            aDeletedText.SegmentText = rOldString.copy( aDeletedText.SegmentStart, aDeletedText.SegmentEnd - aDeletedText.SegmentStart );
+
+            rDeleted <<= aDeletedText;
+        }
+
+        if (pFirstDiffNew < pLastDiffNew)
+        {
+            aInsertedText.SegmentStart = pFirstDiffNew - rNewString.getStr();
+            aInsertedText.SegmentEnd = pLastDiffNew  - rNewString.getStr();
+            aInsertedText.SegmentText = rNewString.copy( aInsertedText.SegmentStart, aInsertedText.SegmentEnd - aInsertedText.SegmentStart );
+
+            rInserted <<= aInsertedText;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+
+    // OAccessibleTextHelper
+
+
+    OAccessibleTextHelper::OAccessibleTextHelper( )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    // XInterface
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XINTERFACE2( OAccessibleTextHelper, OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper, OAccessibleTextHelper_Base )
+
+
+    // XTypeProvider
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OAccessibleTextHelper, OAccessibleExtendedComponentHelper, OAccessibleTextHelper_Base )
+
+
+    // XAccessibleText
+
+
+    OUString OAccessibleTextHelper::getSelectedText()
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        return OCommonAccessibleText::getSelectedText();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OAccessibleTextHelper::getSelectionStart()
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        return OCommonAccessibleText::getSelectionStart();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OAccessibleTextHelper::getSelectionEnd()
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        return OCommonAccessibleText::getSelectionEnd();
+    }
+
+
+    TextSegment OAccessibleTextHelper::getTextAtIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int16 aTextType )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        return OCommonAccessibleText::getTextAtIndex( nIndex, aTextType );
+    }
+
+
+    TextSegment OAccessibleTextHelper::getTextBeforeIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int16 aTextType )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        return OCommonAccessibleText::getTextBeforeIndex( nIndex, aTextType );
+    }
+
+
+    TextSegment OAccessibleTextHelper::getTextBehindIndex( sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int16 aTextType )
+    {
+        OExternalLockGuard aGuard( this );
+
+        return OCommonAccessibleText::getTextBehindIndex( nIndex, aTextType );
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblewrapper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accessiblewrapper.cxx
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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/accessiblewrapper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/accessibility/AccessibleEventId.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/accessibility/AccessibleStateType.hpp>
+
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext )
+        :m_xContext( _rxContext )
+        ,m_bTransientChildren( true )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::~OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager( )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::setTransientChildren( bool _bSet )
+    {
+        m_bTransientChildren = _bSet;
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::setOwningAccessible( const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxAcc )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( !m_aOwningAccessible.get().is(), "OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::setOwningAccessible: to be called only once!" );
+        m_aOwningAccessible = WeakReference< XAccessible >( _rxAcc );
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::removeFromCache( const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxKey )
+    {
+        AccessibleMap::iterator aRemovedPos = m_aChildrenMap.find( _rxKey );
+        if ( m_aChildrenMap.end() != aRemovedPos )
+        {   // it was cached
+            // remove ourself as event listener
+            Reference< XComponent > xComp( aRemovedPos->first, UNO_QUERY );
+            if( xComp.is() )
+                xComp->removeEventListener( this );
+            // and remove the entry from the map
+            m_aChildrenMap.erase( aRemovedPos );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::invalidateAll( )
+    {
+        // remove as event listener from the map elements
+        for( const auto& rChild : m_aChildrenMap )
+        {
+            Reference< XComponent > xComp( rChild.first, UNO_QUERY );
+            if( xComp.is() )
+                xComp->removeEventListener( this );
+        }
+        // clear the map
+        AccessibleMap aMap;
+        m_aChildrenMap.swap( aMap );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessible > OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::getAccessibleWrapperFor(
+        const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxKey )
+    {
+        Reference< XAccessible > xValue;
+
+        if( !_rxKey.is() )
+        {
+            // fprintf( stderr, "It was this path that was crashing stuff\n" );
+            return xValue;
+        }
+
+        // do we have this child in the cache?
+        AccessibleMap::const_iterator aPos = m_aChildrenMap.find( _rxKey );
+        if ( m_aChildrenMap.end() != aPos )
+        {
+            xValue = aPos->second;
+        }
+        else
+        {   // not found in the cache, and allowed to create
+            // -> new wrapper
+            xValue = new OAccessibleWrapper( m_xContext, _rxKey, m_aOwningAccessible );
+
+            // see if we do cache children
+            if ( !m_bTransientChildren )
+            {
+                if (!m_aChildrenMap.emplace( _rxKey, xValue ).second)
+                {
+                    OSL_FAIL(
+                        "OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::"
+                            "getAccessibleWrapperFor: element was already"
+                            " inserted!" );
+                }
+
+                // listen for disposals of inner children - this may happen when the inner context
+                // is the owner for the inner children (it will dispose these children, and of course
+                // not our wrapper for these children)
+                Reference< XComponent > xComp( _rxKey, UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xComp.is() )
+                    xComp->addEventListener( this );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return xValue;
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::dispose()
+    {
+        // dispose our children
+        for( const auto& rChild : m_aChildrenMap )
+        {
+            Reference< XComponent > xComp( rChild.first, UNO_QUERY );
+            if( xComp.is() )
+                xComp->removeEventListener( this );
+
+            Reference< XComponent > xContextComponent;
+            if( rChild.second.is() )
+                xContextComponent.set( rChild.second->getAccessibleContext(),
+                                       ::css::uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            if( xContextComponent.is() )
+                xContextComponent->dispose();
+        }
+
+        // clear our children
+        AccessibleMap aMap;
+        m_aChildrenMap.swap( aMap );
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::implTranslateChildEventValue( const Any& _rInValue, Any& _rOutValue )
+    {
+        _rOutValue.clear();
+        Reference< XAccessible > xChild;
+        if ( _rInValue >>= xChild )
+            _rOutValue <<= getAccessibleWrapperFor( xChild );
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::translateAccessibleEvent( const AccessibleEventObject& _rEvent, AccessibleEventObject& _rTranslatedEvent )
+    {
+        // just in case we can't translate some of the values:
+        _rTranslatedEvent.NewValue = _rEvent.NewValue;
+        _rTranslatedEvent.OldValue = _rEvent.OldValue;
+
+        switch ( _rEvent.EventId )
+        {
+            case AccessibleEventId::CHILD:
+            case AccessibleEventId::ACTIVE_DESCENDANT_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::CONTROLLED_BY_RELATION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::CONTROLLER_FOR_RELATION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::LABEL_FOR_RELATION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::LABELED_BY_RELATION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::CONTENT_FLOWS_FROM_RELATION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::CONTENT_FLOWS_TO_RELATION_CHANGED:
+                // these are events where both the old and the new value contain child references
+                implTranslateChildEventValue( _rEvent.OldValue, _rTranslatedEvent.OldValue );
+                implTranslateChildEventValue( _rEvent.NewValue, _rTranslatedEvent.NewValue );
+                break;
+
+            case AccessibleEventId::NAME_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::DESCRIPTION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::ACTION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::STATE_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::BOUNDRECT_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::INVALIDATE_ALL_CHILDREN:
+            case AccessibleEventId::SELECTION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::VISIBLE_DATA_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::VALUE_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::MEMBER_OF_RELATION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::CARET_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TEXT_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::HYPERTEXT_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TABLE_CAPTION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TABLE_COLUMN_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TABLE_COLUMN_HEADER_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TABLE_MODEL_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TABLE_ROW_DESCRIPTION_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TABLE_ROW_HEADER_CHANGED:
+            case AccessibleEventId::TABLE_SUMMARY_CHANGED:
+            // these Ids are also missed: SUB_WINDOW_OF_RELATION_CHANGED & TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED
+            case AccessibleEventId::TEXT_SELECTION_CHANGED:
+                // nothing to translate
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                OSL_FAIL( "OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::translateAccessibleEvent: unknown (or unexpected) event id!" );
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::handleChildNotification( const AccessibleEventObject& _rEvent )
+    {
+        if ( AccessibleEventId::INVALIDATE_ALL_CHILDREN == _rEvent.EventId )
+        {   // clear our child map
+            invalidateAll( );
+        }
+        else if ( AccessibleEventId::CHILD == _rEvent.EventId )
+        {
+            // check if the removed or replaced element is cached
+            Reference< XAccessible > xRemoved;
+            if ( _rEvent.OldValue >>= xRemoved )
+                removeFromCache( xRemoved );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::disposing( const EventObject& _rSource )
+    {
+        // this should come from one of the inner XAccessible's of our children
+        Reference< XAccessible > xSource( _rSource.Source, UNO_QUERY );
+        AccessibleMap::iterator aDisposedPos = m_aChildrenMap.find( xSource );
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+        if ( m_aChildrenMap.end() == aDisposedPos )
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL( "OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager::disposing: where did this come from?" );
+            // helper for diagnostics
+            Reference< XAccessible > xOwningAccessible( m_aOwningAccessible );
+            Reference< XAccessibleContext > xContext;
+            try
+            {
+                if ( xOwningAccessible.is() )
+                    xContext = xOwningAccessible->getAccessibleContext();
+                if ( xContext.is() )
+                {
+                    //TODO: do something
+                    //OUString sName = xContext->getAccessibleName();
+                    //OUString sDescription = xContext->getAccessibleDescription();
+                    //sal_Int32 nPlaceYourBreakpointHere = 0;
+                }
+            }
+            catch( const Exception& /*e*/ )
+            {
+                // silent this, it's only diagnostics which failed
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+        if ( m_aChildrenMap.end() != aDisposedPos )
+        {
+            m_aChildrenMap.erase( aDisposedPos );
+        }
+    }
+
+    OAccessibleWrapper::OAccessibleWrapper( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext,
+            const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxInnerAccessible, const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxParentAccessible )
+        :OAccessibleWrapper_Base( )
+        ,OComponentProxyAggregation( _rxContext, Reference< XComponent >( _rxInnerAccessible, UNO_QUERY ) )
+        ,m_xParentAccessible( _rxParentAccessible )
+        ,m_xInnerAccessible( _rxInnerAccessible )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleWrapper::~OAccessibleWrapper( )
+    {
+        if ( !m_rBHelper.bDisposed )
+        {
+            acquire();  // to prevent duplicate dtor calls
+            dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OAccessibleWrapper, OComponentProxyAggregation, OAccessibleWrapper_Base )
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_REFCOUNT( OAccessibleWrapper, OComponentProxyAggregation )
+
+
+    Any OAccessibleWrapper::queryInterface( const Type& _rType )
+    {
+        // #111089# instead of the inner XAccessible the proxy XAccessible must be returned
+        Any aReturn = OAccessibleWrapper_Base::queryInterface( _rType );
+        if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+            aReturn = OComponentProxyAggregation::queryInterface( _rType );
+
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessibleContext > OAccessibleWrapper::getContextNoCreate( ) const
+    {
+        return m_aContext;
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleContextWrapper* OAccessibleWrapper::createAccessibleContext( const Reference< XAccessibleContext >& _rxInnerContext )
+    {
+        return new OAccessibleContextWrapper( getComponentContext(), _rxInnerContext, this, m_xParentAccessible );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessibleContext > SAL_CALL OAccessibleWrapper::getAccessibleContext(  )
+    {
+        // see if the context is still alive (we cache it)
+        Reference< XAccessibleContext > xContext = m_aContext;
+        if ( !xContext.is() )
+        {
+            // create a new context
+            Reference< XAccessibleContext > xInnerContext = m_xInnerAccessible->getAccessibleContext( );
+            if ( xInnerContext.is() )
+            {
+                xContext = createAccessibleContext( xInnerContext );
+                // cache it
+                m_aContext = WeakReference< XAccessibleContext >( xContext );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return xContext;
+    }
+
+    OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper(
+                const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext,
+                ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper& _rBHelper,
+                const Reference< XAccessibleContext >& _rxInnerAccessibleContext,
+                const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxOwningAccessible,
+                const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxParentAccessible )
+        :OComponentProxyAggregationHelper( _rxContext, _rBHelper )
+        ,m_xInnerContext( _rxInnerAccessibleContext )
+        ,m_xOwningAccessible( _rxOwningAccessible )
+        ,m_xParentAccessible( _rxParentAccessible )
+        // initialize the mapper for our children
+        ,m_xChildMapper( new OWrappedAccessibleChildrenManager( getComponentContext() ) )
+    {
+        // determine if we're allowed to cache children
+        Reference< XAccessibleStateSet > xStates( m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleStateSet( ) );
+        OSL_ENSURE( xStates.is(), "OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper: no inner state set!" );
+        m_xChildMapper->setTransientChildren( !xStates.is() || xStates->contains( AccessibleStateType::MANAGES_DESCENDANTS) );
+
+        m_xChildMapper->setOwningAccessible( m_xOwningAccessible );
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::aggregateProxy( oslInterlockedCount& _rRefCount, ::cppu::OWeakObject& _rDelegator )
+    {
+        Reference< XComponent > xInnerComponent( m_xInnerContext, UNO_QUERY );
+        OSL_ENSURE( xInnerComponent.is(), "OComponentProxyAggregation::aggregateProxy: accessible is no XComponent!" );
+        if ( xInnerComponent.is() )
+            componentAggregateProxyFor( xInnerComponent, _rRefCount, _rDelegator );
+
+        // add as event listener to the inner context, because we want to multiplex the AccessibleEvents
+        osl_atomic_increment( &_rRefCount );
+        {
+            Reference< XAccessibleEventBroadcaster > xBroadcaster( m_xInner, UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xBroadcaster.is() )
+                xBroadcaster->addAccessibleEventListener( this );
+        }
+        osl_atomic_decrement( &_rRefCount );
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::~OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper( )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_rBHelper.bDisposed, "OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::~OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper: you should ensure (in your dtor) that the object is disposed!" );
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::queryInterface( const Type& _rType )
+    {
+        Any aReturn = OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::queryInterface( _rType );
+        if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+            aReturn = OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper_Base::queryInterface( _rType );
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper, OComponentProxyAggregationHelper, OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper_Base )
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::baseGetAccessibleChildCount(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleChildCount();
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessible > OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::baseGetAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 i )
+    {
+        // get the child of the wrapped component
+        Reference< XAccessible > xInnerChild = m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleChild( i );
+        return m_xChildMapper->getAccessibleWrapperFor( xInnerChild );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessibleRelationSet > OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::baseGetAccessibleRelationSet(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleRelationSet();
+            // TODO: if this relation set would contain relations to siblings, we would normally need
+            // to wrap them, too...
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::notifyEvent( const AccessibleEventObject& _rEvent )
+    {
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+        if ( AccessibleEventId::STATE_CHANGED == _rEvent.EventId )
+        {
+            bool bChildTransienceChanged = false;
+            sal_Int16 nChangeState = 0;
+            if ( _rEvent.OldValue >>= nChangeState )
+                bChildTransienceChanged = bChildTransienceChanged || AccessibleStateType::MANAGES_DESCENDANTS == nChangeState;
+            if ( _rEvent.NewValue >>= nChangeState )
+                bChildTransienceChanged = bChildTransienceChanged || AccessibleStateType::MANAGES_DESCENDANTS == nChangeState;
+            OSL_ENSURE( !bChildTransienceChanged, "OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::notifyEvent: MANAGES_DESCENDANTS is not expected to change during runtime!" );
+                // if this asserts, then we would need to update our m_bTransientChildren flag here,
+                // as well as (potentially) our child cache
+        }
+#endif
+        AccessibleEventObject aTranslatedEvent( _rEvent );
+
+        {
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_rBHelper.rMutex );
+
+            // translate the event
+            queryInterface( cppu::UnoType<XInterface>::get() ) >>= aTranslatedEvent.Source;
+            m_xChildMapper->translateAccessibleEvent( _rEvent, aTranslatedEvent );
+
+            // see if any of these notifications affect our child manager
+            m_xChildMapper->handleChildNotification( _rEvent );
+
+            if ( aTranslatedEvent.NewValue == m_xInner )
+                aTranslatedEvent.NewValue <<= aTranslatedEvent.Source;
+            if ( aTranslatedEvent.OldValue == m_xInner )
+                aTranslatedEvent.OldValue <<= aTranslatedEvent.Source;
+        }
+
+        notifyTranslatedEvent( aTranslatedEvent );
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::dispose()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_rBHelper.rMutex );
+
+        // stop multiplexing events
+        Reference< XAccessibleEventBroadcaster > xBroadcaster( m_xInner, UNO_QUERY );
+        OSL_ENSURE( xBroadcaster.is(), "OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::disposing(): inner context is no broadcaster!" );
+        if ( xBroadcaster.is() )
+            xBroadcaster->removeAccessibleEventListener( this );
+
+        // dispose the child cache/map
+        m_xChildMapper->dispose();
+
+        // let the base class dispose the inner component
+        OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::dispose();
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::disposing( const EventObject& _rEvent )
+    {
+        // simply disambiguate this
+        OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::disposing( _rEvent );
+    }
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XINTERFACE2( OAccessibleContextWrapper, OAccessibleContextWrapper_CBase, OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper )
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OAccessibleContextWrapper, OAccessibleContextWrapper_CBase, OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper )
+
+
+    OAccessibleContextWrapper::OAccessibleContextWrapper( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext,
+            const Reference< XAccessibleContext >& _rxInnerAccessibleContext, const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxOwningAccessible,
+            const Reference< XAccessible >& _rxParentAccessible )
+        :OAccessibleContextWrapper_CBase( m_aMutex )
+        ,OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper( _rxContext, rBHelper, _rxInnerAccessibleContext, _rxOwningAccessible, _rxParentAccessible )
+        ,m_nNotifierClient( 0 )
+    {
+        aggregateProxy( m_refCount, *this );
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleContextWrapper::~OAccessibleContextWrapper()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleChildCount(  )
+    {
+        return baseGetAccessibleChildCount();
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessible > SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleChild( sal_Int32 i )
+    {
+        return baseGetAccessibleChild( i );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessible > SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleParent(  )
+    {
+        return m_xParentAccessible;
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleIndexInParent(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleIndexInParent();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int16 SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleRole(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleRole();
+    }
+
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleDescription(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleDescription();
+    }
+
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleName(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleName();
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessibleRelationSet > SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleRelationSet(  )
+    {
+        return baseGetAccessibleRelationSet();
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XAccessibleStateSet > SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getAccessibleStateSet(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getAccessibleStateSet();
+    }
+
+
+    Locale SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::getLocale(  )
+    {
+        return m_xInnerContext->getLocale();
+    }
+
+
+    void OAccessibleContextWrapper::notifyTranslatedEvent( const AccessibleEventObject& _rEvent )
+    {
+        if ( m_nNotifierClient )
+            AccessibleEventNotifier::addEvent( m_nNotifierClient, _rEvent );
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::addAccessibleEventListener( const Reference< XAccessibleEventListener >& _rxListener )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+        if ( !m_nNotifierClient )
+            m_nNotifierClient = AccessibleEventNotifier::registerClient( );
+        AccessibleEventNotifier::addEventListener( m_nNotifierClient, _rxListener );
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::removeAccessibleEventListener( const Reference< XAccessibleEventListener >& _rxListener )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+        if ( m_nNotifierClient )
+        {
+            if ( 0 == AccessibleEventNotifier::removeEventListener( m_nNotifierClient, _rxListener ) )
+            {
+                AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId nId( m_nNotifierClient );
+                m_nNotifierClient = 0;
+                AccessibleEventNotifier::revokeClient( nId );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OAccessibleContextWrapper::disposing()
+    {
+        AccessibleEventNotifier::TClientId nClientId( 0 );
+
+        // --- <mutex lock> -----------------------------------------
+        {
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+            // prepare notifying our AccessibleListeners
+            if ( m_nNotifierClient )
+            {
+                nClientId = m_nNotifierClient;
+                m_nNotifierClient = 0;
+            }
+        }
+        // --- </mutex lock> -----------------------------------------
+
+        // let the base class do
+        OAccessibleContextWrapperHelper::dispose();
+
+        // notify the disposal
+        if ( nClientId )
+            AccessibleEventNotifier::revokeClientNotifyDisposing( nClientId, *this );
+    }
+}   // namespace accessibility
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/accimplaccess.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/accimplaccess.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71a12c8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/accimplaccess.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/accimplaccess.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/typeprovider.hxx>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+
+    OAccessibleImplementationAccess::OAccessibleImplementationAccess( )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OAccessibleImplementationAccess::~OAccessibleImplementationAccess( )
+    {
+    }
+
+    Sequence< sal_Int8 > OAccessibleImplementationAccess::getUnoTunnelImplementationId()
+    {
+        static cppu::OImplementationId implID;
+
+        return implID.getImplementationId();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OAccessibleImplementationAccess::getSomething( const Sequence< sal_Int8 >& _rIdentifier )
+    {
+        sal_Int64 nReturn( 0 );
+
+        if  (   ( _rIdentifier.getLength() == 16 )
+            &&  ( 0 == memcmp( getUnoTunnelImplementationId().getConstArray(), _rIdentifier.getConstArray(), 16 ) )
+            )
+            nReturn = reinterpret_cast< sal_Int64 >( this );
+
+        return nReturn;
+    }
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/anycompare.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/anycompare.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb77544c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/anycompare.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <comphelper/anycompare.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/util/Date.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/Time.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/DateTime.hpp>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Type;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_CHAR;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_BOOLEAN;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_BYTE;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_SHORT;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_UNSIGNED_SHORT;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_LONG;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_UNSIGNED_LONG;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_HYPER;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_UNSIGNED_HYPER;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_FLOAT;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_DOUBLE;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_STRING;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_TYPE;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_ENUM;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_INTERFACE;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_STRUCT;
+    using ::com::sun::star::i18n::XCollator;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::Date;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::Time;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::DateTime;
+
+    namespace {
+
+    class DatePredicateLess : public IKeyPredicateLess
+    {
+    public:
+        virtual bool isLess( css::uno::Any const & _lhs, css::uno::Any const & _rhs ) const override
+        {
+            Date lhs, rhs;
+            if  (   !( _lhs >>= lhs )
+                ||  !( _rhs >>= rhs )
+                )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+            // FIXME Timezone?
+
+            if ( lhs.Year < rhs.Year )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Year > rhs.Year )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Month < rhs.Month )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Month > rhs.Month )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Day < rhs.Day )
+                return true;
+            return false;
+        }
+    };
+
+    class TimePredicateLess : public IKeyPredicateLess
+    {
+    public:
+        virtual bool isLess( css::uno::Any const & _lhs, css::uno::Any const & _rhs ) const override
+        {
+            Time lhs, rhs;
+            if  (   !( _lhs >>= lhs )
+                ||  !( _rhs >>= rhs )
+                )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+            // FIXME Timezone?
+
+            if ( lhs.Hours < rhs.Hours )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Hours > rhs.Hours )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Minutes < rhs.Minutes )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Minutes > rhs.Minutes )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Seconds < rhs.Seconds )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Seconds > rhs.Seconds )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.NanoSeconds < rhs.NanoSeconds )
+                return true;
+            return false;
+        }
+    };
+
+    class DateTimePredicateLess : public IKeyPredicateLess
+    {
+    public:
+        virtual bool isLess( css::uno::Any const & _lhs, css::uno::Any const & _rhs ) const override
+        {
+            DateTime lhs, rhs;
+            if  (   !( _lhs >>= lhs )
+                ||  !( _rhs >>= rhs )
+                )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+            // FIXME Timezone?
+
+            if ( lhs.Year < rhs.Year )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Year > rhs.Year )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Month < rhs.Month )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Month > rhs.Month )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Day < rhs.Day )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Day > rhs.Day )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Hours < rhs.Hours )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Hours > rhs.Hours )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Minutes < rhs.Minutes )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Minutes > rhs.Minutes )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.Seconds < rhs.Seconds )
+                return true;
+            if ( lhs.Seconds > rhs.Seconds )
+                return false;
+
+            if ( lhs.NanoSeconds < rhs.NanoSeconds )
+                return true;
+            return false;
+        }
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    std::unique_ptr< IKeyPredicateLess > getStandardLessPredicate( Type const & i_type, Reference< XCollator > const & i_collator )
+    {
+        std::unique_ptr< IKeyPredicateLess > pComparator;
+        switch ( i_type.getTypeClass() )
+        {
+        case TypeClass_CHAR:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_Unicode > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_BOOLEAN:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< bool > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_BYTE:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_Int8 > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_SHORT:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_Int16 > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_UNSIGNED_SHORT:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_uInt16 > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_LONG:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_Int32 > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_UNSIGNED_LONG:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_uInt32 > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_HYPER:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_Int64 > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_UNSIGNED_HYPER:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< sal_uInt64 > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_FLOAT:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< float > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_DOUBLE:
+            pComparator.reset( new ScalarPredicateLess< double > );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_STRING:
+            if ( i_collator.is() )
+                pComparator.reset( new StringCollationPredicateLess( i_collator ) );
+            else
+                pComparator.reset( new StringPredicateLess );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_TYPE:
+            pComparator.reset( new TypePredicateLess );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_ENUM:
+            pComparator.reset( new EnumPredicateLess( i_type ) );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_INTERFACE:
+            pComparator.reset( new InterfacePredicateLess );
+            break;
+        case TypeClass_STRUCT:
+            if ( i_type.equals( ::cppu::UnoType< Date >::get() ) )
+                pComparator.reset( new DatePredicateLess );
+            else if ( i_type.equals( ::cppu::UnoType< Time >::get() ) )
+                pComparator.reset( new TimePredicateLess );
+            else if ( i_type.equals( ::cppu::UnoType< DateTime >::get() ) )
+                pComparator.reset( new DateTimePredicateLess );
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+        }
+        return pComparator;
+    }
+
+    bool anyLess( css::uno::Any const & lhs, css::uno::Any const & rhs)
+    {
+        auto lhsTypeClass = lhs.getValueType().getTypeClass();
+        auto rhsTypeClass = rhs.getValueType().getTypeClass();
+        if (lhsTypeClass != rhsTypeClass)
+            return lhsTypeClass < rhsTypeClass;
+        std::unique_ptr< IKeyPredicateLess > pred = getStandardLessPredicate( lhs.getValueType(), Reference< XCollator >() );
+        if (!pred) // type==VOID
+            return false;
+        return pred->isLess(lhs, rhs);
+    }
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/anytostring.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/anytostring.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37242356e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/anytostring.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/anytostring.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <typelib/typedescription.h>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+namespace {
+
+void appendTypeError(
+    OUStringBuffer & buf, typelib_TypeDescriptionReference * typeRef )
+{
+    buf.append( "<cannot get type description of type " );
+    buf.append( OUString::unacquired( &typeRef->pTypeName ) );
+    buf.append( '>' );
+}
+
+void appendChar( OUStringBuffer & buf, sal_Unicode c )
+{
+    if (c < ' ' || c > '~') {
+        buf.append( "\\X" );
+        OUString const s(
+            OUString::number( static_cast< sal_Int32 >(c), 16 ) );
+        for ( sal_Int32 f = 4 - s.getLength(); f > 0; --f )
+            buf.append( '0' );
+        buf.append( s );
+    }
+    else {
+        buf.append( c );
+    }
+}
+
+
+void appendValue( OUStringBuffer & buf,
+                  void const * val, typelib_TypeDescriptionReference * typeRef,
+                  bool prependType )
+{
+    if (typeRef->eTypeClass == typelib_TypeClass_VOID) {
+        buf.append( "void" );
+        return;
+    }
+    assert(val != nullptr);
+
+    if (prependType &&
+        typeRef->eTypeClass != typelib_TypeClass_STRING &&
+        typeRef->eTypeClass != typelib_TypeClass_CHAR &&
+        typeRef->eTypeClass != typelib_TypeClass_BOOLEAN)
+    {
+        buf.append( '(' );
+        buf.append( OUString::unacquired( &typeRef->pTypeName ) );
+        buf.append( ") " );
+    }
+
+    switch (typeRef->eTypeClass) {
+    case typelib_TypeClass_INTERFACE: {
+        buf.append( '@' );
+        buf.append( reinterpret_cast< sal_Int64 >(
+                        *static_cast< void * const * >(val) ), 16 );
+        uno::Reference< lang::XServiceInfo > xServiceInfo(
+            *static_cast< uno::XInterface * const * >(val),
+            uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        if (xServiceInfo.is()) {
+            buf.append( " (ImplementationName = \"" );
+            buf.append( xServiceInfo->getImplementationName() );
+            buf.append( "\")" );
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    case typelib_TypeClass_STRUCT:
+    case typelib_TypeClass_EXCEPTION: {
+        buf.append( "{ " );
+        typelib_TypeDescription * typeDescr = nullptr;
+        typelib_typedescriptionreference_getDescription( &typeDescr, typeRef );
+        if (typeDescr == nullptr || !typelib_typedescription_complete( &typeDescr )) {
+            appendTypeError( buf, typeRef );
+        }
+        else {
+            typelib_CompoundTypeDescription * compType =
+                reinterpret_cast< typelib_CompoundTypeDescription * >(
+                    typeDescr );
+            sal_Int32 nDescr = compType->nMembers;
+
+            if (compType->pBaseTypeDescription) {
+                appendValue(
+                    buf, val, reinterpret_cast<
+                    typelib_TypeDescription * >(
+                        compType->pBaseTypeDescription)->pWeakRef, false );
+                if (nDescr > 0)
+                    buf.append( ", " );
+            }
+
+            typelib_TypeDescriptionReference ** ppTypeRefs =
+                compType->ppTypeRefs;
+            sal_Int32 * memberOffsets = compType->pMemberOffsets;
+            rtl_uString ** ppMemberNames = compType->ppMemberNames;
+
+            for ( sal_Int32 nPos = 0; nPos < nDescr; ++nPos )
+            {
+                buf.append( ppMemberNames[ nPos ] );
+                buf.append( " = " );
+                typelib_TypeDescription * memberType = nullptr;
+                TYPELIB_DANGER_GET( &memberType, ppTypeRefs[ nPos ] );
+                if (memberType == nullptr) {
+                    appendTypeError( buf, ppTypeRefs[ nPos ] );
+                }
+                else {
+                    appendValue( buf,
+                                 static_cast< char const * >(
+                                     val ) + memberOffsets[ nPos ],
+                                 memberType->pWeakRef, true );
+                    TYPELIB_DANGER_RELEASE( memberType );
+                }
+                if (nPos < (nDescr - 1))
+                    buf.append( ", " );
+            }
+        }
+        buf.append( " }" );
+        if (typeDescr != nullptr)
+            typelib_typedescription_release( typeDescr );
+        break;
+    }
+    case typelib_TypeClass_SEQUENCE: {
+        typelib_TypeDescription * typeDescr = nullptr;
+        TYPELIB_DANGER_GET( &typeDescr, typeRef );
+        if (typeDescr == nullptr) {
+            appendTypeError( buf,typeRef );
+        }
+        else {
+            typelib_TypeDescriptionReference * elementTypeRef =
+                reinterpret_cast<
+                typelib_IndirectTypeDescription * >(typeDescr)->pType;
+            typelib_TypeDescription * elementTypeDescr = nullptr;
+            TYPELIB_DANGER_GET( &elementTypeDescr, elementTypeRef );
+            if (elementTypeDescr == nullptr)
+            {
+                appendTypeError( buf, elementTypeRef );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                sal_Int32 nElementSize = elementTypeDescr->nSize;
+                uno_Sequence * seq =
+                    *static_cast< uno_Sequence * const * >(val);
+                sal_Int32 nElements = seq->nElements;
+
+                if (nElements > 0)
+                {
+                    buf.append( "{ " );
+                    char const * pElements = seq->elements;
+                    for ( sal_Int32 nPos = 0; nPos < nElements; ++nPos )
+                    {
+                        appendValue(
+                            buf, pElements + (nElementSize * nPos),
+                            elementTypeDescr->pWeakRef, false );
+                        if (nPos < (nElements - 1))
+                            buf.append( ", " );
+                    }
+                    buf.append( " }" );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    buf.append( "{}" );
+                }
+                TYPELIB_DANGER_RELEASE( elementTypeDescr );
+            }
+            TYPELIB_DANGER_RELEASE( typeDescr );
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+    case typelib_TypeClass_ANY: {
+        buf.append( "{ " );
+        uno_Any const * pAny = static_cast< uno_Any const * >(val);
+        appendValue( buf, pAny->pData, pAny->pType, true );
+        buf.append( " }" );
+        break;
+    }
+    case typelib_TypeClass_TYPE:
+        buf.append( (*static_cast<
+                     typelib_TypeDescriptionReference * const * >(val)
+                        )->pTypeName );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_STRING: {
+        buf.append( '\"' );
+        OUString const & str = OUString::unacquired(
+            static_cast< rtl_uString * const * >(val) );
+        sal_Int32 len = str.getLength();
+        for ( sal_Int32 pos = 0; pos < len; ++pos )
+        {
+            sal_Unicode c = str[ pos ];
+            if (c == '\"')
+                buf.append( "\\\"" );
+            else if (c == '\\')
+                buf.append( "\\\\" );
+            else
+                appendChar( buf, c );
+        }
+        buf.append( '\"' );
+        break;
+    }
+    case typelib_TypeClass_ENUM: {
+        typelib_TypeDescription * typeDescr = nullptr;
+        typelib_typedescriptionreference_getDescription( &typeDescr, typeRef );
+        if (typeDescr == nullptr || !typelib_typedescription_complete( &typeDescr )) {
+            appendTypeError( buf, typeRef );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            sal_Int32 * pValues =
+                reinterpret_cast< typelib_EnumTypeDescription * >(
+                    typeDescr )->pEnumValues;
+            sal_Int32 nPos = reinterpret_cast< typelib_EnumTypeDescription * >(
+                typeDescr )->nEnumValues;
+            while (nPos--)
+            {
+                if (pValues[ nPos ] == *static_cast< int const * >(val))
+                    break;
+            }
+            if (nPos >= 0)
+            {
+                buf.append( reinterpret_cast< typelib_EnumTypeDescription * >(
+                                typeDescr )->ppEnumNames[ nPos ] );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                buf.append( "?unknown enum value?" );
+            }
+        }
+        if (typeDescr != nullptr)
+            typelib_typedescription_release( typeDescr );
+        break;
+    }
+    case typelib_TypeClass_BOOLEAN:
+        if (*static_cast< sal_Bool const * >(val))
+            buf.append( "true" );
+        else
+            buf.append( "false" );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_CHAR: {
+        buf.append( '\'' );
+        sal_Unicode c = *static_cast< sal_Unicode const * >(val);
+        if (c == '\'')
+            buf.append( "\\\'" );
+        else if (c == '\\')
+            buf.append( "\\\\" );
+        else
+            appendChar( buf, c );
+        buf.append( '\'' );
+        break;
+    }
+    case typelib_TypeClass_FLOAT:
+        buf.append( *static_cast< float const * >(val) );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_DOUBLE:
+        buf.append( *static_cast< double const * >(val) );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_BYTE:
+        buf.append( static_cast< sal_Int32 >(
+                        *static_cast< sal_Int8 const * >(val) ) );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_SHORT:
+        buf.append( static_cast< sal_Int32 >(
+                        *static_cast< sal_Int16 const * >(val) ) );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_UNSIGNED_SHORT:
+        buf.append( static_cast< sal_Int32 >(
+                        *static_cast< sal_uInt16 const * >(val) ) );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_LONG:
+        buf.append( *static_cast< sal_Int32 const * >(val) );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_UNSIGNED_LONG:
+        buf.append( static_cast< sal_Int64 >(
+                        *static_cast< sal_uInt32 const * >(val) ) );
+        break;
+    case typelib_TypeClass_HYPER:
+    case typelib_TypeClass_UNSIGNED_HYPER:
+        buf.append( *static_cast< sal_Int64 const * >(val) );
+        break;
+//     case typelib_TypeClass_UNKNOWN:
+//     case typelib_TypeClass_SERVICE:
+//     case typelib_TypeClass_MODULE:
+    default:
+        buf.append( '?' );
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+} // anon namespace
+
+
+OUString anyToString( uno::Any const & value )
+{
+    OUStringBuffer buf;
+    appendValue( buf, value.getValue(), value.getValueTypeRef(), true );
+    return buf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/asyncnotification.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/asyncnotification.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a360b7207
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/asyncnotification.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/asyncnotification.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <osl/conditn.hxx>
+#include <rtl/instance.hxx>
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <deque>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    AnyEvent::AnyEvent()
+    {
+    }
+
+    AnyEvent::~AnyEvent()
+    {
+    }
+
+    namespace {
+
+    struct ProcessableEvent
+    {
+        AnyEventRef                         aEvent;
+        ::rtl::Reference< IEventProcessor > xProcessor;
+
+        ProcessableEvent()
+        {
+        }
+
+        ProcessableEvent( const AnyEventRef& _rEvent, const ::rtl::Reference< IEventProcessor >& _xProcessor )
+            :aEvent( _rEvent )
+            ,xProcessor( _xProcessor )
+        {
+        }
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    typedef std::deque< ProcessableEvent >    EventQueue;
+
+    namespace {
+
+    struct EqualProcessor
+    {
+        const ::rtl::Reference< IEventProcessor >&  rProcessor;
+        explicit EqualProcessor( const ::rtl::Reference< IEventProcessor >& _rProcessor ) :rProcessor( _rProcessor ) { }
+
+        bool operator()( const ProcessableEvent& _rEvent )
+        {
+            return _rEvent.xProcessor.get() == rProcessor.get();
+        }
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    struct EventNotifierImpl
+    {
+        ::osl::Mutex        aMutex;
+        ::osl::Condition    aPendingActions;
+        EventQueue          aEvents;
+        bool                bTerminate;
+        // only used for AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin
+        char const*         name;
+        std::shared_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin> pKeepThisAlive;
+
+        EventNotifierImpl()
+            : bTerminate(false)
+            , name(nullptr)
+        {
+        }
+    };
+
+    AsyncEventNotifierBase::AsyncEventNotifierBase()
+        : m_xImpl(new EventNotifierImpl)
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    AsyncEventNotifierBase::~AsyncEventNotifierBase()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifierBase::removeEventsForProcessor( const ::rtl::Reference< IEventProcessor >& _xProcessor )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_xImpl->aMutex );
+
+        // remove all events for this processor
+        m_xImpl->aEvents.erase(std::remove_if( m_xImpl->aEvents.begin(), m_xImpl->aEvents.end(), EqualProcessor( _xProcessor ) ), m_xImpl->aEvents.end());
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL AsyncEventNotifierBase::terminate()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_xImpl->aMutex );
+
+        // remember the termination request
+        m_xImpl->bTerminate = true;
+
+        // awake the thread
+        m_xImpl->aPendingActions.set();
+    }
+
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifierBase::addEvent( const AnyEventRef& _rEvent, const ::rtl::Reference< IEventProcessor >& _xProcessor )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_xImpl->aMutex );
+
+        // remember this event
+        m_xImpl->aEvents.emplace_back( _rEvent, _xProcessor );
+
+        // awake the thread
+        m_xImpl->aPendingActions.set();
+    }
+
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifierBase::execute()
+    {
+        for (;;)
+        {
+            m_xImpl->aPendingActions.wait();
+            ProcessableEvent aEvent;
+            {
+                osl::MutexGuard aGuard(m_xImpl->aMutex);
+                if (m_xImpl->bTerminate)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (!m_xImpl->aEvents.empty())
+                {
+                    aEvent = m_xImpl->aEvents.front();
+                    m_xImpl->aEvents.pop_front();
+                }
+                if (m_xImpl->aEvents.empty())
+                {
+                    m_xImpl->aPendingActions.reset();
+                }
+            }
+            if (aEvent.aEvent.is()) {
+                assert(aEvent.xProcessor.is());
+                aEvent.xProcessor->processEvent(*aEvent.aEvent);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    AsyncEventNotifier::AsyncEventNotifier(char const* name)
+        : salhelper::Thread(name)
+    {
+    }
+
+    AsyncEventNotifier::~AsyncEventNotifier()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifier::execute()
+    {
+        return AsyncEventNotifierBase::execute();
+    }
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifier::terminate()
+    {
+        return AsyncEventNotifierBase::terminate();
+    }
+
+    namespace {
+
+    struct theNotifiersMutex : public rtl::Static<osl::Mutex, theNotifiersMutex> {};
+
+    }
+
+    static std::vector<std::weak_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin>> g_Notifiers;
+
+    void JoinAsyncEventNotifiers()
+    {
+        std::vector<std::weak_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin>> notifiers;
+        {
+            ::osl::MutexGuard g(theNotifiersMutex::get());
+            notifiers = g_Notifiers;
+        }
+        for (std::weak_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin> const& wNotifier : notifiers)
+        {
+            std::shared_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin> const pNotifier(
+                    wNotifier.lock());
+            if (pNotifier)
+            {
+                pNotifier->terminate();
+                pNotifier->join();
+            }
+        }
+        // note it's possible that g_Notifiers isn't empty now in case of leaks,
+        // particularly since the UNO service manager isn't disposed yet
+    }
+
+    AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin::AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin(char const* name)
+    {
+        m_xImpl->name = name;
+    }
+
+    AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin::~AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard g(theNotifiersMutex::get());
+        // note: this doesn't happen atomically with the refcount
+        // hence it's possible this deletes > 1 or 0 elements
+        g_Notifiers.erase(
+            std::remove_if(g_Notifiers.begin(), g_Notifiers.end(),
+                [](std::weak_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin> const& w) {
+                    return w.expired();
+                } ),
+            g_Notifiers.end());
+    }
+
+    std::shared_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin>
+    AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin::newAsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin(char const* name)
+    {
+        std::shared_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin> const ret(
+                new AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin(name));
+        ::osl::MutexGuard g(theNotifiersMutex::get());
+        g_Notifiers.push_back(ret);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin::terminate()
+    {
+        return AsyncEventNotifierBase::terminate();
+    }
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin::launch(std::shared_ptr<AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin> const& xThis)
+    {
+        // see salhelper::Thread::launch
+        xThis->m_xImpl->pKeepThisAlive = xThis;
+        try {
+            if (!xThis->create()) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("osl::Thread::create failed");
+            }
+        } catch (...) {
+            xThis->m_xImpl->pKeepThisAlive.reset();
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin::run()
+    {
+        // see salhelper::Thread::run
+        try {
+            setName(m_xImpl->name);
+            execute();
+        } catch (...) {
+            onTerminated();
+            throw;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void AsyncEventNotifierAutoJoin::onTerminated()
+    {
+        // try to delete "this"
+        m_xImpl->pKeepThisAlive.reset();
+    }
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/asyncquithandler.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/asyncquithandler.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd53cbd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/asyncquithandler.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/Desktop.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDesktop2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+
+#include <comphelper/asyncquithandler.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+
+AsyncQuitHandler::AsyncQuitHandler()
+    : mbForceQuit(false)
+{
+}
+
+AsyncQuitHandler& AsyncQuitHandler::instance()
+{
+    static AsyncQuitHandler aInst;
+    return aInst;
+}
+
+void AsyncQuitHandler::QuitApplication()
+{
+    css::uno::Reference<css::frame::XDesktop2> xDesktop
+        = css::frame::Desktop::create(comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+    xDesktop->terminate();
+}
+
+void AsyncQuitHandler::SetForceQuit() { mbForceQuit = true; }
+
+bool AsyncQuitHandler::IsForceQuit() const { return mbForceQuit; }
+
+IMPL_STATIC_LINK_NOARG(AsyncQuitHandler, OnAsyncQuit, void*, void) { QuitApplication(); }
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/automationinvokedzone.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/automationinvokedzone.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a71c4a51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/automationinvokedzone.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+#include <comphelper/automationinvokedzone.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper::Automation
+{
+thread_local static int nActiveount = 0;
+
+bool AutomationInvokedZone::isActive() { return nActiveount > 0; }
+
+AutomationInvokedZone::AutomationInvokedZone()
+{
+    assert(nActiveount < 1000);
+    nActiveount++;
+}
+
+AutomationInvokedZone::~AutomationInvokedZone()
+{
+    assert(nActiveount > 0);
+    nActiveount--;
+}
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/backupfilehelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/backupfilehelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5381f48a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/backupfilehelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,2526 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <rtl/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/backupfilehelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/DirectoryHelper.hxx>
+#include <rtl/crc.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <deque>
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <zlib.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetRuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CommandAbortedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CommandFailedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/deployment/DeploymentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/deployment/ExtensionManager.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/dom/XDocumentBuilder.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/dom/DocumentBuilder.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/dom/XElement.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/dom/XNodeList.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/dom/XText.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/XSAXSerializable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/Writer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/XWriter.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/TempFile.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XOutputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/XDocumentHandler.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+
+using namespace comphelper;
+using namespace css;
+using namespace css::xml::dom;
+
+static const sal_uInt32 BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE = 16384;
+
+namespace
+{
+    typedef std::shared_ptr< osl::File > FileSharedPtr;
+
+    sal_uInt32 createCrc32(FileSharedPtr const & rCandidate, sal_uInt32 nOffset)
+    {
+        sal_uInt32 nCrc32(0);
+
+        if (rCandidate && osl::File::E_None == rCandidate->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read))
+        {
+            sal_uInt8 aArray[BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE];
+            sal_uInt64 nBytesTransfer(0);
+            sal_uInt64 nSize(0);
+
+            rCandidate->getSize(nSize);
+
+            // set offset in source file - should be zero due to crc32 should
+            // only be needed to be created for new entries, gets loaded with old
+            // ones
+            if (osl::File::E_None == rCandidate->setPos(osl_Pos_Absolut, sal_Int64(nOffset)))
+            {
+                while (nSize != 0)
+                {
+                    const sal_uInt64 nToTransfer(std::min(nSize, sal_uInt64(BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE)));
+
+                    if (osl::File::E_None == rCandidate->read(static_cast<void*>(aArray), nToTransfer, nBytesTransfer) && nBytesTransfer == nToTransfer)
+                    {
+                        // add to crc and reduce size
+                        nCrc32 = rtl_crc32(nCrc32, static_cast<void*>(aArray), static_cast<sal_uInt32>(nBytesTransfer));
+                        nSize -= nToTransfer;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // error - reset to zero again
+                        nSize = nCrc32 = 0;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            rCandidate->close();
+        }
+
+        return nCrc32;
+    }
+
+    bool read_sal_uInt32(FileSharedPtr const & rFile, sal_uInt32& rTarget)
+    {
+        sal_uInt8 aArray[4];
+        sal_uInt64 nBaseRead(0);
+
+        // read rTarget
+        if (osl::File::E_None == rFile->read(static_cast<void*>(aArray), 4, nBaseRead) && 4 == nBaseRead)
+        {
+            rTarget = (sal_uInt32(aArray[0]) << 24) + (sal_uInt32(aArray[1]) << 16) + (sal_uInt32(aArray[2]) << 8) + sal_uInt32(aArray[3]);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool write_sal_uInt32(oslFileHandle& rHandle, sal_uInt32 nSource)
+    {
+        sal_uInt8 aArray[4];
+        sal_uInt64 nBaseWritten(0);
+
+        // write nSource
+        aArray[0] = sal_uInt8((nSource & 0xff000000) >> 24);
+        aArray[1] = sal_uInt8((nSource & 0x00ff0000) >> 16);
+        aArray[2] = sal_uInt8((nSource & 0x0000ff00) >> 8);
+        aArray[3] = sal_uInt8(nSource & 0x000000ff);
+
+        return osl_File_E_None == osl_writeFile(rHandle, static_cast<const void*>(aArray), 4, &nBaseWritten) && 4 == nBaseWritten;
+    }
+
+    bool read_OString(FileSharedPtr const & rFile, OString& rTarget)
+    {
+        sal_uInt32 nLength(0);
+
+        if (!read_sal_uInt32(rFile, nLength))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt64 nPos;
+        if (osl::File::E_None != rFile->getPos(nPos))
+            return false;
+
+        sal_uInt64 nSize;
+        if (osl::File::E_None != rFile->getSize(nSize))
+            return false;
+
+        const auto nRemainingSize = nSize - nPos;
+        if (nLength > nRemainingSize)
+            return false;
+
+        std::vector<char> aTarget(nLength);
+        sal_uInt64 nBaseRead(0);
+
+        // read rTarget
+        if (osl::File::E_None == rFile->read(static_cast<void*>(aTarget.data()), nLength, nBaseRead) && nLength == nBaseRead)
+        {
+            rTarget = OString(aTarget.data(), static_cast<sal_Int32>(nBaseRead));
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool write_OString(oslFileHandle& rHandle, const OString& rSource)
+    {
+        const sal_uInt32 nLength(rSource.getLength());
+
+        if (!write_sal_uInt32(rHandle, nLength))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt64 nBaseWritten(0);
+
+        return osl_File_E_None == osl_writeFile(rHandle, static_cast<const void*>(rSource.getStr()), nLength, &nBaseWritten) && nLength == nBaseWritten;
+    }
+
+    OUString createFileURL(const OUString& rURL, const OUString& rName, const OUString& rExt)
+    {
+        OUString aRetval;
+
+        if (!rURL.isEmpty() && !rName.isEmpty())
+        {
+            aRetval = rURL + "/" + rName;
+
+            if (!rExt.isEmpty())
+            {
+                aRetval += "." + rExt;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return aRetval;
+    }
+
+    OUString createPackURL(const OUString& rURL, const OUString& rName)
+    {
+        OUString aRetval;
+
+        if (!rURL.isEmpty() && !rName.isEmpty())
+        {
+            aRetval = rURL + "/" + rName + ".pack";
+        }
+
+        return aRetval;
+    }
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    enum PackageRepository { USER, SHARED, BUNDLED };
+
+    class ExtensionInfoEntry
+    {
+    private:
+        OString             maName;         // extension name
+        PackageRepository   maRepository;   // user|shared|bundled
+        bool                mbEnabled;      // state
+
+    public:
+        ExtensionInfoEntry()
+        :   maName(),
+            maRepository(USER),
+            mbEnabled(false)
+        {
+        }
+
+        ExtensionInfoEntry(const OString& rName, bool bEnabled)
+        :   maName(rName),
+            maRepository(USER),
+            mbEnabled(bEnabled)
+        {
+        }
+
+        ExtensionInfoEntry(const uno::Reference< deployment::XPackage >& rxPackage)
+        :   maName(OUStringToOString(rxPackage->getName(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US)),
+            maRepository(USER),
+            mbEnabled(false)
+        {
+            // check maRepository
+            const OString aRepName(OUStringToOString(rxPackage->getRepositoryName(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
+
+            if (aRepName == "shared")
+            {
+                maRepository = SHARED;
+            }
+            else if (aRepName == "bundled")
+            {
+                maRepository = BUNDLED;
+            }
+
+            // check mbEnabled
+            const beans::Optional< beans::Ambiguous< sal_Bool > > option(
+                rxPackage->isRegistered(uno::Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(),
+                uno::Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >()));
+
+            if (option.IsPresent)
+            {
+                ::beans::Ambiguous< sal_Bool > const& reg = option.Value;
+
+                if (!reg.IsAmbiguous)
+                {
+                    mbEnabled = reg.Value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool isSameExtension(const ExtensionInfoEntry& rComp) const
+        {
+            return (maRepository == rComp.maRepository && maName == rComp.maName);
+        }
+
+        bool operator<(const ExtensionInfoEntry& rComp) const
+        {
+            if (maRepository == rComp.maRepository)
+            {
+                if (maName == rComp.maName)
+                {
+                    return mbEnabled < rComp.mbEnabled;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return 0 > maName.compareTo(rComp.maName);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return maRepository < rComp.maRepository;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool read_entry(FileSharedPtr const & rFile)
+        {
+            // read maName
+            if (!read_OString(rFile, maName))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // read maRepository
+            sal_uInt32 nState(0);
+
+            if (read_sal_uInt32(rFile, nState))
+            {
+                maRepository = static_cast< PackageRepository >(nState);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // read mbEnabled
+            if (read_sal_uInt32(rFile, nState))
+            {
+                mbEnabled = static_cast< bool >(nState);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        bool write_entry(oslFileHandle& rHandle) const
+        {
+            // write maName;
+            if (!write_OString(rHandle, maName))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // write maRepository
+            sal_uInt32 nState(maRepository);
+
+            if (!write_sal_uInt32(rHandle, nState))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // write mbEnabled
+            nState = static_cast< sal_uInt32 >(mbEnabled);
+
+            return write_sal_uInt32(rHandle, nState);
+        }
+
+        const OString& getName() const
+        {
+            return maName;
+        }
+
+        bool isEnabled() const
+        {
+            return mbEnabled;
+        }
+    };
+
+    typedef std::vector< ExtensionInfoEntry > ExtensionInfoEntryVector;
+
+    static const OUStringLiteral gaRegPath { "/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.bundle.PackageRegistryBackend/backenddb.xml" };
+
+    class ExtensionInfo
+    {
+    private:
+        ExtensionInfoEntryVector    maEntries;
+
+    public:
+        ExtensionInfo()
+            : maEntries()
+        {
+        }
+
+        const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& getExtensionInfoEntryVector() const
+        {
+            return maEntries;
+        }
+
+        void reset()
+        {
+            // clear all data
+            maEntries.clear();
+        }
+
+        void createUsingXExtensionManager()
+        {
+            // clear all data
+            reset();
+
+            // create content from current extension configuration
+            uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< deployment::XPackage > > > xAllPackages;
+            uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+            uno::Reference< deployment::XExtensionManager > m_xExtensionManager = deployment::ExtensionManager::get(xContext);
+
+            try
+            {
+                xAllPackages = m_xExtensionManager->getAllExtensions(uno::Reference< task::XAbortChannel >(),
+                    uno::Reference< ucb::XCommandEnvironment >());
+            }
+            catch (const deployment::DeploymentException &)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            catch (const ucb::CommandFailedException &)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            catch (const ucb::CommandAbortedException &)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            catch (const lang::IllegalArgumentException & e)
+            {
+                css::uno::Any anyEx = cppu::getCaughtException();
+                throw css::lang::WrappedTargetRuntimeException( e.Message,
+                                e.Context, anyEx );
+            }
+
+            for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < xAllPackages.getLength(); ++i)
+            {
+                uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< deployment::XPackage > > xPackageList = xAllPackages[i];
+
+                for (sal_Int32 j = 0; j < xPackageList.getLength(); ++j)
+                {
+                    uno::Reference< deployment::XPackage > xPackage = xPackageList[j];
+
+                    if (xPackage.is())
+                    {
+                        maEntries.emplace_back(xPackage);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!maEntries.empty())
+            {
+                // sort the list
+                std::sort(maEntries.begin(), maEntries.end());
+            }
+        }
+
+    private:
+        void visitNodesXMLRead(const uno::Reference< xml::dom::XElement >& rElement)
+        {
+            if (!rElement.is())
+                return;
+
+            const OUString aTagName(rElement->getTagName());
+
+            if (aTagName == "extension")
+            {
+                OUString aAttrUrl(rElement->getAttribute("url"));
+                const OUString aAttrRevoked(rElement->getAttribute("revoked"));
+
+                if (!aAttrUrl.isEmpty())
+                {
+                    const sal_Int32 nIndex(aAttrUrl.lastIndexOf('/'));
+
+                    if (nIndex > 0 && aAttrUrl.getLength() > nIndex + 1)
+                    {
+                        aAttrUrl = aAttrUrl.copy(nIndex + 1);
+                    }
+
+                    const bool bEnabled(aAttrRevoked.isEmpty() || !aAttrRevoked.toBoolean());
+                    maEntries.emplace_back(
+                            OUStringToOString(aAttrUrl, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US),
+                            bEnabled);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                uno::Reference< xml::dom::XNodeList > aList = rElement->getChildNodes();
+
+                if (aList.is())
+                {
+                    const sal_Int32 nLength(aList->getLength());
+
+                    for (sal_Int32 a(0); a < nLength; a++)
+                    {
+                        const uno::Reference< xml::dom::XElement > aChild(aList->item(a), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+
+                        if (aChild.is())
+                        {
+                            visitNodesXMLRead(aChild);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    public:
+        void createUserExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(const OUString& rUserConfigWorkURL)
+        {
+            const OUString aPath(rUserConfigWorkURL + "/uno_packages/cache" + gaRegPath);
+            createExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(aPath);
+        }
+
+        void createSharedExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(const OUString& rUserConfigWorkURL)
+        {
+            const OUString aPath(rUserConfigWorkURL + "/extensions/shared" + gaRegPath);
+            createExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(aPath);
+        }
+
+        void createBundledExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(const OUString& rUserConfigWorkURL)
+        {
+            const OUString aPath(rUserConfigWorkURL + "/extensions/bundled" + gaRegPath);
+            createExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(aPath);
+        }
+
+
+        void createExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(const OUString& aPath)
+        {
+            if (DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aPath))
+            {
+                uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+                uno::Reference< xml::dom::XDocumentBuilder > xBuilder(xml::dom::DocumentBuilder::create(xContext));
+                uno::Reference< xml::dom::XDocument > aDocument = xBuilder->parseURI(aPath);
+
+                if (aDocument.is())
+                {
+                    visitNodesXMLRead(aDocument->getDocumentElement());
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!maEntries.empty())
+            {
+                // sort the list
+                std::sort(maEntries.begin(), maEntries.end());
+            }
+        }
+
+    private:
+        static bool visitNodesXMLChange(
+            const OUString& rTagToSearch,
+            const uno::Reference< xml::dom::XElement >& rElement,
+            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rToBeEnabled,
+            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rToBeDisabled)
+        {
+            bool bChanged(false);
+
+            if (rElement.is())
+            {
+                const OUString aTagName(rElement->getTagName());
+
+                if (aTagName == rTagToSearch)
+                {
+                    const OString aAttrUrl(OUStringToOString(rElement->getAttribute("url"), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US));
+                    const OUString aAttrRevoked(rElement->getAttribute("revoked"));
+                    const bool bEnabled(aAttrRevoked.isEmpty() || !aAttrRevoked.toBoolean());
+
+                    if (!aAttrUrl.isEmpty())
+                    {
+                        for (const auto& enable : rToBeEnabled)
+                        {
+                            if (-1 != aAttrUrl.indexOf(enable.getName()))
+                            {
+                                if (!bEnabled)
+                                {
+                                    // needs to be enabled
+                                    rElement->removeAttribute("revoked");
+                                    bChanged = true;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        for (const auto& disable : rToBeDisabled)
+                        {
+                            if (-1 != aAttrUrl.indexOf(disable.getName()))
+                            {
+                                if (bEnabled)
+                                {
+                                    // needs to be disabled
+                                    rElement->setAttribute("revoked", "true");
+                                    bChanged = true;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    uno::Reference< xml::dom::XNodeList > aList = rElement->getChildNodes();
+
+                    if (aList.is())
+                    {
+                        const sal_Int32 nLength(aList->getLength());
+
+                        for (sal_Int32 a(0); a < nLength; a++)
+                        {
+                            const uno::Reference< xml::dom::XElement > aChild(aList->item(a), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+
+                            if (aChild.is())
+                            {
+                                bChanged |= visitNodesXMLChange(
+                                    rTagToSearch,
+                                    aChild,
+                                    rToBeEnabled,
+                                    rToBeDisabled);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return bChanged;
+        }
+
+        static void visitNodesXMLChangeOneCase(
+            const OUString& rUnoPackagReg,
+            const OUString& rTagToSearch,
+            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rToBeEnabled,
+            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rToBeDisabled)
+        {
+            if (!DirectoryHelper::fileExists(rUnoPackagReg))
+                return;
+
+            uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+            uno::Reference< xml::dom::XDocumentBuilder > xBuilder = xml::dom::DocumentBuilder::create(xContext);
+            uno::Reference< xml::dom::XDocument > aDocument = xBuilder->parseURI(rUnoPackagReg);
+
+            if (!aDocument.is())
+                return;
+
+            if (!visitNodesXMLChange(
+                rTagToSearch,
+                aDocument->getDocumentElement(),
+                rToBeEnabled,
+                rToBeDisabled))
+                return;
+
+            // did change - write back
+            uno::Reference< xml::sax::XSAXSerializable > xSerializer(aDocument, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+
+            if (!xSerializer.is())
+                return;
+
+            // create a SAXWriter
+            uno::Reference< xml::sax::XWriter > const xSaxWriter = xml::sax::Writer::create(xContext);
+            uno::Reference< io::XStream > xTempFile = io::TempFile::create(xContext);
+            uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream > xOutStrm = xTempFile->getOutputStream();
+
+            // set output stream and do the serialization
+            xSaxWriter->setOutputStream(xOutStrm);
+            xSerializer->serialize(xSaxWriter, uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair >());
+
+            // get URL from temp file
+            uno::Reference < beans::XPropertySet > xTempFileProps(xTempFile, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+            uno::Any aUrl = xTempFileProps->getPropertyValue("Uri");
+            OUString aTempURL;
+            aUrl >>= aTempURL;
+
+            // copy back file
+            if (!(!aTempURL.isEmpty() && DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aTempURL)))
+                return;
+
+            if (DirectoryHelper::fileExists(rUnoPackagReg))
+            {
+                osl::File::remove(rUnoPackagReg);
+            }
+
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
+            SAL_WARN_IF(osl::FileBase::E_None != osl::File::move(aTempURL, rUnoPackagReg), "comphelper.backupfilehelper", "could not copy back modified Extension configuration file");
+#else
+            osl::File::move(aTempURL, rUnoPackagReg);
+#endif
+        }
+
+    public:
+        static void changeEnableDisableStateInXML(
+            const OUString& rUserConfigWorkURL,
+            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rToBeEnabled,
+            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rToBeDisabled)
+        {
+            const OUString aRegPathFront("/uno_packages/cache/registry/com.sun.star.comp.deployment.");
+            const OUString aRegPathBack(".PackageRegistryBackend/backenddb.xml");
+            // first appearance to check
+            {
+                const OUString aUnoPackagReg(rUserConfigWorkURL + aRegPathFront + "bundle" + aRegPathBack);
+                const OUString aTagToSearch("extension");
+
+                visitNodesXMLChangeOneCase(
+                    aUnoPackagReg,
+                    aTagToSearch,
+                    rToBeEnabled,
+                    rToBeDisabled);
+            }
+
+            // second appearance to check
+            {
+                const OUString aUnoPackagReg(rUserConfigWorkURL + aRegPathFront + "configuration" + aRegPathBack);
+                const OUString aTagToSearch("configuration");
+
+                visitNodesXMLChangeOneCase(
+                    aUnoPackagReg,
+                    aTagToSearch,
+                    rToBeEnabled,
+                    rToBeDisabled);
+            }
+
+            // third appearance to check
+            {
+                const OUString aUnoPackagReg(rUserConfigWorkURL + aRegPathFront + "script" + aRegPathBack);
+                const OUString aTagToSearch("script");
+
+                visitNodesXMLChangeOneCase(
+                    aUnoPackagReg,
+                    aTagToSearch,
+                    rToBeEnabled,
+                    rToBeDisabled);
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool read_entries(FileSharedPtr const & rFile)
+        {
+            // read NumExtensionEntries
+            sal_uInt32 nExtEntries(0);
+
+            if (!read_sal_uInt32(rFile, nExtEntries))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // coverity#1373663 Untrusted loop bound, check file size
+            // isn't utterly broken
+            sal_uInt64 nFileSize(0);
+            rFile->getSize(nFileSize);
+            if (nFileSize < nExtEntries)
+                return false;
+
+            for (sal_uInt32 a(0); a < nExtEntries; a++)
+            {
+                ExtensionInfoEntry aNewEntry;
+
+                if (aNewEntry.read_entry(rFile))
+                {
+                    maEntries.push_back(aNewEntry);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        bool write_entries(oslFileHandle& rHandle) const
+        {
+            const sal_uInt32 nExtEntries(maEntries.size());
+
+            if (!write_sal_uInt32(rHandle, nExtEntries))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            for (const auto& a : maEntries)
+            {
+                if (!a.write_entry(rHandle))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        bool createTempFile(OUString& rTempFileName)
+        {
+            oslFileHandle aHandle;
+            bool bRetval(false);
+
+            // create current configuration
+            if (maEntries.empty())
+            {
+                createUsingXExtensionManager();
+            }
+
+            // open target temp file and write current configuration to it - it exists until deleted
+            if (osl::File::E_None == osl::FileBase::createTempFile(nullptr, &aHandle, &rTempFileName))
+            {
+                bRetval = write_entries(aHandle);
+
+                // close temp file - it exists until deleted
+                osl_closeFile(aHandle);
+            }
+
+            return bRetval;
+        }
+
+        bool areThereEnabledExtensions() const
+        {
+            for (const auto& a : maEntries)
+            {
+                if (a.isEnabled())
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    class PackedFileEntry
+    {
+    private:
+        sal_uInt32          mnFullFileSize;     // size in bytes of unpacked original file
+        sal_uInt32          mnPackFileSize;     // size in bytes in file backup package (smaller if compressed, same if not)
+        sal_uInt32          mnOffset;           // offset in File (zero identifies new file)
+        sal_uInt32          mnCrc32;            // checksum
+        FileSharedPtr       maFile;             // file where to find the data (at offset)
+        bool const          mbDoCompress;       // flag if this file is scheduled to be compressed when written
+
+        bool copy_content_straight(oslFileHandle& rTargetHandle)
+        {
+            if (maFile && osl::File::E_None == maFile->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read))
+            {
+                sal_uInt8 aArray[BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE];
+                sal_uInt64 nBytesTransfer(0);
+                sal_uInt64 nSize(getPackFileSize());
+
+                // set offset in source file - when this is zero, a new file is to be added
+                if (osl::File::E_None == maFile->setPos(osl_Pos_Absolut, sal_Int64(getOffset())))
+                {
+                    while (nSize != 0)
+                    {
+                        const sal_uInt64 nToTransfer(std::min(nSize, sal_uInt64(BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE)));
+
+                        if (osl::File::E_None != maFile->read(static_cast<void*>(aArray), nToTransfer, nBytesTransfer) || nBytesTransfer != nToTransfer)
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        if (osl_File_E_None != osl_writeFile(rTargetHandle, static_cast<const void*>(aArray), nToTransfer, &nBytesTransfer) || nBytesTransfer != nToTransfer)
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        nSize -= nToTransfer;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                maFile->close();
+                return (0 == nSize);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        bool copy_content_compress(oslFileHandle& rTargetHandle)
+        {
+            if (maFile && osl::File::E_None == maFile->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read))
+            {
+                sal_uInt8 aArray[BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE];
+                sal_uInt8 aBuffer[BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE];
+                sal_uInt64 nBytesTransfer(0);
+                sal_uInt64 nSize(getPackFileSize());
+                std::unique_ptr< z_stream > zstream(new z_stream);
+                memset(zstream.get(), 0, sizeof(*zstream));
+
+                if (Z_OK == deflateInit(zstream.get(), Z_BEST_COMPRESSION))
+                {
+                    // set offset in source file - when this is zero, a new file is to be added
+                    if (osl::File::E_None == maFile->setPos(osl_Pos_Absolut, sal_Int64(getOffset())))
+                    {
+                        bool bOkay(true);
+
+                        while (bOkay && nSize != 0)
+                        {
+                            const sal_uInt64 nToTransfer(std::min(nSize, sal_uInt64(BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE)));
+
+                            if (osl::File::E_None != maFile->read(static_cast<void*>(aArray), nToTransfer, nBytesTransfer) || nBytesTransfer != nToTransfer)
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
+
+                            zstream->avail_in = nToTransfer;
+                            zstream->next_in = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(aArray);
+
+                            do {
+                                zstream->avail_out = BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE;
+                                zstream->next_out = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(aBuffer);
+#if !defined Z_PREFIX
+                                const sal_Int64 nRetval(deflate(zstream.get(), nSize == nToTransfer ? Z_FINISH : Z_NO_FLUSH));
+#else
+                                const sal_Int64 nRetval(z_deflate(zstream.get(), nSize == nToTransfer ? Z_FINISH : Z_NO_FLUSH));
+#endif
+                                if (Z_STREAM_ERROR == nRetval)
+                                {
+                                    bOkay = false;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    const sal_uInt64 nAvailable(BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE - zstream->avail_out);
+
+                                    if (osl_File_E_None != osl_writeFile(rTargetHandle, static_cast<const void*>(aBuffer), nAvailable, &nBytesTransfer) || nBytesTransfer != nAvailable)
+                                    {
+                                        bOkay = false;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            } while (bOkay && 0 == zstream->avail_out);
+
+                            if (!bOkay)
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
+
+                            nSize -= nToTransfer;
+                        }
+
+#if !defined Z_PREFIX
+                        deflateEnd(zstream.get());
+#else
+                        z_deflateEnd(zstream.get());
+#endif
+                    }
+                }
+
+                maFile->close();
+
+                // get compressed size and add to entry
+                if (mnFullFileSize == mnPackFileSize && mnFullFileSize == zstream->total_in)
+                {
+                    mnPackFileSize = zstream->total_out;
+                }
+
+                return (0 == nSize);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        bool copy_content_uncompress(oslFileHandle& rTargetHandle)
+        {
+            if (maFile && osl::File::E_None == maFile->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read))
+            {
+                sal_uInt8 aArray[BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE];
+                sal_uInt8 aBuffer[BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE];
+                sal_uInt64 nBytesTransfer(0);
+                sal_uInt64 nSize(getPackFileSize());
+                std::unique_ptr< z_stream > zstream(new z_stream);
+                memset(zstream.get(), 0, sizeof(*zstream));
+
+                if (Z_OK == inflateInit(zstream.get()))
+                {
+                    // set offset in source file - when this is zero, a new file is to be added
+                    if (osl::File::E_None == maFile->setPos(osl_Pos_Absolut, sal_Int64(getOffset())))
+                    {
+                        bool bOkay(true);
+
+                        while (bOkay && nSize != 0)
+                        {
+                            const sal_uInt64 nToTransfer(std::min(nSize, sal_uInt64(BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE)));
+
+                            if (osl::File::E_None != maFile->read(static_cast<void*>(aArray), nToTransfer, nBytesTransfer) || nBytesTransfer != nToTransfer)
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
+
+                            zstream->avail_in = nToTransfer;
+                            zstream->next_in = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(aArray);
+
+                            do {
+                                zstream->avail_out = BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE;
+                                zstream->next_out = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(aBuffer);
+#if !defined Z_PREFIX
+                                const sal_Int64 nRetval(inflate(zstream.get(), Z_NO_FLUSH));
+#else
+                                const sal_Int64 nRetval(z_inflate(zstream.get(), Z_NO_FLUSH));
+#endif
+                                if (Z_STREAM_ERROR == nRetval)
+                                {
+                                    bOkay = false;
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    const sal_uInt64 nAvailable(BACKUP_FILE_HELPER_BLOCK_SIZE - zstream->avail_out);
+
+                                    if (osl_File_E_None != osl_writeFile(rTargetHandle, static_cast<const void*>(aBuffer), nAvailable, &nBytesTransfer) || nBytesTransfer != nAvailable)
+                                    {
+                                        bOkay = false;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            } while (bOkay && 0 == zstream->avail_out);
+
+                            if (!bOkay)
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
+
+                            nSize -= nToTransfer;
+                        }
+
+#if !defined Z_PREFIX
+                        deflateEnd(zstream.get());
+#else
+                        z_deflateEnd(zstream.get());
+#endif
+                    }
+                }
+
+                maFile->close();
+                return (0 == nSize);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+
+    public:
+        // create new, uncompressed entry
+        PackedFileEntry(
+            sal_uInt32 nFullFileSize,
+            sal_uInt32 nCrc32,
+            FileSharedPtr const & rFile,
+            bool bDoCompress)
+        :   mnFullFileSize(nFullFileSize),
+            mnPackFileSize(nFullFileSize),
+            mnOffset(0),
+            mnCrc32(nCrc32),
+            maFile(rFile),
+            mbDoCompress(bDoCompress)
+        {
+        }
+
+        // create entry to be loaded as header (read_header)
+        PackedFileEntry()
+        :   mnFullFileSize(0),
+            mnPackFileSize(0),
+            mnOffset(0),
+            mnCrc32(0),
+            maFile(),
+            mbDoCompress(false)
+        {
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 getFullFileSize() const
+        {
+            return  mnFullFileSize;
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 getPackFileSize() const
+        {
+            return  mnPackFileSize;
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 getOffset() const
+        {
+            return mnOffset;
+        }
+
+        void setOffset(sal_uInt32 nOffset)
+        {
+            mnOffset = nOffset;
+        }
+
+        static sal_uInt32 getEntrySize()
+        {
+            return 12;
+        }
+
+        sal_uInt32 getCrc32() const
+        {
+            return mnCrc32;
+        }
+
+        bool read_header(FileSharedPtr const & rFile)
+        {
+            if (!rFile)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            maFile = rFile;
+
+            // read and compute full file size
+            if (!read_sal_uInt32(rFile, mnFullFileSize))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // read and compute entry crc32
+            if (!read_sal_uInt32(rFile, mnCrc32))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // read and compute packed size
+            if (!read_sal_uInt32(rFile, mnPackFileSize))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        bool write_header(oslFileHandle& rHandle) const
+        {
+            // write full file size
+            if (!write_sal_uInt32(rHandle, mnFullFileSize))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // write crc32
+            if (!write_sal_uInt32(rHandle, mnCrc32))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // write packed file size
+            if (!write_sal_uInt32(rHandle, mnPackFileSize))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        bool copy_content(oslFileHandle& rTargetHandle, bool bUncompress)
+        {
+            if (bUncompress)
+            {
+                if (getFullFileSize() == getPackFileSize())
+                {
+                    // not compressed, just copy
+                    return copy_content_straight(rTargetHandle);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // compressed, need to uncompress on copy
+                    return copy_content_uncompress(rTargetHandle);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (0 == getOffset())
+            {
+                if (mbDoCompress)
+                {
+                    // compressed wanted, need to compress on copy
+                    return copy_content_compress(rTargetHandle);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // not compressed, straight copy
+                    return copy_content_straight(rTargetHandle);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return copy_content_straight(rTargetHandle);
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    class PackedFile
+    {
+    private:
+        const OUString          maURL;
+        std::deque< PackedFileEntry >
+                                maPackedFileEntryVector;
+        bool                    mbChanged;
+
+    public:
+        PackedFile(const OUString& rURL)
+        :   maURL(rURL),
+            maPackedFileEntryVector(),
+            mbChanged(false)
+        {
+            FileSharedPtr aSourceFile = std::make_shared<osl::File>(rURL);
+
+            if (osl::File::E_None == aSourceFile->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read))
+            {
+                sal_uInt64 nBaseLen(0);
+                aSourceFile->getSize(nBaseLen);
+
+                // we need at least File_ID and num entries -> 8byte
+                if (8 < nBaseLen)
+                {
+                    sal_uInt8 aArray[4];
+                    sal_uInt64 nBaseRead(0);
+
+                    // read and check File_ID
+                    if (osl::File::E_None == aSourceFile->read(static_cast< void* >(aArray), 4, nBaseRead) && 4 == nBaseRead)
+                    {
+                        if ('P' == aArray[0] && 'A' == aArray[1] && 'C' == aArray[2] && 'K' == aArray[3])
+                        {
+                            // read and compute num entries in this file
+                            if (osl::File::E_None == aSourceFile->read(static_cast<void*>(aArray), 4, nBaseRead) && 4 == nBaseRead)
+                            {
+                                sal_uInt32 nEntries((sal_uInt32(aArray[0]) << 24) + (sal_uInt32(aArray[1]) << 16) + (sal_uInt32(aArray[2]) << 8) + sal_uInt32(aArray[3]));
+
+                                // if there are entries (and less than max), read them
+                                if (nEntries >= 1 && nEntries <= 10)
+                                {
+                                    for (sal_uInt32 a(0); a < nEntries; a++)
+                                    {
+                                        // create new entry, read header (size, crc and PackedSize),
+                                        // set offset and source file
+                                        PackedFileEntry aEntry;
+
+                                        if (aEntry.read_header(aSourceFile))
+                                        {
+                                            // add to local data
+                                            maPackedFileEntryVector.push_back(aEntry);
+                                        }
+                                        else
+                                        {
+                                            // error
+                                            nEntries = 0;
+                                        }
+                                    }
+
+                                    if (0 == nEntries)
+                                    {
+                                        // on read error clear local data
+                                        maPackedFileEntryVector.clear();
+                                    }
+                                    else
+                                    {
+                                        // calculate and set offsets to file binary content
+                                        sal_uInt32 nHeaderSize(8);
+
+                                        nHeaderSize += maPackedFileEntryVector.size() * PackedFileEntry::getEntrySize();
+
+                                        sal_uInt32 nOffset(nHeaderSize);
+
+                                        for (auto& b : maPackedFileEntryVector)
+                                        {
+                                            b.setOffset(nOffset);
+                                            nOffset += b.getPackFileSize();
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                aSourceFile->close();
+            }
+
+            if (maPackedFileEntryVector.empty())
+            {
+                // on error or no data get rid of pack file
+                osl::File::remove(maURL);
+            }
+        }
+
+        void flush()
+        {
+            bool bRetval(true);
+
+            if (maPackedFileEntryVector.empty())
+            {
+                // get rid of (now?) empty pack file
+                osl::File::remove(maURL);
+            }
+            else if (mbChanged)
+            {
+                // need to create a new pack file, do this in a temp file to which data
+                // will be copied from local file (so keep it here until this is done)
+                oslFileHandle aHandle;
+                OUString aTempURL;
+
+                // open target temp file - it exists until deleted
+                if (osl::File::E_None == osl::FileBase::createTempFile(nullptr, &aHandle, &aTempURL))
+                {
+                    sal_uInt8 aArray[4];
+                    sal_uInt64 nBaseWritten(0);
+
+                    aArray[0] = 'P';
+                    aArray[1] = 'A';
+                    aArray[2] = 'C';
+                    aArray[3] = 'K';
+
+                    // write File_ID
+                    if (osl_File_E_None == osl_writeFile(aHandle, static_cast<const void*>(aArray), 4, &nBaseWritten) && 4 == nBaseWritten)
+                    {
+                        const sal_uInt32 nSize(maPackedFileEntryVector.size());
+
+                        // write number of entries
+                        if (write_sal_uInt32(aHandle, nSize))
+                        {
+                            // write placeholder for headers. Due to the fact that
+                            // PackFileSize for newly added files gets set during
+                            // writing the content entry, write headers after content
+                            // is written. To do so, write placeholders here
+                            sal_uInt32 nWriteSize(0);
+
+                            nWriteSize += maPackedFileEntryVector.size() * PackedFileEntry::getEntrySize();
+
+                            aArray[0] = aArray[1] = aArray[2] = aArray[3] = 0;
+
+                            for (sal_uInt32 a(0); bRetval && a < nWriteSize; a++)
+                            {
+                                if (osl_File_E_None != osl_writeFile(aHandle, static_cast<const void*>(aArray), 1, &nBaseWritten) || 1 != nBaseWritten)
+                                {
+                                    bRetval = false;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            if (bRetval)
+                            {
+                                // write contents - this may adapt PackFileSize for new
+                                // files
+                                for (auto& candidate : maPackedFileEntryVector)
+                                {
+                                    if (!candidate.copy_content(aHandle, false))
+                                    {
+                                        bRetval = false;
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            if (bRetval)
+                            {
+                                // seek back to header start (at position 8)
+                                if (osl_File_E_None != osl_setFilePos(aHandle, osl_Pos_Absolut, sal_Int64(8)))
+                                {
+                                    bRetval = false;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            if (bRetval)
+                            {
+                                // write headers
+                                for (const auto& candidate : maPackedFileEntryVector)
+                                {
+                                    if (!candidate.write_header(aHandle))
+                                    {
+                                        // error
+                                        bRetval = false;
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // close temp file (in all cases) - it exists until deleted
+                osl_closeFile(aHandle);
+
+                if (bRetval)
+                {
+                    // copy over existing file by first deleting original
+                    // and moving the temp file to old original
+                    osl::File::remove(maURL);
+                    osl::File::move(aTempURL, maURL);
+                }
+
+                // delete temp file (in all cases - it may be moved already)
+                osl::File::remove(aTempURL);
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool tryPush(FileSharedPtr const & rFileCandidate, bool bCompress)
+        {
+            sal_uInt64 nFileSize(0);
+
+            if (rFileCandidate && osl::File::E_None == rFileCandidate->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read))
+            {
+                rFileCandidate->getSize(nFileSize);
+                rFileCandidate->close();
+            }
+
+            if (0 == nFileSize)
+            {
+                // empty file offered
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            bool bNeedToAdd(false);
+            sal_uInt32 nCrc32(0);
+
+            if (maPackedFileEntryVector.empty())
+            {
+                // no backup yet, add as 1st backup
+                bNeedToAdd = true;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // already backups there, check if different from last entry
+                const PackedFileEntry& aLastEntry = maPackedFileEntryVector.back();
+
+                // check if file is different
+                if (aLastEntry.getFullFileSize() != static_cast<sal_uInt32>(nFileSize))
+                {
+                    // different size, different file
+                    bNeedToAdd = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    // same size, check crc32
+                    nCrc32 = createCrc32(rFileCandidate, 0);
+
+                    if (nCrc32 != aLastEntry.getCrc32())
+                    {
+                        // different crc, different file
+                        bNeedToAdd = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (bNeedToAdd)
+            {
+                // create crc32 if not yet done
+                if (0 == nCrc32)
+                {
+                    nCrc32 = createCrc32(rFileCandidate, 0);
+                }
+
+                // create a file entry for a new file. Offset is set automatically
+                // to 0 to mark the entry as new file entry
+                maPackedFileEntryVector.emplace_back(
+                        static_cast< sal_uInt32 >(nFileSize),
+                        nCrc32,
+                        rFileCandidate,
+                        bCompress);
+
+                mbChanged = true;
+            }
+
+            return bNeedToAdd;
+        }
+
+        bool tryPop(oslFileHandle& rHandle)
+        {
+            if (!maPackedFileEntryVector.empty())
+            {
+                // already backups there, check if different from last entry
+                PackedFileEntry& aLastEntry = maPackedFileEntryVector.back();
+
+                // here the uncompress flag has to be determined, true
+                // means to add the file compressed, false means to add it
+                // uncompressed
+                bool bRetval = aLastEntry.copy_content(rHandle, true);
+
+                if (bRetval)
+                {
+                    maPackedFileEntryVector.pop_back();
+                    mbChanged = true;
+                }
+
+                return bRetval;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        void tryReduceToNumBackups(sal_uInt16 nNumBackups)
+        {
+            while (maPackedFileEntryVector.size() > nNumBackups)
+            {
+                maPackedFileEntryVector.pop_front();
+                mbChanged = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool empty() const
+        {
+            return maPackedFileEntryVector.empty();
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    sal_uInt16 BackupFileHelper::mnMaxAllowedBackups = 10;
+    bool BackupFileHelper::mbExitWasCalled = false;
+    bool BackupFileHelper::mbSafeModeDirExists = false;
+    OUString BackupFileHelper::maInitialBaseURL;
+    OUString BackupFileHelper::maUserConfigBaseURL;
+    OUString BackupFileHelper::maUserConfigWorkURL;
+    OUString BackupFileHelper::maRegModName;
+    OUString BackupFileHelper::maExt;
+
+    const OUString& BackupFileHelper::getInitialBaseURL()
+    {
+        if (maInitialBaseURL.isEmpty())
+        {
+            // try to access user layer configuration file URL, the one that
+            // points to registrymodifications.xcu
+            OUString conf("${CONFIGURATION_LAYERS}");
+            rtl::Bootstrap::expandMacros(conf);
+            const OUString aTokenUser("user:");
+            sal_Int32 nStart(conf.indexOf(aTokenUser));
+
+            if (-1 != nStart)
+            {
+                nStart += aTokenUser.getLength();
+                sal_Int32 nEnd(conf.indexOf(' ', nStart));
+
+                if (-1 == nEnd)
+                {
+                    nEnd = conf.getLength();
+                }
+
+                maInitialBaseURL = conf.copy(nStart, nEnd - nStart);
+                (void)maInitialBaseURL.startsWith("!", &maInitialBaseURL);
+            }
+
+            if (!maInitialBaseURL.isEmpty())
+            {
+                // split URL at extension and at last path separator
+                maUserConfigBaseURL = DirectoryHelper::splitAtLastToken(
+                    DirectoryHelper::splitAtLastToken(maInitialBaseURL, '.', maExt), '/',
+                    maRegModName);
+            }
+
+            if (!maUserConfigBaseURL.isEmpty())
+            {
+                // check if SafeModeDir exists
+                mbSafeModeDirExists = DirectoryHelper::dirExists(maUserConfigBaseURL + "/" + getSafeModeName());
+            }
+
+            maUserConfigWorkURL = maUserConfigBaseURL;
+
+            if (mbSafeModeDirExists)
+            {
+                // adapt work URL to do all repair op's in the correct directory
+                maUserConfigWorkURL += "/" + getSafeModeName();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return maInitialBaseURL;
+    }
+
+    const OUString& BackupFileHelper::getSafeModeName()
+    {
+        static const OUString aSafeMode("SafeMode");
+
+        return aSafeMode;
+    }
+
+    BackupFileHelper::BackupFileHelper()
+    :   maDirs(),
+        maFiles(),
+        mnNumBackups(2),
+        mnMode(1),
+        mbActive(false),
+        mbExtensions(true),
+        mbCompress(true)
+    {
+        OUString sTokenOut;
+
+        // read configuration item 'SecureUserConfig' -> bool on/off
+        if (rtl::Bootstrap::get("SecureUserConfig", sTokenOut))
+        {
+            mbActive = sTokenOut.toBoolean();
+        }
+
+        if (mbActive)
+        {
+            // ensure existence
+            getInitialBaseURL();
+
+            // if not found, we are out of business (maExt may be empty)
+            mbActive = !maInitialBaseURL.isEmpty() && !maUserConfigBaseURL.isEmpty() && !maRegModName.isEmpty();
+        }
+
+        if (mbActive && rtl::Bootstrap::get("SecureUserConfigNumCopies", sTokenOut))
+        {
+            const sal_uInt16 nConfigNumCopies(static_cast<sal_uInt16>(sTokenOut.toUInt32()));
+
+            // limit to range [1..mnMaxAllowedBackups]
+            mnNumBackups = std::min(std::max(nConfigNumCopies, mnNumBackups), mnMaxAllowedBackups);
+        }
+
+        if (mbActive && rtl::Bootstrap::get("SecureUserConfigMode", sTokenOut))
+        {
+            const sal_uInt16 nMode(static_cast<sal_uInt16>(sTokenOut.toUInt32()));
+
+            // limit to range [0..2]
+            mnMode = std::min(nMode, sal_uInt16(2));
+        }
+
+        if (mbActive && rtl::Bootstrap::get("SecureUserConfigExtensions", sTokenOut))
+        {
+            mbExtensions = sTokenOut.toBoolean();
+        }
+
+        if (mbActive && rtl::Bootstrap::get("SecureUserConfigCompress", sTokenOut))
+        {
+            mbCompress = sTokenOut.toBoolean();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::setExitWasCalled()
+    {
+        mbExitWasCalled = true;
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::getExitWasCalled()
+    {
+        return mbExitWasCalled;
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::reactOnSafeMode(bool bSafeMode)
+    {
+        // ensure existence of needed paths
+        getInitialBaseURL();
+
+        if (maUserConfigBaseURL.isEmpty())
+            return;
+
+        if (bSafeMode)
+        {
+            if (!mbSafeModeDirExists)
+            {
+                std::set< OUString > aExcludeList;
+
+                // do not move SafeMode directory itself
+                aExcludeList.insert(getSafeModeName());
+
+                // init SafeMode by creating the 'SafeMode' directory and moving
+                // all stuff there. All repairs will happen there. Both Dirs have to exist.
+                // extend maUserConfigWorkURL as needed
+                maUserConfigWorkURL = maUserConfigBaseURL + "/" + getSafeModeName();
+
+                osl::Directory::createPath(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+                DirectoryHelper::moveDirContent(maUserConfigBaseURL, maUserConfigWorkURL, aExcludeList);
+
+                // switch local flag, maUserConfigWorkURL is already reset
+                mbSafeModeDirExists = true;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (mbSafeModeDirExists)
+            {
+                // SafeMode has ended, return to normal mode by moving all content
+                // from 'SafeMode' directory back to UserDirectory and deleting it.
+                // Both Dirs have to exist
+                std::set< OUString > aExcludeList;
+
+                DirectoryHelper::moveDirContent(maUserConfigWorkURL, maUserConfigBaseURL, aExcludeList);
+                osl::Directory::remove(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+
+                // switch local flag and reset maUserConfigWorkURL
+                mbSafeModeDirExists = false;
+                maUserConfigWorkURL = maUserConfigBaseURL;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryPush()
+    {
+        // no push when SafeModeDir exists, it may be Office's exit after SafeMode
+        // where SafeMode flag is already deleted, but SafeModeDir cleanup is not
+        // done yet (is done at next startup)
+        if (!(mbActive && !mbSafeModeDirExists))
+            return;
+
+        const OUString aPackURL(getPackURL());
+
+        // ensure dir and file vectors
+        fillDirFileInfo();
+
+        // process all files in question recursively
+        if (!maDirs.empty() || !maFiles.empty())
+        {
+            tryPush_Files(
+                maDirs,
+                maFiles,
+                maUserConfigWorkURL,
+                aPackURL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryPushExtensionInfo()
+    {
+        // no push when SafeModeDir exists, it may be Office's exit after SafeMode
+        // where SafeMode flag is already deleted, but SafeModeDir cleanup is not
+        // done yet (is done at next startup)
+        if (mbActive && mbExtensions && !mbSafeModeDirExists)
+        {
+            const OUString aPackURL(getPackURL());
+
+            tryPush_extensionInfo(aPackURL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isPopPossible()
+    {
+        bool bPopPossible(false);
+
+        if (mbActive)
+        {
+            const OUString aPackURL(getPackURL());
+
+            // ensure dir and file vectors
+            fillDirFileInfo();
+
+            // process all files in question recursively
+            if (!maDirs.empty() || !maFiles.empty())
+            {
+                bPopPossible = isPopPossible_files(
+                    maDirs,
+                    maFiles,
+                    maUserConfigWorkURL,
+                    aPackURL);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return bPopPossible;
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryPop()
+    {
+        if (!mbActive)
+            return;
+
+        bool bDidPop(false);
+        const OUString aPackURL(getPackURL());
+
+        // ensure dir and file vectors
+        fillDirFileInfo();
+
+        // process all files in question recursively
+        if (!maDirs.empty() || !maFiles.empty())
+        {
+            bDidPop = tryPop_files(
+                maDirs,
+                maFiles,
+                maUserConfigWorkURL,
+                aPackURL);
+        }
+
+        if (bDidPop)
+        {
+            // try removal of evtl. empty directory
+            osl::Directory::remove(aPackURL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isPopPossibleExtensionInfo() const
+    {
+        bool bPopPossible(false);
+
+        if (mbActive && mbExtensions)
+        {
+            const OUString aPackURL(getPackURL());
+
+            bPopPossible = isPopPossible_extensionInfo(aPackURL);
+        }
+
+        return bPopPossible;
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryPopExtensionInfo()
+    {
+        if (!(mbActive && mbExtensions))
+            return;
+
+        bool bDidPop(false);
+        const OUString aPackURL(getPackURL());
+
+        bDidPop = tryPop_extensionInfo(aPackURL);
+
+        if (bDidPop)
+        {
+            // try removal of evtl. empty directory
+            osl::Directory::remove(aPackURL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isTryDisableAllExtensionsPossible()
+    {
+        // check if there are still enabled extension which can be disabled,
+        // but as we are now in SafeMode, use XML infos for this since the
+        // extensions are not loaded from XExtensionManager
+        class ExtensionInfo aExtensionInfo;
+
+        aExtensionInfo.createUserExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+
+        return aExtensionInfo.areThereEnabledExtensions();
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryDisableAllExtensions()
+    {
+        // disable all still enabled extensions,
+        // but as we are now in SafeMode, use XML infos for this since the
+        // extensions are not loaded from XExtensionManager
+        ExtensionInfo aCurrentExtensionInfo;
+        const ExtensionInfoEntryVector aToBeEnabled{};
+        ExtensionInfoEntryVector aToBeDisabled;
+
+        aCurrentExtensionInfo.createUserExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+
+        const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rCurrentVector = aCurrentExtensionInfo.getExtensionInfoEntryVector();
+
+        for (const auto& rCurrentInfo : rCurrentVector)
+        {
+            if (rCurrentInfo.isEnabled())
+            {
+                aToBeDisabled.push_back(rCurrentInfo);
+            }
+        }
+
+        ExtensionInfo::changeEnableDisableStateInXML(maUserConfigWorkURL, aToBeEnabled, aToBeDisabled);
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isTryDeinstallUserExtensionsPossible()
+    {
+        // check if there are User Extensions installed.
+        class ExtensionInfo aExtensionInfo;
+
+        aExtensionInfo.createUserExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+
+        return !aExtensionInfo.getExtensionInfoEntryVector().empty();
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryDeinstallUserExtensions()
+    {
+        // delete User Extension installs
+        DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/uno_packages");
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isTryResetSharedExtensionsPossible()
+    {
+        // check if there are shared Extensions installed
+        class ExtensionInfo aExtensionInfo;
+
+        aExtensionInfo.createSharedExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+
+        return !aExtensionInfo.getExtensionInfoEntryVector().empty();
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryResetSharedExtensions()
+    {
+        // reset shared extension info
+        DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/extensions/shared");
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isTryResetBundledExtensionsPossible()
+    {
+        // check if there are shared Extensions installed
+        class ExtensionInfo aExtensionInfo;
+
+        aExtensionInfo.createBundledExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+
+        return !aExtensionInfo.getExtensionInfoEntryVector().empty();
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryResetBundledExtensions()
+    {
+        // reset shared extension info
+        DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/extensions/bundled");
+    }
+
+    const std::vector< OUString >& BackupFileHelper::getCustomizationDirNames()
+    {
+        static std::vector< OUString > aDirNames =
+        {
+            "config",     // UI config stuff
+            "registry",   // most of the registry stuff
+            "psprint",    // not really needed, can be abandoned
+            "store",      // not really needed, can be abandoned
+            "temp",       // not really needed, can be abandoned
+            "pack"       // own backup dir
+        };
+
+        return aDirNames;
+    }
+
+    const std::vector< OUString >& BackupFileHelper::getCustomizationFileNames()
+    {
+        static std::vector< OUString > aFileNames =
+        {
+            "registrymodifications.xcu" // personal registry stuff
+        };
+
+        return aFileNames;
+    }
+
+    namespace {
+        uno::Reference<XElement> lcl_getConfigElement(const uno::Reference<XDocument>& xDocument, const OUString& rPath,
+                                  const OUString& rKey, const OUString& rValue)
+        {
+            uno::Reference< XElement > itemElement = xDocument->createElement("item");
+            itemElement->setAttribute("oor:path", rPath);
+
+            uno::Reference< XElement > propElement = xDocument->createElement("prop");
+            propElement->setAttribute("oor:name", rKey);
+            propElement->setAttribute("oor:op", "replace"); // Replace any other options
+
+            uno::Reference< XElement > valueElement = xDocument->createElement("value");
+            uno::Reference< XText > textElement = xDocument->createTextNode(rValue);
+
+            valueElement->appendChild(textElement);
+            propElement->appendChild(valueElement);
+            itemElement->appendChild(propElement);
+
+            return itemElement;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryDisableHWAcceleration()
+    {
+        const OUString aRegistryModifications(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/registrymodifications.xcu");
+        if (!DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aRegistryModifications))
+            return;
+
+        uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+        uno::Reference< XDocumentBuilder > xBuilder = DocumentBuilder::create(xContext);
+        uno::Reference< XDocument > xDocument = xBuilder->parseURI(aRegistryModifications);
+        uno::Reference< XElement > xRootElement = xDocument->getDocumentElement();
+
+        xRootElement->appendChild(lcl_getConfigElement(xDocument, "/org.openoffice.Office.Common/VCL",
+                                                       "UseOpenGL", "false"));
+        xRootElement->appendChild(lcl_getConfigElement(xDocument, "/org.openoffice.Office.Common/VCL",
+                                                       "ForceOpenGL", "false"));
+        xRootElement->appendChild(lcl_getConfigElement(xDocument, "/org.openoffice.Office.Common/Misc",
+                                                       "UseOpenCL", "false"));
+        // Do not disable Skia entirely, just force it's CPU-based raster mode.
+        xRootElement->appendChild(lcl_getConfigElement(xDocument, "/org.openoffice.Office.Common/VCL",
+                                                       "ForceSkia", "false"));
+        xRootElement->appendChild(lcl_getConfigElement(xDocument, "/org.openoffice.Office.Common/VCL",
+                                                       "ForceSkiaRaster", "true"));
+
+        // write back
+        uno::Reference< xml::sax::XSAXSerializable > xSerializer(xDocument, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+
+        if (!xSerializer.is())
+            return;
+
+        // create a SAXWriter
+        uno::Reference< xml::sax::XWriter > const xSaxWriter = xml::sax::Writer::create(xContext);
+        uno::Reference< io::XStream > xTempFile = io::TempFile::create(xContext);
+        uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream > xOutStrm = xTempFile->getOutputStream();
+
+        // set output stream and do the serialization
+        xSaxWriter->setOutputStream(xOutStrm);
+        xSerializer->serialize(xSaxWriter, uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair >());
+
+        // get URL from temp file
+        uno::Reference < beans::XPropertySet > xTempFileProps(xTempFile, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        uno::Any aUrl = xTempFileProps->getPropertyValue("Uri");
+        OUString aTempURL;
+        aUrl >>= aTempURL;
+
+        // copy back file
+        if (aTempURL.isEmpty() || !DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aTempURL))
+            return;
+
+        if (DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aRegistryModifications))
+        {
+            osl::File::remove(aRegistryModifications);
+        }
+
+        int result = osl::File::move(aTempURL, aRegistryModifications);
+        SAL_WARN_IF(result != osl::FileBase::E_None, "comphelper.backupfilehelper", "could not copy back modified Extension configuration file");
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isTryResetCustomizationsPossible()
+    {
+        // return true if not all of the customization selection dirs or files are deleted
+        const std::vector< OUString >& rDirs = getCustomizationDirNames();
+
+        for (const auto& a : rDirs)
+        {
+            if (DirectoryHelper::dirExists(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/" + a))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        const std::vector< OUString >& rFiles = getCustomizationFileNames();
+
+        for (const auto& b : rFiles)
+        {
+            if (DirectoryHelper::fileExists(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/" + b))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryResetCustomizations()
+    {
+        // delete all of the customization selection dirs
+        const std::vector< OUString >& rDirs = getCustomizationDirNames();
+
+        for (const auto& a : rDirs)
+        {
+            DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/" + a);
+        }
+
+        const std::vector< OUString >& rFiles = getCustomizationFileNames();
+
+        for (const auto& b : rFiles)
+        {
+            osl::File::remove(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/" + b);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::tryResetUserProfile()
+    {
+        // completely delete the current UserProfile
+        DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+    }
+
+    const OUString& BackupFileHelper::getUserProfileURL()
+    {
+        return maUserConfigBaseURL;
+    }
+
+    const OUString& BackupFileHelper::getUserProfileWorkURL()
+    {
+        return maUserConfigWorkURL;
+    }
+
+    /////////////////// helpers ///////////////////////
+
+    OUString BackupFileHelper::getPackURL()
+    {
+        return OUString(maUserConfigWorkURL + "/pack");
+    }
+
+    /////////////////// file push helpers ///////////////////////
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::tryPush_Files(
+        const std::set< OUString >& rDirs,
+        const std::set< std::pair< OUString, OUString > >& rFiles,
+        const OUString& rSourceURL, // source dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rTargetURL  // target dir without trailing '/'
+        )
+    {
+        bool bDidPush(false);
+        osl::Directory::createPath(rTargetURL);
+
+        // process files
+        for (const auto& file : rFiles)
+        {
+            bDidPush |= tryPush_file(
+                rSourceURL,
+                rTargetURL,
+                file.first,
+                file.second);
+        }
+
+        // process dirs
+        for (const auto& dir : rDirs)
+        {
+            OUString aNewSourceURL(rSourceURL + "/" + dir);
+            OUString aNewTargetURL(rTargetURL + "/" + dir);
+            std::set< OUString > aNewDirs;
+            std::set< std::pair< OUString, OUString > > aNewFiles;
+
+            DirectoryHelper::scanDirsAndFiles(
+                aNewSourceURL,
+                aNewDirs,
+                aNewFiles);
+
+            if (!aNewDirs.empty() || !aNewFiles.empty())
+            {
+                bDidPush |= tryPush_Files(
+                    aNewDirs,
+                    aNewFiles,
+                    aNewSourceURL,
+                    aNewTargetURL);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!bDidPush)
+        {
+            // try removal of evtl. empty directory
+            osl::Directory::remove(rTargetURL);
+        }
+
+        return bDidPush;
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::tryPush_file(
+        const OUString& rSourceURL, // source dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rTargetURL, // target dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rName,      // filename
+        const OUString& rExt        // extension (or empty)
+        )
+    {
+        const OUString aFileURL(createFileURL(rSourceURL, rName, rExt));
+
+        if (DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aFileURL))
+        {
+            const OUString aPackURL(createPackURL(rTargetURL, rName));
+            PackedFile aPackedFile(aPackURL);
+            FileSharedPtr aBaseFile = std::make_shared<osl::File>(aFileURL);
+
+            if (aPackedFile.tryPush(aBaseFile, mbCompress))
+            {
+                // reduce to allowed number and flush
+                aPackedFile.tryReduceToNumBackups(mnNumBackups);
+                aPackedFile.flush();
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /////////////////// file pop possibilities helper ///////////////////////
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isPopPossible_files(
+        const std::set< OUString >& rDirs,
+        const std::set< std::pair< OUString, OUString > >& rFiles,
+        const OUString& rSourceURL, // source dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rTargetURL  // target dir without trailing '/'
+        )
+    {
+        bool bPopPossible(false);
+
+        // process files
+        for (const auto& file : rFiles)
+        {
+            bPopPossible |= isPopPossible_file(
+                rSourceURL,
+                rTargetURL,
+                file.first,
+                file.second);
+        }
+
+        // process dirs
+        for (const auto& dir : rDirs)
+        {
+            OUString aNewSourceURL(rSourceURL + "/" + dir);
+            OUString aNewTargetURL(rTargetURL + "/" + dir);
+            std::set< OUString > aNewDirs;
+            std::set< std::pair< OUString, OUString > > aNewFiles;
+
+            DirectoryHelper::scanDirsAndFiles(
+                aNewSourceURL,
+                aNewDirs,
+                aNewFiles);
+
+            if (!aNewDirs.empty() || !aNewFiles.empty())
+            {
+                bPopPossible |= isPopPossible_files(
+                    aNewDirs,
+                    aNewFiles,
+                    aNewSourceURL,
+                    aNewTargetURL);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return bPopPossible;
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isPopPossible_file(
+        const OUString& rSourceURL, // source dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rTargetURL, // target dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rName,      // filename
+        const OUString& rExt        // extension (or empty)
+        )
+    {
+        const OUString aFileURL(createFileURL(rSourceURL, rName, rExt));
+
+        if (DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aFileURL))
+        {
+            const OUString aPackURL(createPackURL(rTargetURL, rName));
+            PackedFile aPackedFile(aPackURL);
+
+            return !aPackedFile.empty();
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /////////////////// file pop helpers ///////////////////////
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::tryPop_files(
+        const std::set< OUString >& rDirs,
+        const std::set< std::pair< OUString, OUString > >& rFiles,
+        const OUString& rSourceURL, // source dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rTargetURL  // target dir without trailing '/'
+        )
+    {
+        bool bDidPop(false);
+
+        // process files
+        for (const auto& file : rFiles)
+        {
+            bDidPop |= tryPop_file(
+                rSourceURL,
+                rTargetURL,
+                file.first,
+                file.second);
+        }
+
+        // process dirs
+        for (const auto& dir : rDirs)
+        {
+            OUString aNewSourceURL(rSourceURL + "/" + dir);
+            OUString aNewTargetURL(rTargetURL + "/" + dir);
+            std::set< OUString > aNewDirs;
+            std::set< std::pair< OUString, OUString > > aNewFiles;
+
+            DirectoryHelper::scanDirsAndFiles(
+                aNewSourceURL,
+                aNewDirs,
+                aNewFiles);
+
+            if (!aNewDirs.empty() || !aNewFiles.empty())
+            {
+                bDidPop |= tryPop_files(
+                    aNewDirs,
+                    aNewFiles,
+                    aNewSourceURL,
+                    aNewTargetURL);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (bDidPop)
+        {
+            // try removal of evtl. empty directory
+            osl::Directory::remove(rTargetURL);
+        }
+
+        return bDidPop;
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::tryPop_file(
+        const OUString& rSourceURL, // source dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rTargetURL, // target dir without trailing '/'
+        const OUString& rName,      // filename
+        const OUString& rExt        // extension (or empty)
+        )
+    {
+        const OUString aFileURL(createFileURL(rSourceURL, rName, rExt));
+
+        if (DirectoryHelper::fileExists(aFileURL))
+        {
+            // try Pop for base file
+            const OUString aPackURL(createPackURL(rTargetURL, rName));
+            PackedFile aPackedFile(aPackURL);
+
+            if (!aPackedFile.empty())
+            {
+                oslFileHandle aHandle;
+                OUString aTempURL;
+
+                // open target temp file - it exists until deleted
+                if (osl::File::E_None == osl::FileBase::createTempFile(nullptr, &aHandle, &aTempURL))
+                {
+                    bool bRetval(aPackedFile.tryPop(aHandle));
+
+                    // close temp file (in all cases) - it exists until deleted
+                    osl_closeFile(aHandle);
+
+                    if (bRetval)
+                    {
+                        // copy over existing file by first deleting original
+                        // and moving the temp file to old original
+                        osl::File::remove(aFileURL);
+                        osl::File::move(aTempURL, aFileURL);
+
+                        // reduce to allowed number and flush
+                        aPackedFile.tryReduceToNumBackups(mnNumBackups);
+                        aPackedFile.flush();
+                    }
+
+                    // delete temp file (in all cases - it may be moved already)
+                    osl::File::remove(aTempURL);
+
+                    return bRetval;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /////////////////// ExtensionInfo helpers ///////////////////////
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::tryPush_extensionInfo(
+        const OUString& rTargetURL // target dir without trailing '/'
+        )
+    {
+        ExtensionInfo aExtensionInfo;
+        OUString aTempURL;
+        bool bRetval(false);
+
+        // create current configuration and write to temp file - it exists until deleted
+        if (aExtensionInfo.createTempFile(aTempURL))
+        {
+            const OUString aPackURL(createPackURL(rTargetURL, "ExtensionInfo"));
+            PackedFile aPackedFile(aPackURL);
+            FileSharedPtr aBaseFile = std::make_shared<osl::File>(aTempURL);
+
+            if (aPackedFile.tryPush(aBaseFile, mbCompress))
+            {
+                // reduce to allowed number and flush
+                aPackedFile.tryReduceToNumBackups(mnNumBackups);
+                aPackedFile.flush();
+                bRetval = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // delete temp file (in all cases)
+        osl::File::remove(aTempURL);
+        return bRetval;
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::isPopPossible_extensionInfo(
+        const OUString& rTargetURL // target dir without trailing '/'
+        )
+    {
+        // extensionInfo always exists internally, no test needed
+        const OUString aPackURL(createPackURL(rTargetURL, "ExtensionInfo"));
+        PackedFile aPackedFile(aPackURL);
+
+        return !aPackedFile.empty();
+    }
+
+    bool BackupFileHelper::tryPop_extensionInfo(
+        const OUString& rTargetURL // target dir without trailing '/'
+        )
+    {
+        // extensionInfo always exists internally, no test needed
+        const OUString aPackURL(createPackURL(rTargetURL, "ExtensionInfo"));
+        PackedFile aPackedFile(aPackURL);
+
+        if (!aPackedFile.empty())
+        {
+            oslFileHandle aHandle;
+            OUString aTempURL;
+
+            // open target temp file - it exists until deleted
+            if (osl::File::E_None == osl::FileBase::createTempFile(nullptr, &aHandle, &aTempURL))
+            {
+                bool bRetval(aPackedFile.tryPop(aHandle));
+
+                // close temp file (in all cases) - it exists until deleted
+                osl_closeFile(aHandle);
+
+                if (bRetval)
+                {
+                    // last config is in temp file, load it to ExtensionInfo
+                    ExtensionInfo aLoadedExtensionInfo;
+                    FileSharedPtr aBaseFile = std::make_shared<osl::File>(aTempURL);
+
+                    if (osl::File::E_None == aBaseFile->open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read))
+                    {
+                        if (aLoadedExtensionInfo.read_entries(aBaseFile))
+                        {
+                            // get current extension info, but from XML config files
+                            ExtensionInfo aCurrentExtensionInfo;
+
+                            aCurrentExtensionInfo.createUserExtensionRegistryEntriesFromXML(maUserConfigWorkURL);
+
+                            // now we have loaded last_working (aLoadedExtensionInfo) and
+                            // current (aCurrentExtensionInfo) ExtensionInfo and may react on
+                            // differences by de/activating these as needed
+                            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& aUserEntries = aCurrentExtensionInfo.getExtensionInfoEntryVector();
+                            const ExtensionInfoEntryVector& rLoadedVector = aLoadedExtensionInfo.getExtensionInfoEntryVector();
+                            ExtensionInfoEntryVector aToBeDisabled;
+                            ExtensionInfoEntryVector aToBeEnabled;
+
+                            for (const auto& rCurrentInfo : aUserEntries)
+                            {
+                                const ExtensionInfoEntry* pLoadedInfo = nullptr;
+
+                                for (const auto& rLoadedInfo : rLoadedVector)
+                                {
+                                    if (rCurrentInfo.isSameExtension(rLoadedInfo))
+                                    {
+                                        pLoadedInfo = &rLoadedInfo;
+                                        break;
+                                    }
+                                }
+
+                                if (nullptr != pLoadedInfo)
+                                {
+                                    // loaded info contains information about the Extension rCurrentInfo
+                                    const bool bCurrentEnabled(rCurrentInfo.isEnabled());
+                                    const bool bLoadedEnabled(pLoadedInfo->isEnabled());
+
+                                    if (bCurrentEnabled && !bLoadedEnabled)
+                                    {
+                                        aToBeDisabled.push_back(rCurrentInfo);
+                                    }
+                                    else if (!bCurrentEnabled && bLoadedEnabled)
+                                    {
+                                        aToBeEnabled.push_back(rCurrentInfo);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    // There is no loaded info about the Extension rCurrentInfo.
+                                    // It needs to be disabled
+                                    if (rCurrentInfo.isEnabled())
+                                    {
+                                        aToBeDisabled.push_back(rCurrentInfo);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            if (!aToBeDisabled.empty() || !aToBeEnabled.empty())
+                            {
+                                ExtensionInfo::changeEnableDisableStateInXML(maUserConfigWorkURL, aToBeEnabled, aToBeDisabled);
+                            }
+
+                            bRetval = true;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // reduce to allowed number and flush
+                    aPackedFile.tryReduceToNumBackups(mnNumBackups);
+                    aPackedFile.flush();
+                }
+
+                // delete temp file (in all cases - it may be moved already)
+                osl::File::remove(aTempURL);
+
+                return bRetval;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /////////////////// FileDirInfo helpers ///////////////////////
+
+    void BackupFileHelper::fillDirFileInfo()
+    {
+        if (!maDirs.empty() || !maFiles.empty())
+        {
+            // already done
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Information about the configuration and the role/purpose of directories in
+        // the UserConfiguration is taken from: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile
+
+        // fill dir and file info list to work with dependent on work mode
+        switch (mnMode)
+        {
+        case 0:
+        {
+            // simple mode: add just registrymodifications
+            // (the orig file in maInitialBaseURL)
+            maFiles.insert(std::pair< OUString, OUString >(maRegModName, maExt));
+            break;
+        }
+        case 1:
+        {
+            // defined mode: Add a selection of dirs containing User-Defined and thus
+            // valuable configuration information.
+            // This is clearly discussable in every single point and may be adapted/corrected
+            // over time. Main focus is to secure User-Defined/adapted values
+
+            // add registrymodifications (the orig file in maInitialBaseURL)
+            maFiles.insert(std::pair< OUString, OUString >(maRegModName, maExt));
+
+            // User-defined substitution table (Tools/AutoCorrect)
+            maDirs.insert("autocorr");
+
+            // User-Defined AutoText (Edit/AutoText)
+            maDirs.insert("autotext");
+
+            // User-defined Macros
+            maDirs.insert("basic");
+
+            // User-adapted toolbars for modules
+            maDirs.insert("config");
+
+            // Initial and User-defined Databases
+            maDirs.insert("database");
+
+            // most part of registry files
+            maDirs.insert("registry");
+
+            // User-Defined Scripts
+            maDirs.insert("Scripts");
+
+            // Template files
+            maDirs.insert("template");
+
+            // Custom Dictionaries
+            maDirs.insert("wordbook");
+
+            // Questionable - where and how is Extension stuff held and how
+            // does this interact with enabled/disabled states which are extra handled?
+            // Keep out of business until deeper evaluated
+            //
+            // maDirs.insert("extensions");
+            // maDirs.insert("uno-packages");
+            break;
+        }
+        case 2:
+        {
+            // whole directory. To do so, scan directory and exclude some dirs
+            // from which we know they do not need to be secured explicitly. This
+            // should already include registrymodifications, too.
+            DirectoryHelper::scanDirsAndFiles(
+                maUserConfigWorkURL,
+                maDirs,
+                maFiles);
+
+            // should not exist, but for the case an error occurred and it got
+            // copied somehow, avoid further recursive copying/saving
+            maDirs.erase("SafeMode");
+
+            // not really needed, can be abandoned
+            maDirs.erase("psprint");
+
+            // not really needed, can be abandoned
+            maDirs.erase("store");
+
+            // not really needed, can be abandoned
+            maDirs.erase("temp");
+
+            // exclude own backup dir to avoid recursion
+            maDirs.erase("pack");
+
+            break;
+        }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/base64.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/base64.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75274f5a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/base64.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/base64.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+const
+  char aBase64EncodeTable[] =
+    { 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M',
+      'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z',
+      'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm',
+      'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z',
+      '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '+', '/' };
+
+const
+  sal_uInt8 aBase64DecodeTable[]  =
+    {                                            62,255,255,255, 63, // 43-47
+//                                                +               /
+
+     52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61,255,255,255,  0,255,255, // 48-63
+//    0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9               =
+
+    255,  0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, // 64-79
+//        A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O
+
+     15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,255,255,255,255,255, // 80-95
+//    P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z
+
+      0, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, // 96-111
+//        a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o
+
+     41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 }; // 112-123
+//    p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z
+
+
+static void ThreeByteToFourByte(const sal_Int8* pBuffer, const sal_Int32 nStart, const sal_Int32 nFullLen, char* aCharBuffer)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nLen(nFullLen - nStart);
+    if (nLen > 3)
+        nLen = 3;
+    if (nLen == 0)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    sal_Int32 nBinaer;
+    switch (nLen)
+    {
+        case 1:
+        {
+            nBinaer = static_cast<sal_uInt8>(pBuffer[nStart + 0]) << 16;
+        }
+        break;
+        case 2:
+        {
+            nBinaer = (static_cast<sal_uInt8>(pBuffer[nStart + 0]) << 16) +
+                    (static_cast<sal_uInt8>(pBuffer[nStart + 1]) <<  8);
+        }
+        break;
+        default:
+        {
+            nBinaer = (static_cast<sal_uInt8>(pBuffer[nStart + 0]) << 16) +
+                    (static_cast<sal_uInt8>(pBuffer[nStart + 1]) <<  8) +
+                    static_cast<sal_uInt8>(pBuffer[nStart + 2]);
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    aCharBuffer[0] = aCharBuffer[1] = aCharBuffer[2] = aCharBuffer[3] = '=';
+
+    sal_uInt8 nIndex (static_cast<sal_uInt8>((nBinaer & 0xFC0000) >> 18));
+    aCharBuffer[0] = aBase64EncodeTable [nIndex];
+
+    nIndex = static_cast<sal_uInt8>((nBinaer & 0x3F000) >> 12);
+    aCharBuffer[1] = aBase64EncodeTable [nIndex];
+    if (nLen > 1)
+    {
+        nIndex = static_cast<sal_uInt8>((nBinaer & 0xFC0) >> 6);
+        aCharBuffer[2] = aBase64EncodeTable [nIndex];
+        if (nLen > 2)
+        {
+            nIndex = static_cast<sal_uInt8>((nBinaer & 0x3F));
+            aCharBuffer[3] = aBase64EncodeTable [nIndex];
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void Base64::encode(OStringBuffer& aStrBuffer, const uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>& aPass)
+{
+    sal_Int32 i(0);
+    sal_Int32 nBufferLength(aPass.getLength());
+    const sal_Int8* pBuffer = aPass.getConstArray();
+    while (i < nBufferLength)
+    {
+        char aCharBuffer[4];
+        ThreeByteToFourByte(pBuffer, i, nBufferLength, aCharBuffer);
+        aStrBuffer.append(aCharBuffer, SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aCharBuffer));
+        i += 3;
+    }
+}
+
+void Base64::encode(OUStringBuffer& aStrBuffer, const uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>& aPass)
+{
+    sal_Int32 i(0);
+    sal_Int32 nBufferLength(aPass.getLength());
+    const sal_Int8* pBuffer = aPass.getConstArray();
+    while (i < nBufferLength)
+    {
+        char aCharBuffer[4];
+        ThreeByteToFourByte(pBuffer, i, nBufferLength, aCharBuffer);
+        aStrBuffer.appendAscii(aCharBuffer, SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aCharBuffer));
+        i += 3;
+    }
+}
+
+void Base64::decode(uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>& aBuffer, const OUString& sBuffer)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nCharsDecoded = decodeSomeChars( aBuffer, sBuffer );
+    OSL_ENSURE( nCharsDecoded == sBuffer.getLength(), "some bytes left in base64 decoding!" );
+}
+
+sal_Int32 Base64::decodeSomeChars(uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>& rOutBuffer, const OUString& rInBuffer)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nInBufferLen = rInBuffer.getLength();
+    sal_Int32 nMinOutBufferLen = (nInBufferLen / 4) * 3;
+    if( rOutBuffer.getLength() < nMinOutBufferLen )
+        rOutBuffer.realloc( nMinOutBufferLen );
+
+    const sal_Unicode *pInBuffer = rInBuffer.getStr();
+    sal_Int8 *pOutBuffer = rOutBuffer.getArray();
+    sal_Int8 *pOutBufferStart = pOutBuffer;
+    sal_Int32 nCharsDecoded = 0;
+
+    sal_uInt8 aDecodeBuffer[4];
+    sal_Int32 nBytesToDecode = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nBytesGotFromDecoding = 3;
+    sal_Int32 nInBufferPos= 0;
+    while( nInBufferPos < nInBufferLen )
+    {
+        sal_Unicode cChar = *pInBuffer;
+        if( cChar >= '+' && cChar <= 'z' )
+        {
+            sal_uInt8 nByte = aBase64DecodeTable[cChar-'+'];
+            if( nByte != 255 )
+            {
+                // We have found a valid character!
+                aDecodeBuffer[nBytesToDecode++] = nByte;
+
+                // One '=' character at the end means 2 out bytes
+                // Two '=' characters at the end mean 1 out bytes
+                if( '=' == cChar && nBytesToDecode > 2 )
+                    nBytesGotFromDecoding--;
+                if( 4 == nBytesToDecode )
+                {
+                    // Four characters found, so we may convert now!
+                    sal_uInt32 nOut = (aDecodeBuffer[0] << 18) +
+                                      (aDecodeBuffer[1] << 12) +
+                                      (aDecodeBuffer[2] << 6) +
+                                       aDecodeBuffer[3];
+
+                    *pOutBuffer++  = static_cast<sal_Int8>((nOut & 0xff0000) >> 16);
+                    if( nBytesGotFromDecoding > 1 )
+                        *pOutBuffer++  = static_cast<sal_Int8>((nOut & 0xff00) >> 8);
+                    if( nBytesGotFromDecoding > 2 )
+                        *pOutBuffer++  = static_cast<sal_Int8>(nOut & 0xff);
+                    nCharsDecoded = nInBufferPos + 1;
+                    nBytesToDecode = 0;
+                    nBytesGotFromDecoding = 3;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                nCharsDecoded++;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            nCharsDecoded++;
+        }
+
+        nInBufferPos++;
+        pInBuffer++;
+    }
+    if( (pOutBuffer - pOutBufferStart) != rOutBuffer.getLength() )
+        rOutBuffer.realloc( pOutBuffer - pOutBufferStart );
+
+    return nCharsDecoded;
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/comphelper_module.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/comphelper_module.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9cf32546e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/comphelper_module.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper_module.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper::module
+{
+
+
+    struct ComphelperModuleCreator
+    {
+        ComphelperModule m_aComphelperModule;
+    };
+    namespace
+    {
+        class theComphelperModuleInstance : public rtl::Static<ComphelperModuleCreator, theComphelperModuleInstance> {};
+    }
+
+    ComphelperModule::ComphelperModule()
+        :BaseClass()
+    {
+    }
+
+    ComphelperModule& ComphelperModule::getInstance()
+    {
+        return theComphelperModuleInstance::get().m_aComphelperModule;
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper::module
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/comphelper_services.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/comphelper_services.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fe3269ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/comphelper_services.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper_module.hxx>
+#include <comphelper_services.hxx>
+
+#include <rtl/instance.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper::module
+{
+
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        class doInitialize
+        {
+        public:
+            doInitialize()
+            {
+                createRegistryInfo_Map();
+            }
+        };
+
+        struct theInitializer : public rtl::Static< doInitialize, theInitializer > {};
+    }
+
+    static void initializeModule()
+    {
+        // coverity[side_effect_free : FALSE] - not actually side-effect-free
+        theInitializer::get();
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper::module
+
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT void* comphelp_component_getFactory(
+    const char* pImplementationName, SAL_UNUSED_PARAMETER void*,
+    SAL_UNUSED_PARAMETER void* )
+{
+    ::comphelper::module::initializeModule();
+    return ::comphelper::module::ComphelperModule::getInstance().getComponentFactory( pImplementationName );
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/componentbase.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/componentbase.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9baec2363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/componentbase.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/componentbase.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/NotInitializedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/DisposedException.hpp>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::NotInitializedException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::DisposedException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;
+
+    void ComponentBase::checkDisposed( GuardAccess ) const
+    {
+        if ( m_rBHelper.bDisposed )
+            throw DisposedException( OUString(), getComponent() );
+    }
+
+
+    void ComponentBase::checkInitialized( GuardAccess ) const
+    {
+        if ( !m_bInitialized )
+            throw NotInitializedException( OUString(), getComponent() );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XInterface > ComponentBase::getComponent()
+    {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/componentmodule.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/componentmodule.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76c3b8235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/componentmodule.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleComponentFactory.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/componentmodule.hxx>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+    using namespace ::cppu;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::RuntimeException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;
+
+    typedef std::vector< ComponentDescription >   ComponentDescriptions;
+
+    /** implementation for <type>OModule</type>. not threadsafe, has to be guarded by its owner
+    */
+    class OModuleImpl
+    {
+    public:
+        ComponentDescriptions                           m_aRegisteredComponents;
+
+        OModuleImpl();
+    };
+
+    OModuleImpl::OModuleImpl()
+    {
+    }
+
+    OModule::OModule()
+        : m_pImpl(new OModuleImpl)
+    {
+    }
+
+    OModule::~OModule()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void OModule::registerImplementation( const ComponentDescription& _rComp )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+        if ( !m_pImpl )
+            throw RuntimeException();
+
+        m_pImpl->m_aRegisteredComponents.push_back( _rComp );
+    }
+
+    void OModule::registerImplementation( const OUString& _rImplementationName, const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& _rServiceNames,
+        ::cppu::ComponentFactoryFunc _pCreateFunction )
+    {
+        ComponentDescription aComponent( _rImplementationName, _rServiceNames, _pCreateFunction, ::cppu::createSingleComponentFactory );
+        registerImplementation( aComponent );
+    }
+
+    void* OModule::getComponentFactory( const char* _pImplementationName )
+    {
+        Reference< XInterface > xFactory( getComponentFactory(
+            OUString::createFromAscii( _pImplementationName ) ) );
+        return xFactory.get();
+    }
+
+    Reference< XInterface > OModule::getComponentFactory( const OUString& _rImplementationName )
+    {
+        Reference< XInterface > xReturn;
+
+        for (const auto& rComponent : m_pImpl->m_aRegisteredComponents)
+        {
+            if ( rComponent.sImplementationName == _rImplementationName )
+            {
+                xReturn = rComponent.pFactoryCreationFunc(
+                    rComponent.pComponentCreationFunc,
+                    rComponent.sImplementationName,
+                    rComponent.aSupportedServices,
+                    nullptr
+                );
+                if ( xReturn.is() )
+                {
+                    xReturn->acquire();
+                    return xReturn.get();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/configuration.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/configuration.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c5b5c41d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/configuration.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/ReadOnlyAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/ReadWriteAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/XReadWriteAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/theDefaultProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameReplace.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XLocalizable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/solarmutex.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/configuration.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/configurationlistener.hxx>
+#include <rtl/instance.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+namespace {
+
+struct TheConfigurationWrapper:
+    public rtl::StaticWithArg<
+        comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >,
+        TheConfigurationWrapper >
+{};
+
+OUString getDefaultLocale(
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const & context)
+{
+    return LanguageTag(
+        css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XLocalizable >(
+            css::configuration::theDefaultProvider::get(context),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW)->
+        getLocale()).getBcp47(false);
+}
+
+OUString extendLocalizedPath(OUString const & path, OUString const & locale) {
+    SAL_WARN_IF(
+        locale.match("*"), "comphelper",
+        "Locale \"" << locale << "\" starts with \"*\"");
+    assert(locale.indexOf('&') == -1);
+    assert(locale.indexOf('"') == -1);
+    assert(locale.indexOf('\'') == -1);
+    return path + "/['*" + locale + "']";
+}
+
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr< comphelper::ConfigurationChanges >
+comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::create(
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const & context)
+{
+    return TheConfigurationWrapper::get(context).createChanges();
+}
+
+comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::~ConfigurationChanges() {}
+
+void comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::commit() const {
+    access_->commitChanges();
+}
+
+comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::ConfigurationChanges(
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const & context):
+    access_(
+        css::configuration::ReadWriteAccess::create(
+            context, getDefaultLocale(context)))
+{}
+
+void comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::setPropertyValue(
+    OUString const & path, css::uno::Any const & value) const
+{
+    access_->replaceByHierarchicalName(path, value);
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameReplace >
+comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::getGroup(OUString const & path) const
+{
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameReplace >(
+        access_->getByHierarchicalName(path), css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer >
+comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::getSet(OUString const & path) const
+{
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer >(
+        access_->getByHierarchicalName(path), css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper const &
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::get(
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const & context)
+{
+    return TheConfigurationWrapper::get(context);
+}
+
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::ConfigurationWrapper(
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const & context):
+    context_(context),
+    access_(css::configuration::ReadWriteAccess::create(context, "*"))
+{}
+
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::~ConfigurationWrapper() {}
+
+bool comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::isReadOnly(OUString const & path)
+    const
+{
+    return
+        (access_->getPropertyByHierarchicalName(path).Attributes
+         & css::beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY)
+        != 0;
+}
+
+css::uno::Any comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::getPropertyValue(
+    OUString const & path) const
+{
+    return access_->getByHierarchicalName(path);
+}
+
+void comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::setPropertyValue(
+    std::shared_ptr< ConfigurationChanges > const & batch,
+    OUString const & path, css::uno::Any const & value)
+{
+    assert(batch.get() != nullptr);
+    batch->setPropertyValue(path, value);
+}
+
+css::uno::Any
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::getLocalizedPropertyValue(
+    OUString const & path) const
+{
+    return access_->getByHierarchicalName(
+        extendLocalizedPath(path, getDefaultLocale(context_)));
+}
+
+void comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::setLocalizedPropertyValue(
+    std::shared_ptr< ConfigurationChanges > const & batch,
+    OUString const & path, css::uno::Any const & value)
+{
+    assert(batch.get() != nullptr);
+    batch->setPropertyValue(path, value);
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess >
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::getGroupReadOnly(
+    OUString const & path) const
+{
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess >(
+        (css::configuration::ReadOnlyAccess::create(
+            context_, getDefaultLocale(context_))->
+         getByHierarchicalName(path)),
+        css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameReplace >
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::getGroupReadWrite(
+    std::shared_ptr< ConfigurationChanges > const & batch,
+    OUString const & path)
+{
+    assert(batch.get() != nullptr);
+    return batch->getGroup(path);
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess >
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::getSetReadOnly(
+    OUString const & path) const
+{
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess >(
+        (css::configuration::ReadOnlyAccess::create(
+            context_, getDefaultLocale(context_))->
+         getByHierarchicalName(path)),
+        css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer >
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::getSetReadWrite(
+    std::shared_ptr< ConfigurationChanges > const & batch,
+    OUString const & path)
+{
+    assert(batch.get() != nullptr);
+    return batch->getSet(path);
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr< comphelper::ConfigurationChanges >
+comphelper::detail::ConfigurationWrapper::createChanges() const {
+    return std::shared_ptr< ConfigurationChanges >(
+        new ConfigurationChanges(context_));
+}
+
+void comphelper::ConfigurationListener::addListener(ConfigurationListenerPropertyBase *pListener)
+{
+    maListeners.push_back( pListener );
+    mxConfig->addPropertyChangeListener( pListener->maName, this );
+    pListener->setProperty( mxConfig->getPropertyValue( pListener->maName ) );
+}
+
+void comphelper::ConfigurationListener::removeListener(ConfigurationListenerPropertyBase *pListener)
+{
+    auto it = std::find( maListeners.begin(), maListeners.end(), pListener );
+    if ( it != maListeners.end() )
+    {
+        maListeners.erase( it );
+        mxConfig->removePropertyChangeListener( pListener->maName, this );
+    }
+}
+
+void comphelper::ConfigurationListener::dispose()
+{
+    for (auto const& listener : maListeners)
+    {
+        mxConfig->removePropertyChangeListener( listener->maName, this );
+        listener->dispose();
+    }
+    maListeners.clear();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL comphelper::ConfigurationListener::disposing(css::lang::EventObject const &)
+{
+    dispose();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL comphelper::ConfigurationListener::propertyChange(
+    css::beans::PropertyChangeEvent const &rEvt )
+{
+    // Code is commonly used inside the SolarMutexGuard
+    // so to avoid concurrent writes to the property,
+    // and allow fast, lock-less access, guard here.
+    //
+    // Note that we are abusing rtl::Reference here to do acquire/release because,
+    // unlike osl::Guard, it is tolerant of null pointers, and on some code paths, the
+    // SolarMutex does not exist.
+    rtl::Reference<comphelper::SolarMutex> xMutexGuard( comphelper::SolarMutex::get() );
+
+    assert( rEvt.Source == mxConfig );
+    for (auto const& listener : maListeners)
+    {
+        if ( listener->maName == rEvt.PropertyName )
+        {
+            // ignore rEvt.NewValue - in theory it could be stale => not set.
+            css::uno::Any aValue = mxConfig->getPropertyValue( listener->maName );
+            listener->setProperty( aValue );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/configurationhelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/configurationhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3853baef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/configurationhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/configurationhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/theDefaultProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesBatch.hpp>
+
+
+namespace comphelper{
+
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > ConfigurationHelper::openConfig(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext,
+                                                                            const OUString&                                           sPackage,
+                                                                                  EConfigurationModes                                 eMode   )
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigProvider(
+        css::configuration::theDefaultProvider::get( rxContext ) );
+
+    std::vector< css::uno::Any > lParams;
+    css::beans::PropertyValue      aParam ;
+
+    // set root path
+    aParam.Name    = "nodepath";
+    aParam.Value <<= sPackage;
+    lParams.emplace_back(aParam);
+
+    // enable all locales mode
+    if (eMode & EConfigurationModes::AllLocales)
+    {
+        aParam.Name    = "locale";
+        aParam.Value <<= OUString("*");
+        lParams.emplace_back(aParam);
+    }
+
+    // open it
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xCFG;
+
+    bool bReadOnly(eMode & EConfigurationModes::ReadOnly);
+    if (bReadOnly)
+        xCFG = xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
+                "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess",
+                comphelper::containerToSequence(lParams));
+    else
+        xCFG = xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
+                "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess",
+                comphelper::containerToSequence(lParams));
+
+    return xCFG;
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any ConfigurationHelper::readRelativeKey(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xCFG    ,
+                                                   const OUString&                            sRelPath,
+                                                   const OUString&                            sKey    )
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess > xAccess(xCFG, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xProps;
+    xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(sRelPath) >>= xProps;
+    if (!xProps.is())
+    {
+        throw css::container::NoSuchElementException(
+            "The requested path \"" + sRelPath + "\" does not exist.");
+    }
+    return xProps->getPropertyValue(sKey);
+}
+
+
+void ConfigurationHelper::writeRelativeKey(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xCFG    ,
+                                           const OUString&                            sRelPath,
+                                           const OUString&                            sKey    ,
+                                           const css::uno::Any&                              aValue  )
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess > xAccess(xCFG, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xProps;
+    xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(sRelPath) >>= xProps;
+    if (!xProps.is())
+    {
+        throw css::container::NoSuchElementException(
+            "The requested path \"" + sRelPath + "\" does not exist.");
+    }
+    xProps->setPropertyValue(sKey, aValue);
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > ConfigurationHelper::makeSureSetNodeExists(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xCFG         ,
+                                                                                       const OUString&                            sRelPathToSet,
+                                                                                       const OUString&                            sSetNode     )
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess > xAccess(xCFG, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xSet;
+    xAccess->getByHierarchicalName(sRelPathToSet) >>= xSet;
+    if (!xSet.is())
+    {
+        throw css::container::NoSuchElementException(
+            "The requested path \"" + sRelPathToSet + "\" does not exist." );
+    }
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xNode;
+    if (xSet->hasByName(sSetNode))
+        xSet->getByName(sSetNode) >>= xNode;
+    else
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XSingleServiceFactory > xNodeFactory(xSet, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xNode = xNodeFactory->createInstance();
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer > xSetReplace(xSet, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xSetReplace->insertByName(sSetNode, css::uno::Any(xNode));
+    }
+
+    return xNode;
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any ConfigurationHelper::readDirectKey(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >&    rxContext,
+                                                 const OUString&                                       sPackage,
+                                                 const OUString&                                       sRelPath,
+                                                 const OUString&                                       sKey    ,
+                                                       EConfigurationModes                             eMode   )
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xCFG = ConfigurationHelper::openConfig(rxContext, sPackage, eMode);
+    return ConfigurationHelper::readRelativeKey(xCFG, sRelPath, sKey);
+}
+
+
+void ConfigurationHelper::writeDirectKey(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >&    rxContext,
+                                         const OUString&                                       sPackage,
+                                         const OUString&                                       sRelPath,
+                                         const OUString&                                       sKey    ,
+                                         const css::uno::Any&                                  aValue  ,
+                                               EConfigurationModes                             eMode   )
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xCFG = ConfigurationHelper::openConfig(rxContext, sPackage, eMode);
+    ConfigurationHelper::writeRelativeKey(xCFG, sRelPath, sKey, aValue);
+    ConfigurationHelper::flush(xCFG);
+}
+
+
+void ConfigurationHelper::flush(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xCFG)
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::util::XChangesBatch > xBatch(xCFG, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+    xBatch->commitChanges();
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/debuggerinfo.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/debuggerinfo.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07b2f0132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/debuggerinfo.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/debuggerinfo.hxx>
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+#elif defined UNX
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+#if defined DBG_UTIL
+bool isDebuggerAttached()
+{
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    return IsDebuggerPresent();
+#elif defined LINUX
+    char buf[4096];
+    int fd = open("/proc/self/status", O_RDONLY);
+    if (fd < 0)
+        return false;
+    int size = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+    close(fd);
+    if (size < 0)
+        return false;
+    assert(size < int(sizeof(buf)) - 1);
+    buf[sizeof(buf) - 1] = '\0';
+    // "TracerPid: <pid>" for pid != 0 means something is attached
+    const char* pos = strstr(buf, "TracerPid:");
+    if (pos == nullptr)
+        return false;
+    pos += strlen("TracerPid:");
+    while (*pos != '\n' && isspace(*pos))
+        ++pos;
+    return *pos != '\n' && *pos != '0';
+#else
+    return false; // feel free to add your platform
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/dispatchcommand.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/dispatchcommand.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7b723c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/dispatchcommand.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/dispatchcommand.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/Desktop.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatch.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XNotifyingDispatch.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/URL.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/URLTransformer.hpp>
+
+using namespace css;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+bool dispatchCommand(const OUString& rCommand, const uno::Reference<css::frame::XFrame>& rFrame, const css::uno::Sequence<css::beans::PropertyValue>& rArguments, const uno::Reference<css::frame::XDispatchResultListener>& rListener)
+{
+    uno::Reference<frame::XDispatchProvider> xDispatchProvider(rFrame, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    if (!xDispatchProvider.is())
+        return false;
+
+    util::URL aCommandURL;
+    aCommandURL.Complete = rCommand;
+    uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+    uno::Reference<util::XURLTransformer> xParser = util::URLTransformer::create(xContext);
+    xParser->parseStrict(aCommandURL);
+
+    uno::Reference<frame::XDispatch> xDisp = xDispatchProvider->queryDispatch(aCommandURL, OUString(), 0);
+    if (!xDisp.is())
+        return false;
+
+    // And do the work...
+    if (rListener.is())
+    {
+        uno::Reference<frame::XNotifyingDispatch> xNotifyingDisp(xDisp, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xNotifyingDisp.is())
+        {
+            xNotifyingDisp->dispatchWithNotification(aCommandURL, rArguments, rListener);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    xDisp->dispatch(aCommandURL, rArguments);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool dispatchCommand(const OUString& rCommand, const css::uno::Sequence<css::beans::PropertyValue>& rArguments, const uno::Reference<css::frame::XDispatchResultListener>& rListener)
+{
+    // Target where we will execute the .uno: command
+    uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+    uno::Reference<frame::XDesktop2> xDesktop = frame::Desktop::create(xContext);
+
+    uno::Reference<frame::XFrame> xFrame(xDesktop->getActiveFrame());
+    if (!xFrame.is())
+        xFrame = xDesktop;
+
+    return dispatchCommand(rCommand, xFrame, rArguments, rListener);
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/docpasswordhelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/docpasswordhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b6f323eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/docpasswordhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,638 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <config_gpgme.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <comphelper/docpasswordhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/storagehelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/hash.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/base64.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionHandler.hpp>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <rtl/digest.h>
+#include <rtl/random.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#if HAVE_FEATURE_GPGME
+# include <context.h>
+# include <data.h>
+# include <decryptionresult.h>
+#endif
+
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Exception;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::PasswordRequestMode;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::PasswordRequestMode_PASSWORD_ENTER;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::PasswordRequestMode_PASSWORD_REENTER;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::XInteractionHandler;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::XInteractionRequest;
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+
+static uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > GeneratePBKDF2Hash( const OUString& aPassword, const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aSalt, sal_Int32 nCount, sal_Int32 nHashLength )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aResult;
+
+    if ( !aPassword.isEmpty() && aSalt.hasElements() && nCount && nHashLength )
+    {
+        OString aBytePass = OUStringToOString( aPassword, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
+        // FIXME this is subject to the SHA1-bug tdf#114939 - see also
+        // RequestPassword() in filedlghelper.cxx
+        aResult.realloc( 16 );
+        rtl_digest_PBKDF2( reinterpret_cast < sal_uInt8 * > ( aResult.getArray() ),
+                           aResult.getLength(),
+                           reinterpret_cast < const sal_uInt8 * > ( aBytePass.getStr() ),
+                           aBytePass.getLength(),
+                           reinterpret_cast < const sal_uInt8 * > ( aSalt.getConstArray() ),
+                           aSalt.getLength(),
+                           nCount );
+    }
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+IDocPasswordVerifier::~IDocPasswordVerifier()
+{
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > DocPasswordHelper::GenerateNewModifyPasswordInfo( const OUString& aPassword )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aResult;
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSalt = GenerateRandomByteSequence( 16 );
+    sal_Int32 const nPBKDF2IterationCount = 100000;
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aNewHash = GeneratePBKDF2Hash(aPassword, aSalt, nPBKDF2IterationCount, 16);
+    if ( aNewHash.hasElements() )
+    {
+        aResult.realloc( 4 );
+        aResult[0].Name = "algorithm-name";
+        aResult[0].Value <<= OUString( "PBKDF2" );
+        aResult[1].Name = "salt";
+        aResult[1].Value <<= aSalt;
+        aResult[2].Name = "iteration-count";
+        aResult[2].Value <<= nPBKDF2IterationCount;
+        aResult[3].Name = "hash";
+        aResult[3].Value <<= aNewHash;
+    }
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+bool DocPasswordHelper::IsModifyPasswordCorrect( const OUString& aPassword, const uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >& aInfo )
+{
+    bool bResult = false;
+    if ( !aPassword.isEmpty() && aInfo.hasElements() )
+    {
+        OUString sAlgorithm;
+        uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSalt;
+        uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aHash;
+        sal_Int32 nCount = 0;
+
+        for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aInfo.getLength(); nInd++ )
+        {
+            if ( aInfo[nInd].Name == "algorithm-name" )
+                aInfo[nInd].Value >>= sAlgorithm;
+            else if ( aInfo[nInd].Name == "salt" )
+                aInfo[nInd].Value >>= aSalt;
+            else if ( aInfo[nInd].Name == "iteration-count" )
+                aInfo[nInd].Value >>= nCount;
+            else if ( aInfo[nInd].Name == "hash" )
+                aInfo[nInd].Value >>= aHash;
+        }
+
+        if ( sAlgorithm == "PBKDF2" && aSalt.hasElements() && nCount > 0 && aHash.hasElements() )
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aNewHash = GeneratePBKDF2Hash( aPassword, aSalt, nCount, aHash.getLength() );
+            for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aNewHash.getLength() && nInd < aHash.getLength() && aNewHash[nInd] == aHash[nInd]; nInd ++ )
+            {
+                if ( nInd == aNewHash.getLength() - 1 && nInd == aHash.getLength() - 1 )
+                    bResult = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+
+sal_uInt32 DocPasswordHelper::GetWordHashAsUINT32(
+                const OUString& aUString )
+{
+    static const sal_uInt16 pInitialCode[] = {
+        0xE1F0, // 1
+        0x1D0F, // 2
+        0xCC9C, // 3
+        0x84C0, // 4
+        0x110C, // 5
+        0x0E10, // 6
+        0xF1CE, // 7
+        0x313E, // 8
+        0x1872, // 9
+        0xE139, // 10
+        0xD40F, // 11
+        0x84F9, // 12
+        0x280C, // 13
+        0xA96A, // 14
+        0x4EC3  // 15
+    };
+
+    static const sal_uInt16 pEncryptionMatrix[15][7] = {
+        { 0xAEFC, 0x4DD9, 0x9BB2, 0x2745, 0x4E8A, 0x9D14, 0x2A09}, // last-14
+        { 0x7B61, 0xF6C2, 0xFDA5, 0xEB6B, 0xC6F7, 0x9DCF, 0x2BBF}, // last-13
+        { 0x4563, 0x8AC6, 0x05AD, 0x0B5A, 0x16B4, 0x2D68, 0x5AD0}, // last-12
+        { 0x0375, 0x06EA, 0x0DD4, 0x1BA8, 0x3750, 0x6EA0, 0xDD40}, // last-11
+        { 0xD849, 0xA0B3, 0x5147, 0xA28E, 0x553D, 0xAA7A, 0x44D5}, // last-10
+        { 0x6F45, 0xDE8A, 0xAD35, 0x4A4B, 0x9496, 0x390D, 0x721A}, // last-9
+        { 0xEB23, 0xC667, 0x9CEF, 0x29FF, 0x53FE, 0xA7FC, 0x5FD9}, // last-8
+        { 0x47D3, 0x8FA6, 0x8FA6, 0x1EDA, 0x3DB4, 0x7B68, 0xF6D0}, // last-7
+        { 0xB861, 0x60E3, 0xC1C6, 0x93AD, 0x377B, 0x6EF6, 0xDDEC}, // last-6
+        { 0x45A0, 0x8B40, 0x06A1, 0x0D42, 0x1A84, 0x3508, 0x6A10}, // last-5
+        { 0xAA51, 0x4483, 0x8906, 0x022D, 0x045A, 0x08B4, 0x1168}, // last-4
+        { 0x76B4, 0xED68, 0xCAF1, 0x85C3, 0x1BA7, 0x374E, 0x6E9C}, // last-3
+        { 0x3730, 0x6E60, 0xDCC0, 0xA9A1, 0x4363, 0x86C6, 0x1DAD}, // last-2
+        { 0x3331, 0x6662, 0xCCC4, 0x89A9, 0x0373, 0x06E6, 0x0DCC}, // last-1
+        { 0x1021, 0x2042, 0x4084, 0x8108, 0x1231, 0x2462, 0x48C4}  // last
+    };
+
+    sal_uInt32 nResult = 0;
+    sal_uInt32 nLen = aUString.getLength();
+
+    if ( nLen )
+    {
+        if ( nLen > 15 )
+            nLen = 15;
+
+        sal_uInt16 nHighResult = pInitialCode[nLen - 1];
+        sal_uInt16 nLowResult = 0;
+
+        for ( sal_uInt32 nInd = 0; nInd < nLen; nInd++ )
+        {
+            // NO Encoding during conversion!
+            // The specification says that the low byte should be used in case it is not NULL
+            char nHighChar = static_cast<char>( aUString[nInd] >> 8 );
+            char nLowChar = static_cast<char>( aUString[nInd] & 0xFF );
+            char nChar = nLowChar ? nLowChar : nHighChar;
+
+            for ( int nMatrixInd = 0; nMatrixInd < 7; ++nMatrixInd )
+            {
+                if ( ( nChar & ( 1 << nMatrixInd ) ) != 0 )
+                    nHighResult = nHighResult ^ pEncryptionMatrix[15 - nLen + nInd][nMatrixInd];
+            }
+
+            nLowResult = ( ( ( nLowResult >> 14 ) & 0x0001 ) | ( ( nLowResult << 1 ) & 0x7FFF ) ) ^ nChar;
+        }
+
+        nLowResult = static_cast<sal_uInt16>( ( ( ( nLowResult >> 14 ) & 0x001 ) | ( ( nLowResult << 1 ) & 0x7FF ) ) ^ nLen ^ 0xCE4B );
+
+        nResult = ( nHighResult << 16 ) | nLowResult;
+    }
+
+    return nResult;
+}
+
+
+sal_uInt16 DocPasswordHelper::GetXLHashAsUINT16(
+                const OUString& aUString,
+                rtl_TextEncoding nEnc )
+{
+    sal_uInt16 nResult = 0;
+
+    OString aString = OUStringToOString( aUString, nEnc );
+
+    if ( !aString.isEmpty() && aString.getLength() <= SAL_MAX_UINT16 )
+    {
+        for ( sal_Int32 nInd = aString.getLength() - 1; nInd >= 0; nInd-- )
+        {
+            nResult = ( ( nResult >> 14 ) & 0x01 ) | ( ( nResult << 1 ) & 0x7FFF );
+            nResult ^= aString[nInd];
+        }
+
+        nResult = ( ( nResult >> 14 ) & 0x01 ) | ( ( nResult << 1 ) & 0x7FFF );
+        nResult ^= ( 0x8000 | ( 'N' << 8 ) | 'K' );
+        nResult ^= aString.getLength();
+    }
+
+    return nResult;
+}
+
+
+Sequence< sal_Int8 > DocPasswordHelper::GetXLHashAsSequence(
+                const OUString& aUString )
+{
+    sal_uInt16 nHash = GetXLHashAsUINT16( aUString );
+    return {sal_Int8(nHash >> 8), sal_Int8(nHash & 0xFF)};
+}
+
+
+std::vector<unsigned char> DocPasswordHelper::GetOoxHashAsVector(
+        const OUString& rPassword,
+        const std::vector<unsigned char>& rSaltValue,
+        sal_uInt32 nSpinCount,
+        comphelper::Hash::IterCount eIterCount,
+        const OUString& rAlgorithmName)
+{
+    comphelper::HashType eType;
+    if (rAlgorithmName == "SHA-512" || rAlgorithmName == "SHA512")
+        eType = comphelper::HashType::SHA512;
+    else if (rAlgorithmName == "SHA-256" || rAlgorithmName == "SHA256")
+        eType = comphelper::HashType::SHA256;
+    else if (rAlgorithmName == "SHA-1" || rAlgorithmName == "SHA1") // "SHA1" might be in the wild
+        eType = comphelper::HashType::SHA1;
+    else if (rAlgorithmName == "MD5")
+        eType = comphelper::HashType::MD5;
+    else
+        return std::vector<unsigned char>();
+
+    return comphelper::Hash::calculateHash( rPassword, rSaltValue, nSpinCount, eIterCount, eType);
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> DocPasswordHelper::GetOoxHashAsSequence(
+        const OUString& rPassword,
+        const OUString& rSaltValue,
+        sal_uInt32 nSpinCount,
+        comphelper::Hash::IterCount eIterCount,
+        const OUString& rAlgorithmName)
+{
+    std::vector<unsigned char> aSaltVec;
+    if (!rSaltValue.isEmpty())
+    {
+        css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> aSaltSeq;
+        comphelper::Base64::decode( aSaltSeq, rSaltValue);
+        aSaltVec = comphelper::sequenceToContainer<std::vector<unsigned char>>( aSaltSeq);
+    }
+
+    std::vector<unsigned char> hash( GetOoxHashAsVector( rPassword, aSaltVec, nSpinCount, eIterCount, rAlgorithmName));
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence<sal_Int8>( hash);
+}
+
+OUString DocPasswordHelper::GetOoxHashAsBase64(
+        const OUString& rPassword,
+        const OUString& rSaltValue,
+        sal_uInt32 nSpinCount,
+        comphelper::Hash::IterCount eIterCount,
+        const OUString& rAlgorithmName)
+{
+    css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> aSeq( GetOoxHashAsSequence( rPassword, rSaltValue, nSpinCount,
+                eIterCount, rAlgorithmName));
+
+    OUStringBuffer aBuf((aSeq.getLength()+2)/3*4);
+    comphelper::Base64::encode( aBuf, aSeq);
+    return aBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+
+/*static*/ uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DocPasswordHelper::GenerateRandomByteSequence( sal_Int32 nLength )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aResult( nLength );
+
+    rtlRandomPool aRandomPool = rtl_random_createPool ();
+    rtl_random_getBytes ( aRandomPool, aResult.getArray(), nLength );
+    rtl_random_destroyPool ( aRandomPool );
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+/*static*/ uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DocPasswordHelper::GenerateStd97Key( const OUString& aPassword, const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aDocId )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aResultKey;
+    if ( !aPassword.isEmpty() && aDocId.getLength() == 16 )
+    {
+        sal_uInt16 pPassData[16] = {};
+
+        sal_Int32 nPassLen = std::min< sal_Int32 >( aPassword.getLength(), 15 );
+        memcpy( pPassData, aPassword.getStr(), nPassLen * sizeof(pPassData[0]) );
+
+        aResultKey = GenerateStd97Key( pPassData, aDocId );
+    }
+
+    return aResultKey;
+}
+
+
+/*static*/ uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DocPasswordHelper::GenerateStd97Key( const sal_uInt16 pPassData[16], const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aDocId )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aResultKey;
+
+    if ( aDocId.getLength() == 16 )
+        aResultKey = GenerateStd97Key(pPassData, reinterpret_cast<const sal_uInt8*>(aDocId.getConstArray()));
+
+    return aResultKey;
+}
+
+
+/*static*/ uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > DocPasswordHelper::GenerateStd97Key( const sal_uInt16 pPassData[16], const sal_uInt8 pDocId[16] )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aResultKey;
+    if ( pPassData[0] )
+    {
+        sal_uInt8 pKeyData[64] = {};
+
+        sal_Int32 nInd = 0;
+
+        // Fill PassData into KeyData.
+        for ( nInd = 0; nInd < 16 && pPassData[nInd]; nInd++)
+        {
+            pKeyData[2*nInd] = sal::static_int_cast< sal_uInt8 >( (pPassData[nInd] >> 0) & 0xff );
+            pKeyData[2*nInd + 1] = sal::static_int_cast< sal_uInt8 >( (pPassData[nInd] >> 8) & 0xff );
+        }
+
+        pKeyData[2*nInd] = 0x80;
+        pKeyData[56] = sal::static_int_cast< sal_uInt8 >( nInd << 4 );
+
+        // Fill raw digest of KeyData into KeyData.
+        rtlDigest hDigest = rtl_digest_create ( rtl_Digest_AlgorithmMD5 );
+        (void)rtl_digest_updateMD5 (
+            hDigest, pKeyData, sizeof(pKeyData));
+        (void)rtl_digest_rawMD5 (
+            hDigest, pKeyData, RTL_DIGEST_LENGTH_MD5);
+
+        // Update digest with KeyData and Unique.
+        for ( nInd = 0; nInd < 16; nInd++ )
+        {
+            rtl_digest_updateMD5( hDigest, pKeyData, 5 );
+            rtl_digest_updateMD5( hDigest, pDocId, 16 );
+        }
+
+        // Update digest with padding.
+        pKeyData[16] = 0x80;
+        memset( pKeyData + 17, 0, sizeof(pKeyData) - 17 );
+        pKeyData[56] = 0x80;
+        pKeyData[57] = 0x0a;
+
+        rtl_digest_updateMD5( hDigest, &(pKeyData[16]), sizeof(pKeyData) - 16 );
+
+        // Fill raw digest of above updates
+        aResultKey.realloc( RTL_DIGEST_LENGTH_MD5 );
+        rtl_digest_rawMD5 ( hDigest, reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(aResultKey.getArray()), aResultKey.getLength() );
+
+        // Erase KeyData array and leave.
+        rtl_secureZeroMemory (pKeyData, sizeof(pKeyData));
+
+        rtl_digest_destroy(hDigest);
+    }
+
+    return aResultKey;
+}
+
+
+/*static*/ css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > DocPasswordHelper::requestAndVerifyDocPassword(
+        IDocPasswordVerifier& rVerifier,
+        const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >& rMediaEncData,
+        const OUString& rMediaPassword,
+        const Reference< XInteractionHandler >& rxInteractHandler,
+        const OUString& rDocumentUrl,
+        DocPasswordRequestType eRequestType,
+        const std::vector< OUString >* pDefaultPasswords,
+        bool* pbIsDefaultPassword )
+{
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > aEncData;
+    OUString aPassword;
+    DocPasswordVerifierResult eResult = DocPasswordVerifierResult::WrongPassword;
+
+    sal_Int32 nMediaEncDataCount = rMediaEncData.getLength();
+
+    // tdf#93389: if the document is being restored from autorecovery, we need to add encryption
+    // data also for real document type.
+    // TODO: get real filter name here (from CheckPasswd_Impl), to only add necessary data
+    bool bForSalvage = false;
+    if (nMediaEncDataCount)
+    {
+        for (auto& val : rMediaEncData)
+        {
+            if (val.Name == "ForSalvage")
+            {
+                --nMediaEncDataCount; // don't consider this element below
+                val.Value >>= bForSalvage;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // first, try provided default passwords
+    if( pbIsDefaultPassword )
+        *pbIsDefaultPassword = false;
+    if( pDefaultPasswords )
+    {
+        for( const auto& rPassword : *pDefaultPasswords )
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE( !rPassword.isEmpty(), "DocPasswordHelper::requestAndVerifyDocPassword - unexpected empty default password" );
+            if( !rPassword.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                eResult = rVerifier.verifyPassword( rPassword, aEncData );
+                if (eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::OK)
+                {
+                    aPassword = rPassword;
+                    if (pbIsDefaultPassword)
+                        *pbIsDefaultPassword = true;
+                }
+                if( eResult != DocPasswordVerifierResult::WrongPassword )
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // try media encryption data (skip, if result is OK or ABORT)
+    if( eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::WrongPassword )
+    {
+        if (nMediaEncDataCount)
+        {
+            eResult = rVerifier.verifyEncryptionData( rMediaEncData );
+            if( eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::OK )
+                aEncData = rMediaEncData;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // try media password (skip, if result is OK or ABORT)
+    if( eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::WrongPassword )
+    {
+        if( !rMediaPassword.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            eResult = rVerifier.verifyPassword( rMediaPassword, aEncData );
+            if (eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::OK)
+                aPassword = rMediaPassword;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // request a password (skip, if result is OK or ABORT)
+    if( (eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::WrongPassword) && rxInteractHandler.is() ) try
+    {
+        PasswordRequestMode eRequestMode = PasswordRequestMode_PASSWORD_ENTER;
+        while( eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::WrongPassword )
+        {
+            DocPasswordRequest* pRequest = new DocPasswordRequest( eRequestType, eRequestMode, rDocumentUrl );
+            Reference< XInteractionRequest > xRequest( pRequest );
+            rxInteractHandler->handle( xRequest );
+            if( pRequest->isPassword() )
+            {
+                if( !pRequest->getPassword().isEmpty() )
+                    eResult = rVerifier.verifyPassword( pRequest->getPassword(), aEncData );
+                if (eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::OK)
+                    aPassword = pRequest->getPassword();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                eResult = DocPasswordVerifierResult::Abort;
+            }
+            eRequestMode = PasswordRequestMode_PASSWORD_REENTER;
+        }
+    }
+    catch( Exception& )
+    {
+    }
+
+    if (eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::OK && !aPassword.isEmpty())
+    {
+        if (std::find_if(std::cbegin(aEncData), std::cend(aEncData),
+                         [](const css::beans::NamedValue& val) {
+                             return val.Name == PACKAGE_ENCRYPTIONDATA_SHA256UTF8;
+                         })
+            == std::cend(aEncData))
+        {
+            // tdf#118639: We need ODF encryption data for autorecovery, where password
+            // will already be unavailable, so generate and append it here
+            aEncData = comphelper::concatSequences(
+                aEncData, OStorageHelper::CreatePackageEncryptionData(aPassword));
+        }
+
+        if (bForSalvage)
+        {
+            // TODO: add individual methods for different target filter, and only call what's needed
+
+            // 1. Prepare binary MS formats encryption data
+            auto aUniqueID = GenerateRandomByteSequence(16);
+            auto aEnc97Key = GenerateStd97Key(aPassword.getStr(), aUniqueID);
+            // 2. Add MS binary and OOXML encryption data to result
+            aEncData = comphelper::concatSequences(
+                aEncData, std::initializer_list<beans::NamedValue>{
+                              { "STD97EncryptionKey", css::uno::Any(aEnc97Key) },
+                              { "STD97UniqueID", css::uno::Any(aUniqueID) },
+                              { "OOXPassword", css::uno::Any(aPassword) },
+                          });
+        }
+    }
+
+    return (eResult == DocPasswordVerifierResult::OK) ? aEncData : uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >();
+}
+
+/*static*/ uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >
+    DocPasswordHelper::decryptGpgSession(
+        const uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > >& rGpgProperties )
+{
+#if HAVE_FEATURE_GPGME
+    if ( !rGpgProperties.hasElements() )
+        return uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >();
+
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aEncryptionData(1);
+    std::unique_ptr<GpgME::Context> ctx;
+    GpgME::initializeLibrary();
+    GpgME::Error err = GpgME::checkEngine(GpgME::OpenPGP);
+    if (err)
+        throw uno::RuntimeException("The GpgME library failed to initialize for the OpenPGP protocol.");
+
+    ctx.reset( GpgME::Context::createForProtocol(GpgME::OpenPGP) );
+    if (ctx == nullptr)
+        throw uno::RuntimeException("The GpgME library failed to initialize for the OpenPGP protocol.");
+    ctx->setArmor(false);
+
+    const uno::Sequence < beans::NamedValue > *pSequence = rGpgProperties.getConstArray();
+    const sal_Int32 nLength = rGpgProperties.getLength();
+    for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nLength ; i++, pSequence++ )
+    {
+        const beans::NamedValue *pValues = pSequence->getConstArray();
+        if ( pSequence->getLength() == 3 )
+        {
+            // take CipherValue and try to decrypt that - stop after
+            // the first successful decryption
+
+            // ctx is setup now, let's decrypt the lot!
+            uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aVector;
+            pValues[2].Value >>= aVector;
+
+            GpgME::Data cipher(
+                reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aVector.getConstArray()),
+                size_t(aVector.getLength()), false);
+            GpgME::Data plain;
+
+            GpgME::DecryptionResult crypt_res = ctx->decrypt(
+                cipher, plain);
+
+            // NO_SECKEY -> skip
+            // BAD_PASSPHRASE -> retry?
+
+            off_t result = plain.seek(0,SEEK_SET);
+            (void) result;
+            assert(result == 0);
+            int len=0, curr=0; char buf;
+            while( (curr=plain.read(&buf, 1)) )
+                len += curr;
+
+            if(crypt_res.error() || !len)
+                continue; // can't use this key, take next one
+
+            uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aKeyValue(len);
+            result = plain.seek(0,SEEK_SET);
+            assert(result == 0);
+            if( plain.read(aKeyValue.getArray(), len) != len )
+                throw uno::RuntimeException("The GpgME library failed to read the encrypted value.");
+
+            SAL_INFO("comphelper.crypto", "Extracted gpg session key of length: " << len);
+
+            aEncryptionData[0].Name = PACKAGE_ENCRYPTIONDATA_SHA256UTF8;
+            aEncryptionData[0].Value <<= aKeyValue;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( aEncryptionData[0].Value.hasValue() )
+    {
+        uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aContainer(2);
+        aContainer[0].Name = "GpgInfos";
+        aContainer[0].Value <<= rGpgProperties;
+        aContainer[1].Name = "EncryptionKey";
+        aContainer[1].Value <<= aEncryptionData;
+
+        return aContainer;
+    }
+#else
+    (void)rGpgProperties;
+#endif
+    return uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >();
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/docpasswordrequest.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/docpasswordrequest.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56644d4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/docpasswordrequest.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/docpasswordrequest.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/DocumentMSPasswordRequest2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/DocumentPasswordRequest2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/PasswordRequest.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionAbort.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionPassword2.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Any;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::InteractionClassification_QUERY;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::DocumentMSPasswordRequest2;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::DocumentPasswordRequest2;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::PasswordRequest;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::PasswordRequestMode;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::XInteractionAbort;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::XInteractionContinuation;
+using ::com::sun::star::task::XInteractionPassword2;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+namespace {
+
+class AbortContinuation : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XInteractionAbort >
+{
+public:
+    virtual void SAL_CALL select() override {}
+};
+
+}
+
+class PasswordContinuation : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XInteractionPassword2 >
+{
+public:
+    explicit     PasswordContinuation() : mbReadOnly( false ), mbSelected( false ) {}
+
+    bool     isSelected() const { return mbSelected; }
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL select() override { mbSelected = true; }
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setPassword( const OUString& rPass ) override { maPassword = rPass; }
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getPassword() override { return maPassword; }
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setPasswordToModify( const OUString& rPass ) override { maModifyPassword = rPass; }
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getPasswordToModify() override { return maModifyPassword; }
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRecommendReadOnly( sal_Bool bReadOnly ) override { mbReadOnly = bReadOnly; }
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getRecommendReadOnly() override { return mbReadOnly; }
+
+private:
+    OUString            maPassword;
+    OUString            maModifyPassword;
+    bool            mbReadOnly;
+    bool            mbSelected;
+};
+
+
+SimplePasswordRequest::SimplePasswordRequest()
+{
+    PasswordRequest aRequest( OUString(), Reference< XInterface >(),
+        InteractionClassification_QUERY, css::task::PasswordRequestMode_PASSWORD_CREATE );
+    maRequest <<= aRequest;
+
+    mxAbort = new AbortContinuation;
+    mxPassword = new PasswordContinuation;
+}
+
+SimplePasswordRequest::~SimplePasswordRequest()
+{
+}
+
+bool SimplePasswordRequest::isPassword() const
+{
+    return mxPassword->isSelected();
+}
+
+OUString SimplePasswordRequest::getPassword() const
+{
+    return mxPassword->getPassword();
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL SimplePasswordRequest::getRequest()
+{
+    return maRequest;
+}
+
+Sequence< Reference< XInteractionContinuation > > SAL_CALL SimplePasswordRequest::getContinuations()
+{
+    return { mxAbort.get(), mxPassword.get() };
+}
+
+
+DocPasswordRequest::DocPasswordRequest( DocPasswordRequestType eType,
+        PasswordRequestMode eMode, const OUString& rDocumentUrl, bool bPasswordToModify )
+{
+    switch( eType )
+    {
+        case DocPasswordRequestType::Standard:
+        {
+            DocumentPasswordRequest2 aRequest( OUString(), Reference< XInterface >(),
+                InteractionClassification_QUERY, eMode, rDocumentUrl, bPasswordToModify );
+            maRequest <<= aRequest;
+        }
+        break;
+        case DocPasswordRequestType::MS:
+        {
+            DocumentMSPasswordRequest2 aRequest( OUString(), Reference< XInterface >(),
+                InteractionClassification_QUERY, eMode, rDocumentUrl, bPasswordToModify );
+            maRequest <<= aRequest;
+        }
+        break;
+        /*  no 'default', so compilers will complain about missing
+            implementation of a new enum value. */
+    }
+
+    mxAbort = new AbortContinuation;
+    mxPassword = new PasswordContinuation;
+}
+
+DocPasswordRequest::~DocPasswordRequest()
+{
+}
+
+bool DocPasswordRequest::isPassword() const
+{
+    return mxPassword->isSelected();
+}
+
+OUString DocPasswordRequest::getPassword() const
+{
+    return mxPassword->getPassword();
+}
+
+OUString DocPasswordRequest::getPasswordToModify() const
+{
+    return mxPassword->getPasswordToModify();
+}
+
+bool DocPasswordRequest::getRecommendReadOnly() const
+{
+    return mxPassword->getRecommendReadOnly();
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL DocPasswordRequest::getRequest()
+{
+    return maRequest;
+}
+
+Sequence< Reference< XInteractionContinuation > > SAL_CALL DocPasswordRequest::getContinuations()
+{
+    return { mxAbort.get(), mxPassword.get() };
+}
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/documentinfo.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/documentinfo.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..102766778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/documentinfo.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/documentinfo.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/namedvaluecollection.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/document/XDocumentPropertiesSupplier.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/document/XDocumentProperties.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XModel.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XStorable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XTitle.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::UNO_QUERY;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Exception;
+    using ::com::sun::star::frame::XModel;
+    using ::com::sun::star::frame::XTitle;
+    using ::com::sun::star::frame::XController;
+    using ::com::sun::star::document::XDocumentPropertiesSupplier;
+    using ::com::sun::star::document::XDocumentProperties;
+    using ::com::sun::star::frame::XStorable;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;
+    using ::com::sun::star::frame::XFrame;
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        OUString lcl_getTitle( const Reference< XInterface >& _rxComponent )
+        {
+            Reference< XTitle > xTitle( _rxComponent, UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xTitle.is() )
+                return xTitle->getTitle();
+            return OUString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    OUString DocumentInfo::getDocumentTitle( const Reference< XModel >& _rxDocument )
+    {
+        OUString sTitle;
+
+        if ( !_rxDocument.is() )
+            return sTitle;
+
+        OUString sDocURL;
+        try
+        {
+            // 1. ask the model and the controller for their XTitle::getTitle
+            sTitle = lcl_getTitle( _rxDocument );
+            if ( !sTitle.isEmpty() )
+                return sTitle;
+
+            Reference< XController > xController( _rxDocument->getCurrentController() );
+            sTitle = lcl_getTitle( xController );
+            if ( !sTitle.isEmpty() )
+                return sTitle;
+
+            // work around a problem with embedded objects, which sometimes return
+            // private:object as URL
+            sDocURL = _rxDocument->getURL();
+            if ( sDocURL.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase( "private:" ) )
+                sDocURL.clear();
+
+            // 2. if the document is not saved, yet, check the frame title
+            if ( sDocURL.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                Reference< XFrame > xFrame;
+                if ( xController.is() )
+                    xFrame.set( xController->getFrame() );
+                sTitle = lcl_getTitle( xFrame );
+                if ( !sTitle.isEmpty() )
+                    return sTitle;
+            }
+
+            // 3. try the UNO XDocumentProperties
+            Reference< XDocumentPropertiesSupplier > xDPS( _rxDocument, UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xDPS.is() )
+            {
+                Reference< XDocumentProperties > xDocProps (
+                    xDPS->getDocumentProperties(), css::uno::UNO_SET_THROW );
+                sTitle = xDocProps->getTitle();
+                if ( !sTitle.isEmpty() )
+                    return sTitle;
+            }
+
+            // 4. try model arguments
+            NamedValueCollection aModelArgs( _rxDocument->getArgs() );
+            sTitle = aModelArgs.getOrDefault( "Title", sTitle );
+            if ( !sTitle.isEmpty() )
+                return sTitle;
+
+            // 5. try the last segment of the document URL
+            // this formerly was an INetURLObject::getName( LAST_SEGMENT, true, DecodeMechanism::WithCharset ),
+            // but since we moved this code to comphelper, we do not have access to an INetURLObject anymore
+            // This heuristics here should be sufficient - finally, we will get a UNO title API in a not
+            // too distant future (hopefully), then  this complete class is superfluous)
+            if ( sDocURL.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                Reference< XStorable > xDocStorable( _rxDocument, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+                sDocURL = xDocStorable->getLocation();
+            }
+            sal_Int32 nLastSepPos = sDocURL.lastIndexOf( '/' );
+            if ( ( nLastSepPos != -1 ) && ( nLastSepPos == sDocURL.getLength() - 1 ) )
+            {
+                sDocURL = sDocURL.copy( 0, nLastSepPos );
+                nLastSepPos = sDocURL.lastIndexOf( '/' );
+            }
+            sTitle = sDocURL.copy( nLastSepPos + 1 );
+
+            if ( !sTitle.isEmpty() )
+                return sTitle;
+
+            // 5.
+            // <-- #i88104# (05-16-08) TKR: use the new XTitle Interface to get the Title -->
+
+            Reference< XTitle > xTitle( _rxDocument, UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xTitle.is() )
+            {
+                if ( !xTitle->getTitle().isEmpty() )
+                    return xTitle->getTitle();
+            }
+        }
+        catch ( const Exception& )
+        {
+            // Cannot use tools::exceptionToString here, because the tools module depends on the comphelper module
+            css::uno::Any caught( ::cppu::getCaughtException() );
+            css::uno::Exception exception;
+            caught >>= exception;
+            SAL_WARN( "comphelper", "caught an exception!\ntype   : " << caught.getValueTypeName()
+                                    << "\nmessage: " << exception
+                                    << "\nin function:\n" << OSL_THIS_FUNC);
+        }
+
+        return sTitle;
+    }
+
+    void DocumentInfo::notifyMacroEventRead(const css::uno::Reference<css::frame::XModel>& rModel)
+    {
+        if (!rModel.is())
+            return;
+
+        // like BreakMacroSignature of XMLScriptContext use XModel::attachResource
+        // to propagate this notification
+        css::uno::Sequence<css::beans::PropertyValue> aMedDescr = rModel->getArgs();
+        sal_Int32 nNewLen = aMedDescr.getLength() + 1;
+        aMedDescr.realloc(nNewLen);
+        aMedDescr[nNewLen-1].Name = "MacroEventRead";
+        aMedDescr[nNewLen-1].Value <<= true;
+        rModel->attachResource(rModel->getURL(), aMedDescr);
+    }
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/evtlistenerhlp.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/evtlistenerhlp.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eac31580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/evtlistenerhlp.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/evtlistenerhlp.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    OEventListenerHelper::OEventListenerHelper(const css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XEventListener>&
+            _rxListener) : m_xListener(_rxListener)
+    {
+    }
+    void SAL_CALL OEventListenerHelper::disposing( const css::lang::EventObject& Source )
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XEventListener> xRef = m_xListener;
+        if(xRef.is())
+            xRef->disposing(Source);
+    }
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/evtmethodhelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/evtmethodhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f60d92d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/evtmethodhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/evtmethodhelper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Type;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+    Sequence< OUString> getEventMethodsForType(const Type& type)
+    {
+        typelib_InterfaceTypeDescription *pType=nullptr;
+        type.getDescription(reinterpret_cast<typelib_TypeDescription**>(&pType));
+
+        if(!pType)
+            return Sequence< OUString>();
+
+        Sequence< OUString> aNames(pType->nMembers);
+        OUString* pNames = aNames.getArray();
+        for(sal_Int32 i=0;i<pType->nMembers;i++,++pNames)
+        {
+            // the description reference
+            typelib_TypeDescriptionReference* pMemberDescriptionReference = pType->ppMembers[i];
+            // the description for the reference
+            typelib_TypeDescription* pMemberDescription = nullptr;
+            typelib_typedescriptionreference_getDescription(&pMemberDescription, pMemberDescriptionReference);
+            if (pMemberDescription)
+            {
+                typelib_InterfaceMemberTypeDescription* pRealMemberDescription =
+                reinterpret_cast<typelib_InterfaceMemberTypeDescription*>(pMemberDescription);
+                *pNames = pRealMemberDescription->pMemberName;
+            }
+        }
+        typelib_typedescription_release( &pType->aBase );
+        return aNames;
+    }
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/fileurl.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/fileurl.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9abf1a97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/fileurl.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/fileurl.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+
+bool comphelper::isFileUrl(OUString const & url) {
+    return url.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase("file:");
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/getexpandeduri.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/getexpandeduri.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..853e5dbd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/getexpandeduri.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uri/UriReferenceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uri/XVndSunStarExpandUrlReference.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/theMacroExpander.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/getexpandeduri.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+OUString comphelper::getExpandedUri(
+    css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XComponentContext> const & context,
+    OUString const & uri)
+{
+    css::uno::Reference<css::uri::XVndSunStarExpandUrlReference> ref(
+        css::uri::UriReferenceFactory::create(context)->parse(uri),
+        css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    return ref.is()
+        ? ref->expand(css::util::theMacroExpander::get(context)) : uri;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/graphicmimetype.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/graphicmimetype.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4286c92f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/graphicmimetype.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/graphicmimetype.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/graphic/GraphicProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/graphic/XGraphicProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XInputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+
+using namespace css;
+using namespace css::beans;
+using namespace css::graphic;
+using namespace css::io;
+using namespace css::uno;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+OUString GraphicMimeTypeHelper::GetMimeTypeForExtension(const OString& rExt)
+{
+    struct XMLGraphicMimeTypeMapper
+    {
+        const char* pExt;
+        const char* pMimeType;
+    };
+
+    static const XMLGraphicMimeTypeMapper aMapper[]
+        = { { "gif", "image/gif" },   { "png", "image/png" },     { "jpg", "image/jpeg" },
+            { "tif", "image/tiff" },  { "svg", "image/svg+xml" }, { "pdf", "application/pdf" },
+            { "wmf", "image/x-wmf" }, { "emf", "image/x-emf" },   { "eps", "image/x-eps" },
+            { "bmp", "image/bmp" },   { "pct", "image/x-pict" },  { "svm", "image/x-svm" } };
+
+    OUString aMimeType;
+
+    long const nCount = SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aMapper);
+    for (long i = 0; (i < nCount) && aMimeType.isEmpty(); ++i)
+    {
+        if (rExt == aMapper[i].pExt)
+            aMimeType = OUString(aMapper[i].pMimeType, strlen(aMapper[i].pMimeType),
+                                 RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+    }
+
+    return aMimeType;
+}
+
+OUString GraphicMimeTypeHelper::GetMimeTypeForXGraphic(const Reference<XGraphic>& xGraphic)
+{
+    OUString aSourceMimeType;
+    Reference<XPropertySet> const xGraphicPropertySet(xGraphic, UNO_QUERY);
+    if (xGraphicPropertySet.is() && // it's null if it's an external link
+        (xGraphicPropertySet->getPropertyValue("MimeType") >>= aSourceMimeType))
+    {
+        return aSourceMimeType;
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
+OUString
+GraphicMimeTypeHelper::GetMimeTypeForImageStream(const Reference<XInputStream>& xInputStream)
+{
+    // Create the graphic to retrieve the mimetype from it
+    Reference<XGraphicProvider> xProvider
+        = css::graphic::GraphicProvider::create(comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+    Sequence<PropertyValue> aMediaProperties(1);
+    aMediaProperties[0].Name = "InputStream";
+    aMediaProperties[0].Value <<= xInputStream;
+    Reference<XGraphic> xGraphic(xProvider->queryGraphic(aMediaProperties));
+
+    return GetMimeTypeForXGraphic(xGraphic);
+}
+
+OUString GraphicMimeTypeHelper::GetMimeTypeForConvertDataFormat(ConvertDataFormat convertDataFormat)
+{
+    switch (convertDataFormat)
+    {
+        case ConvertDataFormat::BMP:
+            return "image/bmp";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::GIF:
+            return "image/gif";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::JPG:
+            return "image/jpeg";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::PCT:
+            return "image/x-pict";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::PNG:
+            return "image/png";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::SVM:
+            return "image/x-svm";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::TIF:
+            return "image/tiff";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::WMF:
+            return "image/x-wmf";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::EMF:
+            return "image/x-emf";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::SVG:
+            return "image/svg+xml";
+        case ConvertDataFormat::MET: // What is this?
+        case ConvertDataFormat::Unknown:
+        default:
+            return "";
+    }
+}
+}
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/hash.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/hash.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..119044985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/hash.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/hash.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <rtl/alloc.h>
+#include <osl/endian.h>
+#include <config_oox.h>
+
+#if USE_TLS_NSS
+#include <nss.h>
+#include <sechash.h>
+#elif USE_TLS_OPENSSL
+#include <openssl/evp.h>
+#include <openssl/sha.h>
+#endif // USE_TLS_OPENSSL
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+struct HashImpl
+{
+
+#if USE_TLS_NSS
+    HASHContext* mpContext;
+
+    HASH_HashType getNSSType() const
+    {
+        switch (meType)
+        {
+            case HashType::MD5:
+                return HASH_AlgMD5;
+            case HashType::SHA1:
+                return HASH_AlgSHA1;
+            case HashType::SHA256:
+                return HASH_AlgSHA256;
+            case HashType::SHA512:
+                return HASH_AlgSHA512;
+        }
+
+        return HASH_AlgNULL;
+    }
+#elif USE_TLS_OPENSSL
+    EVP_MD_CTX* mpContext;
+
+    const EVP_MD* getOpenSSLType() const
+    {
+        switch (meType)
+        {
+            case HashType::MD5:
+                return EVP_md5();
+            case HashType::SHA1:
+                return EVP_sha1();
+            case HashType::SHA256:
+                return EVP_sha256();
+            case HashType::SHA512:
+                return EVP_sha512();
+        }
+
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    HashType const meType;
+
+    HashImpl(HashType eType):
+        meType(eType)
+    {
+
+#if USE_TLS_NSS
+        auto const e = NSS_NoDB_Init(nullptr);
+        if (e != SECSuccess) {
+            throw css::uno::RuntimeException("NSS_NoDB_Init failed with " + OUString::number(e));
+        }
+        mpContext = HASH_Create(getNSSType());
+        HASH_Begin(mpContext);
+#elif USE_TLS_OPENSSL
+        mpContext = EVP_MD_CTX_create();
+        EVP_DigestInit_ex(mpContext, getOpenSSLType(), NULL);
+#endif
+    }
+
+    ~HashImpl()
+    {
+#if USE_TLS_NSS
+        HASH_Destroy(mpContext);
+#elif USE_TLS_OPENSSL
+        EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(mpContext);
+#endif
+    }
+};
+
+Hash::Hash(HashType eType):
+    mpImpl(new HashImpl(eType))
+{
+}
+
+Hash::~Hash()
+{
+}
+
+void Hash::update(const unsigned char* pInput, size_t length)
+{
+#if USE_TLS_NSS
+    HASH_Update(mpImpl->mpContext, pInput, length);
+#elif USE_TLS_OPENSSL
+    EVP_DigestUpdate(mpImpl->mpContext, pInput, length);
+#else
+    (void)pInput;
+    (void)length;
+#endif
+}
+
+std::vector<unsigned char> Hash::finalize()
+{
+    std::vector<unsigned char> hash(getLength(), 0);
+    unsigned int digestWrittenLength;
+#if USE_TLS_NSS
+    HASH_End(mpImpl->mpContext, hash.data(), &digestWrittenLength, getLength());
+#elif USE_TLS_OPENSSL
+    EVP_DigestFinal_ex(mpImpl->mpContext, hash.data(), &digestWrittenLength);
+#else
+    (void)digestWrittenLength;
+#endif
+
+    return hash;
+}
+
+size_t Hash::getLength() const
+{
+    switch (mpImpl->meType)
+    {
+        case HashType::MD5:
+            return 16;
+        case HashType::SHA1:
+            return 20;
+        case HashType::SHA256:
+            return 32;
+        case HashType::SHA512:
+            return 64;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+std::vector<unsigned char> Hash::calculateHash(const unsigned char* pInput, size_t length, HashType eType)
+{
+    Hash aHash(eType);
+    aHash.update(pInput, length);
+    return aHash.finalize();
+}
+
+std::vector<unsigned char> Hash::calculateHash(
+        const unsigned char* pInput, size_t nLength,
+        const unsigned char* pSalt, size_t nSaltLen,
+        sal_uInt32 nSpinCount,
+        IterCount eIterCount,
+        HashType eType)
+{
+    if (!pSalt)
+        nSaltLen = 0;
+
+    if (!nSaltLen && !nSpinCount)
+        return calculateHash( pInput, nLength, eType);
+
+    Hash aHash(eType);
+    if (nSaltLen)
+    {
+        std::vector<unsigned char> initialData( nSaltLen + nLength);
+        std::copy( pSalt, pSalt + nSaltLen, initialData.begin());
+        std::copy( pInput, pInput + nLength, initialData.begin() + nSaltLen);
+        aHash.update( initialData.data(), initialData.size());
+        rtl_secureZeroMemory( initialData.data(), initialData.size());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        aHash.update( pInput, nLength);
+    }
+    std::vector<unsigned char> hash( aHash.finalize());
+
+    if (nSpinCount)
+    {
+        // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd920692
+        // says the iteration is concatenated after the hash.
+        // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd924776 and
+        // https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd925430
+        // say the iteration is prepended to the hash.
+        const size_t nAddIter = (eIterCount == IterCount::NONE ? 0 : 4);
+        const size_t nIterPos = (eIterCount == IterCount::APPEND ? hash.size() : 0);
+        const size_t nHashPos = (eIterCount == IterCount::PREPEND ? nAddIter : 0);
+        std::vector<unsigned char> data( hash.size() + nAddIter, 0);
+        for (sal_uInt32 i = 0; i < nSpinCount; ++i)
+        {
+            std::copy( hash.begin(), hash.end(), data.begin() + nHashPos);
+            if (nAddIter)
+            {
+#ifdef OSL_BIGENDIAN
+                sal_uInt32 be = i;
+                sal_uInt8* p = reinterpret_cast<sal_uInt8*>(&be);
+                std::swap( p[0], p[3] );
+                std::swap( p[1], p[2] );
+                memcpy( data.data() + nIterPos, &be, nAddIter);
+#else
+                memcpy( data.data() + nIterPos, &i, nAddIter);
+#endif
+            }
+            /* TODO: isn't there something better than
+             * creating/finalizing/destroying on each iteration? */
+            Hash aReHash(eType);
+            aReHash.update( data.data(), data.size());
+            hash = aReHash.finalize();
+        }
+    }
+
+    return hash;
+}
+
+std::vector<unsigned char> Hash::calculateHash(
+        const OUString& rPassword,
+        const std::vector<unsigned char>& rSaltValue,
+        sal_uInt32 nSpinCount,
+        IterCount eIterCount,
+        HashType eType)
+{
+    const unsigned char* pPassBytes = reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(rPassword.getStr());
+    const size_t nPassBytesLen = rPassword.getLength() * 2;
+#ifdef OSL_BIGENDIAN
+    // Swap UTF16-BE to UTF16-LE
+    std::vector<unsigned char> vPass;
+    if (nPassBytesLen)
+    {
+        vPass.resize( nPassBytesLen);
+        std::copy( pPassBytes, pPassBytes + nPassBytesLen, vPass.begin());
+        unsigned char* p = vPass.data();
+        unsigned char const * const pEnd = p + nPassBytesLen;
+        for ( ; p < pEnd; p += 2 )
+        {
+            std::swap( p[0], p[1] );
+        }
+        pPassBytes = vPass.data();
+    }
+#endif
+    return calculateHash( pPassBytes, nPassBytesLen, rSaltValue.data(), rSaltValue.size(), nSpinCount,
+            eIterCount, eType);
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/instancelocker.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/instancelocker.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c32747e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/instancelocker.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,446 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/interfacecontainer2.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/util/CloseVetoException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XCloseBroadcaster.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XCloseable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/DisposedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDesktop.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/TerminationVetoException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/DoubleInitializationException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/Actions.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XActionsApproval.hpp>
+
+#include "instancelocker.hxx"
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+
+// OInstanceLocker
+
+
+OInstanceLocker::OInstanceLocker()
+: m_bDisposed( false )
+, m_bInitialized( false )
+{
+}
+
+
+OInstanceLocker::~OInstanceLocker()
+{
+    if ( !m_bDisposed )
+    {
+        osl_atomic_increment(&m_refCount); // to call dispose
+        try {
+            dispose();
+        }
+        catch ( uno::RuntimeException& )
+        {}
+    }
+}
+
+// XComponent
+
+void SAL_CALL OInstanceLocker::dispose()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( m_bDisposed )
+        throw lang::DisposedException();
+
+    lang::EventObject aSource( static_cast< ::cppu::OWeakObject* >(this) );
+    if ( m_pListenersContainer )
+        m_pListenersContainer->disposeAndClear( aSource );
+
+    if ( m_xLockListener.is() )
+    {
+        m_xLockListener->Dispose();
+        m_xLockListener.clear();
+    }
+
+    m_bDisposed = true;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OInstanceLocker::addEventListener( const uno::Reference< lang::XEventListener >& xListener )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( m_bDisposed )
+        throw lang::DisposedException(); // TODO
+
+    if ( !m_pListenersContainer )
+        m_pListenersContainer.reset( new ::comphelper::OInterfaceContainerHelper2( m_aMutex ) );
+
+    m_pListenersContainer->addInterface( xListener );
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OInstanceLocker::removeEventListener( const uno::Reference< lang::XEventListener >& xListener )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( m_pListenersContainer )
+        m_pListenersContainer->removeInterface( xListener );
+}
+
+// XInitialization
+
+void SAL_CALL OInstanceLocker::initialize( const uno::Sequence< uno::Any >& aArguments )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( m_bInitialized )
+        throw frame::DoubleInitializationException();
+
+    if ( m_bDisposed )
+        throw lang::DisposedException(); // TODO
+
+    if ( !m_refCount )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException(); // the object must be refcounted already!
+
+    uno::Reference< uno::XInterface > xInstance;
+    uno::Reference< embed::XActionsApproval > xApproval;
+    sal_Int32 nModes = 0;
+
+    try
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nLen = aArguments.getLength();
+        if ( nLen < 2 || nLen > 3 )
+            throw lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                            "Wrong count of parameters!",
+                            uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >(),
+                            0 );
+
+        if ( !( aArguments[0] >>= xInstance ) || !xInstance.is() )
+            throw lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Nonempty reference is expected as the first argument!",
+                    uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >(),
+                    0 );
+
+        if (
+            !( aArguments[1] >>= nModes ) ||
+            (
+              !( nModes & embed::Actions::PREVENT_CLOSE ) &&
+              !( nModes & embed::Actions::PREVENT_TERMINATION )
+            )
+           )
+        {
+            throw lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "The correct modes set is expected as the second argument!",
+                    uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >(),
+                    0 );
+        }
+
+        if ( nLen == 3 && !( aArguments[2] >>= xApproval ) )
+            throw lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "If the third argument is provided, it must be XActionsApproval implementation!",
+                    uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >(),
+                    0 );
+
+        m_xLockListener = new OLockListener( uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > ( static_cast< lang::XComponent* >( this ) ),
+                                            xInstance,
+                                            nModes,
+                                            xApproval );
+        m_xLockListener->Init();
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        dispose();
+        throw;
+    }
+
+    m_bInitialized = true;
+}
+
+// XServiceInfo
+OUString SAL_CALL OInstanceLocker::getImplementationName(  )
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.embed.InstanceLocker";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OInstanceLocker::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, ServiceName);
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL OInstanceLocker::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.embed.InstanceLocker" };
+}
+
+// OLockListener
+
+
+OLockListener::OLockListener( const uno::WeakReference< lang::XComponent >& xWrapper,
+                    const uno::Reference< uno::XInterface >& xInstance,
+                    sal_Int32 nMode,
+                    const uno::Reference< embed::XActionsApproval >& rApproval )
+: m_xInstance( xInstance )
+, m_xApproval( rApproval )
+, m_xWrapper( xWrapper )
+, m_bDisposed( false )
+, m_bInitialized( false )
+, m_nMode( nMode )
+{
+}
+
+
+OLockListener::~OLockListener()
+{
+}
+
+
+void OLockListener::Dispose()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( m_bDisposed )
+        return;
+
+    if ( m_nMode & embed::Actions::PREVENT_CLOSE )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference< util::XCloseBroadcaster > xCloseBroadcaster( m_xInstance, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xCloseBroadcaster.is() )
+                xCloseBroadcaster->removeCloseListener( static_cast< util::XCloseListener* >( this ) );
+
+            uno::Reference< util::XCloseable > xCloseable( m_xInstance, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( xCloseable.is() )
+                xCloseable->close( true );
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {}
+    }
+
+    if ( m_nMode & embed::Actions::PREVENT_TERMINATION )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference< frame::XDesktop > xDesktop( m_xInstance, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            xDesktop->removeTerminateListener( static_cast< frame::XTerminateListener* >( this ) );
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {}
+    }
+
+    m_xInstance.clear();
+    m_bDisposed = true;
+}
+
+// XEventListener
+
+void SAL_CALL OLockListener::disposing( const lang::EventObject& aEvent )
+{
+    osl::ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    // object is disposed
+    if ( aEvent.Source != m_xInstance )
+        return;
+
+    // the object does not listen for anything any more
+    m_nMode = 0;
+
+    // dispose the wrapper;
+    uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > xComponent( m_xWrapper.get(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    aGuard.clear();
+    if ( xComponent.is() )
+    {
+        try { xComponent->dispose(); }
+        catch( uno::Exception& ){}
+    }
+}
+
+
+// XCloseListener
+
+void SAL_CALL OLockListener::queryClosing( const lang::EventObject& aEvent, sal_Bool )
+{
+    // GetsOwnership parameter is always ignored, the user of the service must close the object always
+    osl::ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !(!m_bDisposed && aEvent.Source == m_xInstance && ( m_nMode & embed::Actions::PREVENT_CLOSE )) )
+        return;
+
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< embed::XActionsApproval > xApprove = m_xApproval;
+
+        // unlock the mutex here
+        aGuard.clear();
+
+        if ( xApprove.is() && xApprove->approveAction( embed::Actions::PREVENT_CLOSE ) )
+            throw util::CloseVetoException();
+    }
+    catch( util::CloseVetoException& )
+    {
+        // rethrow this exception
+        throw;
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        // no action should be done
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OLockListener::notifyClosing( const lang::EventObject& aEvent )
+{
+    osl::ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    // object is closed, no reason to listen
+    if ( aEvent.Source != m_xInstance )
+        return;
+
+    uno::Reference< util::XCloseBroadcaster > xCloseBroadcaster( aEvent.Source, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( !xCloseBroadcaster.is() )
+        return;
+
+    xCloseBroadcaster->removeCloseListener( static_cast< util::XCloseListener* >( this ) );
+    m_nMode &= ~embed::Actions::PREVENT_CLOSE;
+    if ( !m_nMode )
+    {
+        // dispose the wrapper;
+        uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > xComponent( m_xWrapper.get(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        aGuard.clear();
+        if ( xComponent.is() )
+        {
+            try { xComponent->dispose(); }
+            catch( uno::Exception& ){}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// XTerminateListener
+
+void SAL_CALL OLockListener::queryTermination( const lang::EventObject& aEvent )
+{
+    osl::ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !(aEvent.Source == m_xInstance && ( m_nMode & embed::Actions::PREVENT_TERMINATION )) )
+        return;
+
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< embed::XActionsApproval > xApprove = m_xApproval;
+
+        // unlock the mutex here
+        aGuard.clear();
+
+        if ( xApprove.is() && xApprove->approveAction( embed::Actions::PREVENT_TERMINATION ) )
+            throw frame::TerminationVetoException();
+    }
+    catch( frame::TerminationVetoException& )
+    {
+        // rethrow this exception
+        throw;
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        // no action should be done
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OLockListener::notifyTermination( const lang::EventObject& aEvent )
+{
+    osl::ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    // object is terminated, no reason to listen
+    if ( aEvent.Source != m_xInstance )
+        return;
+
+    uno::Reference< frame::XDesktop > xDesktop( aEvent.Source, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( !xDesktop.is() )
+        return;
+
+    try
+    {
+        xDesktop->removeTerminateListener( static_cast< frame::XTerminateListener* >( this ) );
+        m_nMode &= ~embed::Actions::PREVENT_TERMINATION;
+        if ( !m_nMode )
+        {
+            // dispose the wrapper;
+            uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > xComponent( m_xWrapper.get(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            aGuard.clear();
+            if ( xComponent.is() )
+            {
+                try { xComponent->dispose(); }
+                catch( uno::Exception& ){}
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {}
+}
+
+
+// XInitialization
+
+void OLockListener::Init()
+{
+    osl::ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( m_bDisposed || m_bInitialized )
+        return;
+
+    try
+    {
+        if ( m_nMode & embed::Actions::PREVENT_CLOSE )
+        {
+            uno::Reference< util::XCloseBroadcaster > xCloseBroadcaster( m_xInstance, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            xCloseBroadcaster->addCloseListener( static_cast< util::XCloseListener* >( this ) );
+        }
+
+        if ( m_nMode & embed::Actions::PREVENT_TERMINATION )
+        {
+            uno::Reference< frame::XDesktop > xDesktop( m_xInstance, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            xDesktop->addTerminateListener( static_cast< frame::XTerminateListener* >( this ) );
+        }
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        // dispose the wrapper;
+        uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > xComponent( m_xWrapper.get(), uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        aGuard.clear();
+        if ( xComponent.is() )
+        {
+            try { xComponent->dispose(); }
+            catch( uno::Exception& ){}
+        }
+
+        throw;
+    }
+
+    m_bInitialized = true;
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+com_sun_star_comp_embed_InstanceLocker(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new OInstanceLocker());
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/instancelocker.hxx b/comphelper/source/misc/instancelocker.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff5cee4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/instancelocker.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/* -*- 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_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_MISC_INSTANCELOCKER_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_MISC_INSTANCELOCKER_HXX
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XCloseListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XTerminateListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include <memory>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::embed { class XActionsApproval; }
+namespace comphelper { class OInterfaceContainerHelper2; }
+
+
+class OLockListener;
+
+// the service is implemented as a wrapper to be able to die by refcount
+// the disposing mechanics is required for java related scenarios
+class OInstanceLocker : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::lang::XComponent,
+                                                       css::lang::XInitialization,
+                                                       css::lang::XServiceInfo >
+{
+    ::osl::Mutex m_aMutex;
+
+    rtl::Reference< OLockListener > m_xLockListener;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<::comphelper::OInterfaceContainerHelper2> m_pListenersContainer; // list of listeners
+
+    bool m_bDisposed;
+    bool m_bInitialized;
+
+public:
+    explicit OInstanceLocker();
+    virtual ~OInstanceLocker() override;
+
+// XComponent
+    virtual void SAL_CALL dispose() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL addEventListener( const css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XEventListener >& xListener ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removeEventListener( const css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XEventListener >& aListener ) override;
+
+// XInitialization
+    virtual void SAL_CALL initialize( const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& aArguments ) override;
+
+// XServiceInfo
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+
+};
+
+
+class OLockListener : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::util::XCloseListener,
+                                                     css::frame::XTerminateListener >
+{
+    ::osl::Mutex m_aMutex;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > m_xInstance;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::embed::XActionsApproval > m_xApproval;
+
+    css::uno::WeakReference< css::lang::XComponent > m_xWrapper;
+
+    bool m_bDisposed;
+    bool m_bInitialized;
+
+    sal_Int32 m_nMode;
+
+public:
+    OLockListener(  const css::uno::WeakReference< css::lang::XComponent >& xWrapper,
+                    const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xInstance,
+                    sal_Int32 nMode,
+                    const css::uno::Reference< css::embed::XActionsApproval >& rApproval );
+
+    virtual ~OLockListener() override;
+
+    void Init();
+    void Dispose();
+
+// XEventListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const css::lang::EventObject& Source ) override;
+
+// XCloseListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL queryClosing( const css::lang::EventObject& Source, sal_Bool GetsOwnership ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL notifyClosing( const css::lang::EventObject& Source ) override;
+
+// XTerminateListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL queryTermination( const css::lang::EventObject& Event ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL notifyTermination( const css::lang::EventObject& Event ) override;
+
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/interaction.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/interaction.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a2407550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/interaction.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/interaction.hxx>
+
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::task;
+
+    OInteractionRequest::OInteractionRequest(const Any& _rRequestDescription)
+        :m_aRequest(_rRequestDescription)
+    {
+    }
+
+    OInteractionRequest::OInteractionRequest(const Any& rRequestDescription,
+            std::vector<Reference<XInteractionContinuation>> const& rContinuations)
+        : m_aRequest(rRequestDescription)
+        , m_aContinuations(rContinuations)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void OInteractionRequest::addContinuation(const Reference< XInteractionContinuation >& _rxContinuation)
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(_rxContinuation.is(), "OInteractionRequest::addContinuation: invalid argument!");
+        if (_rxContinuation.is())
+        {
+            m_aContinuations.push_back(_rxContinuation);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL OInteractionRequest::getRequest(  )
+    {
+        return m_aRequest;
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< Reference< XInteractionContinuation > > SAL_CALL OInteractionRequest::getContinuations(  )
+    {
+        return comphelper::containerToSequence(m_aContinuations);
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/listenernotification.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/listenernotification.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bb4e7f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/listenernotification.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/listenernotification.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XEventListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/DisposedException.hpp>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+    OListenerContainer::OListenerContainer( ::osl::Mutex& _rMutex )
+        :m_aListeners( _rMutex )
+    {
+    }
+
+    OListenerContainer::~OListenerContainer() {}
+
+
+    void OListenerContainer::impl_addListener( const Reference< XEventListener >& _rxListener )
+    {
+        OSL_PRECOND( _rxListener.is(), "OListenerContainer::impl_addListener: a NULL listener?!" );
+        if ( _rxListener.is() )
+            m_aListeners.addInterface( _rxListener );
+    }
+
+
+    void OListenerContainer::impl_removeListener( const Reference< XEventListener >& _rxListener )
+    {
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+        ::comphelper::OInterfaceIteratorHelper2 aIter( m_aListeners );
+        bool bFound = false;
+        while ( aIter.hasMoreElements() && !bFound )
+        {
+            bFound = ( Reference< XInterface >( aIter.next() ) == _rxListener );
+        }
+        OSL_ENSURE( bFound, "OListenerContainer::impl_removeListener: sure your listener handling is correct? The given listener is not registered!" );
+#endif
+        m_aListeners.removeInterface( _rxListener );
+    }
+
+
+    void OListenerContainer::disposing( const EventObject& _rEventSource )
+    {
+        m_aListeners.disposeAndClear( _rEventSource );
+    }
+
+
+    void OListenerContainer::clear()
+    {
+        m_aListeners.clear();
+    }
+
+
+    bool OListenerContainer::impl_notify( const EventObject& _rEvent )
+    {
+        ::comphelper::OInterfaceIteratorHelper2 aIter( m_aListeners );
+        bool bCancelled = false;
+        while ( aIter.hasMoreElements() && !bCancelled )
+        {
+            Reference< XEventListener > xListener( static_cast< XEventListener* >( aIter.next() ) );
+            if ( !xListener.is() )
+                continue;
+
+            try
+            {
+                bCancelled = !implNotify( xListener, _rEvent );
+            }
+            catch( const DisposedException& e )
+            {
+                // DisposedExceptions from the listener might indicate a
+                // broken connection to a different environment.
+
+                OSL_ENSURE( e.Context.is(), "OListenerContainer::impl_notify: caught dispose exception with empty Context field" );
+
+                // If the exception stems from the listener then remove it
+                // from the list of listeners.  If the Context field of the
+                // exception is empty this is interpreted to indicate the
+                // listener as well.
+                if ( e.Context == xListener || !e.Context.is() )
+                    aIter.remove();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return !bCancelled;
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/logging.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/logging.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..405a4acae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/logging.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/logging.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/logging/LoggerPool.hpp>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XComponentContext;
+    using ::com::sun::star::logging::XLoggerPool;
+    using ::com::sun::star::logging::LoggerPool;
+    using ::com::sun::star::logging::XLogger;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Exception;
+
+    class EventLogger_Impl
+    {
+    private:
+        Reference< XComponentContext >  m_aContext;
+        Reference< XLogger >            m_xLogger;
+
+    public:
+        EventLogger_Impl( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext, const OUString& _rLoggerName );
+
+        bool isValid() const { return m_xLogger.is(); }
+        const Reference< XLogger >& getLogger() const { return m_xLogger; }
+    };
+
+    EventLogger_Impl::EventLogger_Impl( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext, const OUString& _rLoggerName )
+        :m_aContext( _rxContext )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Reference< XLoggerPool > xPool( LoggerPool::get( m_aContext ) );
+            if ( !_rLoggerName.isEmpty() )
+                m_xLogger = xPool->getNamedLogger( _rLoggerName );
+            else
+                m_xLogger = xPool->getDefaultLogger();
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL( "EventLogger_Impl::impl_createLogger_nothrow: caught an exception!" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    EventLogger::EventLogger( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext, const char* _pAsciiLoggerName )
+        :m_pImpl( std::make_shared<EventLogger_Impl>( _rxContext, OUString::createFromAscii( _pAsciiLoggerName ) ) )
+    {
+    }
+
+    bool EventLogger::isLoggable( const sal_Int32 _nLogLevel ) const
+    {
+        if ( !m_pImpl->isValid() )
+            return false;
+
+        try
+        {
+            return m_pImpl->getLogger()->isLoggable( _nLogLevel );
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL( "EventLogger::isLoggable: caught an exception!" );
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const css::uno::Reference<css::logging::XLogger> & EventLogger::getLogger() const
+    {
+        return m_pImpl->getLogger();
+    }
+
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        void lcl_replaceParameter( OUString& _inout_Message, const char* _rPlaceHolder, const OUString& _rReplacement )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nPlaceholderPosition = _inout_Message.indexOfAsciiL( _rPlaceHolder, strlen(_rPlaceHolder) );
+            OSL_ENSURE( nPlaceholderPosition >= 0, "lcl_replaceParameter: placeholder not found!" );
+            if ( nPlaceholderPosition < 0 )
+                return;
+
+            _inout_Message = _inout_Message.replaceAt( nPlaceholderPosition, strlen(_rPlaceHolder), _rReplacement );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void EventLogger::impl_log( const sal_Int32 _nLogLevel,
+        const char* _pSourceClass, const char* _pSourceMethod, const OUString& _rMessage,
+        const OptionalString& _rArgument1, const OptionalString& _rArgument2,
+        const OptionalString& _rArgument3, const OptionalString& _rArgument4,
+        const OptionalString& _rArgument5, const OptionalString& _rArgument6 ) const
+    {
+        OUString sMessage( _rMessage );
+        if ( !!_rArgument1 )
+            lcl_replaceParameter( sMessage, "$1$", *_rArgument1 );
+
+        if ( !!_rArgument2 )
+            lcl_replaceParameter( sMessage, "$2$", *_rArgument2 );
+
+        if ( !!_rArgument3 )
+            lcl_replaceParameter( sMessage, "$3$", *_rArgument3 );
+
+        if ( !!_rArgument4 )
+            lcl_replaceParameter( sMessage, "$4$", *_rArgument4 );
+
+        if ( !!_rArgument5 )
+            lcl_replaceParameter( sMessage, "$5$", *_rArgument5 );
+
+        if ( !!_rArgument6 )
+            lcl_replaceParameter( sMessage, "$6$", *_rArgument6 );
+
+        try
+        {
+            Reference< XLogger > xLogger( m_pImpl->getLogger() );
+            OSL_PRECOND( xLogger.is(), "EventLogger::impl_log: should never be called without a logger!" );
+            if ( _pSourceClass && _pSourceMethod )
+            {
+                xLogger->logp(
+                    _nLogLevel,
+                    OUString::createFromAscii( _pSourceClass ),
+                    OUString::createFromAscii( _pSourceMethod ),
+                    sMessage
+                );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                xLogger->log( _nLogLevel, sMessage );
+            }
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL( "EventLogger::impl_log: caught an exception!" );
+        }
+    }
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/lok.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/lok.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..236f326be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/lok.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/lok.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace comphelper::LibreOfficeKit
+{
+
+static bool g_bActive(false);
+
+static bool g_bPartInInvalidation(false);
+
+static bool g_bTiledPainting(false);
+
+static bool g_bDialogPainting(false);
+
+static bool g_bTiledAnnotations(true);
+
+static bool g_bRangeHeaders(false);
+
+static bool g_bViewIdForVisCursorInvalidation(false);
+
+static bool g_bLocalRendering(false);
+
+static Compat g_eCompatFlags(Compat::none);
+
+namespace
+{
+
+class LanguageAndLocale
+{
+private:
+    LanguageTag maLanguageTag;
+    LanguageTag maLocaleLanguageTag;
+
+public:
+
+    LanguageAndLocale()
+        : maLanguageTag(LANGUAGE_NONE)
+        , maLocaleLanguageTag(LANGUAGE_NONE)
+    {}
+
+    const LanguageTag& getLanguage()
+    {
+        return maLanguageTag;
+    }
+
+    void setLanguage(const LanguageTag& rLanguageTag)
+    {
+        if (maLanguageTag != rLanguageTag)
+        {
+            SAL_INFO("comphelper.lok", "Setting language from " << maLanguageTag.getBcp47() << " to " << rLanguageTag.getBcp47());
+            maLanguageTag = rLanguageTag;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const LanguageTag& getLocale()
+    {
+        return maLocaleLanguageTag;
+    }
+
+    void setLocale(const LanguageTag& rLocaleLanguageTag)
+    {
+        if (maLocaleLanguageTag != rLocaleLanguageTag)
+        {
+            SAL_INFO("comphelper.lok", "Setting locale from " << maLanguageTag.getBcp47() << " to " << rLocaleLanguageTag.getBcp47());
+            maLocaleLanguageTag = rLocaleLanguageTag;
+        }
+    }
+
+};
+
+}
+
+static LanguageAndLocale g_aLanguageAndLocale;
+
+/// Scaling of the cairo canvas painting for hi-dpi
+static double g_fDPIScale(1.0);
+
+void setActive(bool bActive)
+{
+    g_bActive = bActive;
+}
+
+bool isActive()
+{
+    return g_bActive;
+}
+
+void setPartInInvalidation(bool bPartInInvalidation)
+{
+    g_bPartInInvalidation = bPartInInvalidation;
+}
+
+bool isPartInInvalidation()
+{
+    return g_bPartInInvalidation;
+}
+
+void setTiledPainting(bool bTiledPainting)
+{
+    g_bTiledPainting = bTiledPainting;
+}
+
+bool isTiledPainting()
+{
+    return g_bTiledPainting;
+}
+
+void setDialogPainting(bool bDialogPainting)
+{
+    g_bDialogPainting = bDialogPainting;
+}
+
+bool isDialogPainting()
+{
+    return g_bDialogPainting;
+}
+
+void setDPIScale(double fDPIScale)
+{
+    g_fDPIScale = fDPIScale;
+}
+
+double getDPIScale()
+{
+    return g_fDPIScale;
+}
+
+void setTiledAnnotations(bool bTiledAnnotations)
+{
+    g_bTiledAnnotations = bTiledAnnotations;
+}
+
+bool isTiledAnnotations()
+{
+    return g_bTiledAnnotations;
+}
+
+void setRangeHeaders(bool bRangeHeaders)
+{
+    g_bRangeHeaders = bRangeHeaders;
+}
+
+void setViewIdForVisCursorInvalidation(bool bViewIdForVisCursorInvalidation)
+{
+    g_bViewIdForVisCursorInvalidation = bViewIdForVisCursorInvalidation;
+}
+
+bool isViewIdForVisCursorInvalidation()
+{
+    return g_bViewIdForVisCursorInvalidation;
+}
+
+bool isRangeHeaders()
+{
+    return g_bRangeHeaders;
+}
+
+void setLocalRendering(bool bLocalRendering)
+{
+    g_bLocalRendering = bLocalRendering;
+}
+
+bool isLocalRendering()
+{
+    return g_bLocalRendering;
+}
+
+void setCompatFlag(Compat flag) { g_eCompatFlags = static_cast<Compat>(g_eCompatFlags | flag); }
+
+bool isCompatFlagSet(Compat flag) { return (g_eCompatFlags & flag) == flag; }
+
+void setLocale(const LanguageTag& rLanguageTag)
+{
+    g_aLanguageAndLocale.setLocale(rLanguageTag);
+}
+
+const LanguageTag& getLocale()
+{
+    const LanguageTag& rLocale = g_aLanguageAndLocale.getLocale();
+    SAL_INFO_IF(rLocale.getLanguageType() == LANGUAGE_NONE, "comphelper.lok", "Locale not set");
+    return rLocale;
+}
+
+void setLanguageTag(const LanguageTag& rLanguageTag)
+{
+    g_aLanguageAndLocale.setLanguage(rLanguageTag);
+}
+
+const LanguageTag& getLanguageTag()
+{
+    const LanguageTag& rLanguage = g_aLanguageAndLocale.getLanguage();
+    SAL_INFO_IF(rLanguage.getLanguageType() == LANGUAGE_NONE, "comphelper.lok", "Language not set");
+    return rLanguage;
+}
+
+bool isWhitelistedLanguage(const OUString& lang)
+{
+    if (!isActive())
+        return true;
+
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    (void) lang;
+    return true;
+#else
+    static bool bInitialized = false;
+    static std::vector<OUString> aWhitelist;
+    if (!bInitialized)
+    {
+        // coverity[tainted_data] - we trust the contents of this variable
+        const char* pWhitelist = getenv("LOK_WHITELIST_LANGUAGES");
+        if (pWhitelist)
+        {
+            std::stringstream stream(pWhitelist);
+            std::string s;
+
+            std::cerr << "Whitelisted languages: ";
+            while (getline(stream, s, ' ')) {
+                if (s.length() == 0)
+                    continue;
+
+                std::cerr << s << " ";
+                aWhitelist.emplace_back(OStringToOUString(s.c_str(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
+            }
+            std::cerr << std::endl;
+        }
+
+        if (aWhitelist.empty())
+            std::cerr << "No language whitelisted, turning off the language support." << std::endl;
+
+        bInitialized = true;
+    }
+
+    if (aWhitelist.empty())
+        return false;
+
+    for (const auto& entry : aWhitelist)
+    {
+        if (lang.startsWith(entry))
+            return true;
+        if (lang.startsWith(entry.replace('_', '-')))
+            return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+static void (*pStatusIndicatorCallback)(void *data, statusIndicatorCallbackType type, int percent)(nullptr);
+static void *pStatusIndicatorCallbackData(nullptr);
+
+void setStatusIndicatorCallback(void (*callback)(void *data, statusIndicatorCallbackType type, int percent), void *data)
+{
+    pStatusIndicatorCallback = callback;
+    pStatusIndicatorCallbackData = data;
+}
+
+void statusIndicatorStart()
+{
+    if (pStatusIndicatorCallback)
+        pStatusIndicatorCallback(pStatusIndicatorCallbackData, statusIndicatorCallbackType::Start, 0);
+}
+
+void statusIndicatorSetValue(int percent)
+{
+    if (pStatusIndicatorCallback)
+        pStatusIndicatorCallback(pStatusIndicatorCallbackData, statusIndicatorCallbackType::SetValue, percent);
+}
+
+void statusIndicatorFinish()
+{
+    if (pStatusIndicatorCallback)
+        pStatusIndicatorCallback(pStatusIndicatorCallbackData, statusIndicatorCallbackType::Finish, 0);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/mimeconfighelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/mimeconfighelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0858a89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/mimeconfighelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,901 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/theDefaultProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XContainerQuery.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/VerbDescriptor.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/document/XTypeDetection.hpp>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/fileformat.h>
+#include <comphelper/mimeconfighelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/classids.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequenceashashmap.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/documentconstants.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertysequence.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace comphelper;
+
+
+MimeConfigurationHelper::MimeConfigurationHelper( const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+: m_xContext( rxContext )
+{
+    if ( !m_xContext.is() )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetStringClassIDRepresentation( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aClassID )
+{
+    OUStringBuffer aResult;
+
+    if ( aClassID.getLength() == 16 )
+    {
+        for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aClassID.getLength(); nInd++ )
+        {
+            if ( nInd == 4 || nInd == 6 || nInd == 8 || nInd == 10 )
+                aResult.append("-");
+
+            sal_Int32 nDigit1 = static_cast<sal_Int32>( static_cast<sal_uInt8>(aClassID[nInd]) / 16 );
+            sal_Int32 nDigit2 = static_cast<sal_uInt8>(aClassID[nInd]) % 16;
+            aResult.append(OUString::number( nDigit1, 16 )).append(OUString::number( nDigit2, 16 ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aResult.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+
+static sal_uInt8 GetDigit_Impl( char aChar )
+{
+    if ( aChar >= '0' && aChar <= '9' )
+        return aChar - '0';
+    else if ( aChar >= 'a' && aChar <= 'f' )
+        return aChar - 'a' + 10;
+    else if ( aChar >= 'A' && aChar <= 'F' )
+        return aChar - 'A' + 10;
+    else
+        return 16;
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetSequenceClassIDRepresentation( const OUString& aClassID )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nLength = aClassID.getLength();
+    if ( nLength == 36 )
+    {
+        OString aCharClassID = OUStringToOString( aClassID, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
+        uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aResult( 16 );
+
+        sal_Int32 nStrPointer = 0;
+        sal_Int32 nSeqInd = 0;
+        while( nSeqInd < 16 && nStrPointer + 1 < nLength )
+        {
+            sal_uInt8 nDigit1 = GetDigit_Impl( aCharClassID[nStrPointer++] );
+            sal_uInt8 nDigit2 = GetDigit_Impl( aCharClassID[nStrPointer++] );
+
+            if ( nDigit1 > 15 || nDigit2 > 15 )
+                break;
+
+            aResult[nSeqInd++] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( nDigit1 * 16 + nDigit2 );
+
+            if ( nStrPointer < nLength && aCharClassID[nStrPointer] == '-' )
+                nStrPointer++;
+        }
+
+        if ( nSeqInd == 16 && nStrPointer == nLength )
+            return aResult;
+    }
+
+    return uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >();
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetConfigurationByPath( const OUString& aPath )
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xConfig;
+
+    try
+    {
+        if ( !m_xConfigProvider.is() )
+            m_xConfigProvider = configuration::theDefaultProvider::get( m_xContext );
+
+        uno::Sequence<uno::Any> aArgs(comphelper::InitAnyPropertySequence(
+        {
+            {"nodepath", uno::Any(aPath)}
+        }));
+        xConfig.set( m_xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
+                        "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess",
+                        aArgs ),
+                     uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {}
+
+    return xConfig;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetObjConfiguration()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xObjectConfig.is() )
+        m_xObjectConfig = GetConfigurationByPath(
+                                         "/org.openoffice.Office.Embedding/Objects" );
+
+    return m_xObjectConfig;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetVerbsConfiguration()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xVerbsConfig.is() )
+        m_xVerbsConfig = GetConfigurationByPath(
+                                        "/org.openoffice.Office.Embedding/Verbs");
+
+    return m_xVerbsConfig;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetMediaTypeConfiguration()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xMediaTypeConfig.is() )
+        m_xMediaTypeConfig = GetConfigurationByPath(
+                    "/org.openoffice.Office.Embedding/MimeTypeClassIDRelations");
+
+    return m_xMediaTypeConfig;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetFilterFactory()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xFilterFactory.is() )
+        m_xFilterFactory.set(
+            m_xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.document.FilterFactory", m_xContext),
+            uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+    return m_xFilterFactory;
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetDocServiceNameFromFilter( const OUString& aFilterName )
+{
+    OUString aDocServiceName;
+
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xFilterFactory(
+            GetFilterFactory(),
+            uno::UNO_SET_THROW );
+
+        uno::Any aFilterAnyData = xFilterFactory->getByName( aFilterName );
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterData;
+        if ( aFilterAnyData >>= aFilterData )
+        {
+            for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aFilterData.getLength(); nInd++ )
+                if ( aFilterData[nInd].Name == "DocumentService" )
+                    aFilterData[nInd].Value >>= aDocServiceName;
+        }
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {}
+
+    return aDocServiceName;
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetDocServiceNameFromMediaType( const OUString& aMediaType )
+{
+    uno::Reference< container::XContainerQuery > xTypeCFG(
+            m_xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.document.TypeDetection", m_xContext),
+            uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+    if ( xTypeCFG.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // make query for all types matching the properties
+            uno::Sequence < beans::NamedValue > aSeq { { "MediaType", css::uno::Any(aMediaType) } };
+
+            uno::Reference < container::XEnumeration > xEnum = xTypeCFG->createSubSetEnumerationByProperties( aSeq );
+            while ( xEnum->hasMoreElements() )
+            {
+                uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aType;
+                if ( xEnum->nextElement() >>= aType )
+                {
+                    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aType.getLength(); nInd++ )
+                    {
+                        OUString aFilterName;
+                        if ( aType[nInd].Name == "PreferredFilter"
+                          && ( aType[nInd].Value >>= aFilterName ) && !aFilterName.isEmpty() )
+                        {
+                            OUString aDocumentName = GetDocServiceNameFromFilter( aFilterName );
+                            if ( !aDocumentName.isEmpty() )
+                                return aDocumentName;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {}
+    }
+
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+
+bool MimeConfigurationHelper::GetVerbByShortcut( const OUString& aVerbShortcut,
+                                                embed::VerbDescriptor& aDescriptor )
+{
+    bool bResult = false;
+
+    uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xVerbsConfig = GetVerbsConfiguration();
+    uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xVerbsProps;
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xVerbsConfig.is() && ( xVerbsConfig->getByName( aVerbShortcut ) >>= xVerbsProps ) && xVerbsProps.is() )
+        {
+            embed::VerbDescriptor aTempDescr;
+            if ( ( xVerbsProps->getByName("VerbID") >>= aTempDescr.VerbID )
+              && ( xVerbsProps->getByName("VerbUIName") >>= aTempDescr.VerbName )
+              && ( xVerbsProps->getByName("VerbFlags") >>= aTempDescr.VerbFlags )
+              && ( xVerbsProps->getByName("VerbAttributes") >>= aTempDescr.VerbAttributes ) )
+            {
+                aDescriptor = aTempDescr;
+                bResult = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+    }
+
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetObjPropsFromConfigEntry(
+                                            const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aClassID,
+                                            const uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess >& xObjectProps )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aResult;
+
+    if ( aClassID.getLength() == 16 )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< OUString > aObjPropNames = xObjectProps->getElementNames();
+
+            aResult.realloc( aObjPropNames.getLength() + 1 );
+            aResult[0].Name = "ClassID";
+            aResult[0].Value <<= aClassID;
+
+            for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aObjPropNames.getLength(); nInd++ )
+            {
+                aResult[nInd + 1].Name = aObjPropNames[nInd];
+
+                if ( aObjPropNames[nInd] == "ObjectVerbs" )
+                {
+                    uno::Sequence< OUString > aVerbShortcuts;
+                    if ( !(xObjectProps->getByName( aObjPropNames[nInd] ) >>= aVerbShortcuts) )
+                        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+                    uno::Sequence< embed::VerbDescriptor > aVerbDescriptors( aVerbShortcuts.getLength() );
+                    for ( sal_Int32 nVerbI = 0; nVerbI < aVerbShortcuts.getLength(); nVerbI++ )
+                        if ( !GetVerbByShortcut( aVerbShortcuts[nVerbI], aVerbDescriptors[nVerbI] ) )
+                            throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+                    aResult[nInd+1].Value <<= aVerbDescriptors;
+                }
+                else
+                    aResult[nInd+1].Value = xObjectProps->getByName( aObjPropNames[nInd] );
+            }
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {
+            aResult.realloc( 0 );
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetExplicitlyRegisteredObjClassID( const OUString& aMediaType )
+{
+    OUString aStringClassID;
+
+    uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xMediaTypeConfig = GetMediaTypeConfiguration();
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xMediaTypeConfig.is() )
+            xMediaTypeConfig->getByName( aMediaType ) >>= aStringClassID;
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+    }
+
+    return aStringClassID;
+
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetObjectPropsByStringClassID(
+                                                                const OUString& aStringClassID )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aObjProps;
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aClassID = GetSequenceClassIDRepresentation( aStringClassID );
+    if ( ClassIDsEqual( aClassID, GetSequenceClassID( SO3_DUMMY_CLASSID ) ) )
+    {
+        aObjProps.realloc(2);
+        aObjProps[0].Name = "ObjectFactory";
+        aObjProps[0].Value <<= OUString( "com.sun.star.embed.OOoSpecialEmbeddedObjectFactory" );
+        aObjProps[1].Name = "ClassID";
+        aObjProps[1].Value <<= aClassID;
+        return aObjProps;
+    }
+
+    if ( aClassID.getLength() == 16 )
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjConfig = GetObjConfiguration();
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjectProps;
+        try
+        {
+            // TODO/LATER: allow to provide ClassID string in any format, only digits are counted
+            if ( xObjConfig.is() && ( xObjConfig->getByName( aStringClassID.toAsciiUpperCase() ) >>= xObjectProps ) && xObjectProps.is() )
+                aObjProps = GetObjPropsFromConfigEntry( aClassID, xObjectProps );
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aObjProps;
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetObjectPropsByClassID(
+                                                                const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aClassID )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aObjProps;
+    if ( ClassIDsEqual( aClassID, GetSequenceClassID( SO3_DUMMY_CLASSID ) ) )
+    {
+        aObjProps.realloc(2);
+        aObjProps[0].Name = "ObjectFactory";
+        aObjProps[0].Value <<= OUString( "com.sun.star.embed.OOoSpecialEmbeddedObjectFactory" );
+        aObjProps[1].Name = "ClassID";
+        aObjProps[1].Value <<= aClassID;
+    }
+
+    OUString aStringClassID = GetStringClassIDRepresentation( aClassID );
+    if ( !aStringClassID.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjConfig = GetObjConfiguration();
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjectProps;
+        try
+        {
+            if ( xObjConfig.is() && ( xObjConfig->getByName( aStringClassID.toAsciiUpperCase() ) >>= xObjectProps ) && xObjectProps.is() )
+                aObjProps = GetObjPropsFromConfigEntry( aClassID, xObjectProps );
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aObjProps;
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetObjectPropsByMediaType( const OUString& aMediaType )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aObject =
+                                    GetObjectPropsByStringClassID( GetExplicitlyRegisteredObjClassID( aMediaType ) );
+    if ( aObject.hasElements() )
+        return aObject;
+
+    OUString aDocumentName = GetDocServiceNameFromMediaType( aMediaType );
+    if ( !aDocumentName.isEmpty() )
+        return GetObjectPropsByDocumentName( aDocumentName );
+
+    return uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >();
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetObjectPropsByFilter( const OUString& aFilterName )
+{
+    OUString aDocumentName = GetDocServiceNameFromFilter( aFilterName );
+    if ( !aDocumentName.isEmpty() )
+        return GetObjectPropsByDocumentName( aDocumentName );
+
+    return uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >();
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetObjectPropsByDocumentName( const OUString& aDocName )
+{
+    if ( !aDocName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjConfig = GetObjConfiguration();
+        if ( xObjConfig.is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                uno::Sequence< OUString > aClassIDs = xObjConfig->getElementNames();
+                for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aClassIDs.getLength(); nInd++ )
+                {
+                    uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjectProps;
+                    OUString aEntryDocName;
+
+                    if ( ( xObjConfig->getByName( aClassIDs[nInd] ) >>= xObjectProps ) && xObjectProps.is()
+                      && ( xObjectProps->getByName("ObjectDocumentServiceName") >>= aEntryDocName )
+                      && aEntryDocName == aDocName )
+                    {
+                        return GetObjPropsFromConfigEntry( GetSequenceClassIDRepresentation( aClassIDs[nInd] ),
+                                                            xObjectProps );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch( uno::Exception& )
+            {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    return uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >();
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetFactoryNameByClassID( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aClassID )
+{
+    return GetFactoryNameByStringClassID( GetStringClassIDRepresentation( aClassID ) );
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetFactoryNameByStringClassID( const OUString& aStringClassID )
+{
+    OUString aResult;
+
+    if ( !aStringClassID.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjConfig = GetObjConfiguration();
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjectProps;
+        try
+        {
+            if ( xObjConfig.is() && ( xObjConfig->getByName( aStringClassID.toAsciiUpperCase() ) >>= xObjectProps ) && xObjectProps.is() )
+                xObjectProps->getByName("ObjectFactory") >>= aResult;
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aClassID = GetSequenceClassIDRepresentation( aStringClassID );
+            if ( ClassIDsEqual( aClassID, GetSequenceClassID( SO3_DUMMY_CLASSID ) ) )
+                return "com.sun.star.embed.OOoSpecialEmbeddedObjectFactory";
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetFactoryNameByDocumentName( const OUString& aDocName )
+{
+    OUString aResult;
+
+    if ( !aDocName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjConfig = GetObjConfiguration();
+        if ( xObjConfig.is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                uno::Sequence< OUString > aClassIDs = xObjConfig->getElementNames();
+                for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aClassIDs.getLength(); nInd++ )
+                {
+                    uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xObjectProps;
+                    OUString aEntryDocName;
+
+                    if ( ( xObjConfig->getByName( aClassIDs[nInd] ) >>= xObjectProps ) && xObjectProps.is()
+                      && ( xObjectProps->getByName( "ObjectDocumentServiceName" ) >>= aEntryDocName )
+                      && aEntryDocName == aDocName )
+                    {
+                        xObjectProps->getByName("ObjectFactory") >>= aResult;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch( uno::Exception& )
+            {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetFactoryNameByMediaType( const OUString& aMediaType )
+{
+    OUString aResult = GetFactoryNameByStringClassID( GetExplicitlyRegisteredObjClassID( aMediaType ) );
+
+    if ( aResult.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        OUString aDocumentName = GetDocServiceNameFromMediaType( aMediaType );
+        if ( !aDocumentName.isEmpty() )
+            aResult = GetFactoryNameByDocumentName( aDocumentName );
+    }
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::UpdateMediaDescriptorWithFilterName(
+                                        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >& aMediaDescr,
+                                        bool bIgnoreType )
+{
+    OUString aFilterName;
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aMediaDescr.getLength(); nInd++ )
+        if ( aMediaDescr[nInd].Name == "FilterName" )
+            aMediaDescr[nInd].Value >>= aFilterName;
+
+    if ( aFilterName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        // filter name is not specified, so type detection should be done
+
+        uno::Reference< document::XTypeDetection > xTypeDetection(
+                m_xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.document.TypeDetection", m_xContext),
+                uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        // typedetection can change the mode, add a stream and so on, thus a copy should be used
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aTempMD( aMediaDescr );
+
+        // get TypeName
+        OUString aTypeName = xTypeDetection->queryTypeByDescriptor( aTempMD, true );
+
+        // get FilterName
+        for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aTempMD.getLength(); nInd++ )
+            if ( aTempMD[nInd].Name == "FilterName" )
+                aTempMD[nInd].Value >>= aFilterName;
+
+        if ( !aFilterName.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nOldLen = aMediaDescr.getLength();
+            aMediaDescr.realloc( nOldLen + 1 );
+            aMediaDescr[nOldLen].Name = "FilterName";
+            aMediaDescr[ nOldLen ].Value <<= aFilterName;
+
+        }
+        else if ( !aTypeName.isEmpty() && !bIgnoreType )
+        {
+            uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNameAccess( xTypeDetection, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aTypes;
+
+            if ( xNameAccess.is() && ( xNameAccess->getByName( aTypeName ) >>= aTypes ) )
+            {
+                for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aTypes.getLength(); nInd++ )
+                {
+                    if ( aTypes[nInd].Name == "PreferredFilter" && ( aTypes[nInd].Value >>= aFilterName ) )
+                    {
+                        sal_Int32 nOldLen = aMediaDescr.getLength();
+                        aMediaDescr.realloc( nOldLen + 1 );
+                        aMediaDescr[nOldLen].Name = "FilterName";
+                        aMediaDescr[ nOldLen ].Value = aTypes[nInd].Value;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aFilterName;
+}
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::UpdateMediaDescriptorWithFilterName(
+                        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >& aMediaDescr,
+                        uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >& aObject )
+{
+    OUString aDocName;
+    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aObject.getLength(); nInd++ )
+        if ( aObject[nInd].Name == "ObjectDocumentServiceName" )
+        {
+            aObject[nInd].Value >>= aDocName;
+            break;
+        }
+
+    OSL_ENSURE( !aDocName.isEmpty(), "The name must exist at this point!" );
+
+
+    bool bNeedsAddition = true;
+    for ( sal_Int32 nMedInd = 0; nMedInd < aMediaDescr.getLength(); nMedInd++ )
+        if ( aMediaDescr[nMedInd].Name == "DocumentService" )
+        {
+            aMediaDescr[nMedInd].Value <<= aDocName;
+            bNeedsAddition = false;
+            break;
+        }
+
+    if ( bNeedsAddition )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nOldLen = aMediaDescr.getLength();
+        aMediaDescr.realloc( nOldLen + 1 );
+        aMediaDescr[nOldLen].Name = "DocumentService";
+        aMediaDescr[nOldLen].Value <<= aDocName;
+    }
+
+    return UpdateMediaDescriptorWithFilterName( aMediaDescr, true );
+}
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+SfxFilterFlags MimeConfigurationHelper::GetFilterFlags( const OUString& aFilterName )
+{
+    SfxFilterFlags nFlags = SfxFilterFlags::NONE;
+    try
+    {
+        if ( !aFilterName.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xFilterFactory(
+                GetFilterFactory(),
+                uno::UNO_SET_THROW );
+
+            uno::Any aFilterAny = xFilterFactory->getByName( aFilterName );
+            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aData;
+            if ( aFilterAny >>= aData )
+            {
+                SequenceAsHashMap aFilterHM( aData );
+                nFlags = static_cast<SfxFilterFlags>(aFilterHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault( "Flags", sal_Int32(0) ));
+            }
+        }
+    } catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {}
+
+    return nFlags;
+}
+
+bool MimeConfigurationHelper::AddFilterNameCheckOwnFile(
+                        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >& aMediaDescr )
+{
+    OUString aFilterName = UpdateMediaDescriptorWithFilterName( aMediaDescr, false );
+    if ( !aFilterName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        SfxFilterFlags nFlags = GetFilterFlags( aFilterName );
+        // check the OWN flag
+        return bool(nFlags & SfxFilterFlags::OWN);
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetDefaultFilterFromServiceName( const OUString& aServiceName, sal_Int32 nVersion )
+{
+    OUString aResult;
+
+    if ( !aServiceName.isEmpty() && nVersion )
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference< container::XContainerQuery > xFilterQuery(
+                GetFilterFactory(),
+                uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+            uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aSearchRequest
+            {
+                { "DocumentService", css::uno::Any(aServiceName) },
+                { "FileFormatVersion", css::uno::Any(nVersion) }
+            };
+
+            uno::Reference< container::XEnumeration > xFilterEnum =
+                                            xFilterQuery->createSubSetEnumerationByProperties( aSearchRequest );
+
+            // use the first filter that is found
+            if ( xFilterEnum.is() )
+                while ( xFilterEnum->hasMoreElements() )
+                {
+                    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps;
+                    if ( xFilterEnum->nextElement() >>= aProps )
+                    {
+                        SequenceAsHashMap aPropsHM( aProps );
+                        SfxFilterFlags nFlags = static_cast<SfxFilterFlags>(aPropsHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault( "Flags", sal_Int32(0) ));
+
+                        // that should be import, export, own filter and not a template filter ( TemplatePath flag )
+                        SfxFilterFlags const nRequired = SfxFilterFlags::OWN
+                            // fdo#78159 for OOoXML, there is code to convert
+                            // to ODF in OCommonEmbeddedObject::store*
+                            // so accept it even though there's no export
+                            | (SOFFICE_FILEFORMAT_60 == nVersion ? SfxFilterFlags::NONE : SfxFilterFlags::EXPORT)
+                            | SfxFilterFlags::IMPORT;
+                        if ( ( ( nFlags & nRequired ) == nRequired ) && !( nFlags & SfxFilterFlags::TEMPLATEPATH ) )
+                        {
+                            // if there are more than one filter the preferred one should be used
+                            // if there is no preferred filter the first one will be used
+                            if ( aResult.isEmpty() || ( nFlags & SfxFilterFlags::PREFERED ) )
+                                aResult = aPropsHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault( "Name", OUString() );
+                            if ( nFlags & SfxFilterFlags::PREFERED )
+                                break; // the preferred filter was found
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+        catch( uno::Exception& )
+        {}
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+
+OUString MimeConfigurationHelper::GetExportFilterFromImportFilter( const OUString& aImportFilterName )
+{
+    OUString aExportFilterName;
+
+    try
+    {
+        if ( !aImportFilterName.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xFilterFactory(
+                GetFilterFactory(),
+                uno::UNO_SET_THROW );
+
+            uno::Any aImpFilterAny = xFilterFactory->getByName( aImportFilterName );
+            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aImpData;
+            if ( aImpFilterAny >>= aImpData )
+            {
+                SequenceAsHashMap aImpFilterHM( aImpData );
+                SfxFilterFlags nFlags = static_cast<SfxFilterFlags>(aImpFilterHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault( "Flags", sal_Int32(0) ));
+
+                if ( !( nFlags & SfxFilterFlags::IMPORT ) )
+                {
+                    OSL_FAIL( "This is no import filter!" );
+                    throw uno::Exception("this is no import filter", nullptr);
+                }
+
+                if ( nFlags & SfxFilterFlags::EXPORT )
+                {
+                    aExportFilterName = aImportFilterName;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    OUString aDocumentServiceName = aImpFilterHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault( "DocumentService", OUString() );
+                    OUString aTypeName = aImpFilterHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault( "Type", OUString() );
+
+                    OSL_ENSURE( !aDocumentServiceName.isEmpty() && !aTypeName.isEmpty(), "Incomplete filter data!" );
+                    if ( !(aDocumentServiceName.isEmpty() || aTypeName.isEmpty()) )
+                    {
+                        uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aSearchRequest
+                        {
+                            { "Type", css::uno::Any(aTypeName) },
+                            { "DocumentService", css::uno::Any(aDocumentServiceName) }
+                        };
+
+                        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aExportFilterProps = SearchForFilter(
+                            uno::Reference< container::XContainerQuery >( xFilterFactory, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW ),
+                            aSearchRequest,
+                            SfxFilterFlags::EXPORT,
+                            SfxFilterFlags::INTERNAL );
+
+                        if ( aExportFilterProps.hasElements() )
+                        {
+                            SequenceAsHashMap aExpPropsHM( aExportFilterProps );
+                            aExportFilterName = aExpPropsHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault( "Name", OUString() );
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {}
+
+    return aExportFilterName;
+}
+
+
+// static
+uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > MimeConfigurationHelper::SearchForFilter(
+                                                        const uno::Reference< container::XContainerQuery >& xFilterQuery,
+                                                        const uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >& aSearchRequest,
+                                                        SfxFilterFlags nMustFlags,
+                                                        SfxFilterFlags nDontFlags )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aFilterProps;
+    uno::Reference< container::XEnumeration > xFilterEnum =
+                                            xFilterQuery->createSubSetEnumerationByProperties( aSearchRequest );
+
+    // the first default filter will be taken,
+    // if there is no filter with flag default the first acceptable filter will be taken
+    if ( xFilterEnum.is() )
+    {
+        while ( xFilterEnum->hasMoreElements() )
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps;
+            if ( xFilterEnum->nextElement() >>= aProps )
+            {
+                SequenceAsHashMap aPropsHM( aProps );
+                SfxFilterFlags nFlags = static_cast<SfxFilterFlags>(aPropsHM.getUnpackedValueOrDefault("Flags",
+                                                                        sal_Int32(0) ));
+                if ( ( ( nFlags & nMustFlags ) == nMustFlags ) && !( nFlags & nDontFlags ) )
+                {
+                    if ( ( nFlags & SfxFilterFlags::DEFAULT ) == SfxFilterFlags::DEFAULT )
+                    {
+                        aFilterProps = aProps;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    else if ( !aFilterProps.hasElements() )
+                        aFilterProps = aProps;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aFilterProps;
+}
+
+
+bool MimeConfigurationHelper::ClassIDsEqual( const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aClassID1, const uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aClassID2 )
+{
+    if ( aClassID1.getLength() != aClassID2.getLength() )
+        return false;
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aClassID1.getLength(); nInd++ )
+        if ( aClassID1[nInd] != aClassID2[nInd] )
+            return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > MimeConfigurationHelper::GetSequenceClassID( sal_uInt32 n1, sal_uInt16 n2, sal_uInt16 n3,
+                                                sal_uInt8 b8, sal_uInt8 b9, sal_uInt8 b10, sal_uInt8 b11,
+                                                sal_uInt8 b12, sal_uInt8 b13, sal_uInt8 b14, sal_uInt8 b15 )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aResult( 16 );
+    aResult[0] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( n1 >> 24 );
+    aResult[1] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( ( n1 << 8 ) >> 24 );
+    aResult[2] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( ( n1 << 16 ) >> 24 );
+    aResult[3] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( ( n1 << 24 ) >> 24 );
+    aResult[4] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( n2 >> 8 );
+    aResult[5] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( ( n2 << 8 ) >> 8 );
+    aResult[6] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( n3 >> 8 );
+    aResult[7] = static_cast<sal_Int8>( ( n3 << 8 ) >> 8 );
+    aResult[8] = b8;
+    aResult[9] = b9;
+    aResult[10] = b10;
+    aResult[11] = b11;
+    aResult[12] = b12;
+    aResult[13] = b13;
+    aResult[14] = b14;
+    aResult[15] = b15;
+
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/namedvaluecollection.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/namedvaluecollection.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..768f1f610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/namedvaluecollection.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/namedvaluecollection.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyState.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+
+#include <rtl/instance.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Any;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyValue;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::NamedValue;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Type;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_acquire;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_release;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_queryInterface;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+
+    typedef std::unordered_map< OUString, Any >    NamedValueRepository;
+
+    struct NamedValueCollection_Impl
+    {
+        NamedValueRepository    aValues;
+    };
+
+    NamedValueCollection::NamedValueCollection()
+        :m_pImpl( new NamedValueCollection_Impl )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    NamedValueCollection::NamedValueCollection( const NamedValueCollection& _rCopySource )
+        :m_pImpl( new NamedValueCollection_Impl )
+    {
+        *this = _rCopySource;
+    }
+
+    NamedValueCollection::NamedValueCollection(NamedValueCollection&& _rCopySource) noexcept
+        :m_pImpl( std::move(_rCopySource.m_pImpl) )
+    {
+    }
+
+    NamedValueCollection& NamedValueCollection::operator=( const NamedValueCollection& i_rCopySource )
+    {
+        m_pImpl->aValues = i_rCopySource.m_pImpl->aValues;
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    NamedValueCollection& NamedValueCollection::operator=(NamedValueCollection&& i_rCopySource) noexcept
+    {
+        m_pImpl = std::move(i_rCopySource.m_pImpl);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    NamedValueCollection::NamedValueCollection( const Any& _rElements )
+        :m_pImpl( new NamedValueCollection_Impl )
+    {
+        impl_assign( _rElements );
+    }
+
+
+    NamedValueCollection::NamedValueCollection( const Sequence< Any >& _rArguments )
+        :m_pImpl( new NamedValueCollection_Impl )
+    {
+        impl_assign( _rArguments );
+    }
+
+
+    NamedValueCollection::NamedValueCollection( const Sequence< PropertyValue >& _rArguments )
+        :m_pImpl( new NamedValueCollection_Impl )
+    {
+        impl_assign( _rArguments );
+    }
+
+
+    NamedValueCollection::NamedValueCollection( const Sequence< NamedValue >& _rArguments )
+        :m_pImpl( new NamedValueCollection_Impl )
+    {
+        impl_assign( _rArguments );
+    }
+
+
+    NamedValueCollection::~NamedValueCollection()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    bool NamedValueCollection::canExtractFrom( css::uno::Any const & i_value )
+    {
+        Type const & aValueType = i_value.getValueType();
+        return aValueType.equals( ::cppu::UnoType< PropertyValue >::get() )
+            ||  aValueType.equals( ::cppu::UnoType< NamedValue >::get() )
+            ||  aValueType.equals( ::cppu::UnoType< Sequence< PropertyValue > >::get() )
+            ||  aValueType.equals( ::cppu::UnoType< Sequence< NamedValue > >::get() );
+    }
+
+
+    NamedValueCollection& NamedValueCollection::merge( const NamedValueCollection& _rAdditionalValues, bool _bOverwriteExisting )
+    {
+        for (auto const& value : _rAdditionalValues.m_pImpl->aValues)
+        {
+            if ( _bOverwriteExisting || !impl_has( value.first ) )
+                impl_put( value.first, value.second );
+        }
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+
+    size_t NamedValueCollection::size() const
+    {
+        return m_pImpl->aValues.size();
+    }
+
+
+    bool NamedValueCollection::empty() const
+    {
+        return m_pImpl->aValues.empty();
+    }
+
+
+    std::vector< OUString > NamedValueCollection::getNames() const
+    {
+        std::vector< OUString > aNames;
+        for (auto const& value : m_pImpl->aValues)
+        {
+            aNames.push_back( value.first );
+        }
+        return aNames;
+    }
+
+
+    void NamedValueCollection::impl_assign( const Any& i_rWrappedElements )
+    {
+        Sequence< NamedValue > aNamedValues;
+        Sequence< PropertyValue > aPropertyValues;
+        NamedValue aNamedValue;
+        PropertyValue aPropertyValue;
+
+        if ( i_rWrappedElements >>= aNamedValues )
+            impl_assign( aNamedValues );
+        else if ( i_rWrappedElements >>= aPropertyValues )
+            impl_assign( aPropertyValues );
+        else if ( i_rWrappedElements >>= aNamedValue )
+            impl_assign( Sequence< NamedValue >( &aNamedValue, 1 ) );
+        else if ( i_rWrappedElements >>= aPropertyValue )
+            impl_assign( Sequence< PropertyValue >( &aPropertyValue, 1 ) );
+        else
+            SAL_WARN_IF( i_rWrappedElements.hasValue(), "comphelper", "NamedValueCollection::impl_assign(Any): unsupported type!" );
+    }
+
+
+    void NamedValueCollection::impl_assign( const Sequence< Any >& _rArguments )
+    {
+        {
+            NamedValueRepository aEmpty;
+            m_pImpl->aValues.swap( aEmpty );
+        }
+
+        PropertyValue aPropertyValue;
+        NamedValue aNamedValue;
+
+        for ( auto const & argument : _rArguments )
+        {
+            if ( argument >>= aPropertyValue )
+                m_pImpl->aValues[ aPropertyValue.Name ] = aPropertyValue.Value;
+            else if ( argument >>= aNamedValue )
+                m_pImpl->aValues[ aNamedValue.Name ] = aNamedValue.Value;
+            else
+            {
+                SAL_WARN_IF(
+                    argument.hasValue(), "comphelper",
+                    ("NamedValueCollection::impl_assign: encountered a value"
+                     " type which I cannot handle: "
+                     + argument.getValueTypeName()));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void NamedValueCollection::impl_assign( const Sequence< PropertyValue >& _rArguments )
+    {
+        {
+            NamedValueRepository aEmpty;
+            m_pImpl->aValues.swap( aEmpty );
+        }
+
+        for ( auto const & argument : _rArguments )
+            m_pImpl->aValues[ argument.Name ] = argument.Value;
+    }
+
+
+    void NamedValueCollection::impl_assign( const Sequence< NamedValue >& _rArguments )
+    {
+        {
+            NamedValueRepository aEmpty;
+            m_pImpl->aValues.swap( aEmpty );
+        }
+
+        for ( auto const & argument : _rArguments )
+            m_pImpl->aValues[ argument.Name ] = argument.Value;
+    }
+
+
+    bool NamedValueCollection::get_ensureType( const OUString& _rValueName, void* _pValueLocation, const Type& _rExpectedValueType ) const
+    {
+        NamedValueRepository::const_iterator pos = m_pImpl->aValues.find( _rValueName );
+        if ( pos != m_pImpl->aValues.end() )
+        {
+            if ( uno_type_assignData(
+                    _pValueLocation, _rExpectedValueType.getTypeLibType(),
+                    const_cast< void* >( pos->second.getValue() ), pos->second.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                    reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >( cpp_queryInterface ),
+                    reinterpret_cast< uno_AcquireFunc >( cpp_acquire ),
+                    reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >( cpp_release )
+                ) )
+                // argument exists, and could be extracted
+                return true;
+
+            // argument exists, but is of wrong type
+            throw IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Invalid value type for '" + _rValueName
+                + "'.\nExpected: " + _rExpectedValueType.getTypeName()
+                + "\nFound: " + pos->second.getValueType().getTypeName(),
+                nullptr, 0 );
+        }
+
+        // argument does not exist
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        class theEmptyDefault : public rtl::Static<Any, theEmptyDefault> {};
+    }
+
+
+    const Any& NamedValueCollection::impl_get( const OUString& _rValueName ) const
+    {
+        NamedValueRepository::const_iterator pos = m_pImpl->aValues.find( _rValueName );
+        if ( pos != m_pImpl->aValues.end() )
+            return pos->second;
+
+        return theEmptyDefault::get();
+    }
+
+
+    bool NamedValueCollection::impl_has( const OUString& _rValueName ) const
+    {
+        NamedValueRepository::const_iterator pos = m_pImpl->aValues.find( _rValueName );
+        return ( pos != m_pImpl->aValues.end() );
+    }
+
+
+    bool NamedValueCollection::impl_put( const OUString& _rValueName, const Any& _rValue )
+    {
+        bool bHas = impl_has( _rValueName );
+        m_pImpl->aValues[ _rValueName ] = _rValue;
+        return bHas;
+    }
+
+
+    bool NamedValueCollection::impl_remove( const OUString& _rValueName )
+    {
+        NamedValueRepository::iterator pos = m_pImpl->aValues.find( _rValueName );
+        if ( pos == m_pImpl->aValues.end() )
+            return false;
+        m_pImpl->aValues.erase( pos );
+        return true;
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 NamedValueCollection::operator >>= ( Sequence< PropertyValue >& _out_rValues ) const
+    {
+        _out_rValues.realloc( m_pImpl->aValues.size() );
+        std::transform( m_pImpl->aValues.begin(), m_pImpl->aValues.end(), _out_rValues.getArray(),
+                [](const NamedValueRepository::value_type& _rValue)
+                    { return PropertyValue( _rValue.first, 0, _rValue.second, PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE ); } );
+        return _out_rValues.getLength();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 NamedValueCollection::operator >>= ( Sequence< NamedValue >& _out_rValues ) const
+    {
+        _out_rValues.realloc( m_pImpl->aValues.size() );
+        std::transform( m_pImpl->aValues.begin(), m_pImpl->aValues.end(), _out_rValues.getArray(),
+                [](const NamedValueRepository::value_type& _rValue)
+                    { return NamedValue( _rValue.first, _rValue.second ); } );
+        return _out_rValues.getLength();
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/numberedcollection.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/numberedcollection.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20c1b7cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/numberedcollection.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <comphelper/numberedcollection.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/UntitledNumbersConst.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+
+namespace comphelper{
+
+static const char ERRMSG_INVALID_COMPONENT_PARAM[] = "NULL as component reference not allowed.";
+
+
+NumberedCollection::NumberedCollection()
+    : ::cppu::BaseMutex ()
+    , m_sUntitledPrefix ()
+    , m_lComponents     ()
+    , m_xOwner          ()
+{
+}
+
+
+NumberedCollection::~NumberedCollection()
+{
+}
+
+
+void NumberedCollection::setOwner(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xOwner)
+{
+    // SYNCHRONIZED ->
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aMutex);
+
+    m_xOwner = xOwner;
+
+    // <- SYNCHRONIZED
+}
+
+
+void NumberedCollection::setUntitledPrefix(const OUString& sPrefix)
+{
+    // SYNCHRONIZED ->
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aMutex);
+
+    m_sUntitledPrefix = sPrefix;
+
+    // <- SYNCHRONIZED
+}
+
+
+::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL NumberedCollection::leaseNumber(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xComponent)
+{
+    // SYNCHRONIZED ->
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aMutex);
+
+    if ( ! xComponent.is ())
+        throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(ERRMSG_INVALID_COMPONENT_PARAM, m_xOwner.get(), 1);
+
+    sal_IntPtr pComponent = reinterpret_cast<sal_IntPtr>( xComponent.get() );
+    TNumberedItemHash::const_iterator pIt = m_lComponents.find (pComponent);
+
+    // a) component already exists - return its number directly
+    if (pIt != m_lComponents.end())
+        return pIt->second.nNumber;
+
+    // b) component must be added new to this container
+
+    // b1) collection is full - no further components possible
+    //     -> return INVALID_NUMBER
+    ::sal_Int32 nFreeNumber = impl_searchFreeNumber();
+    if (nFreeNumber == css::frame::UntitledNumbersConst::INVALID_NUMBER)
+        return css::frame::UntitledNumbersConst::INVALID_NUMBER;
+
+    // b2) add component to collection and return its number
+    TNumberedItem aItem;
+    aItem.xItem   = css::uno::WeakReference< css::uno::XInterface >(xComponent);
+    aItem.nNumber = nFreeNumber;
+    m_lComponents[pComponent] = aItem;
+
+    return nFreeNumber;
+
+    // <- SYNCHRONIZED
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL NumberedCollection::releaseNumber(::sal_Int32 nNumber)
+{
+    // SYNCHRONIZED ->
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aMutex);
+
+    if (nNumber == css::frame::UntitledNumbersConst::INVALID_NUMBER)
+        throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException ("Special valkud INVALID_NUMBER not allowed as input parameter.", m_xOwner.get(), 1);
+
+    TDeadItemList               lDeadItems;
+    TNumberedItemHash::iterator pComponent;
+
+    for (  pComponent  = m_lComponents.begin ();
+           pComponent != m_lComponents.end   ();
+         ++pComponent                          )
+    {
+        const TNumberedItem&                              rItem = pComponent->second;
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xItem = rItem.xItem.get();
+
+        if ( ! xItem.is ())
+        {
+            lDeadItems.push_back(pComponent->first);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (rItem.nNumber == nNumber)
+        {
+            m_lComponents.erase (pComponent);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl_cleanUpDeadItems(m_lComponents, lDeadItems);
+
+    // <- SYNCHRONIZED
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL NumberedCollection::releaseNumberForComponent(const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >& xComponent)
+{
+    // SYNCHRONIZED ->
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aMutex);
+
+    if ( ! xComponent.is ())
+        throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(ERRMSG_INVALID_COMPONENT_PARAM, m_xOwner.get(), 1);
+
+    sal_IntPtr pComponent = reinterpret_cast<sal_IntPtr>( xComponent.get() );
+    TNumberedItemHash::iterator pIt = m_lComponents.find (pComponent);
+
+    // a) component exists and will be removed
+    if (pIt != m_lComponents.end())
+        m_lComponents.erase(pIt);
+
+    // else
+    // b) component does not exists - nothing todo here (ignore request!)
+
+    // <- SYNCHRONIZED
+}
+
+
+OUString SAL_CALL NumberedCollection::getUntitledPrefix()
+{
+    // SYNCHRONIZED ->
+    osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aMutex);
+
+    return m_sUntitledPrefix;
+
+    // <- SYNCHRONIZED
+}
+
+
+/** create an ordered list of all possible numbers ...
+    e.g. {1,2,3,...,N} Max size of these list will be
+    current size of component list + 1 .
+
+    "+1" ... because in case all numbers in range 1..n
+    are in use we need a new number n+1 :-)
+
+    Every item which is already used as unique number
+    will be removed. At the end a list of e.g. {3,6,...,M}
+    exists where the first item represent the lowest free
+    number (in this example 3).
+ */
+::sal_Int32 NumberedCollection::impl_searchFreeNumber ()
+{
+    // create ordered list of all possible numbers.
+    std::vector< ::sal_Int32 > lPossibleNumbers;
+    ::sal_Int32                  c = static_cast<::sal_Int32>(m_lComponents.size ());
+    ::sal_Int32                  i = 1;
+
+    // c can't be less than 0 ... otherwise hash.size() has an error :-)
+    // But we need at least n+1 numbers here.
+    c += 1;
+
+    for (i=1; i<=c; ++i)
+        lPossibleNumbers.push_back (i);
+
+    // SYNCHRONIZED ->
+    {
+        osl::MutexGuard aLock(m_aMutex);
+        TDeadItemList                     lDeadItems;
+
+        for (const auto& [rComponent, rItem] : m_lComponents)
+        {
+            const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xItem = rItem.xItem.get();
+
+            if ( ! xItem.is ())
+            {
+                lDeadItems.push_back(rComponent);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            std::vector< ::sal_Int32 >::iterator pPossible = std::find(lPossibleNumbers.begin (), lPossibleNumbers.end (), rItem.nNumber);
+            if (pPossible != lPossibleNumbers.end ())
+                lPossibleNumbers.erase (pPossible);
+        }
+
+        impl_cleanUpDeadItems(m_lComponents, lDeadItems);
+
+        // a) non free numbers ... return INVALID_NUMBER
+        if (lPossibleNumbers.empty())
+            return css::frame::UntitledNumbersConst::INVALID_NUMBER;
+
+        // b) return first free number
+        return *(lPossibleNumbers.begin ());
+    }
+    // <- SYNCHRONIZED
+}
+
+void NumberedCollection::impl_cleanUpDeadItems (      TNumberedItemHash& lItems    ,
+                                                const TDeadItemList&     lDeadItems)
+{
+    for (const long& rDeadItem : lDeadItems)
+    {
+        lItems.erase(rDeadItem);
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/numbers.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/numbers.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3b609392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/numbers.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/numbers.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/NumberFormat.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XNumberFormatter.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+sal_Int16 getNumberFormatType(const css::uno::Reference<css::util::XNumberFormats>& xFormats, sal_Int32 nKey)
+{
+    sal_Int16 nReturn(css::util::NumberFormat::UNDEFINED);
+    if (xFormats.is())
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            css::uno::Reference<css::beans::XPropertySet> xFormat(xFormats->getByKey(nKey));
+            if (xFormat.is())
+                xFormat->getPropertyValue("Type") >>= nReturn;
+        }
+        catch(...)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN("comphelper", "getNumberFormatType : invalid key! (maybe created with another formatter ?)");
+        }
+    }
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+sal_Int16 getNumberFormatType(const css::uno::Reference<css::util::XNumberFormatter>& xFormatter, sal_Int32 nKey)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(xFormatter.is(), "getNumberFormatType : the formatter isn't valid !");
+    css::uno::Reference<css::util::XNumberFormatsSupplier> xSupplier( xFormatter->getNumberFormatsSupplier());
+    OSL_ENSURE(xSupplier.is(), "getNumberFormatType : the formatter doesn't implement a supplier !");
+    css::uno::Reference<css::util::XNumberFormats> xFormats( xSupplier->getNumberFormats());
+    return getNumberFormatType(xFormats, nKey);
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any getNumberFormatDecimals(const css::uno::Reference<css::util::XNumberFormats>& xFormats, sal_Int32 nKey)
+{
+    if (xFormats.is())
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            css::uno::Reference<css::beans::XPropertySet> xFormat( xFormats->getByKey(nKey));
+            if (xFormat.is())
+            {
+                return xFormat->getPropertyValue( "Decimals" );
+            }
+        }
+        catch(...)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN("comphelper", "getNumberFormatDecimals : invalid key! (may be created with another formatter ?)");
+        }
+    }
+    return css::uno::Any(sal_Int16(0));
+}
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::util;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+
+Any getNumberFormatProperty( const Reference< XNumberFormatter >& _rxFormatter, sal_Int32 _nKey, const OUString& _rPropertyName )
+{
+    Any aReturn;
+
+    OSL_ENSURE( _rxFormatter.is() && !_rPropertyName.isEmpty(), "getNumberFormatProperty: invalid arguments!" );
+    try
+    {
+        Reference< XNumberFormatsSupplier > xSupplier;
+        Reference< XNumberFormats > xFormats;
+        Reference< XPropertySet > xFormatProperties;
+
+        if ( _rxFormatter.is() )
+            xSupplier = _rxFormatter->getNumberFormatsSupplier();
+        if ( xSupplier.is() )
+            xFormats = xSupplier->getNumberFormats();
+        if ( xFormats.is() )
+            xFormatProperties = xFormats->getByKey( _nKey );
+
+        if ( xFormatProperties.is() )
+            aReturn = xFormatProperties->getPropertyValue( _rPropertyName );
+    }
+    catch( const Exception& )
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL( "::getNumberFormatProperty: caught an exception (did you create the key with another formatter?)!" );
+    }
+
+    return aReturn;
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/officerestartmanager.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/officerestartmanager.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f56486858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/officerestartmanager.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XMultiComponentFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/XRequestCallback.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/Desktop.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include "officerestartmanager.hxx"
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+// XRestartManager
+
+void SAL_CALL OOfficeRestartManager::requestRestart( const uno::Reference< task::XInteractionHandler >& /* xInteractionHandler */ )
+{
+    if ( !m_xContext.is() )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        // if the restart already running there is no need to trigger it again
+        if ( m_bRestartRequested )
+            return;
+
+        m_bRestartRequested = true;
+
+        // the office is still not initialized, no need to terminate, changing the state is enough
+        if ( !m_bOfficeInitialized )
+            return;
+    }
+
+    // TODO: use InteractionHandler to report errors
+    try
+    {
+        // register itself as a job that should be executed asynchronously
+        uno::Reference< lang::XMultiComponentFactory > xFactory( m_xContext->getServiceManager(), uno::UNO_SET_THROW );
+
+        uno::Reference< awt::XRequestCallback > xRequestCallback(
+            xFactory->createInstanceWithContext(
+                 "com.sun.star.awt.AsyncCallback",
+                 m_xContext ),
+             uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        xRequestCallback->addCallback( this, uno::Any() );
+    }
+    catch ( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        // the try to request restart has failed
+        m_bRestartRequested = false;
+    }
+}
+
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OOfficeRestartManager::isRestartRequested( sal_Bool bOfficeInitialized )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( bOfficeInitialized && !m_bOfficeInitialized )
+        m_bOfficeInitialized = bOfficeInitialized;
+
+    return m_bRestartRequested;
+}
+
+// XCallback
+
+void SAL_CALL OOfficeRestartManager::notify( const uno::Any& /* aData */ )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        bool bSuccess = false;
+
+        if ( m_xContext.is() )
+        {
+            uno::Reference< frame::XDesktop2 > xDesktop = frame::Desktop::create(m_xContext);
+
+            // Turn Quickstarter veto off
+            uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xPropertySet( xDesktop, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            OUString aVetoPropName( "SuspendQuickstartVeto" );
+            uno::Any aValue;
+            aValue <<= true;
+            xPropertySet->setPropertyValue( aVetoPropName, aValue );
+
+            try
+            {
+                bSuccess = xDesktop->terminate();
+            } catch( uno::Exception& )
+            {}
+
+            if ( !bSuccess )
+            {
+                aValue <<= false;
+                xPropertySet->setPropertyValue( aVetoPropName, aValue );
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( !bSuccess )
+            m_bRestartRequested = false;
+    }
+    catch( uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        // the try to restart has failed
+        m_bRestartRequested = false;
+    }
+}
+
+// XServiceInfo
+
+OUString SAL_CALL OOfficeRestartManager::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.task.OfficeRestartManager";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OOfficeRestartManager::supportsService( const OUString& aServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, aServiceName);
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL OOfficeRestartManager::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.comp.task.OfficeRestartManager" };
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+namespace {
+
+struct Instance {
+    explicit Instance(
+        css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XComponentContext> const & context):
+        instance(static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject *>(new comphelper::OOfficeRestartManager(context)))
+    {}
+
+    rtl::Reference<css::uno::XInterface> instance;
+};
+
+struct Singleton:
+    public rtl::StaticWithArg<
+        Instance, css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XComponentContext>, Singleton>
+{};
+
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+com_sun_star_comp_task_OfficeRestartManager(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *context,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject *>(
+                Singleton::get(context).instance.get()));
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/officerestartmanager.hxx b/comphelper/source/misc/officerestartmanager.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..865fc29b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/officerestartmanager.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/* -*- 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_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_MISC_OFFICERESTARTMANAGER_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_MISC_OFFICERESTARTMANAGER_HXX
+
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XRestartManager.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/XCallback.hpp>
+
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+class OOfficeRestartManager : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::task::XRestartManager
+                                                           , css::awt::XCallback
+                                                           , css::lang::XServiceInfo >
+{
+    ::osl::Mutex m_aMutex;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > m_xContext;
+
+    bool m_bOfficeInitialized;
+    bool m_bRestartRequested;
+
+public:
+    explicit OOfficeRestartManager( const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xContext )
+    : m_xContext( xContext )
+    , m_bOfficeInitialized( false )
+    , m_bRestartRequested( false )
+    {}
+
+// XRestartManager
+    virtual void SAL_CALL requestRestart( const css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >& xInteractionHandler ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL isRestartRequested( sal_Bool bInitialized ) override;
+
+// XCallback
+    virtual void SAL_CALL notify( const css::uno::Any& aData ) override;
+
+// XServiceInfo
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+
+};
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/profilezone.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/profilezone.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5abcca8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/profilezone.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/profilezone.hxx>
+#include <osl/time.h>
+#include <osl/thread.h>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+std::atomic<bool> ProfileZone::g_bRecording(false);
+
+namespace ProfileRecording
+{
+
+static std::vector<OUString> g_aRecording;    // recorded data
+static long long g_aSumTime(0);  // overall zone time in microsec
+static int g_aNesting;           // level of overlapped zones
+static long long g_aStartTime;                // start time of recording
+static ::osl::Mutex g_aMutex;
+
+void startRecording(bool bStartRecording)
+{
+    if (bStartRecording)
+    {
+        TimeValue systemTime;
+        osl_getSystemTime( &systemTime );
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( g_aMutex );
+        g_aStartTime = static_cast<long long>(systemTime.Seconds) * 1000000 + systemTime.Nanosec/1000;
+        g_aNesting = 0;
+    }
+    ProfileZone::g_bRecording = bStartRecording;
+}
+
+long long addRecording(const char * aProfileId, long long aCreateTime)
+{
+    assert( ProfileZone::g_bRecording );
+
+    TimeValue systemTime;
+    osl_getSystemTime( &systemTime );
+    long long aTime = static_cast<long long>(systemTime.Seconds) * 1000000 + systemTime.Nanosec/1000;
+
+    if (!aProfileId)
+        aProfileId = "(null)";
+    OUString aString(aProfileId, strlen(aProfileId), RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8);
+
+    OUString sRecordingData(OUString::number(osl_getThreadIdentifier(nullptr)) + " " +
+        OUString::number(aTime/1000000.0) + " " + aString + ": " +
+        (aCreateTime == 0 ? OUStringLiteral("start") : OUStringLiteral("stop")) +
+        (aCreateTime != 0 ? (" " + OUString::number((aTime - aCreateTime)/1000.0) + " ms") : OUString("")));
+
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( g_aMutex );
+
+    g_aRecording.emplace_back(sRecordingData);
+    if (aCreateTime == 0)
+    {
+        g_aNesting++;
+        return aTime;
+    }
+    // neglect ProfileZones created before startRecording
+    else if (aCreateTime >= g_aStartTime)
+    {
+        if (g_aNesting > 0)
+            g_aNesting--;
+        if (g_aNesting == 0)
+            g_aSumTime += aTime - aCreateTime;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence<OUString> getRecordingAndClear()
+{
+    bool bRecording;
+    std::vector<OUString> aRecording;
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( g_aMutex );
+        bRecording = ProfileZone::g_bRecording;
+        startRecording(false);
+        aRecording.swap(g_aRecording);
+        long long aSumTime = g_aSumTime;
+        aRecording.insert(aRecording.begin(), OUString::number(aSumTime/1000000.0));
+    }
+    // reset start time and nesting level
+    startRecording(bRecording);
+    return ::comphelper::containerToSequence(aRecording);
+}
+
+} // namespace ProfileRecording
+
+void ProfileZone::startConsole() { m_aCreateTime = osl_getGlobalTimer(); }
+
+void ProfileZone::stopConsole()
+{
+    sal_uInt32 nEndTime = osl_getGlobalTimer();
+    std::cerr << "comphelper::ProfileZone: " << m_sProfileId << " finished in "
+              << nEndTime - m_aCreateTime << " ms" << std::endl;
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/proxyaggregation.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/proxyaggregation.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5efb0f211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/proxyaggregation.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+#include <comphelper/proxyaggregation.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/reflection/ProxyFactory.hpp>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::reflection;
+
+    OProxyAggregation::OProxyAggregation( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext )
+        :m_xContext( _rxContext )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void OProxyAggregation::baseAggregateProxyFor( const Reference< XInterface >& _rxComponent, oslInterlockedCount& _rRefCount,
+            ::cppu::OWeakObject& _rDelegator )
+    {
+        // first a factory for the proxy
+        Reference< XProxyFactory > xFactory = ProxyFactory::create( m_xContext );
+
+        // then the proxy itself
+        { // i36686 OJ: achieve the destruction of the temporary -> otherwise it leads to _rRefCount -= 2
+            m_xProxyAggregate = xFactory->createProxy( _rxComponent );
+        }
+        if ( m_xProxyAggregate.is() )
+            m_xProxyAggregate->queryAggregation( cppu::UnoType<decltype(m_xProxyTypeAccess)>::get() ) >>= m_xProxyTypeAccess;
+
+        // aggregate the proxy
+        osl_atomic_increment( &_rRefCount );
+        if ( m_xProxyAggregate.is() )
+        {
+            // At this point in time, the proxy has a ref count of exactly two - in m_xControlContextProxy,
+            // and in m_xProxyTypeAccess.
+            // Remember to _not_ reset these members unless the delegator of the proxy has been reset, too!
+            m_xProxyAggregate->setDelegator( _rDelegator );
+        }
+        osl_atomic_decrement( &_rRefCount );
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL OProxyAggregation::queryAggregation( const Type& _rType )
+    {
+        return m_xProxyAggregate.is() ? m_xProxyAggregate->queryAggregation( _rType ) : Any();
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< Type > SAL_CALL OProxyAggregation::getTypes(  )
+    {
+        Sequence< Type > aTypes;
+        if ( m_xProxyAggregate.is() )
+        {
+            if ( m_xProxyTypeAccess.is() )
+                aTypes = m_xProxyTypeAccess->getTypes();
+        }
+        return aTypes;
+    }
+
+
+    OProxyAggregation::~OProxyAggregation()
+    {
+        if ( m_xProxyAggregate.is() )
+            m_xProxyAggregate->setDelegator( nullptr );
+        m_xProxyAggregate.clear();
+        m_xProxyTypeAccess.clear();
+            // this should remove the _two_only_ "real" references (means not delegated to
+            // ourself) to this proxy, and thus delete it
+    }
+
+    OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::OComponentProxyAggregationHelper( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext,
+        ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper& _rBHelper )
+        :OProxyAggregation( _rxContext )
+        ,m_rBHelper( _rBHelper )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( _rxContext.is(), "OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::OComponentProxyAggregationHelper: invalid arguments!" );
+    }
+
+
+    void OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::componentAggregateProxyFor(
+        const Reference< XComponent >& _rxComponent, oslInterlockedCount& _rRefCount,
+        ::cppu::OWeakObject& _rDelegator )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( _rxComponent.is(), "OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::componentAggregateProxyFor: invalid inner component!" );
+        m_xInner = _rxComponent;
+
+        // aggregate a proxy for the object
+        baseAggregateProxyFor( m_xInner.get(), _rRefCount, _rDelegator );
+
+        // add as event listener to the inner context, because we want to be notified of disposals
+        osl_atomic_increment( &_rRefCount );
+        {
+            if ( m_xInner.is() )
+                m_xInner->addEventListener( this );
+        }
+        osl_atomic_decrement( &_rRefCount );
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::queryInterface( const Type& _rType )
+    {
+        Any aReturn( BASE::queryInterface( _rType ) );
+        if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+            aReturn = OProxyAggregation::queryAggregation( _rType );
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OComponentProxyAggregationHelper, BASE, OProxyAggregation )
+
+
+    OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::~OComponentProxyAggregationHelper( )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_rBHelper.bDisposed, "OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::~OComponentProxyAggregationHelper: you should dispose your derived class in the dtor, if necessary!" );
+            // if this asserts, add the following to your derived class dtor:
+
+            // if ( !m_rBHelper.bDisposed )
+            // {
+            //   acquire(); // to prevent duplicate dtor calls
+            //   dispose();
+            // }
+
+        m_xInner.clear();
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::disposing( const EventObject& _rSource )
+    {
+        if ( _rSource.Source == m_xInner )
+        {   // it's our inner context which is dying -> dispose ourself
+            if ( !m_rBHelper.bDisposed && !m_rBHelper.bInDispose )
+            {   // (if necessary only, of course)
+                dispose();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::dispose()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_rBHelper.rMutex );
+
+        // dispose our inner context
+        // before we do this, remove ourself as listener - else in disposing( EventObject ), we
+        // would dispose ourself a second time
+        if ( m_xInner.is() )
+        {
+            m_xInner->removeEventListener( this );
+            m_xInner->dispose();
+            m_xInner.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    OComponentProxyAggregation::OComponentProxyAggregation( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext,
+            const Reference< XComponent >& _rxComponent )
+        :WeakComponentImplHelperBase( m_aMutex )
+        ,OComponentProxyAggregationHelper( _rxContext, rBHelper )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( _rxComponent.is(), "OComponentProxyAggregation::OComponentProxyAggregation: accessible is no XComponent!" );
+        if ( _rxComponent.is() )
+            componentAggregateProxyFor( _rxComponent, m_refCount, *this );
+    }
+
+
+    OComponentProxyAggregation::~OComponentProxyAggregation()
+    {
+        if ( !rBHelper.bDisposed )
+        {
+            acquire();  // to prevent duplicate dtor calls
+            dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XINTERFACE2( OComponentProxyAggregation, WeakComponentImplHelperBase, OComponentProxyAggregationHelper )
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_GET_IMPLEMENTATION_ID( OComponentProxyAggregation )
+
+
+    Sequence< Type > SAL_CALL OComponentProxyAggregation::getTypes(  )
+    {
+        return comphelper::concatSequences(
+                OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::getTypes(),
+                // append XComponent, coming from WeakComponentImplHelperBase
+                Sequence { cppu::UnoType<XComponent>::get() });
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OComponentProxyAggregation::disposing( const EventObject& _rSource )
+    {
+        // Simply disambiguate---this is necessary for MSVC to distinguish
+        // "disposing(EventObject)" from "disposing()"; but it is also a good
+        // place to check for recursive calls that would be caused by an object
+        // being registered as an XEventListener at itself (cf. rhbz#928568):
+        assert(_rSource.Source != static_cast< cppu::OWeakObject * >(this));
+        OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::disposing( _rSource );
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OComponentProxyAggregation::disposing()
+    {
+        // call the dispose-functionality of the base, which will dispose our aggregated component
+        OComponentProxyAggregationHelper::dispose();
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OComponentProxyAggregation::dispose()
+    {
+        // simply disambiguate
+        WeakComponentImplHelperBase::dispose();
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/random.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/random.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..260db3a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/random.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *   Copyright (C) 2012 Tino Kluge <tino.kluge@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/random.hxx>
+#include <rtl/instance.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <random>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#if defined HAVE_VALGRIND_HEADERS
+#include <valgrind/memcheck.h>
+#endif
+
+// this is nothing but a simple wrapper around
+// the std::random generators
+
+namespace comphelper::rng
+{
+
+// underlying random number generator
+// std::mt19937 implements the Mersenne twister algorithm which
+// is fast and has good statistical properties, it produces integers
+// in the range of [0, 2^32-1] internally
+// memory requirement: 625*sizeof(uint32_t)
+// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_twister
+#define STD_RNG_ALGO  std::mt19937
+
+namespace {
+
+struct RandomNumberGenerator
+{
+    std::mutex mutex;
+    STD_RNG_ALGO global_rng;
+    RandomNumberGenerator()
+    {
+        bool bRepeatable = (getenv("SAL_RAND_REPEATABLE") != nullptr);
+        // valgrind on some platforms (e.g.Ubuntu16.04) does not support the new Intel RDRAND instructions,
+        // which leads to "Illegal Opcode" errors, so just turn off randomness.
+#if defined HAVE_VALGRIND_HEADERS
+        if (RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND)
+            bRepeatable = true;
+#endif
+        if (bRepeatable)
+        {
+            global_rng.seed(42);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            std::random_device rd;
+            // initialises the state of the global random number generator
+            // should only be called once.
+            // (note, a few std::variate_generator<> (like normal) have their
+            // own state which would need a reset as well to guarantee identical
+            // sequence of numbers, e.g. via myrand.distribution().reset())
+            global_rng.seed(rd() ^ time(nullptr));
+        }
+        catch (std::runtime_error& e)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN("comphelper", "Using std::random_device failed: " << e.what());
+            global_rng.seed(time(nullptr));
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+class theRandomNumberGenerator : public rtl::Static<RandomNumberGenerator, theRandomNumberGenerator> {};
+
+}
+
+// uniform ints [a,b] distribution
+int uniform_int_distribution(int a, int b)
+{
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<int> dist(a, b);
+    auto & gen = theRandomNumberGenerator::get();
+    std::scoped_lock<std::mutex> g(gen.mutex);
+    return dist(gen.global_rng);
+}
+
+// uniform ints [a,b] distribution
+unsigned int uniform_uint_distribution(unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
+{
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<unsigned int> dist(a, b);
+    auto & gen = theRandomNumberGenerator::get();
+    std::scoped_lock<std::mutex> g(gen.mutex);
+    return dist(gen.global_rng);
+}
+
+// uniform size_t [a,b] distribution
+size_t uniform_size_distribution(size_t a, size_t b)
+{
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<size_t> dist(a, b);
+    auto & gen = theRandomNumberGenerator::get();
+    std::scoped_lock<std::mutex> g(gen.mutex);
+    return dist(gen.global_rng);
+}
+
+// uniform size_t [a,b) distribution
+double uniform_real_distribution(double a, double b)
+{
+    assert(a < b);
+    std::uniform_real_distribution<double> dist(a, b);
+    auto & gen = theRandomNumberGenerator::get();
+    std::scoped_lock<std::mutex> g(gen.mutex);
+    return dist(gen.global_rng);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/sequenceashashmap.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/sequenceashashmap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb78e60c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/sequenceashashmap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/sequenceashashmap.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper{
+
+SequenceAsHashMap::SequenceAsHashMap()
+{
+}
+
+SequenceAsHashMap::SequenceAsHashMap(const css::uno::Any& aSource)
+{
+    (*this) << aSource;
+}
+
+
+SequenceAsHashMap::SequenceAsHashMap(const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& lSource)
+{
+    (*this) << lSource;
+}
+
+SequenceAsHashMap::SequenceAsHashMap(const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& lSource)
+{
+    (*this) << lSource;
+}
+
+SequenceAsHashMap::SequenceAsHashMap(const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >& lSource)
+{
+    (*this) << lSource;
+}
+
+void SequenceAsHashMap::operator<<(const css::uno::Any& aSource)
+{
+    // An empty Any reset this instance!
+    if (!aSource.hasValue())
+    {
+        clear();
+        return;
+    }
+
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > lN;
+    if (aSource >>= lN)
+    {
+        (*this) << lN;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > lP;
+    if (aSource >>= lP)
+    {
+        (*this) << lP;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+        "Any contains wrong type.", css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>(),
+        -1);
+}
+
+
+void SequenceAsHashMap::operator<<(const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& lSource)
+{
+    sal_Int32 c = lSource.getLength();
+    sal_Int32 i = 0;
+
+    for (i=0; i<c; ++i)
+    {
+        css::beans::PropertyValue lP;
+        if (lSource[i] >>= lP)
+        {
+            if (
+                (lP.Name.isEmpty()) ||
+                (!lP.Value.hasValue())
+               )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "PropertyValue struct contains no useful information.",
+                    css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>(), -1);
+            (*this)[lP.Name] = lP.Value;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        css::beans::NamedValue lN;
+        if (lSource[i] >>= lN)
+        {
+            if (
+                (lN.Name.isEmpty()) ||
+                (!lN.Value.hasValue())
+               )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "NamedValue struct contains no useful information.",
+                    css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>(), -1);
+            (*this)[lN.Name] = lN.Value;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // ignore VOID Any ... but reject wrong filled ones!
+        if (lSource[i].hasValue())
+            throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Any contains wrong type.",
+                css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>(), -1);
+    }
+}
+
+void SequenceAsHashMap::operator<<(const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& lSource)
+{
+    clear();
+
+    sal_Int32                        c       = lSource.getLength();
+    const css::beans::PropertyValue* pSource = lSource.getConstArray();
+
+    for (sal_Int32 i=0; i<c; ++i)
+        (*this)[pSource[i].Name] = pSource[i].Value;
+}
+
+void SequenceAsHashMap::operator<<(const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >& lSource)
+{
+    clear();
+
+    sal_Int32                     c       = lSource.getLength();
+    const css::beans::NamedValue* pSource = lSource.getConstArray();
+
+    for (sal_Int32 i=0; i<c; ++i)
+        (*this)[pSource[i].Name] = pSource[i].Value;
+}
+
+void SequenceAsHashMap::operator>>(css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& lDestination) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 c = static_cast<sal_Int32>(size());
+    lDestination.realloc(c);
+    css::beans::PropertyValue* pDestination = lDestination.getArray();
+
+    sal_Int32 i = 0;
+    for (const_iterator pThis  = begin();
+                        pThis != end()  ;
+                      ++pThis           )
+    {
+        pDestination[i].Name  = pThis->first ;
+        pDestination[i].Value = pThis->second;
+        ++i;
+    }
+}
+
+void SequenceAsHashMap::operator>>(css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >& lDestination) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 c = static_cast<sal_Int32>(size());
+    lDestination.realloc(c);
+    css::beans::NamedValue* pDestination = lDestination.getArray();
+
+    sal_Int32 i = 0;
+    for (const_iterator pThis  = begin();
+                        pThis != end()  ;
+                      ++pThis           )
+    {
+        pDestination[i].Name  = pThis->first ;
+        pDestination[i].Value = pThis->second;
+        ++i;
+    }
+}
+
+css::uno::Any SequenceAsHashMap::getAsConstAny(bool bAsPropertyValueList) const
+{
+    css::uno::Any aDestination;
+    if (bAsPropertyValueList)
+        aDestination <<= getAsConstPropertyValueList();
+    else
+        aDestination <<= getAsConstNamedValueList();
+    return aDestination;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > SequenceAsHashMap::getAsConstNamedValueList() const
+{
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > lReturn;
+    (*this) >> lReturn;
+    return lReturn;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > SequenceAsHashMap::getAsConstPropertyValueList() const
+{
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > lReturn;
+    (*this) >> lReturn;
+    return lReturn;
+}
+
+bool SequenceAsHashMap::match(const SequenceAsHashMap& rCheck) const
+{
+    for (auto const& elem : rCheck)
+    {
+        const OUString& sCheckName  = elem.first;
+        const css::uno::Any&   aCheckValue = elem.second;
+        const_iterator         pFound      = find(sCheckName);
+
+        if (pFound == end())
+            return false;
+
+        const css::uno::Any& aFoundValue = pFound->second;
+        if (aFoundValue != aCheckValue)
+            return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void SequenceAsHashMap::update(const SequenceAsHashMap& rUpdate)
+{
+    for (auto const& elem : rUpdate)
+    {
+        const OUString& sName  = elem.first;
+        const css::uno::Any&   aValue = elem.second;
+
+        (*this)[sName] = aValue;
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/servicedecl.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/servicedecl.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1955f6b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/servicedecl.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/servicedecl.hxx>
+#include <rtl/string.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleComponentFactory.hpp>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper::service_decl {
+
+const char cDelim = ';';
+
+class ServiceDecl::Factory :
+        public cppu::WeakImplHelper<lang::XSingleComponentFactory,
+                                     lang::XServiceInfo>
+{
+public:
+    explicit Factory( ServiceDecl const& rServiceDecl )
+        : m_rServiceDecl(rServiceDecl) {}
+    // noncopyable
+    Factory(const Factory&) = delete;
+    const Factory& operator=(const Factory&) = delete;
+
+    // XServiceInfo:
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( OUString const& name ) override;
+    virtual uno::Sequence<OUString> SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+    // XSingleComponentFactory:
+    virtual uno::Reference<uno::XInterface> SAL_CALL createInstanceWithContext(
+        uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> const& xContext ) override;
+    virtual uno::Reference<uno::XInterface> SAL_CALL
+    createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
+    uno::Sequence<uno::Any> const& args,
+    uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> const& xContext ) override;
+
+private:
+    virtual ~Factory() override;
+
+    ServiceDecl const& m_rServiceDecl;
+};
+
+ServiceDecl::Factory::~Factory()
+{
+}
+
+// XServiceInfo:
+OUString ServiceDecl::Factory::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return m_rServiceDecl.getImplementationName();
+}
+
+sal_Bool ServiceDecl::Factory::supportsService( OUString const& name )
+{
+    return m_rServiceDecl.supportsService(name);
+}
+
+uno::Sequence<OUString> ServiceDecl::Factory::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return m_rServiceDecl.getSupportedServiceNames();
+}
+
+// XSingleComponentFactory:
+uno::Reference<uno::XInterface> ServiceDecl::Factory::createInstanceWithContext(
+    uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> const& xContext )
+{
+    return m_rServiceDecl.m_createFunc(
+        m_rServiceDecl, uno::Sequence<uno::Any>(), xContext );
+}
+
+uno::Reference<uno::XInterface>
+ServiceDecl::Factory::createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
+    uno::Sequence<uno::Any > const& args,
+    uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> const& xContext )
+{
+    return m_rServiceDecl.m_createFunc(
+        m_rServiceDecl, args, xContext );
+}
+
+void * ServiceDecl::getFactory( char const* pImplName ) const
+{
+    if (rtl_str_compare(m_pImplName, pImplName) == 0) {
+        lang::XSingleComponentFactory * const pFac( new Factory(*this) );
+        pFac->acquire();
+        return pFac;
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence<OUString> ServiceDecl::getSupportedServiceNames() const
+{
+    std::vector<OUString> vec;
+
+    OString const str(m_pServiceNames);
+    sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
+    do {
+        OString const token( str.getToken( 0, cDelim, nIndex ) );
+        vec.emplace_back( token.getStr(), token.getLength(),
+                                      RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
+    }
+    while (nIndex >= 0);
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(vec);
+}
+
+bool ServiceDecl::supportsService( OUString const& name ) const
+{
+    OString const str(m_pServiceNames);
+    sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
+    do {
+        OString const token( str.getToken( 0, cDelim, nIndex ) );
+        if (name.equalsAsciiL( token.getStr(), token.getLength() ))
+            return true;
+    }
+    while (nIndex >= 0);
+    return false;
+}
+
+OUString ServiceDecl::getImplementationName() const
+{
+    return OUString::createFromAscii(m_pImplName);
+}
+
+void* component_getFactoryHelper( const char* pImplName,
+                                  std::initializer_list<ServiceDecl const *> args )
+{
+    for (auto const i: args) {
+        assert(i != nullptr);
+        void * fac = i->getFactory(pImplName);
+        if (fac != nullptr) {
+            return fac;
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/sharedmutex.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/sharedmutex.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58ae35df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/sharedmutex.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/sharedmutex.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/refcountedmutex.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+    SharedMutex::SharedMutex()
+        :m_pMutexImpl( std::make_shared<::osl::Mutex >())
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    RefCountedMutex::~RefCountedMutex()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/simplefileaccessinteraction.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/simplefileaccessinteraction.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d0cf5de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/simplefileaccessinteraction.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/simplefileaccessinteraction.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionAbort.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionApprove.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/AuthenticationRequest.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CertificateValidationRequest.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/InteractiveIOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/InteractiveNetworkException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/UnsupportedDataSinkException.hpp>
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+/// Will handle com::sun::star::ucb::InteractiveIOException and derived classes
+static const sal_Int32 HANDLE_INTERACTIVEIOEXCEPTION = 0;
+/// Will handle com::sun::star::ucb::UnsupportedDataSinkException
+static const sal_Int32 HANDLE_UNSUPPORTEDDATASINKEXCEPTION = 1;
+/// Will handle com::sun::star::ucb::InteractiveNetworkException
+static const sal_Int32 HANDLE_INTERACTIVENETWORKEXCEPTION = 2;
+/// Will handle com::sun::star::ucb::CertificateValidationRequest
+static const sal_Int32 HANDLE_CERTIFICATEREQUEST = 3;
+/// Will handle com::sun::star::ucb::AuthenticationRequest
+static const sal_Int32 HANDLE_AUTHENTICATIONREQUEST = 4;
+
+SimpleFileAccessInteraction::SimpleFileAccessInteraction(
+    const css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >& xHandler )
+{
+    std::vector< ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::InterceptedRequest > lInterceptions;
+    ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::InterceptedRequest                  aInterceptedRequest;
+
+    //intercept standard IO error exception (local file and WebDAV)
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_INTERACTIVEIOEXCEPTION;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::InteractiveIOException();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    //intercept internal error
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_UNSUPPORTEDDATASINKEXCEPTION;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::UnsupportedDataSinkException();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    //intercept network error exception (WebDAV ucp provider)
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_INTERACTIVENETWORKEXCEPTION;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::InteractiveNetworkException();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    //intercept certificate validation request (WebDAV ucp provider)
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_CERTIFICATEREQUEST;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::CertificateValidationRequest();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    //intercept authentication request (WebDAV ucp provider)
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_AUTHENTICATIONREQUEST;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::AuthenticationRequest();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionApprove>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    setInterceptedHandler(xHandler);
+    setInterceptions(lInterceptions);
+}
+
+SimpleFileAccessInteraction::~SimpleFileAccessInteraction()
+{
+}
+
+ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::EInterceptionState SimpleFileAccessInteraction::intercepted(
+    const ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::InterceptedRequest& aRequest,
+    const css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionRequest >& xRequest)
+{
+    bool bAbort = false;
+    switch(aRequest.Handle)
+    {
+        case HANDLE_UNSUPPORTEDDATASINKEXCEPTION:
+        case HANDLE_INTERACTIVENETWORKEXCEPTION:
+        case HANDLE_INTERACTIVEIOEXCEPTION:
+        {
+            bAbort = true;
+        }
+        break;
+
+        case HANDLE_CERTIFICATEREQUEST:
+        {
+            // use default internal handler.
+            if (m_xInterceptedHandler.is())
+            {
+                m_xInterceptedHandler->handle(xRequest);
+                return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_INTERCEPTED;
+            }
+            else
+                bAbort = true;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        case HANDLE_AUTHENTICATIONREQUEST:
+        {
+            // use default internal handler.
+            if (m_xInterceptedHandler.is())
+            {
+                m_xInterceptedHandler->handle(xRequest);
+                return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_INTERCEPTED;
+            }
+            else //simply abort
+                bAbort = true;
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    // handle interaction by ourself, by not doing
+    // any selection...
+    if (bAbort)
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionContinuation > xAbort =
+            ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::extractContinuation(
+                xRequest->getContinuations(),
+                cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get() );
+        if (!xAbort.is())
+            return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_NO_CONTINUATION_FOUND;
+        return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_INTERCEPTED;
+    }
+
+    return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_INTERCEPTED;
+}
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/solarmutex.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/solarmutex.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9747dbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/solarmutex.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/solarmutex.hxx>
+#include <osl/thread.hxx>
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+namespace {
+    static SolarMutex* g_pSolarMutex = nullptr;
+}
+
+SolarMutex *SolarMutex::get()
+{
+    return g_pSolarMutex;
+}
+
+SolarMutex::SolarMutex()
+    : m_nCount( 0 )
+    , m_nThreadId( 0 )
+    , m_aBeforeReleaseHandler( nullptr )
+{
+    assert(!g_pSolarMutex);
+    g_pSolarMutex = this;
+}
+
+SolarMutex::~SolarMutex()
+{
+    g_pSolarMutex = nullptr;
+}
+
+void SolarMutex::doAcquire( const sal_uInt32 nLockCount )
+{
+    for ( sal_uInt32 n = nLockCount; n ; --n )
+        m_aMutex.acquire();
+    m_nThreadId = osl::Thread::getCurrentIdentifier();
+    m_nCount += nLockCount;
+}
+
+sal_uInt32 SolarMutex::doRelease( bool bUnlockAll )
+{
+    if ( !IsCurrentThread() )
+        std::abort();
+    if ( m_nCount == 0 )
+        std::abort();
+
+    const sal_uInt32 nCount = bUnlockAll ? m_nCount : 1;
+    m_nCount -= nCount;
+
+    if ( 0 == m_nCount )
+    {
+        if ( m_aBeforeReleaseHandler )
+            m_aBeforeReleaseHandler();
+        m_nThreadId = 0;
+    }
+
+    for ( sal_uInt32 n = nCount ; n ; --n )
+        m_aMutex.release();
+
+    return nCount;
+}
+
+bool SolarMutex::IsCurrentThread() const
+{
+    return m_nThreadId == osl::Thread::getCurrentIdentifier();
+}
+
+bool SolarMutex::tryToAcquire()
+{
+    if ( m_aMutex.tryToAcquire() )
+    {
+        m_nThreadId = osl::Thread::getCurrentIdentifier();
+        m_nCount++;
+        return true;
+    }
+    else
+        return false;
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/stillreadwriteinteraction.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/stillreadwriteinteraction.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0efec31b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/stillreadwriteinteraction.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/stillreadwriteinteraction.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/InteractiveIOException.hpp>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionAbort.hpp>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionApprove.hpp>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/UnsupportedDataSinkException.hpp>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/AuthenticationRequest.hpp>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CertificateValidationRequest.hpp>
+
+namespace comphelper{
+
+StillReadWriteInteraction::StillReadWriteInteraction(const css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >& xHandler,
+                                                     const css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >& xAuxiliaryHandler)
+             : m_bUsed                    (false)
+             , m_bHandledByMySelf         (false)
+             , m_xAuxiliaryHandler(xAuxiliaryHandler)
+{
+    std::vector< ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::InterceptedRequest > lInterceptions;
+    ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::InterceptedRequest                  aInterceptedRequest;
+
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_INTERACTIVEIOEXCEPTION;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::InteractiveIOException();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_UNSUPPORTEDDATASINKEXCEPTION;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::UnsupportedDataSinkException();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_AUTHENTICATIONREQUESTEXCEPTION;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::AuthenticationRequest();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionApprove>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    aInterceptedRequest.Handle = HANDLE_CERTIFICATEVALIDATIONREQUESTEXCEPTION;
+    aInterceptedRequest.Request <<= css::ucb::CertificateValidationRequest();
+    aInterceptedRequest.Continuation = cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionApprove>::get();
+    lInterceptions.push_back(aInterceptedRequest);
+
+    setInterceptedHandler(xHandler);
+    setInterceptions(lInterceptions);
+}
+
+void StillReadWriteInteraction::resetInterceptions()
+{
+    setInterceptions(std::vector< ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::InterceptedRequest >());
+}
+
+void StillReadWriteInteraction::resetErrorStates()
+{
+    m_bUsed                     = false;
+    m_bHandledByMySelf          = false;
+}
+
+
+ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::EInterceptionState StillReadWriteInteraction::intercepted(const ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::InterceptedRequest&                         aRequest,
+                                                                  const css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionRequest >& xRequest)
+{
+    // we are used!
+    m_bUsed = true;
+
+    // check if it's a real interception - might some parameters are not the right ones ...
+    bool bAbort = false;
+    switch(aRequest.Handle)
+    {
+    case HANDLE_INTERACTIVEIOEXCEPTION:
+        {
+            css::ucb::InteractiveIOException exIO;
+            xRequest->getRequest() >>= exIO;
+            bAbort = (
+                (exIO.Code == css::ucb::IOErrorCode_ACCESS_DENIED     )
+                || (exIO.Code == css::ucb::IOErrorCode_LOCKING_VIOLATION )
+                || (exIO.Code == css::ucb::IOErrorCode_NOT_EXISTING )
+                // At least on Linux, a request to open some fuse-mounted file O_RDWR may fail with
+                // EOPNOTSUPP (mapped to osl_File_E_NOSYS to IOErrorCode_NOT_SUPPORTED) when opening
+                // it O_RDONLY would succeed:
+                || (exIO.Code == css::ucb::IOErrorCode_NOT_SUPPORTED )
+#ifdef MACOSX
+                // this is a workaround for MAC, on this platform if the file is locked
+                // the returned error code looks to be wrong
+                || (exIO.Code == css::ucb::IOErrorCode_GENERAL )
+#endif
+                );
+        }
+        break;
+
+    case HANDLE_UNSUPPORTEDDATASINKEXCEPTION:
+        {
+            bAbort = true;
+        }
+        break;
+    case HANDLE_CERTIFICATEVALIDATIONREQUESTEXCEPTION:
+    case HANDLE_AUTHENTICATIONREQUESTEXCEPTION:
+       {
+//use internal auxiliary handler and return
+           if (m_xAuxiliaryHandler.is())
+           {
+               m_xAuxiliaryHandler->handle(xRequest);
+               return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_INTERCEPTED;
+           }
+           else //simply abort
+               bAbort = true;
+       }
+       break;
+    }
+
+    // handle interaction by ourself
+    if (bAbort)
+    {
+        m_bHandledByMySelf = true;
+        css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionContinuation > xAbort = ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::extractContinuation(
+            xRequest->getContinuations(),
+            cppu::UnoType<css::task::XInteractionAbort>::get() );
+        if (!xAbort.is())
+            return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_NO_CONTINUATION_FOUND;
+        xAbort->select();
+        return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_INTERCEPTED;
+    }
+
+    // Otherwise use internal handler.
+    if (m_xInterceptedHandler.is())
+    {
+        m_xInterceptedHandler->handle(xRequest);
+    }
+    return ::ucbhelper::InterceptedInteraction::E_INTERCEPTED;
+}
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/storagehelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/storagehelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e01e49b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/storagehelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,718 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <config_gpgme.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/ElementModes.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XEncryptionProtectedStorage.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XStorage.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/XTransactedObject.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/StorageFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/embed/FileSystemStorageFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/WrappedTargetRuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/SimpleFileAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/IllegalTypeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/crypto/NSSInitializer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/crypto/XDigestContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/crypto/DigestID.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/security/DocumentDigitalSignatures.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/security/XCertificate.hpp>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <rtl/digest.h>
+#include <rtl/random.h>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <ucbhelper/content.hxx>
+
+#include <comphelper/fileformat.h>
+#include <comphelper/hash.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/documentconstants.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/storagehelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+
+#if HAVE_FEATURE_GPGME
+# include <context.h>
+# include <encryptionresult.h>
+# include <key.h>
+# include <data.h>
+#endif
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+
+uno::Reference< lang::XSingleServiceFactory > OStorageHelper::GetStorageFactory(
+                            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext> xContext = rxContext.is() ? rxContext : ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+
+    return embed::StorageFactory::create( xContext );
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< lang::XSingleServiceFactory > OStorageHelper::GetFileSystemStorageFactory(
+                            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    return embed::FileSystemStorageFactory::create(rxContext);
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetTemporaryStorage(
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage( GetStorageFactory( rxContext )->createInstance(),
+                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageFromURL(
+            const OUString& aURL,
+            sal_Int32 nStorageMode,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 2 );
+    aArgs[0] <<= aURL;
+    aArgs[1] <<= nStorageMode;
+
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage( GetStorageFactory( rxContext )->createInstanceWithArguments( aArgs ),
+                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageFromURL2(
+            const OUString& aURL,
+            sal_Int32 nStorageMode,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 2 );
+    aArgs[0] <<= aURL;
+    aArgs[1] <<= nStorageMode;
+
+    uno::Reference< lang::XSingleServiceFactory > xFact;
+    css::uno::Any anyEx;
+    try {
+        ::ucbhelper::Content aCntnt( aURL,
+            uno::Reference< css::ucb::XCommandEnvironment > (),
+            getProcessComponentContext() );
+        if (aCntnt.isDocument()) {
+            xFact = GetStorageFactory( rxContext );
+        } else {
+            xFact = GetFileSystemStorageFactory( rxContext );
+        }
+    } catch (uno::Exception &)
+    {
+        anyEx = cppu::getCaughtException();
+    }
+
+    if (!xFact.is())
+    {
+        if (anyEx.hasValue())
+            throw css::lang::WrappedTargetRuntimeException( "", nullptr, anyEx );
+        else
+            throw uno::RuntimeException();
+    }
+
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage(
+        xFact->createInstanceWithArguments( aArgs ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageFromInputStream(
+            const uno::Reference < io::XInputStream >& xStream,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 2 );
+    aArgs[0] <<= xStream;
+    aArgs[1] <<= embed::ElementModes::READ;
+
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage( GetStorageFactory( rxContext )->createInstanceWithArguments( aArgs ),
+                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageFromStream(
+            const uno::Reference < io::XStream >& xStream,
+            sal_Int32 nStorageMode,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 2 );
+    aArgs[0] <<= xStream;
+    aArgs[1] <<= nStorageMode;
+
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage( GetStorageFactory( rxContext )->createInstanceWithArguments( aArgs ),
+                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+void OStorageHelper::CopyInputToOutput(
+            const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xInput,
+            const uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream >& xOutput )
+{
+    static const sal_Int32 nConstBufferSize = 32000;
+
+    sal_Int32 nRead;
+    uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aSequence ( nConstBufferSize );
+
+    do
+    {
+        nRead = xInput->readBytes ( aSequence, nConstBufferSize );
+        if ( nRead < nConstBufferSize )
+        {
+            uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aTempBuf ( aSequence.getConstArray(), nRead );
+            xOutput->writeBytes ( aTempBuf );
+        }
+        else
+            xOutput->writeBytes ( aSequence );
+    }
+    while ( nRead == nConstBufferSize );
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > OStorageHelper::GetInputStreamFromURL(
+            const OUString& aURL,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& context )
+{
+    uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > xInputStream = ucb::SimpleFileAccess::create(context)->openFileRead( aURL );
+    if ( !xInputStream.is() )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+    return xInputStream;
+}
+
+
+void OStorageHelper::SetCommonStorageEncryptionData(
+            const uno::Reference< embed::XStorage >& xStorage,
+            const uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >& aEncryptionData )
+{
+    uno::Reference< embed::XEncryptionProtectedStorage > xEncrSet( xStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( !xEncrSet.is() )
+        throw io::IOException(); // TODO
+
+    if ( aEncryptionData.getLength() == 2 &&
+         aEncryptionData[0].Name == "GpgInfos" &&
+         aEncryptionData[1].Name == "EncryptionKey" )
+    {
+        xEncrSet->setGpgProperties(
+            aEncryptionData[0].Value.get< uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > > >() );
+        xEncrSet->setEncryptionData(
+            aEncryptionData[1].Value.get< uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > >() );
+    }
+    else
+        xEncrSet->setEncryptionData( aEncryptionData );
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 OStorageHelper::GetXStorageFormat(
+            const uno::Reference< embed::XStorage >& xStorage )
+{
+    uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xStorProps( xStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+    OUString aMediaType;
+    xStorProps->getPropertyValue("MediaType") >>= aMediaType;
+
+    sal_Int32 nResult = 0;
+
+    // TODO/LATER: the filter configuration could be used to detect it later, or better a special service
+    if (
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_WRITER_ASCII       ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_WRITER_WEB_ASCII   ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_WRITER_GLOBAL_ASCII) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_DRAW_ASCII         ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_IMPRESS_ASCII      ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_CALC_ASCII         ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_CHART_ASCII        ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_VND_SUN_XML_MATH_ASCII         )
+       )
+    {
+        nResult = SOFFICE_FILEFORMAT_60;
+    }
+    else if (
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_TEXT_ASCII        ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_TEXT_WEB_ASCII    ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_TEXT_GLOBAL_ASCII ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_DRAWING_ASCII     ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_PRESENTATION_ASCII) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_SPREADSHEET_ASCII ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_CHART_ASCII       ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_FORMULA_ASCII     ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_DATABASE_ASCII    ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_REPORT_ASCII    ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_REPORT_CHART_ASCII    ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_TEXT_TEMPLATE_ASCII        ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_TEXT_GLOBAL_TEMPLATE_ASCII ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_DRAWING_TEMPLATE_ASCII     ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_PRESENTATION_TEMPLATE_ASCII) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_SPREADSHEET_TEMPLATE_ASCII ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_CHART_TEMPLATE_ASCII       ) ||
+        aMediaType.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(MIMETYPE_OASIS_OPENDOCUMENT_FORMULA_TEMPLATE_ASCII     )
+       )
+    {
+        nResult = SOFFICE_FILEFORMAT_8;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // the mediatype is not known
+        OUString aMsg = OUStringLiteral(OSL_THIS_FUNC)
+                      + ":"
+                      + OUString::number(__LINE__)
+                      + ": unknown media type '"
+                      + aMediaType
+                      + "'";
+        throw beans::IllegalTypeException(aMsg);
+    }
+
+    return nResult;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageOfFormatFromURL(
+            const OUString& aFormat,
+            const OUString& aURL,
+            sal_Int32 nStorageMode,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps( 1 );
+    aProps[0].Name = "StorageFormat";
+    aProps[0].Value <<= aFormat;
+
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 3 );
+    aArgs[0] <<= aURL;
+    aArgs[1] <<= nStorageMode;
+    aArgs[2] <<= aProps;
+
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage( GetStorageFactory( rxContext )->createInstanceWithArguments( aArgs ),
+                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageOfFormatFromInputStream(
+            const OUString& aFormat,
+            const uno::Reference < io::XInputStream >& xStream,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext,
+            bool bRepairStorage )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps( 1 );
+    sal_Int32 nPos = 0;
+    aProps[nPos].Name = "StorageFormat";
+    aProps[nPos].Value <<= aFormat;
+    ++nPos;
+    if ( bRepairStorage )
+    {
+        aProps.realloc(nPos+1);
+        aProps[nPos].Name = "RepairPackage";
+        aProps[nPos].Value <<= bRepairStorage;
+        ++nPos;
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 3 );
+    aArgs[0] <<= xStream;
+    aArgs[1] <<= embed::ElementModes::READ;
+    aArgs[2] <<= aProps;
+
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage( GetStorageFactory( rxContext )->createInstanceWithArguments( aArgs ),
+                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageOfFormatFromStream(
+            const OUString& aFormat,
+            const uno::Reference < io::XStream >& xStream,
+            sal_Int32 nStorageMode,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext,
+            bool bRepairStorage )
+{
+    uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aProps( 1 );
+    sal_Int32 nPos = 0;
+    aProps[nPos].Name = "StorageFormat";
+    aProps[nPos].Value <<= aFormat;
+    ++nPos;
+    if ( bRepairStorage )
+    {
+        aProps.realloc(nPos+1);
+        aProps[nPos].Name = "RepairPackage";
+        aProps[nPos].Value <<= bRepairStorage;
+        ++nPos;
+    }
+
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs( 3 );
+    aArgs[0] <<= xStream;
+    aArgs[1] <<= nStorageMode;
+    aArgs[2] <<= aProps;
+
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xTempStorage( GetStorageFactory( rxContext )->createInstanceWithArguments( aArgs ),
+                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    return xTempStorage;
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > OStorageHelper::CreatePackageEncryptionData( const OUString& aPassword )
+{
+    // TODO/LATER: Should not the method be part of DocPasswordHelper?
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aEncryptionData;
+    if ( !aPassword.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nSha1Ind = 0;
+        // generate SHA256 start key
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+
+            uno::Reference< css::xml::crypto::XNSSInitializer > xDigestContextSupplier = css::xml::crypto::NSSInitializer::create(xContext);
+            uno::Reference< css::xml::crypto::XDigestContext > xDigestContext( xDigestContextSupplier->getDigestContext( css::xml::crypto::DigestID::SHA256, uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >() ), uno::UNO_SET_THROW );
+
+            OString aUTF8Password( OUStringToOString( aPassword, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ) );
+            xDigestContext->updateDigest( uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast< const sal_Int8* >( aUTF8Password.getStr() ), aUTF8Password.getLength() ) );
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aDigest = xDigestContext->finalizeDigestAndDispose();
+
+            aEncryptionData.realloc( ++nSha1Ind );
+            aEncryptionData[0].Name = PACKAGE_ENCRYPTIONDATA_SHA256UTF8;
+            aEncryptionData[0].Value <<= aDigest;
+        }
+        catch ( uno::Exception& )
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE( false, "Can not create SHA256 digest!" );
+        }
+
+        // MS_1252 encoding was used for SO60 document format password encoding,
+        // this encoding supports only a minor subset of nonascii characters,
+        // but for compatibility reasons it has to be used for old document formats
+        aEncryptionData.realloc( nSha1Ind + 3 );
+        // these are StarOffice not-quite-SHA1
+        aEncryptionData[nSha1Ind].Name = PACKAGE_ENCRYPTIONDATA_SHA1UTF8;
+        aEncryptionData[nSha1Ind + 1].Name = PACKAGE_ENCRYPTIONDATA_SHA1MS1252;
+
+        rtl_TextEncoding const pEncoding[2] = { RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8, RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252 };
+
+        for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < 2; nInd++ )
+        {
+            OString aByteStrPass = OUStringToOString( aPassword, pEncoding[nInd] );
+
+            sal_uInt8 pBuffer[RTL_DIGEST_LENGTH_SHA1];
+            rtlDigestError nError = rtl_digest_SHA1( aByteStrPass.getStr(),
+                                                    aByteStrPass.getLength(),
+                                                    pBuffer,
+                                                    RTL_DIGEST_LENGTH_SHA1 );
+
+            if ( nError != rtl_Digest_E_None )
+            {
+                aEncryptionData.realloc( nSha1Ind );
+                break;
+            }
+
+            aEncryptionData[nSha1Ind+nInd].Value <<= uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >( reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8*>(pBuffer), RTL_DIGEST_LENGTH_SHA1 );
+        }
+
+        // actual SHA1
+        aEncryptionData[nSha1Ind + 2].Name = PACKAGE_ENCRYPTIONDATA_SHA1CORRECT;
+        OString aByteStrPass = OUStringToOString(aPassword, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8);
+        std::vector<unsigned char> const sha1(::comphelper::Hash::calculateHash(
+                reinterpret_cast<unsigned char const*>(aByteStrPass.getStr()), aByteStrPass.getLength(),
+                ::comphelper::HashType::SHA1));
+        aEncryptionData[nSha1Ind + 2].Value <<= uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>(
+                reinterpret_cast<sal_Int8 const*>(sha1.data()), sha1.size());
+    }
+
+    return aEncryptionData;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > OStorageHelper::CreateGpgPackageEncryptionData()
+{
+#if HAVE_FEATURE_GPGME
+    // generate session key
+    // --------------------
+
+    rtlRandomPool aRandomPool = rtl_random_createPool();
+
+    // get 32 random chars out of it
+    uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aVector(32);
+    rtl_random_getBytes( aRandomPool, aVector.getArray(), aVector.getLength() );
+
+    rtl_random_destroyPool(aRandomPool);
+
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aContainer(2);
+    std::vector< uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > > aGpgEncryptions;
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aGpgEncryptionEntry(3);
+    uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue > aEncryptionData(1);
+
+    uno::Reference< security::XDocumentDigitalSignatures > xSigner(
+        // here none of the version-dependent methods are called
+        security::DocumentDigitalSignatures::createDefault(
+            comphelper::getProcessComponentContext()));
+
+    // fire up certificate chooser dialog - user can multi-select!
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< security::XCertificate > > xSignCertificates=
+        xSigner->chooseEncryptionCertificate();
+
+    if (!xSignCertificates.hasElements())
+        return uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >(); // user cancelled
+
+    // generate one encrypted key entry for each recipient
+    // ---------------------------------------------------
+
+    std::unique_ptr<GpgME::Context> ctx;
+    GpgME::Error err = GpgME::checkEngine(GpgME::OpenPGP);
+    if (err)
+        throw uno::RuntimeException("The GpgME library failed to initialize for the OpenPGP protocol.");
+
+    ctx.reset( GpgME::Context::createForProtocol(GpgME::OpenPGP) );
+    if (ctx == nullptr)
+        throw uno::RuntimeException("The GpgME library failed to initialize for the OpenPGP protocol.");
+    ctx->setArmor(false);
+
+    const uno::Reference< security::XCertificate >* pCerts=xSignCertificates.getConstArray();
+    for (sal_uInt32 i = 0, nNum = xSignCertificates.getLength(); i < nNum; i++, pCerts++)
+    {
+        uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aKeyID;
+        if (pCerts->is())
+            aKeyID = (*pCerts)->getSHA1Thumbprint();
+
+        std::vector<GpgME::Key> keys;
+        keys.push_back(
+            ctx->key(
+                reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aKeyID.getConstArray()),
+                err, false));
+
+        // ctx is setup now, let's encrypt the lot!
+        GpgME::Data plain(
+            reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aVector.getConstArray()),
+            size_t(aVector.getLength()), false);
+        GpgME::Data cipher;
+
+        GpgME::EncryptionResult crypt_res = ctx->encrypt(
+            keys, plain,
+            cipher, GpgME::Context::NoCompress);
+
+        off_t result = cipher.seek(0,SEEK_SET);
+        (void) result;
+        assert(result == 0);
+        int len=0, curr=0; char buf;
+        while( (curr=cipher.read(&buf, 1)) )
+            len += curr;
+
+        if(crypt_res.error() || !len)
+            throw lang::IllegalArgumentException(
+                "Not a suitable key, or failed to encrypt.",
+                css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XInterface>(), i);
+
+        uno::Sequence < sal_Int8 > aCipherValue(len);
+        result = cipher.seek(0,SEEK_SET);
+        assert(result == 0);
+        if( cipher.read(aCipherValue.getArray(), len) != len )
+            throw uno::RuntimeException("The GpgME library failed to read the encrypted value.");
+
+        SAL_INFO("comphelper.crypto", "Generated gpg crypto of length: " << len);
+
+        aGpgEncryptionEntry[0].Name = "KeyId";
+        aGpgEncryptionEntry[0].Value <<= aKeyID;
+        aGpgEncryptionEntry[1].Name = "KeyPacket";
+        aGpgEncryptionEntry[1].Value <<= aKeyID;
+        aGpgEncryptionEntry[2].Name = "CipherValue";
+        aGpgEncryptionEntry[2].Value <<= aCipherValue;
+
+        aGpgEncryptions.push_back(aGpgEncryptionEntry);
+    }
+
+    aEncryptionData[0].Name = PACKAGE_ENCRYPTIONDATA_SHA256UTF8;
+    aEncryptionData[0].Value <<= aVector;
+
+    aContainer[0].Name = "GpgInfos";
+    aContainer[0].Value <<= comphelper::containerToSequence(aGpgEncryptions);
+    aContainer[1].Name = "EncryptionKey";
+    aContainer[1].Value <<= aEncryptionData;
+
+    return aContainer;
+#else
+    return uno::Sequence< beans::NamedValue >();
+#endif
+}
+
+bool OStorageHelper::IsValidZipEntryFileName( const OUString& aName, bool bSlashAllowed )
+{
+    return IsValidZipEntryFileName( aName.getStr(), aName.getLength(), bSlashAllowed );
+}
+
+
+bool OStorageHelper::IsValidZipEntryFileName(
+    const sal_Unicode *pChar, sal_Int32 nLength, bool bSlashAllowed )
+{
+    for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nLength; i++ )
+    {
+        switch ( pChar[i] )
+        {
+            case '\\':
+            case '?':
+            case '<':
+            case '>':
+            case '\"':
+            case '|':
+            case ':':
+                return false;
+            case '/':
+                if ( !bSlashAllowed )
+                    return false;
+                break;
+            default:
+                if ( pChar[i] < 32  || (pChar[i] >= 0xD800 && pChar[i] <= 0xDFFF) )
+                    return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+bool OStorageHelper::PathHasSegment( const OUString& aPath, const OUString& aSegment )
+{
+    bool bResult = false;
+    const sal_Int32 nPathLen = aPath.getLength();
+    const sal_Int32 nSegLen = aSegment.getLength();
+
+    if ( !aSegment.isEmpty() && nPathLen >= nSegLen )
+    {
+        OUString aEndSegment = "/" + aSegment;
+        OUString aInternalSegment = aEndSegment + "/";
+
+        if ( aPath.indexOf( aInternalSegment ) >= 0 )
+            bResult = true;
+
+        if ( !bResult && aPath.startsWith( aSegment ) )
+        {
+            if ( nPathLen == nSegLen || aPath[nSegLen] == '/' )
+                bResult = true;
+        }
+
+        if ( !bResult && nPathLen > nSegLen && aPath.copy( nPathLen - nSegLen - 1, nSegLen + 1 ) == aEndSegment )
+            bResult = true;
+    }
+
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+class LifecycleProxy::Impl
+    : public std::vector< uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > > {};
+LifecycleProxy::LifecycleProxy()
+    : m_xBadness( new Impl ) { }
+LifecycleProxy::~LifecycleProxy() { }
+
+void LifecycleProxy::commitStorages()
+{
+    std::for_each(m_xBadness->rbegin(), m_xBadness->rend(), // reverse order (outwards)
+        [](Impl::reference rxItem) {
+            uno::Reference<embed::XTransactedObject> const xTransaction(rxItem, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+            if (xTransaction.is())
+            {
+                xTransaction->commit();
+            }
+        });
+}
+
+static void splitPath( std::vector<OUString> &rElems,
+                       const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i >= 0;)
+        rElems.push_back( rPath.getToken( 0, '/', i ) );
+}
+
+static uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > LookupStorageAtPath(
+        const uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > &xParentStorage,
+        std::vector<OUString> &rElems, sal_uInt32 nOpenMode,
+        LifecycleProxy const &rNastiness )
+{
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xStorage( xParentStorage );
+    rNastiness.m_xBadness->push_back( xStorage );
+    for( size_t i = 0; i < rElems.size() && xStorage.is(); i++ )
+    {
+        xStorage = xStorage->openStorageElement( rElems[i], nOpenMode );
+        rNastiness.m_xBadness->push_back( xStorage );
+    }
+    return xStorage;
+}
+
+uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > OStorageHelper::GetStorageAtPath(
+        const uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > &xStorage,
+        const OUString& rPath, sal_uInt32 nOpenMode,
+        LifecycleProxy const &rNastiness )
+{
+    std::vector<OUString> aElems;
+    splitPath( aElems, rPath );
+    return LookupStorageAtPath( xStorage, aElems, nOpenMode, rNastiness );
+}
+
+uno::Reference< io::XStream > OStorageHelper::GetStreamAtPath(
+        const uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > &xParentStorage,
+        const OUString& rPath, sal_uInt32 nOpenMode,
+        LifecycleProxy const &rNastiness )
+{
+    std::vector<OUString> aElems;
+    splitPath( aElems, rPath );
+    OUString aName( aElems.back() );
+    aElems.pop_back();
+    sal_uInt32 nStorageMode = nOpenMode & ~embed::ElementModes::TRUNCATE;
+    uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > xStorage(
+        LookupStorageAtPath( xParentStorage, aElems, nStorageMode, rNastiness ),
+        uno::UNO_SET_THROW );
+    return xStorage->openStreamElement( aName, nOpenMode );
+}
+
+uno::Reference< io::XStream > OStorageHelper::GetStreamAtPackageURL(
+        uno::Reference< embed::XStorage > const& xParentStorage,
+        const OUString& rURL, sal_uInt32 const nOpenMode,
+        LifecycleProxy const & rNastiness)
+{
+    OUString path;
+    if (rURL.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase("vnd.sun.star.Package:", &path))
+    {
+        return GetStreamAtPath(xParentStorage, path, nOpenMode, rNastiness);
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+OUString OStorageHelper::GetODFVersionFromStorage(const uno::Reference<embed::XStorage>& xStorage)
+{
+    OUString aODFVersion;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xPropSet(xStorage, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xPropSet->getPropertyValue("Version") >>= aODFVersion;
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+    return aODFVersion;
+}
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/string.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/string.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba84ff032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/string.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,497 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <rtl/character.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <rtl/string.hxx>
+#include <rtl/strbuf.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/string.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/stl_types.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/BreakIterator.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/CharType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/Collator.hpp>
+
+
+namespace comphelper::string {
+
+namespace
+{
+    template <typename T, typename C> T tmpl_stripStart(const T &rIn,
+        const C cRemove)
+    {
+        if (rIn.isEmpty())
+            return rIn;
+
+        sal_Int32 i = 0;
+
+        while (i < rIn.getLength())
+        {
+            if (rIn[i] != cRemove)
+                break;
+            ++i;
+        }
+
+        return rIn.copy(i);
+    }
+}
+
+OString stripStart(const OString &rIn, char c)
+{
+    return tmpl_stripStart<OString, char>(rIn, c);
+}
+
+OUString stripStart(const OUString &rIn, sal_Unicode c)
+{
+    return tmpl_stripStart<OUString, sal_Unicode>(rIn, c);
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    template <typename T, typename C> T tmpl_stripEnd(const T &rIn,
+        const C cRemove)
+    {
+        if (rIn.isEmpty())
+            return rIn;
+
+        sal_Int32 i = rIn.getLength();
+
+        while (i > 0)
+        {
+            if (rIn[i-1] != cRemove)
+                break;
+            --i;
+        }
+
+        return rIn.copy(0, i);
+    }
+}
+
+OString stripEnd(const OString &rIn, char c)
+{
+    return tmpl_stripEnd<OString, char>(rIn, c);
+}
+
+OUString stripEnd(const OUString &rIn, sal_Unicode c)
+{
+    return tmpl_stripEnd<OUString, sal_Unicode>(rIn, c);
+}
+
+OString strip(const OString &rIn, char c)
+{
+    return stripEnd(stripStart(rIn, c), c);
+}
+
+OUString strip(const OUString &rIn, sal_Unicode c)
+{
+    return stripEnd(stripStart(rIn, c), c);
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    template <typename T, typename C> sal_Int32 tmpl_getTokenCount(const T &rIn,
+        C cTok)
+    {
+        // Empty String: TokenCount by Definition is 0
+        if (rIn.isEmpty())
+            return 0;
+
+        sal_Int32 nTokCount = 1;
+        for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < rIn.getLength(); ++i)
+        {
+            if (rIn[i] == cTok)
+                ++nTokCount;
+        }
+        return nTokCount;
+    }
+}
+
+sal_Int32 getTokenCount(const OString &rIn, char cTok)
+{
+    return tmpl_getTokenCount<OString, char>(rIn, cTok);
+}
+
+sal_Int32 getTokenCount(const OUString &rIn, sal_Unicode cTok)
+{
+    return tmpl_getTokenCount<OUString, sal_Unicode>(rIn, cTok);
+}
+
+static sal_uInt32 decimalStringToNumber(
+    OUString const & str, sal_Int32 nStart, sal_Int32 nLength )
+{
+    sal_uInt32 result = 0;
+    for( sal_Int32 i = nStart; i < nStart + nLength; )
+    {
+        sal_uInt32 c = str.iterateCodePoints(&i);
+        sal_uInt32 value = 0;
+        if( c <= 0x0039)    // ASCII decimal digits, most common
+            value = c - 0x0030;
+        else if( c >= 0x1D7F6 )    // mathematical monospace digits
+            value = c - 0x1D7F6;
+        else if( c >= 0x1D7EC ) // mathematical sans-serif bold digits
+            value = c - 0x1D7EC;
+        else if( c >= 0x1D7E2 ) // mathematical sans-serif digits
+            value = c - 0x1D7E2;
+        else if( c >= 0x1D7D8 ) // mathematical double-struck digits
+            value = c - 0x1D7D8;
+        else if( c >= 0x1D7CE ) // mathematical bold digits
+            value = c - 0x1D7CE;
+        else if( c >= 0x11066 ) // brahmi digits
+            value = c - 0x11066;
+        else if( c >= 0x104A0 ) // osmanya digits
+            value = c - 0x104A0;
+        else if( c >= 0xFF10 ) // fullwidth digits
+            value = c - 0xFF10;
+        else if( c >= 0xABF0 ) // meetei mayek digits
+            value = c - 0xABF0;
+        else if( c >= 0xAA50 ) // cham digits
+            value = c - 0xAA50;
+        else if( c >= 0xA9D0 ) // javanese digits
+            value = c - 0xA9D0;
+        else if( c >= 0xA900 ) // kayah li digits
+            value = c - 0xA900;
+        else if( c >= 0xA8D0 ) // saurashtra digits
+            value = c - 0xA8D0;
+        else if( c >= 0xA620 ) // vai digits
+            value = c - 0xA620;
+        else if( c >= 0x1C50 ) // ol chiki digits
+            value = c - 0x1C50;
+        else if( c >= 0x1C40 ) // lepcha digits
+            value = c - 0x1C40;
+        else if( c >= 0x1BB0 ) // sundanese digits
+            value = c - 0x1BB0;
+        else if( c >= 0x1B50 ) // balinese digits
+            value = c - 0x1B50;
+        else if( c >= 0x1A90 ) // tai tham tham digits
+            value = c - 0x1A90;
+        else if( c >= 0x1A80 ) // tai tham hora digits
+            value = c - 0x1A80;
+        else if( c >= 0x19D0 ) // new tai lue digits
+            value = c - 0x19D0;
+        else if( c >= 0x1946 ) // limbu digits
+            value = c - 0x1946;
+        else if( c >= 0x1810 ) // mongolian digits
+            value = c - 0x1810;
+        else if( c >= 0x17E0 ) // khmer digits
+            value = c - 0x17E0;
+        else if( c >= 0x1090 ) // myanmar shan digits
+            value = c - 0x1090;
+        else if( c >= 0x1040 ) // myanmar digits
+            value = c - 0x1040;
+        else if( c >= 0x0F20 ) // tibetan digits
+            value = c - 0x0F20;
+        else if( c >= 0x0ED0 ) // lao digits
+            value = c - 0x0ED0;
+        else if( c >= 0x0E50 ) // thai digits
+            value = c - 0x0E50;
+        else if( c >= 0x0D66 ) // malayalam digits
+            value = c - 0x0D66;
+        else if( c >= 0x0CE6 ) // kannada digits
+            value = c - 0x0CE6;
+        else if( c >= 0x0C66 ) // telugu digits
+            value = c - 0x0C66;
+        else if( c >= 0x0BE6 ) // tamil digits
+            value = c - 0x0BE6;
+        else if( c >= 0x0B66 ) // odia digits
+            value = c - 0x0B66;
+        else if( c >= 0x0AE6 ) // gujarati digits
+            value = c - 0x0AE6;
+        else if( c >= 0x0A66 ) // gurmukhi digits
+            value = c - 0x0A66;
+        else if( c >= 0x09E6 ) // bengali digits
+            value = c - 0x09E6;
+        else if( c >= 0x0966 ) // devanagari digit
+            value = c - 0x0966;
+        else if( c >= 0x07C0 ) // nko digits
+            value = c - 0x07C0;
+        else if( c >= 0x06F0 ) // extended arabic-indic digits
+            value = c - 0x06F0;
+        else if( c >= 0x0660 ) // arabic-indic digits
+            value = c - 0x0660;
+        result = result * 10 + value;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+sal_uInt32 decimalStringToNumber(
+    OUString const & str )
+{
+    return decimalStringToNumber(str, 0, str.getLength());
+}
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+// convert between sequence of string and comma separated string
+
+OUString convertCommaSeparated(
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > const& i_rSeq)
+{
+    OUStringBuffer buf;
+    ::comphelper::intersperse(
+        i_rSeq.begin(), i_rSeq.end(), ::comphelper::OUStringBufferAppender(buf), OUString( ", " ));
+    return buf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+std::vector<OUString>
+    split(const OUString& rStr, sal_Unicode cSeparator)
+{
+    std::vector< OUString > vec;
+    sal_Int32 idx = 0;
+    do
+    {
+        OUString kw =
+            rStr.getToken(0, cSeparator, idx);
+        kw = kw.trim();
+        if (!kw.isEmpty())
+        {
+            vec.push_back(kw);
+        }
+
+    } while (idx >= 0);
+
+    return vec;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString >
+    convertCommaSeparated( OUString const& i_rString )
+{
+    std::vector< OUString > vec = split(i_rString, ',');
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(vec);
+}
+
+OString join(const OString& rSeparator, const std::vector<OString>& rSequence)
+{
+    OStringBuffer aBuffer;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < rSequence.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        if (i != 0)
+            aBuffer.append(rSeparator);
+        aBuffer.append(rSequence[i]);
+    }
+    return aBuffer.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+sal_Int32 compareNatural( const OUString & rLHS, const OUString & rRHS,
+    const uno::Reference< i18n::XCollator > &rCollator,
+    const uno::Reference< i18n::XBreakIterator > &rBI,
+    const lang::Locale &rLocale )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nRet = 0;
+
+    sal_Int32 nLHSLastNonDigitPos = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nRHSLastNonDigitPos = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nLHSFirstDigitPos = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nRHSFirstDigitPos = 0;
+
+    while (nLHSFirstDigitPos < rLHS.getLength() || nRHSFirstDigitPos < rRHS.getLength())
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nLHSChunkLen;
+        sal_Int32 nRHSChunkLen;
+
+        //Compare non digit block as normal strings
+        nLHSFirstDigitPos = rBI->nextCharBlock(rLHS, nLHSLastNonDigitPos,
+            rLocale, i18n::CharType::DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER);
+        nRHSFirstDigitPos = rBI->nextCharBlock(rRHS, nRHSLastNonDigitPos,
+            rLocale, i18n::CharType::DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER);
+        if (nLHSFirstDigitPos == -1)
+            nLHSFirstDigitPos = rLHS.getLength();
+        if (nRHSFirstDigitPos == -1)
+            nRHSFirstDigitPos = rRHS.getLength();
+        nLHSChunkLen = nLHSFirstDigitPos - nLHSLastNonDigitPos;
+        nRHSChunkLen = nRHSFirstDigitPos - nRHSLastNonDigitPos;
+
+        nRet = rCollator->compareSubstring(rLHS, nLHSLastNonDigitPos,
+            nLHSChunkLen, rRHS, nRHSLastNonDigitPos, nRHSChunkLen);
+        if (nRet != 0)
+            break;
+
+        //Compare digit block as one number vs another
+        nLHSLastNonDigitPos = rBI->endOfCharBlock(rLHS, nLHSFirstDigitPos,
+            rLocale, i18n::CharType::DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER);
+        nRHSLastNonDigitPos = rBI->endOfCharBlock(rRHS, nRHSFirstDigitPos,
+            rLocale, i18n::CharType::DECIMAL_DIGIT_NUMBER);
+        if (nLHSLastNonDigitPos == -1)
+            nLHSLastNonDigitPos = rLHS.getLength();
+        if (nRHSLastNonDigitPos == -1)
+            nRHSLastNonDigitPos = rRHS.getLength();
+        nLHSChunkLen = nLHSLastNonDigitPos - nLHSFirstDigitPos;
+        nRHSChunkLen = nRHSLastNonDigitPos - nRHSFirstDigitPos;
+
+        //To-Do: Possibly scale down those unicode codepoints that relate to
+        //numbers outside of the normal 0-9 range, e.g. see GetLocalizedChar in
+        //vcl
+
+        sal_uInt32 nLHS = comphelper::string::decimalStringToNumber(rLHS, nLHSFirstDigitPos, nLHSChunkLen);
+        sal_uInt32 nRHS = comphelper::string::decimalStringToNumber(rRHS, nRHSFirstDigitPos, nRHSChunkLen);
+
+        if (nLHS != nRHS)
+        {
+            nRet = (nLHS < nRHS) ? -1 : 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return nRet;
+}
+
+NaturalStringSorter::NaturalStringSorter(
+    const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > &rContext,
+    const lang::Locale &rLocale) : m_aLocale(rLocale)
+{
+    m_xCollator = i18n::Collator::create( rContext );
+    m_xCollator->loadDefaultCollator(m_aLocale, 0);
+    m_xBI = i18n::BreakIterator::create( rContext );
+}
+
+bool isdigitAsciiString(const OString &rString)
+{
+    return std::all_of(
+        rString.getStr(), rString.getStr() + rString.getLength(),
+        [](unsigned char c){ return rtl::isAsciiDigit(c); });
+}
+
+bool isdigitAsciiString(const OUString &rString)
+{
+    return std::all_of(
+        rString.getStr(), rString.getStr() + rString.getLength(),
+        [](sal_Unicode c){ return rtl::isAsciiDigit(c); });
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    template <typename T, typename O> T tmpl_reverseString(const T &rIn)
+    {
+        if (rIn.isEmpty())
+            return rIn;
+
+        sal_Int32 i = rIn.getLength();
+        O sBuf(i);
+        while (i)
+            sBuf.append(rIn[--i]);
+        return sBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+    }
+}
+
+OUString reverseString(const OUString &rStr)
+{
+    return tmpl_reverseString<OUString, OUStringBuffer>(rStr);
+}
+
+OString reverseString(const OString &rStr)
+{
+    return tmpl_reverseString<OString, OStringBuffer>(rStr);
+}
+
+sal_Int32 indexOfAny(OUString const& rIn,
+        sal_Unicode const*const pChars, sal_Int32 const nPos)
+{
+    for (sal_Int32 i = nPos; i < rIn.getLength(); ++i)
+    {
+        sal_Unicode const c = rIn[i];
+        for (sal_Unicode const* pChar = pChars; *pChar; ++pChar)
+        {
+            if (c == *pChar)
+            {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+OUString removeAny(OUString const& rIn,
+        sal_Unicode const*const pChars)
+{
+    OUStringBuffer buf;
+    bool isFound(false);
+    for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < rIn.getLength(); ++i)
+    {
+        sal_Unicode const c = rIn[i];
+        bool removeC(false);
+        for (sal_Unicode const* pChar = pChars; *pChar; ++pChar)
+        {
+            if (c == *pChar)
+            {
+                removeC = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (removeC)
+        {
+            if (!isFound)
+            {
+                if (i > 0)
+                {
+                    buf.append(std::u16string_view(rIn).substr(0, i));
+                }
+                isFound = true;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (isFound)
+        {
+            buf.append(c);
+        }
+    }
+    return isFound ? buf.makeStringAndClear() : rIn;
+}
+
+OUString setToken(const OUString& rIn, sal_Int32 nToken, sal_Unicode cTok,
+    const OUString& rNewToken)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nLen = rIn.getLength();
+    sal_Int32 nTok = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nFirstChar = 0;
+    sal_Int32 i = 0;
+
+    // Determine token position and length
+    while ( i < nLen )
+    {
+        // Increase token count if match
+        if (rIn[i] == cTok)
+        {
+            ++nTok;
+
+            if (nTok == nToken)
+                nFirstChar = i+1;
+            else if (nTok > nToken)
+                break;
+        }
+
+        ++i;
+    }
+
+    if (nTok >= nToken)
+        return rIn.replaceAt(nFirstChar, i-nFirstChar, rNewToken);
+    return rIn;
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/synchronousdispatch.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/synchronousdispatch.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a09f05db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/synchronousdispatch.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XSynchronousDispatch.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/URLTransformer.hpp>
+
+#include <comphelper/synchronousdispatch.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+uno::Reference< lang::XComponent > SynchronousDispatch::dispatch(
+        const uno::Reference< uno::XInterface > &xStartPoint,
+        const OUString &sURL,
+        const OUString &sTarget,
+        const uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > &lArguments )
+{
+    util::URL aURL;
+    aURL.Complete = sURL;
+    uno::Reference < util::XURLTransformer > xTrans = util::URLTransformer::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+    xTrans->parseStrict( aURL );
+
+    uno::Reference < frame::XDispatch > xDispatcher;
+    uno::Reference < frame::XDispatchProvider > xProvider( xStartPoint, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+
+    if ( xProvider.is() )
+        xDispatcher = xProvider->queryDispatch( aURL, sTarget, 0 );
+
+    uno::Reference < lang::XComponent > aComponent;
+
+    if ( xDispatcher.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            uno::Any aRet;
+            uno::Reference < frame::XSynchronousDispatch > xSyncDisp( xDispatcher, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+            aRet = xSyncDisp->dispatchWithReturnValue( aURL, lArguments );
+
+            aRet >>= aComponent;
+        }
+        catch ( uno::Exception& )
+        {
+            SAL_WARN("comphelper","SynchronousDispatch::dispatch() Error while dispatching!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aComponent;
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/syntaxhighlight.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/syntaxhighlight.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6eccc7b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/syntaxhighlight.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,730 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+#include <rtl/character.hxx>
+#include <unicode/uchar.h>
+#include <comphelper/syntaxhighlight.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/typed_flags_set.hxx>
+
+namespace {
+
+// Flags for character properties
+enum class CharFlags {
+    StartIdentifier   = 0x0001,
+    InIdentifier      = 0x0002,
+    StartNumber       = 0x0004,
+    InNumber          = 0x0008,
+    InHexNumber       = 0x0010,
+    InOctNumber       = 0x0020,
+    StartString       = 0x0040,
+    Operator          = 0x0080,
+    Space             = 0x0100,
+    EOL               = 0x0200
+};
+
+}
+
+namespace o3tl {
+    template<> struct typed_flags<CharFlags> : is_typed_flags<CharFlags, 0x03ff> {};
+}
+
+// ##########################################################################
+// ATTENTION: all these words need to be in lower case
+// ##########################################################################
+static const char* strListBasicKeyWords[] = {
+    "access",
+    "alias",
+    "and",
+    "any",
+    "append",
+    "as",
+    "attribute",
+    "base",
+    "binary",
+    "boolean",
+    "byref",
+    "byte",
+    "byval",
+    "call",
+    "case",
+    "cdecl",
+    "classmodule",
+    "close",
+    "compare",
+    "compatible",
+    "const",
+    "currency",
+    "date",
+    "declare",
+    "defbool",
+    "defcur",
+    "defdate",
+    "defdbl",
+    "deferr",
+    "defint",
+    "deflng",
+    "defobj",
+    "defsng",
+    "defstr",
+    "defvar",
+    "dim",
+    "do",
+    "doevents",
+    "double",
+    "each",
+    "else",
+    "elseif",
+    "end",
+    "end enum",
+    "end function",
+    "end if",
+    "end property",
+    "end select",
+    "end sub",
+    "end type",
+    "endif",
+    "enum",
+    "eqv",
+    "erase",
+    "error",
+    "exit",
+    "explicit",
+    "for",
+    "function",
+    "get",
+    "global",
+    "gosub",
+    "goto",
+    "if",
+    "imp",
+    "implements",
+    "in",
+    "input",
+    "integer",
+    "is",
+    "let",
+    "lib",
+    "like",
+    "line",
+    "line input",
+    "local",
+    "lock",
+    "long",
+    "loop",
+    "lprint",
+    "lset",
+    "mod",
+    "name",
+    "new",
+    "next",
+    "not",
+    "object",
+    "on",
+    "open",
+    "option",
+    "optional",
+    "or",
+    "output",
+    "paramarray",
+    "preserve",
+    "print",
+    "private",
+    "property",
+    "public",
+    "random",
+    "read",
+    "redim",
+    "rem",
+    "resume",
+    "return",
+    "rset",
+    "select",
+    "set",
+    "shared",
+    "single",
+    "static",
+    "step",
+    "stop",
+    "string",
+    "sub",
+    "system",
+    "text",
+    "then",
+    "to",
+    "type",
+    "typeof",
+    "until",
+    "variant",
+    "vbasupport",
+    "wend",
+    "while",
+    "with",
+    "withevents",
+    "write",
+    "xor"
+};
+
+
+static const char* strListSqlKeyWords[] = {
+    "all",
+    "and",
+    "any",
+    "as",
+    "asc",
+    "avg",
+    "between",
+    "by",
+    "cast",
+    "corresponding",
+    "count",
+    "create",
+    "cross",
+    "delete",
+    "desc",
+    "distinct",
+    "drop",
+    "escape",
+    "except",
+    "exists",
+    "false",
+    "from",
+    "full",
+    "global",
+    "group",
+    "having",
+    "in",
+    "inner",
+    "insert",
+    "intersect",
+    "into",
+    "is",
+    "join",
+    "left",
+    "like",
+    "limit",
+    "local",
+    "match",
+    "max",
+    "min",
+    "natural",
+    "not",
+    "null",
+    "on",
+    "or",
+    "order",
+    "outer",
+    "right",
+    "select",
+    "set",
+    "some",
+    "sum",
+    "table",
+    "temporary",
+    "true",
+    "union",
+    "unique",
+    "unknown",
+    "update",
+    "using",
+    "values",
+    "where"
+};
+
+
+extern "C" {
+
+static int compare_strings( const void *arg1, const void *arg2 )
+{
+    return strcmp( static_cast<char const *>(arg1), *static_cast<char * const *>(arg2) );
+}
+
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    bool isAlpha(sal_Unicode c)
+    {
+        if (rtl::isAsciiAlpha(c))
+            return true;
+        return u_isalpha(c);
+    }
+}
+
+class SyntaxHighlighter::Tokenizer
+{
+    // Character information tables
+    CharFlags aCharTypeTab[256] = {};
+
+    // Auxiliary function: testing of the character flags
+    bool testCharFlags(sal_Unicode c, CharFlags nTestFlags) const;
+
+    // Get new token, EmptyString == nothing more over there
+    bool getNextToken(const sal_Unicode*& pos, /*out*/TokenType& reType,
+        /*out*/const sal_Unicode*& rpStartPos, /*out*/const sal_Unicode*& rpEndPos) const;
+
+    const char** ppListKeyWords;
+    sal_uInt16 nKeyWordCount;
+
+public:
+    HighlighterLanguage const aLanguage;
+
+    explicit Tokenizer( HighlighterLanguage aLang );
+
+    void getHighlightPortions(const OUString& rLine,
+                               /*out*/std::vector<HighlightPortion>& portions) const;
+    void setKeyWords( const char** ppKeyWords, sal_uInt16 nCount );
+};
+
+// Helper function: test character flag
+bool SyntaxHighlighter::Tokenizer::testCharFlags(sal_Unicode c, CharFlags nTestFlags) const
+{
+    bool bRet = false;
+    if( c != 0 && c <= 255 )
+    {
+        bRet = bool(aCharTypeTab[c] & nTestFlags);
+    }
+    else if( c > 255 )
+    {
+        bRet = (( CharFlags::StartIdentifier | CharFlags::InIdentifier ) & nTestFlags)
+            && isAlpha(c);
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+void SyntaxHighlighter::Tokenizer::setKeyWords( const char** ppKeyWords, sal_uInt16 nCount )
+{
+    ppListKeyWords = ppKeyWords;
+    nKeyWordCount = nCount;
+}
+
+bool SyntaxHighlighter::Tokenizer::getNextToken(const sal_Unicode*& pos, /*out*/TokenType& reType,
+    /*out*/const sal_Unicode*& rpStartPos, /*out*/const sal_Unicode*& rpEndPos) const
+{
+    reType = TokenType::Unknown;
+
+    rpStartPos = pos;
+
+    sal_Unicode c = *pos;
+    if( c == 0 )
+        return false;
+
+    ++pos;
+
+    //*** Go through all possibilities ***
+    // Space?
+    if ( testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::Space ) )
+    {
+        while( testCharFlags( *pos, CharFlags::Space ) )
+            ++pos;
+
+        reType = TokenType::Whitespace;
+    }
+
+    // Identifier?
+    else if ( testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::StartIdentifier ) )
+    {
+        bool bIdentifierChar;
+        do
+        {
+            // Fetch next character
+            c = *pos;
+            bIdentifierChar = testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::InIdentifier );
+            if( bIdentifierChar )
+                ++pos;
+        }
+        while( bIdentifierChar );
+
+        reType = TokenType::Identifier;
+
+        // Keyword table
+        if (ppListKeyWords != nullptr)
+        {
+            int nCount = pos - rpStartPos;
+
+            // No keyword if string contains char > 255
+            bool bCanBeKeyword = true;
+            for( int i = 0 ; i < nCount ; i++ )
+            {
+                if( rpStartPos[i] > 255 )
+                {
+                    bCanBeKeyword = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if( bCanBeKeyword )
+            {
+                OUString aKWString(rpStartPos, nCount);
+                OString aByteStr = OUStringToOString(aKWString,
+                    RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US).toAsciiLowerCase();
+                if ( bsearch( aByteStr.getStr(), ppListKeyWords, nKeyWordCount, sizeof( char* ),
+                                                                        compare_strings ) )
+                {
+                    reType = TokenType::Keywords;
+
+                    if( aByteStr == "rem" )
+                    {
+                        // Remove all characters until end of line or EOF
+                        sal_Unicode cPeek = *pos;
+                        while( cPeek != 0 && !testCharFlags( cPeek, CharFlags::EOL ) )
+                        {
+                            cPeek = *++pos;
+                        }
+
+                        reType = TokenType::Comment;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Operator?
+    // only for BASIC '\'' should be a comment, otherwise it is a normal string and handled there
+    else if ( testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::Operator ) || ( (c == '\'') && (aLanguage==HighlighterLanguage::Basic)) )
+    {
+        // parameters for SQL view
+        if (((c==':') || (c=='?')) && (aLanguage == HighlighterLanguage::SQL))
+        {
+            if (c!='?')
+            {
+                bool bIdentifierChar;
+                do
+                {
+                    // Get next character
+                    c = *pos;
+                    bIdentifierChar = isAlpha(c);
+                    if( bIdentifierChar )
+                        ++pos;
+                }
+                while( bIdentifierChar );
+            }
+            reType = TokenType::Parameter;
+        }
+        else if ((c=='-') && (aLanguage == HighlighterLanguage::SQL))
+        {
+            sal_Unicode cPeekNext = *pos;
+            if (cPeekNext=='-')
+            {
+                // Remove all characters until end of line or EOF
+                while( cPeekNext != 0 && !testCharFlags( cPeekNext, CharFlags::EOL ) )
+                {
+                    ++pos;
+                    cPeekNext = *pos;
+                }
+                reType = TokenType::Comment;
+            }
+            else
+                reType = TokenType::Operator;
+        }
+        else if ((c=='/') && (aLanguage == HighlighterLanguage::SQL))
+        {
+            sal_Unicode cPeekNext = *pos;
+            if (cPeekNext=='/')
+            {
+                // Remove all characters until end of line or EOF
+                while( cPeekNext != 0 && !testCharFlags( cPeekNext, CharFlags::EOL ) )
+                {
+                    ++pos;
+                    cPeekNext = *pos;
+                }
+                reType = TokenType::Comment;
+            }
+            else
+                reType = TokenType::Operator;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Apostrophe is Basic comment
+            if (( c == '\'') && (aLanguage == HighlighterLanguage::Basic))
+            {
+                // Skip all characters until end of input or end of line:
+                for (;;) {
+                    c = *pos;
+                    if (c == 0 || testCharFlags(c, CharFlags::EOL)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    ++pos;
+                }
+
+                reType = TokenType::Comment;
+            }
+
+            // The real operator; can be easily used since not the actual
+            // operator (e.g. +=) is concerned, but the fact that it is one
+            if( reType != TokenType::Comment )
+            {
+                reType = TokenType::Operator;
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Object separator? Must be handled before Number
+    else if( c == '.' && ( *pos < '0' || *pos > '9' ) )
+    {
+        reType = TokenType::Operator;
+    }
+
+    // Number?
+    else if( testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::StartNumber ) )
+    {
+        reType = TokenType::Number;
+
+        // Number system, 10 = normal, it is changed for Oct/Hex
+        int nRadix = 10;
+
+        // Is it an Oct or a Hex number?
+        if( c == '&' )
+        {
+            // Octal?
+            if( *pos == 'o' || *pos == 'O' )
+            {
+                // remove o
+                ++pos;
+                nRadix = 8;     // Octal base
+
+                // Read all numbers
+                while( testCharFlags( *pos, CharFlags::InOctNumber ) )
+                    ++pos;
+            }
+            // Hexadecimal?
+            else if( *pos == 'h' || *pos == 'H' )
+            {
+                // remove x
+                ++pos;
+                nRadix = 16;     // Hexadecimal base
+
+                // Read all numbers
+                while( testCharFlags( *pos, CharFlags::InHexNumber ) )
+                    ++pos;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                reType = TokenType::Operator;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // When it is not Oct or Hex, then it is double
+        if( reType == TokenType::Number && nRadix == 10 )
+        {
+            // Flag if the last character is an exponent
+            bool bAfterExpChar = false;
+
+            // Read all numbers
+            while( testCharFlags( *pos, CharFlags::InNumber ) ||
+                    (bAfterExpChar && *pos == '+' ) ||
+                    (bAfterExpChar && *pos == '-' ) )
+                    // After exponent +/- are OK, too
+            {
+                c = *pos++;
+                bAfterExpChar = ( c == 'e' || c == 'E' );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // String?
+    else if( testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::StartString ) )
+    {
+        // Remember which character has opened the string
+        sal_Unicode cEndString = c;
+        if( c == '[' )
+            cEndString = ']';
+
+        // Read all characters
+        while( *pos != cEndString )
+        {
+            // Detect EOF before reading next char, so we do not lose EOF
+            if( *pos == 0 )
+            {
+                // ERROR: unterminated string literal
+                reType = TokenType::Error;
+                break;
+            }
+            c = *pos++;
+            if( testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::EOL ) )
+            {
+                // ERROR: unterminated string literal
+                reType = TokenType::Error;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if( reType != TokenType::Error )
+        {
+            ++pos;
+            if( cEndString == ']' )
+                reType = TokenType::Identifier;
+            else
+                reType = TokenType::String;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // End of line?
+    else if( testCharFlags( c, CharFlags::EOL ) )
+    {
+        // If another EOL character comes, read it
+        sal_Unicode cNext = *pos;
+        if( cNext != c && testCharFlags( cNext, CharFlags::EOL ) )
+            ++pos;
+
+        reType = TokenType::EOL;
+    }
+
+    // All other will remain TokenType::Unknown
+
+    // Save end position
+    rpEndPos = pos;
+    return true;
+}
+
+SyntaxHighlighter::Tokenizer::Tokenizer( HighlighterLanguage aLang ): aLanguage(aLang)
+{
+    // Fill character table
+    sal_uInt16 i;
+
+    // Allowed characters for identifiers
+    CharFlags nHelpMask = CharFlags::StartIdentifier | CharFlags::InIdentifier;
+    for( i = 'a' ; i <= 'z' ; i++ )
+        aCharTypeTab[i] |= nHelpMask;
+    for( i = 'A' ; i <= 'Z' ; i++ )
+        aCharTypeTab[i] |= nHelpMask;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('_')] |= nHelpMask;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('$')] |= nHelpMask;
+
+    // Digit (can be identifier and number)
+    nHelpMask = CharFlags::InIdentifier | CharFlags::StartNumber |
+                         CharFlags::InNumber | CharFlags::InHexNumber;
+    for( i = '0' ; i <= '9' ; i++ )
+        aCharTypeTab[i] |= nHelpMask;
+
+    // Add e, E, . and & here manually
+    aCharTypeTab[int('e')] |= CharFlags::InNumber;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('E')] |= CharFlags::InNumber;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('.')] |= CharFlags::InNumber | CharFlags::StartNumber;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('&')] |= CharFlags::StartNumber;
+
+    // Hexadecimal digit
+    for( i = 'a' ; i <= 'f' ; i++ )
+        aCharTypeTab[i] |= CharFlags::InHexNumber;
+    for( i = 'A' ; i <= 'F' ; i++ )
+        aCharTypeTab[i] |= CharFlags::InHexNumber;
+
+    // Octal digit
+    for( i = '0' ; i <= '7' ; i++ )
+        aCharTypeTab[i] |= CharFlags::InOctNumber;
+
+    // String literal start/end characters
+    aCharTypeTab[int('\'')] |= CharFlags::StartString;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('\"')] |= CharFlags::StartString;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('[')]  |= CharFlags::StartString;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('`')]  |= CharFlags::StartString;
+
+    // Operator characters
+    aCharTypeTab[int('!')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('%')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    // aCharTypeTab[(int)'&'] |= CharFlags::Operator;     Removed because of #i14140
+    aCharTypeTab[int('(')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int(')')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('*')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('+')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int(',')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('-')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('/')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int(':')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('<')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('=')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('>')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('?')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('^')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('|')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('~')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('{')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('}')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    // aCharTypeTab[(int)'['] |= CharFlags::Operator;     Removed because of #i17826
+    aCharTypeTab[int(']')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+    aCharTypeTab[int(';')] |= CharFlags::Operator;
+
+    // Space
+    aCharTypeTab[int(' ') ] |= CharFlags::Space;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('\t')] |= CharFlags::Space;
+
+    // End of line characters
+    aCharTypeTab[int('\r')] |= CharFlags::EOL;
+    aCharTypeTab[int('\n')] |= CharFlags::EOL;
+
+    ppListKeyWords = nullptr;
+    nKeyWordCount = 0;
+}
+
+void SyntaxHighlighter::Tokenizer::getHighlightPortions(const OUString& rLine,
+                                                 /*out*/std::vector<HighlightPortion>& portions) const
+{
+    // Set the position to the beginning of the source string
+    const sal_Unicode* pos = rLine.getStr();
+
+    // Variables for the out parameter
+    TokenType eType;
+    const sal_Unicode* pStartPos;
+    const sal_Unicode* pEndPos;
+
+    // Loop over all the tokens
+    while( getNextToken( pos, eType, pStartPos, pEndPos ) )
+    {
+        portions.emplace_back(
+                pStartPos - rLine.getStr(), pEndPos - rLine.getStr(), eType);
+    }
+}
+
+
+SyntaxHighlighter::SyntaxHighlighter(HighlighterLanguage language):
+    m_tokenizer(new SyntaxHighlighter::Tokenizer(language))
+{
+    switch (language)
+    {
+        case HighlighterLanguage::Basic:
+            m_tokenizer->setKeyWords( strListBasicKeyWords,
+                                      SAL_N_ELEMENTS( strListBasicKeyWords ));
+            break;
+        case HighlighterLanguage::SQL:
+            m_tokenizer->setKeyWords( strListSqlKeyWords,
+                                      SAL_N_ELEMENTS( strListSqlKeyWords ));
+            break;
+        default:
+            assert(false); // this cannot happen
+    }
+}
+
+SyntaxHighlighter::~SyntaxHighlighter() {}
+
+void SyntaxHighlighter::getHighlightPortions(const OUString& rLine,
+                                              /*out*/std::vector<HighlightPortion>& portions) const
+{
+    m_tokenizer->getHighlightPortions( rLine, portions );
+}
+
+HighlighterLanguage SyntaxHighlighter::GetLanguage() const
+{
+    return m_tokenizer->aLanguage;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/threadpool.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/threadpool.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f93400d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/threadpool.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/threadpool.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Exception.hpp>
+#include <config_options.h>
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <rtl/instance.hxx>
+#include <salhelper/thread.hxx>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <memory>
+#include <thread>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <comphelper/debuggerinfo.hxx>
+
+#if defined HAVE_VALGRIND_HEADERS
+#include <valgrind/memcheck.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+#elif defined UNX
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+/** prevent waiting for a task from inside a task */
+#if defined DBG_UTIL && (defined LINUX || defined _WIN32)
+static thread_local bool gbIsWorkerThread;
+#endif
+
+// used to group thread-tasks for waiting in waitTillDone()
+class ThreadTaskTag
+{
+    std::mutex maMutex;
+    sal_Int32 mnTasksWorking;
+    std::condition_variable maTasksComplete;
+
+public:
+    ThreadTaskTag();
+    bool isDone();
+    void waitUntilDone();
+    void onTaskWorkerDone();
+    void onTaskPushed();
+};
+
+
+class ThreadPool::ThreadWorker : public salhelper::Thread
+{
+    ThreadPool *mpPool;
+public:
+
+    explicit ThreadWorker( ThreadPool *pPool ) :
+        salhelper::Thread("thread-pool"),
+        mpPool( pPool )
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual void execute() override
+    {
+#if defined DBG_UTIL && (defined LINUX || defined _WIN32)
+        gbIsWorkerThread = true;
+#endif
+        std::unique_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( mpPool->maMutex );
+
+        while( !mpPool->mbTerminate )
+        {
+            std::unique_ptr<ThreadTask> pTask = mpPool->popWorkLocked( aGuard, true );
+            if( pTask )
+            {
+                aGuard.unlock();
+
+                pTask->exec();
+                pTask.reset();
+
+                aGuard.lock();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+ThreadPool::ThreadPool(sal_Int32 nWorkers)
+    : mbTerminate(true)
+    , mnWorkers(nWorkers)
+{
+}
+
+ThreadPool::~ThreadPool()
+{
+    // note: calling shutdown from global variable dtor blocks forever on Win7
+    // note2: there isn't enough MSVCRT left on exit to call assert() properly
+    // so these asserts just print something to stderr but exit status is
+    // still 0, but hopefully they will be more helpful on non-WNT platforms
+    assert(mbTerminate);
+    assert(maTasks.empty());
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+struct ThreadPoolStatic : public rtl::StaticWithInit< std::shared_ptr< ThreadPool >,
+                                                      ThreadPoolStatic >
+{
+    std::shared_ptr< ThreadPool > operator () () {
+        const sal_Int32 nThreads = ThreadPool::getPreferredConcurrency();
+        return std::make_shared< ThreadPool >( nThreads );
+    };
+};
+
+}
+
+ThreadPool& ThreadPool::getSharedOptimalPool()
+{
+    return *ThreadPoolStatic::get();
+}
+
+sal_Int32 ThreadPool::getPreferredConcurrency()
+{
+    static sal_Int32 ThreadCount = [&]()
+    {
+        const sal_Int32 nHardThreads = std::max(std::thread::hardware_concurrency(), 1U);
+        sal_Int32 nThreads = nHardThreads;
+        const char *pEnv = getenv("MAX_CONCURRENCY");
+        if (pEnv != nullptr)
+        {
+            // Override with user/admin preference.
+            nThreads = rtl_str_toInt32(pEnv, 10);
+        }
+
+        nThreads = std::min(nHardThreads, nThreads);
+        return std::max<sal_Int32>(nThreads, 1);
+    }();
+
+    return ThreadCount;
+}
+
+// Used to order shutdown, and to ensure there are no lingering
+// threads after LibreOfficeKit pre-init.
+void ThreadPool::shutdown()
+{
+//    if (mbTerminate)
+//        return;
+
+    std::unique_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+    shutdownLocked(aGuard);
+}
+
+void ThreadPool::shutdownLocked(std::unique_lock<std::mutex>& aGuard)
+{
+    if( maWorkers.empty() )
+    { // no threads at all -> execute the work in-line
+        std::unique_ptr<ThreadTask> pTask;
+        while ( ( pTask = popWorkLocked(aGuard, false) ) )
+            pTask->exec();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        while( !maTasks.empty() )
+            maTasksChanged.wait( aGuard );
+    }
+    assert( maTasks.empty() );
+
+    // coverity[missing_lock] - on purpose
+    mbTerminate = true;
+
+    maTasksChanged.notify_all();
+
+    decltype(maWorkers) aWorkers;
+    std::swap(maWorkers, aWorkers);
+    aGuard.unlock();
+
+    while (!aWorkers.empty())
+    {
+        rtl::Reference<ThreadWorker> xWorker = aWorkers.back();
+        aWorkers.pop_back();
+        assert(std::find(aWorkers.begin(), aWorkers.end(), xWorker)
+                == aWorkers.end());
+        {
+            xWorker->join();
+            xWorker.clear();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void ThreadPool::pushTask( std::unique_ptr<ThreadTask> pTask )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    mbTerminate = false;
+
+    if (maWorkers.size() < mnWorkers && maWorkers.size() <= maTasks.size())
+    {
+        maWorkers.push_back( new ThreadWorker( this ) );
+        maWorkers.back()->launch();
+    }
+
+    pTask->mpTag->onTaskPushed();
+    maTasks.insert( maTasks.begin(), std::move(pTask) );
+
+    maTasksChanged.notify_one();
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<ThreadTask> ThreadPool::popWorkLocked( std::unique_lock< std::mutex > & rGuard, bool bWait )
+{
+    do
+    {
+        if( !maTasks.empty() )
+        {
+            std::unique_ptr<ThreadTask> pTask = std::move(maTasks.back());
+            maTasks.pop_back();
+            return pTask;
+        }
+        else if (!bWait || mbTerminate)
+            return nullptr;
+
+        maTasksChanged.wait( rGuard );
+
+    } while (!mbTerminate);
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+void ThreadPool::waitUntilDone(const std::shared_ptr<ThreadTaskTag>& rTag, bool bJoinAll)
+{
+#if defined DBG_UTIL && (defined LINUX || defined _WIN32)
+    assert(!gbIsWorkerThread && "cannot wait for tasks from inside a task");
+#endif
+    {
+        std::unique_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+
+        if( maWorkers.empty() )
+        { // no threads at all -> execute the work in-line
+            while (!rTag->isDone())
+            {
+                std::unique_ptr<ThreadTask> pTask = popWorkLocked(aGuard, false);
+                if (!pTask)
+                    break;
+                pTask->exec();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    rTag->waitUntilDone();
+
+    if (bJoinAll)
+        joinAll();
+}
+
+void ThreadPool::joinAll()
+{
+    std::unique_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+    if (maTasks.empty()) // check if there are still tasks from another tag
+    {
+        shutdownLocked(aGuard);
+    }
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<ThreadTaskTag> ThreadPool::createThreadTaskTag()
+{
+    return std::make_shared<ThreadTaskTag>();
+}
+
+bool ThreadPool::isTaskTagDone(const std::shared_ptr<ThreadTaskTag>& pTag)
+{
+    return pTag->isDone();
+}
+
+ThreadTask::ThreadTask(const std::shared_ptr<ThreadTaskTag>& pTag)
+    : mpTag(pTag)
+{
+}
+
+void ThreadTask::exec()
+{
+    std::shared_ptr<ThreadTaskTag> pTag(mpTag);
+    try {
+        doWork();
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception &e)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "exception in thread worker while calling doWork(): " << e.what());
+    }
+    catch (const css::uno::Exception &e)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "exception in thread worker while calling doWork(): " << e);
+    }
+
+    pTag->onTaskWorkerDone();
+}
+
+ThreadTaskTag::ThreadTaskTag() : mnTasksWorking(0)
+{
+}
+
+void ThreadTaskTag::onTaskPushed()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+    mnTasksWorking++;
+    assert( mnTasksWorking < 65536 ); // sanity checking
+}
+
+void ThreadTaskTag::onTaskWorkerDone()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+    mnTasksWorking--;
+    assert(mnTasksWorking >= 0);
+    if (mnTasksWorking == 0)
+        maTasksComplete.notify_all();
+}
+
+bool ThreadTaskTag::isDone()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+    return mnTasksWorking == 0;
+}
+
+void ThreadTaskTag::waitUntilDone()
+{
+    std::unique_lock< std::mutex > aGuard( maMutex );
+    while( mnTasksWorking > 0 )
+    {
+#if defined DBG_UTIL && !defined NDEBUG
+        // 10 minute timeout in debug mode, unless the code is built with
+        // sanitizers or debugged in valgrind or gdb, in which case the threads
+        // should not time out in the middle of a debugging session
+        int maxTimeout = 10 * 60;
+#if !ENABLE_RUNTIME_OPTIMIZATIONS
+        maxTimeout = 30 * 60;
+#endif
+#if defined HAVE_VALGRIND_HEADERS
+        if( RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND )
+            maxTimeout = 30 * 60;
+#endif
+        if( isDebuggerAttached())
+            maxTimeout = 300 * 60;
+        std::cv_status result = maTasksComplete.wait_for(
+            aGuard, std::chrono::seconds( maxTimeout ));
+        assert(result != std::cv_status::timeout);
+#else
+        // 10 minute timeout in production so the app eventually throws some kind of error
+        if (maTasksComplete.wait_for(
+                aGuard, std::chrono::seconds( 10 * 60 )) == std::cv_status::timeout)
+            throw std::runtime_error("timeout waiting for threadpool tasks");
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/types.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/types.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0818dcc54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/types.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/types.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/extract.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/FontUnderline.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/FontStrikeout.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/FontDescriptor.hpp>
+#include <o3tl/any.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <typelib/typedescription.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::awt;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+sal_Int64 getINT64(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    sal_Int64 nReturn = 0;
+    if(!(_rAny >>= nReturn))
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "conversion from Any to sal_Int64 failed");
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 getINT32(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nReturn = 0;
+    if(!(_rAny >>= nReturn))
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "conversion from Any to sal_Int32 failed");
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+sal_Int16 getINT16(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    sal_Int16 nReturn = 0;
+    if(!(_rAny >>= nReturn))
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "conversion from Any to sal_Int16 failed");
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+double getDouble(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    double nReturn = 0.0;
+    if(!(_rAny >>= nReturn))
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "conversion from Any to double failed");
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+float getFloat(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    float nReturn = 0.0;
+    if(!(_rAny >>= nReturn))
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "conversion from Any to float failed");
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+OUString getString(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    OUString nReturn;
+    if(!(_rAny >>= nReturn))
+        SAL_WARN("comphelper", "conversion from Any to OUString failed");
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+bool getBOOL(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    bool bReturn = false;
+    if (auto b = o3tl::tryAccess<bool>(_rAny))
+        bReturn = *b;
+    else
+        OSL_FAIL("comphelper::getBOOL : invalid argument !");
+    return bReturn;
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 getEnumAsINT32(const Any& _rAny)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nReturn = 0;
+    if (! ::cppu::enum2int(nReturn,_rAny) )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+    return nReturn;
+}
+
+
+FontDescriptor  getDefaultFont()
+{
+    FontDescriptor aReturn;
+    aReturn.Slant = FontSlant_DONTKNOW;
+    aReturn.Underline = FontUnderline::DONTKNOW;
+    aReturn.Strikeout = com::sun::star::awt::FontStrikeout::DONTKNOW;
+    return aReturn;
+}
+
+
+bool isAssignableFrom(const Type& _rAssignable, const Type& _rFrom)
+{
+    // get the type lib descriptions
+    typelib_TypeDescription* pAssignable = nullptr;
+    _rAssignable.getDescription(&pAssignable);
+
+    typelib_TypeDescription* pFrom = nullptr;
+    _rFrom.getDescription(&pFrom);
+
+    // and ask the type lib
+    return typelib_typedescription_isAssignableFrom(pAssignable, pFrom);
+}
+
+Type getSequenceElementType(const Type& _rSequenceType)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(_rSequenceType.getTypeClass() == TypeClass_SEQUENCE,
+                "getSequenceElementType: must be called with a  sequence type!");
+
+    if (_rSequenceType.getTypeClass() != TypeClass_SEQUENCE)
+        return Type();
+
+    TypeDescription aTD(_rSequenceType);
+    typelib_IndirectTypeDescription* pSequenceTD =
+        reinterpret_cast< typelib_IndirectTypeDescription* >(aTD.get());
+
+    OSL_ASSERT(pSequenceTD && pSequenceTD->pType);
+    if (pSequenceTD && pSequenceTD->pType)
+        return Type(pSequenceTD->pType);
+
+    return Type();
+}
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/weak.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/weak.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02cf40e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/weak.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/weak.hxx>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+OWeakTypeObject::OWeakTypeObject()
+{
+}
+
+OWeakTypeObject::~OWeakTypeObject()
+{
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL OWeakTypeObject::queryInterface(const Type & rType )
+{
+    if( rType == cppu::UnoType<XTypeProvider>::get() )
+        return Any( Reference< XTypeProvider >(this) );
+    else
+        return ::cppu::OWeakObject::queryInterface( rType );
+}
+
+Sequence< Type > SAL_CALL OWeakTypeObject::getTypes(  )
+{
+    return Sequence< Type >();
+}
+
+Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > SAL_CALL OWeakTypeObject::getImplementationId(  )
+{
+    return Sequence< ::sal_Int8 >();
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/weakeventlistener.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/weakeventlistener.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8ce46590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/weakeventlistener.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/weakeventlistener.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+    OWeakListenerAdapterBase::~OWeakListenerAdapterBase()
+    {
+    }
+
+    OWeakEventListenerAdapter::OWeakEventListenerAdapter( Reference< XWeak > const & _rxListener, Reference< XComponent > const & _rxBroadcaster )
+        :OWeakEventListenerAdapter_Base( _rxListener, _rxBroadcaster )
+    {
+        // add ourself as listener to the broadcaster
+        OSL_ENSURE( _rxBroadcaster.is(), "OWeakEventListenerAdapter::OWeakEventListenerAdapter: invalid broadcaster!" );
+        if ( _rxBroadcaster.is() )
+        {
+            osl_atomic_increment( &m_refCount );
+            {
+                _rxBroadcaster->addEventListener( this );
+            }
+            osl_atomic_decrement( &m_refCount );
+            OSL_ENSURE( m_refCount > 0, "OWeakEventListenerAdapter::OWeakEventListenerAdapter: oops - not to be used with implementations which hold their listeners weak!" );
+                // the one and only reason for this adapter class (A) is to add as listener to a component (C) which
+                // holds its listeners hard, and forward all calls then to another listener (L) which is
+                // held weak by A.
+                // Now if C holds listeners weak, then we do not need A, we can add L directly to C.
+        }
+
+        OSL_ENSURE( getListener().is(), "OWeakEventListenerAdapter::OWeakEventListenerAdapter: invalid listener (does not support the XEventListener interface)!" );
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OWeakEventListenerAdapter::disposing( )
+    {
+        Reference< XComponent > xBroadcaster( getBroadcaster( ), UNO_QUERY );
+        OSL_ENSURE( xBroadcaster.is(), "OWeakEventListenerAdapter::disposing: broadcaster is invalid in the meantime! How this?" );
+        if ( xBroadcaster.is() )
+        {
+            xBroadcaster->removeEventListener( this );
+        }
+
+        resetListener();
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/xmlsechelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/xmlsechelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c01743b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/xmlsechelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/xmlsechelper.hxx>
+
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace comphelper::xmlsec
+{
+    OUString GetCertificateKind( const css::security::CertificateKind &rKind )
+    {
+        switch (rKind)
+        {
+            case css::security::CertificateKind_X509:
+                return "X.509";
+            case css::security::CertificateKind_OPENPGP:
+                return "OpenPGP";
+            default:
+                return OUString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+        Creates two strings based on the distinguished name which are displayed in the
+        certificate details view. The first string contains only the values of the attribute
+        and values pairs, which are separated by commas. All escape characters ('"') are
+        removed.
+        The second string is for the details view at the bottom. It shows the attribute/value
+        pairs on different lines. All escape characters ('"') are removed.
+    */
+    pair< OUString, OUString> GetDNForCertDetailsView( const OUString & rRawString)
+    {
+        vector< pair< OUString, OUString > > vecAttrValueOfDN = parseDN(rRawString);
+        OUStringBuffer s1, s2;
+        for (auto i = vecAttrValueOfDN.cbegin(); i < vecAttrValueOfDN.cend(); ++i)
+        {
+            if (i != vecAttrValueOfDN.cbegin())
+            {
+                s1.append(',');
+                s2.append('\n');
+            }
+            s1.append(i->second);
+            s2.append(i->first).append(" = ").append(i->second);
+        }
+        return make_pair(s1.makeStringAndClear(), s2.makeStringAndClear());
+    }
+
+/*
+    Whenever the attribute value contains special characters, such as '"' or ',' (without '')
+    then the value will be enclosed in double quotes by the respective Windows or NSS function
+    which we use to retrieve, for example, the subject name. If double quotes appear in the value then
+    they are escaped with a double quote. This function removes the escape characters.
+*/
+#ifdef _WIN32
+vector< pair< OUString, OUString> > parseDN(const OUString& rRawString)
+{
+        vector< pair<OUString, OUString> > retVal;
+        bool bInEscape = false;
+        bool bInValue = false;
+        bool bInType = true;
+        sal_Int32 nTypeNameStart = 0;
+        OUString sType;
+        OUStringBuffer sbufValue;
+        sal_Int32 length = rRawString.getLength();
+
+        for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < length; i++)
+        {
+            sal_Unicode c = rRawString[i];
+
+            if (c == '=')
+            {
+                if (! bInValue)
+                {
+                    sType = rRawString.copy(nTypeNameStart, i - nTypeNameStart);
+                    sType = sType.trim();
+                    bInType = false;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (c == '"')
+            {
+                if (!bInEscape)
+                {
+                    //If this is the quote is the first of the couple which enclose the
+                    //whole value, because the value contains special characters
+                    //then we just drop it. That is, this character must be followed by
+                    //a character which is not '"'.
+                    if ( i + 1 < length && rRawString[i+1] == '"')
+                        bInEscape = true;
+                    else
+                        bInValue = !bInValue; //value is enclosed in " "
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    //This quote is escaped by a preceding quote and therefore is
+                    //part of the value
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                    bInEscape = false;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (c == ',' || c == '+')
+            {
+                //The comma separate the attribute value pairs.
+                //If the comma is not part of a value (the value would then be enclosed in '"'),
+                //then we have reached the end of the value
+                if (!bInValue)
+                {
+                    OSL_ASSERT(!sType.isEmpty());
+                    retVal.push_back(make_pair(sType, sbufValue.makeStringAndClear()));
+                    sType.clear();
+                    //The next char is the start of the new type
+                    nTypeNameStart = i + 1;
+                    bInType = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    //The whole string is enclosed because it contains special characters.
+                    //The enclosing '"' are not part of certificate but will be added by
+                    //the function (Windows or NSS) which retrieves DN
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (!bInType)
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+            }
+        }
+        if (sbufValue.getLength())
+        {
+            OSL_ASSERT(!sType.isEmpty());
+            retVal.push_back(make_pair(sType, sbufValue.makeStringAndClear()));
+        }
+        return retVal;
+    }
+#else
+vector< pair< OUString, OUString> > parseDN(const OUString& rRawString)
+    {
+        vector< pair<OUString, OUString> > retVal;
+        //bInEscape == true means that the preceding character is an escape character
+        bool bInEscape = false;
+        bool bInValue = false;
+        bool bInType = true;
+        sal_Int32 nTypeNameStart = 0;
+        OUString sType;
+        OUStringBuffer sbufValue;
+        sal_Int32 length = rRawString.getLength();
+
+        for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < length; i++)
+        {
+            sal_Unicode c = rRawString[i];
+
+            if (c == '=')
+            {
+                if (! bInValue)
+                {
+                    sType = rRawString.copy(nTypeNameStart, i - nTypeNameStart);
+                    sType = sType.trim();
+                    bInType = false;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (c == '\\')
+            {
+                if (!bInEscape)
+                {
+                    bInEscape = true;
+                }
+                else
+                { // bInEscape is true
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                    bInEscape = false;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (c == '"')
+            {
+                //an unescaped '"' is either at the beginning or end of the value
+                if (!bInEscape)
+                {
+                    if ( !bInValue)
+                        bInValue = true;
+                    else if (bInValue)
+                        bInValue = false;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    //This quote is escaped by a preceding quote and therefore is
+                    //part of the value
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                    bInEscape = false;
+                }
+            }
+            else if (c == ',' || c == '+')
+            {
+                //The comma separate the attribute value pairs.
+                //If the comma is not part of a value (the value would then be enclosed in '"'),
+                //then we have reached the end of the value
+                if (!bInValue)
+                {
+                    OSL_ASSERT(!sType.isEmpty());
+                    retVal.emplace_back(sType, sbufValue.makeStringAndClear());
+                    sType.clear();
+                    //The next char is the start of the new type
+                    nTypeNameStart = i + 1;
+                    bInType = true;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    //The whole string is enclosed because it contains special characters.
+                    //The enclosing '"' are not part of certificate but will be added by
+                    //the function (Windows or NSS) which retrieves DN
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (!bInType)
+                {
+                    sbufValue.append(c);
+                    bInEscape = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (!sbufValue.isEmpty())
+        {
+            OSL_ASSERT(!sType.isEmpty());
+            retVal.emplace_back(sType, sbufValue.makeStringAndClear());
+        }
+        return retVal;
+    }
+
+#endif
+
+    OUString GetContentPart( const OUString& _rRawString, const css::security::CertificateKind &rKind )
+    {
+        char const * aIDs[] = { "CN", "OU", "O", "E", nullptr };
+
+        // tdf#131733 Don't process OpenPGP certs, only X509
+        if (rKind == css::security::CertificateKind_OPENPGP )
+            return _rRawString;
+
+        OUString retVal;
+        int i = 0;
+        vector< pair< OUString, OUString > > vecAttrValueOfDN = parseDN(_rRawString);
+        while ( aIDs[i] )
+        {
+            OUString sPartId = OUString::createFromAscii( aIDs[i++] );
+            auto idn = std::find_if(vecAttrValueOfDN.cbegin(), vecAttrValueOfDN.cend(),
+                [&sPartId](const pair< OUString, OUString >& dn) { return dn.first == sPartId; });
+            if (idn != vecAttrValueOfDN.cend())
+                retVal = idn->second;
+            if (!retVal.isEmpty())
+                break;
+        }
+        return retVal.isEmpty() ? _rRawString : retVal;
+    }
+
+    OUString GetHexString( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& _rSeq, const char* _pSep, sal_uInt16 _nLineBreak )
+    {
+        const sal_Int8*         pSerNumSeq = _rSeq.getConstArray();
+        int                     nCnt = _rSeq.getLength();
+        OUStringBuffer          aStr;
+        const char              pHexDigs[ 17 ] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+        char                    pBuffer[ 3 ] = "  ";
+        sal_uInt8                   nNum;
+        sal_uInt16                  nBreakStart = _nLineBreak? _nLineBreak : 1;
+        sal_uInt16                  nBreak = nBreakStart;
+        for( int i = 0 ; i < nCnt ; ++i )
+        {
+            nNum = sal_uInt8( pSerNumSeq[ i ] );
+
+            // exchange the buffer[0] and buffer[1], which make it consistent with Mozilla and Windows
+            pBuffer[ 1 ] = pHexDigs[ nNum & 0x0F ];
+            nNum >>= 4;
+            pBuffer[ 0 ] = pHexDigs[ nNum ];
+            aStr.appendAscii( pBuffer );
+
+            --nBreak;
+            if( nBreak )
+                aStr.appendAscii( _pSep );
+            else
+            {
+                nBreak = nBreakStart;
+                aStr.append( '\n' );
+            }
+        }
+
+        return aStr.makeStringAndClear();
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/officeinstdir/officeinstallationdirectories.cxx b/comphelper/source/officeinstdir/officeinstallationdirectories.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b255fd3b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/officeinstdir/officeinstallationdirectories.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <config_folders.h>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+/**************************************************************************
+                                TODO
+ **************************************************************************
+
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/theMacroExpander.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/fileurl.hxx>
+
+#include "officeinstallationdirectories.hxx"
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+static bool makeCanonicalFileURL( OUString & rURL )
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(comphelper::isFileUrl(rURL), "File URL expected!");
+
+    OUString aNormalizedURL;
+    if ( osl::FileBase::getAbsoluteFileURL( OUString(),
+                                            rURL,
+                                            aNormalizedURL )
+            == osl::DirectoryItem::E_None )
+    {
+        osl::DirectoryItem aDirItem;
+        if ( osl::DirectoryItem::get( aNormalizedURL, aDirItem )
+                == osl::DirectoryItem::E_None )
+        {
+            osl::FileStatus aFileStatus( osl_FileStatus_Mask_FileURL );
+
+            if ( aDirItem.getFileStatus( aFileStatus )
+                    == osl::DirectoryItem::E_None )
+            {
+                aNormalizedURL = aFileStatus.getFileURL();
+
+                if ( !aNormalizedURL.isEmpty() )
+                {
+                    if ( !aNormalizedURL.endsWith("/") )
+                        rURL = aNormalizedURL;
+                    else
+                        rURL = aNormalizedURL
+                                .copy( 0, aNormalizedURL.getLength() - 1 );
+
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+static OUString const g_aOfficeBrandDirMacro("$(brandbaseurl)");
+static OUString const g_aUserDirMacro("$(userdataurl)");
+
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::OfficeInstallationDirectories(
+        const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > & xCtx )
+: m_xCtx( xCtx )
+{
+}
+
+
+// virtual
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::~OfficeInstallationDirectories()
+{
+}
+
+
+// util::XOfficeInstallationDirectories
+
+
+// virtual
+OUString SAL_CALL
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::getOfficeInstallationDirectoryURL()
+{
+    initDirs();
+    return *m_xOfficeBrandDir;
+}
+
+
+// virtual
+OUString SAL_CALL
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::getOfficeUserDataDirectoryURL()
+{
+    initDirs();
+    return *m_xUserDir;
+}
+
+
+
+// virtual
+OUString SAL_CALL
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::makeRelocatableURL( const OUString& URL )
+{
+    if ( !URL.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        initDirs();
+
+        OUString aCanonicalURL( URL );
+        makeCanonicalFileURL( aCanonicalURL );
+
+        sal_Int32 nIndex = aCanonicalURL.indexOf( *m_xOfficeBrandDir );
+        if ( nIndex  != -1 )
+        {
+            return
+                aCanonicalURL.replaceAt( nIndex,
+                                         m_xOfficeBrandDir->getLength(),
+                                         g_aOfficeBrandDirMacro );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            nIndex = aCanonicalURL.indexOf( *m_xUserDir );
+            if ( nIndex  != -1 )
+            {
+                return
+                    aCanonicalURL.replaceAt( nIndex,
+                                             m_xUserDir->getLength(),
+                                             g_aUserDirMacro );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return URL;
+}
+
+
+// virtual
+OUString SAL_CALL
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::makeAbsoluteURL( const OUString& URL )
+{
+    if ( !URL.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nIndex = URL.indexOf( g_aOfficeBrandDirMacro );
+        if ( nIndex != -1 )
+        {
+            initDirs();
+
+            return
+                URL.replaceAt( nIndex,
+                               g_aOfficeBrandDirMacro.getLength(),
+                               *m_xOfficeBrandDir );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            nIndex = URL.indexOf( g_aUserDirMacro );
+            if ( nIndex != -1 )
+            {
+                initDirs();
+
+                return
+                    URL.replaceAt( nIndex,
+                                   g_aUserDirMacro.getLength(),
+                                   *m_xUserDir );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return URL;
+}
+
+
+// lang::XServiceInfo
+
+
+// virtual
+OUString SAL_CALL
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.util.OfficeInstallationDirectories";
+}
+
+// virtual
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, ServiceName);
+}
+
+// virtual
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL
+OfficeInstallationDirectories::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.util.OfficeInstallationDirectories" };
+}
+
+void OfficeInstallationDirectories::initDirs()
+{
+    if ( m_xOfficeBrandDir)
+        return;
+
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( m_xOfficeBrandDir )
+        return;
+
+    uno::Reference< util::XMacroExpander > xExpander = util::theMacroExpander::get(m_xCtx);
+
+    m_xOfficeBrandDir = xExpander->expandMacros( "$BRAND_BASE_DIR" );
+
+    OSL_ENSURE( !m_xOfficeBrandDir->isEmpty(),
+                "Unable to obtain office brand installation directory!" );
+
+    makeCanonicalFileURL( *m_xOfficeBrandDir );
+
+    m_xUserDir =
+        xExpander->expandMacros(
+            "${$BRAND_BASE_DIR/" LIBO_ETC_FOLDER "/" SAL_CONFIGFILE( "bootstrap" ) ":UserInstallation}" );
+
+    OSL_ENSURE( !m_xUserDir->isEmpty(),
+                "Unable to obtain office user data directory!" );
+
+    makeCanonicalFileURL( *m_xUserDir );
+}
+
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+struct Instance {
+    explicit Instance(
+        css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XComponentContext> const & context):
+        instance(static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject *>(
+            new comphelper::OfficeInstallationDirectories(context)))
+    {}
+
+    rtl::Reference<css::uno::XInterface> instance;
+};
+
+struct Singleton:
+    public rtl::StaticWithArg<
+        Instance, css::uno::Reference<css::uno::XComponentContext>, Singleton>
+{};
+
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+com_sun_star_comp_util_OfficeInstallationDirectories(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *context,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject *>(
+                Singleton::get(context).instance.get()));
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/officeinstdir/officeinstallationdirectories.hxx b/comphelper/source/officeinstdir/officeinstallationdirectories.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..def6dcbd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/officeinstdir/officeinstallationdirectories.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/* -*- 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_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_OFFICEINSTDIR_OFFICEINSTALLATIONDIRECTORIES_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_OFFICEINSTDIR_OFFICEINSTALLATIONDIRECTORIES_HXX
+
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XOfficeInstallationDirectories.hpp>
+
+#include <optional>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+
+
+typedef cppu::WeakImplHelper<
+            css::util::XOfficeInstallationDirectories,
+            css::lang::XServiceInfo > UnoImplBase;
+
+struct mutex_holder
+{
+    osl::Mutex m_aMutex;
+};
+
+class OfficeInstallationDirectories : public mutex_holder, public UnoImplBase
+{
+public:
+    explicit OfficeInstallationDirectories(
+        const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > & xCtx );
+    virtual ~OfficeInstallationDirectories() override;
+
+    // XOfficeInstallationDirectories
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL
+    getOfficeInstallationDirectoryURL() override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL
+    getOfficeUserDataDirectoryURL() override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL
+    makeRelocatableURL( const OUString& URL ) override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL
+    makeAbsoluteURL( const OUString& URL ) override;
+
+    // XServiceInfo
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL
+    getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL
+    supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL
+    getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+private:
+    void initDirs();
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >    m_xCtx;
+    std::optional<OUString>                  m_xOfficeBrandDir;
+    std::optional<OUString>                  m_xUserDir;
+};
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+#endif /* ! INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_OFFICEINSTDIR_OFFICEINSTALLATIONDIRECTORIES_HXX */
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/processfactory/processfactory.cxx b/comphelper/source/processfactory/processfactory.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8df1e244c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/processfactory/processfactory.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XMultiServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/DeploymentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace osl;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+namespace {
+
+class LocalProcessFactory {
+public:
+    void set( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr )
+    {
+        Guard< Mutex > aGuard( Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+
+        xProcessFactory = xSMgr;
+    }
+
+    Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > get() const
+    {
+        Guard< Mutex > aGuard( Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+
+        return xProcessFactory;
+    }
+
+private:
+    Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > xProcessFactory;
+};
+
+/*
+    This var preserves only that the above xProcessFactory variable will not be create when
+    the library is loaded.
+*/
+LocalProcessFactory localProcessFactory;
+
+}
+
+void setProcessServiceFactory(const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& xSMgr)
+{
+    localProcessFactory.set( xSMgr );
+}
+
+Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > getProcessServiceFactory()
+{
+    Reference< XMultiServiceFactory> xReturn = localProcessFactory.get();
+    if ( !xReturn.is() )
+    {
+        throw DeploymentException( "null process service factory" );
+    }
+    return xReturn;
+}
+
+Reference< XComponentContext > getComponentContext(
+    Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > const & factory)
+{
+    Reference< XComponentContext > xRet;
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> const xProps( factory, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if (xProps.is()) {
+        try {
+            xRet.set( xProps->getPropertyValue("DefaultContext"),
+                      uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        }
+        catch (beans::UnknownPropertyException & e) {
+            throw DeploymentException(
+                "unknown service factory DefaultContext property: " + e.Message,
+                Reference<XInterface>(factory, UNO_QUERY) );
+        }
+    }
+    if ( !xRet.is() )
+    {
+        throw DeploymentException(
+            "no service factory DefaultContext",
+            Reference<XInterface>(factory, UNO_QUERY) );
+    }
+    return xRet;
+}
+
+Reference< XComponentContext > getProcessComponentContext()
+{
+    return getComponentContext( getProcessServiceFactory() );
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/ChainablePropertySet.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/ChainablePropertySet.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4f0d0186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/ChainablePropertySet.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/ChainablePropertySet.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/ChainablePropertySetInfo.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/solarmutex.hxx>
+
+
+#include <memory>
+
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+ChainablePropertySet::ChainablePropertySet( comphelper::ChainablePropertySetInfo* pInfo, comphelper::SolarMutex* pMutex )
+    throw()
+: mpMutex ( pMutex )
+, mxInfo ( pInfo )
+{
+}
+
+ChainablePropertySet::~ChainablePropertySet()
+    throw()
+{
+}
+
+// XPropertySet
+Reference< XPropertySetInfo > SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::getPropertySetInfo(  )
+{
+    return mxInfo.get();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::setPropertyValue( const OUString& rPropertyName, const Any& rValue )
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    _preSetValues();
+    _setSingleValue( *((*aIter).second), rValue );
+    _postSetValues();
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::getPropertyValue( const OUString& rPropertyName )
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    Any aAny;
+    _preGetValues ();
+    _getSingleValue( *((*aIter).second), aAny );
+    _postGetValues ();
+
+    return aAny;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::addPropertyChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::removePropertyChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::addVetoableChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XVetoableChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::removeVetoableChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XVetoableChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+// XMultiPropertySet
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::setPropertyValues(const Sequence< OUString >& rPropertyNames, const Sequence< Any >& rValues)
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = rPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    if( nCount != rValues.getLength() )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    if( !nCount )
+        return;
+
+    _preSetValues();
+
+    const Any * pAny = rValues.getConstArray();
+    const OUString * pString = rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+    PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aEnd = mxInfo->maMap.end(), aIter;
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCount; ++i, ++pString, ++pAny )
+    {
+        aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( *pString );
+        if ( aIter == aEnd )
+            throw RuntimeException( *pString, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+        _setSingleValue ( *((*aIter).second), *pAny );
+    }
+
+    _postSetValues();
+}
+
+Sequence< Any > SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::getPropertyValues(const Sequence< OUString >& rPropertyNames)
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = rPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    Sequence < Any > aValues ( nCount );
+
+    if( nCount )
+    {
+        _preGetValues();
+
+        Any * pAny = aValues.getArray();
+        const OUString * pString = rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+        PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aEnd = mxInfo->maMap.end(), aIter;
+
+        for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCount; ++i, ++pString, ++pAny )
+        {
+            aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( *pString );
+            if ( aIter == aEnd )
+                throw RuntimeException( *pString, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+            _getSingleValue ( *((*aIter).second), *pAny );
+        }
+
+        _postGetValues();
+    }
+    return aValues;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::addPropertiesChangeListener( const Sequence< OUString >&, const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::removePropertiesChangeListener( const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::firePropertiesChangeEvent( const Sequence< OUString >&, const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+// XPropertyState
+PropertyState SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::getPropertyState( const OUString& PropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aIter =  mxInfo->maMap.find( PropertyName );
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( PropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    return PropertyState_AMBIGUOUS_VALUE;
+}
+
+Sequence< PropertyState > SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::getPropertyStates( const Sequence< OUString >& rPropertyNames )
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = rPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    Sequence< PropertyState > aStates( nCount );
+    if( nCount )
+    {
+        PropertyState * pState = aStates.getArray();
+        const OUString * pString = rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+        PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aEnd = mxInfo->maMap.end(), aIter;
+
+        for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCount; ++i, ++pString, ++pState )
+        {
+            aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( *pString );
+            if ( aIter == aEnd )
+                throw UnknownPropertyException( *pString, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+        }
+    }
+    return aStates;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::setPropertyToDefault( const OUString& rPropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySet::getPropertyDefault( const OUString& rPropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyInfoHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+    return Any();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/ChainablePropertySetInfo.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/ChainablePropertySetInfo.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26cf2f6e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/ChainablePropertySetInfo.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/ChainablePropertySetInfo.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+using ::comphelper::PropertyInfo;
+using ::comphelper::ChainablePropertySetInfo;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+using ::com::sun::star::beans::Property;
+using ::com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException;
+
+ChainablePropertySetInfo::ChainablePropertySetInfo( PropertyInfo const * pMap )
+{
+    for( ; !pMap->maName.isEmpty(); ++pMap )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN_IF(
+            maMap.find(pMap->maName) != maMap.end(),
+            "comphelper", "Duplicate property name \"" << pMap->maName << "\"");
+        maMap[pMap->maName] = pMap;
+    }
+}
+
+ChainablePropertySetInfo::~ChainablePropertySetInfo()
+    throw()
+{
+}
+
+void ChainablePropertySetInfo::remove( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    maMap.erase ( aName );
+    if ( maProperties.hasElements() )
+         maProperties.realloc( 0 );
+}
+
+Sequence< ::Property > SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySetInfo::getProperties()
+{
+    sal_Int32 nSize = maMap.size();
+    if( maProperties.getLength() != nSize )
+    {
+        maProperties.realloc ( nSize );
+        Property* pProperties = maProperties.getArray();
+
+        for (auto const& elem : maMap)
+        {
+            PropertyInfo const * pInfo = elem.second;
+
+            pProperties->Name = pInfo->maName;
+            pProperties->Handle = pInfo->mnHandle;
+            pProperties->Type = pInfo->maType;
+            pProperties->Attributes = pInfo->mnAttributes;
+            ++pProperties;
+        }
+    }
+    return maProperties;
+}
+
+Property SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySetInfo::getPropertyByName( const OUString& rName )
+{
+    PropertyInfoHash::iterator aIter = maMap.find( rName );
+
+    if ( maMap.end() == aIter )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rName, *this );
+
+    PropertyInfo const *pInfo = (*aIter).second;
+    Property aProperty;
+    aProperty.Name   = pInfo->maName;
+    aProperty.Handle = pInfo->mnHandle;
+    aProperty.Type = pInfo->maType;
+    aProperty.Attributes = pInfo->mnAttributes;
+    return aProperty;
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL ChainablePropertySetInfo::hasPropertyByName( const OUString& rName )
+{
+    return maMap.find ( rName ) != maMap.end();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/MasterPropertySet.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/MasterPropertySet.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5e94b5ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/MasterPropertySet.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/MasterPropertySet.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/MasterPropertySetInfo.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/ChainablePropertySet.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/ChainablePropertySetInfo.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/solarmutex.hxx>
+
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace {
+
+class AutoOGuardArray
+{
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > >>  maGuardArray;
+
+public:
+    explicit AutoOGuardArray( sal_Int32 nNumElements );
+
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > &  operator[] ( sal_Int32 i ) { return maGuardArray[i]; }
+};
+
+}
+
+AutoOGuardArray::AutoOGuardArray( sal_Int32 nNumElements ) : maGuardArray(nNumElements)
+{
+}
+
+
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+
+SlaveData::SlaveData ( ChainablePropertySet *pSlave)
+: mxSlave ( pSlave )
+, mbInit ( false )
+{
+}
+
+MasterPropertySet::MasterPropertySet( comphelper::MasterPropertySetInfo* pInfo, comphelper::SolarMutex* pMutex )
+    throw()
+: mpMutex ( pMutex )
+, mnLastId ( 0 )
+, mxInfo ( pInfo )
+{
+}
+
+MasterPropertySet::~MasterPropertySet()
+    throw()
+{
+    for( const auto& rSlave : maSlaveMap )
+        delete rSlave.second;
+}
+
+// XPropertySet
+Reference< XPropertySetInfo > SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::getPropertySetInfo(  )
+{
+    return mxInfo.get();
+}
+
+void MasterPropertySet::registerSlave ( ChainablePropertySet *pNewSet )
+    throw()
+{
+    maSlaveMap [ ++mnLastId ] = new SlaveData ( pNewSet );
+    mxInfo->add ( pNewSet->mxInfo->maMap, mnLastId );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::setPropertyValue( const OUString& rPropertyName, const Any& rValue )
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    if ( (*aIter).second->mnMapId == 0 ) // 0 means it's one of ours !
+    {
+        _preSetValues();
+        _setSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), rValue );
+        _postSetValues();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ChainablePropertySet * pSlave = maSlaveMap [ (*aIter).second->mnMapId ]->mxSlave.get();
+
+        // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+        std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard2;
+        if (pSlave->mpMutex)
+            xMutexGuard2.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(pSlave->mpMutex) );
+
+        pSlave->_preSetValues();
+        pSlave->_setSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), rValue );
+        pSlave->_postSetValues();
+    }
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::getPropertyValue( const OUString& rPropertyName )
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    Any aAny;
+    if ( (*aIter).second->mnMapId == 0 ) // 0 means it's one of ours !
+    {
+        _preGetValues();
+        _getSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), aAny );
+        _postGetValues();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        ChainablePropertySet * pSlave = maSlaveMap [ (*aIter).second->mnMapId ]->mxSlave.get();
+
+        // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+        std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard2;
+        if (pSlave->mpMutex)
+            xMutexGuard2.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(pSlave->mpMutex) );
+
+        pSlave->_preGetValues();
+        pSlave->_getSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), aAny );
+        pSlave->_postGetValues();
+    }
+    return aAny;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::addPropertyChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::removePropertyChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::addVetoableChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XVetoableChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::removeVetoableChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XVetoableChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+// XMultiPropertySet
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::setPropertyValues( const Sequence< OUString >& aPropertyNames, const Sequence< Any >& aValues )
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = aPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    if( nCount != aValues.getLength() )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    if( !nCount )
+        return;
+
+    _preSetValues();
+
+    const Any * pAny = aValues.getConstArray();
+    const OUString * pString = aPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+    PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aEnd = mxInfo->maMap.end(), aIter;
+
+    //!! have a unique_ptr to an array of OGuards in order to have the
+    //!! allocated memory properly freed (exception safe!).
+    //!! Since the array itself has unique_ptrs as members we have to use a
+    //!! helper class 'AutoOGuardArray' in order to have
+    //!! the acquired locks properly released.
+    AutoOGuardArray aOGuardArray( nCount );
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCount; ++i, ++pString, ++pAny )
+    {
+        aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( *pString );
+        if ( aIter == aEnd )
+            throw RuntimeException( *pString, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+        if ( (*aIter).second->mnMapId == 0 ) // 0 means it's one of ours !
+            _setSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), *pAny );
+        else
+        {
+            SlaveData * pSlave = maSlaveMap [ (*aIter).second->mnMapId ];
+            if (!pSlave->IsInit())
+            {
+                // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+                if (pSlave->mxSlave->mpMutex)
+                    aOGuardArray[i].reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(pSlave->mxSlave->mpMutex) );
+
+                pSlave->mxSlave->_preSetValues();
+                pSlave->SetInit ( true );
+            }
+            pSlave->mxSlave->_setSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), *pAny );
+        }
+    }
+
+    _postSetValues();
+    for( const auto& rSlave : maSlaveMap )
+    {
+        if( rSlave.second->IsInit() )
+        {
+            rSlave.second->mxSlave->_postSetValues();
+            rSlave.second->SetInit( false );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Sequence< Any > SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::getPropertyValues( const Sequence< OUString >& aPropertyNames )
+{
+    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+    std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+    if (mpMutex)
+        xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(mpMutex) );
+
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = aPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    Sequence < Any > aValues ( nCount );
+
+    if( nCount )
+    {
+        _preGetValues();
+
+        Any * pAny = aValues.getArray();
+        const OUString * pString = aPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+        PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aEnd = mxInfo->maMap.end(), aIter;
+
+        //!! have a unique_ptr to an array of OGuards in order to have the
+        //!! allocated memory properly freed (exception safe!).
+        //!! Since the array itself has unique_ptrs as members we have to use a
+        //!! helper class 'AutoOGuardArray' in order to have
+        //!! the acquired locks properly released.
+        AutoOGuardArray aOGuardArray( nCount );
+
+        for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCount; ++i, ++pString, ++pAny )
+        {
+            aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( *pString );
+            if ( aIter == aEnd )
+                throw RuntimeException( *pString, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+            if ( (*aIter).second->mnMapId == 0 ) // 0 means it's one of ours !
+                _getSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), *pAny );
+            else
+            {
+                SlaveData * pSlave = maSlaveMap [ (*aIter).second->mnMapId ];
+                if (!pSlave->IsInit())
+                {
+                    // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+                    if (pSlave->mxSlave->mpMutex)
+                        aOGuardArray[i].reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(pSlave->mxSlave->mpMutex) );
+
+                    pSlave->mxSlave->_preGetValues();
+                    pSlave->SetInit ( true );
+                }
+                pSlave->mxSlave->_getSingleValue( *((*aIter).second->mpInfo), *pAny );
+            }
+        }
+
+        _postSetValues();
+        for( const auto& rSlave : maSlaveMap )
+        {
+            if( rSlave.second->IsInit() )
+            {
+                rSlave.second->mxSlave->_postSetValues();
+                rSlave.second->SetInit( false );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return aValues;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::addPropertiesChangeListener( const Sequence< OUString >&, const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::removePropertiesChangeListener( const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::firePropertiesChangeEvent( const Sequence< OUString >&, const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+// XPropertyState
+PropertyState SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::getPropertyState( const OUString& PropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aIter =  mxInfo->maMap.find( PropertyName );
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( PropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    // 0 means it's one of ours !
+    if ( (*aIter).second->mnMapId != 0 )
+    {
+        ChainablePropertySet * pSlave = maSlaveMap [ (*aIter).second->mnMapId ]->mxSlave.get();
+
+        // acquire mutex in c-tor and releases it in the d-tor (exception safe!).
+        std::unique_ptr< osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > > xMutexGuard;
+        if (pSlave->mpMutex)
+            xMutexGuard.reset( new osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex >(pSlave->mpMutex) );
+    }
+
+    return PropertyState_AMBIGUOUS_VALUE;
+}
+
+Sequence< PropertyState > SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::getPropertyStates( const Sequence< OUString >& rPropertyNames )
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = rPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    Sequence< PropertyState > aStates( nCount );
+    if( nCount )
+    {
+        PropertyState * pState = aStates.getArray();
+        const OUString * pString = rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+        PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aEnd = mxInfo->maMap.end(), aIter;
+
+        for ( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCount; ++i, ++pString, ++pState )
+        {
+            aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( *pString );
+            if ( aIter == aEnd )
+                throw UnknownPropertyException( *pString, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+            // 0 means it's one of ours !
+            if ( (*aIter).second->mnMapId != 0 )
+            {
+                SlaveData * pSlave = maSlaveMap [ (*aIter).second->mnMapId ];
+                if (!pSlave->IsInit())
+                {
+                    pSlave->SetInit ( true );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        for( const auto& rSlave : maSlaveMap )
+        {
+            if( rSlave.second->IsInit() )
+            {
+                rSlave.second->SetInit( false );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return aStates;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::setPropertyToDefault( const OUString& rPropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL MasterPropertySet::getPropertyDefault( const OUString& rPropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyDataHash::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->maMap.find ( rPropertyName );
+
+    if( aIter == mxInfo->maMap.end())
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+    return Any();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/MasterPropertySetInfo.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/MasterPropertySetInfo.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b1a2249e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/MasterPropertySetInfo.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/MasterPropertySetInfo.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+using ::comphelper::PropertyInfo;
+using ::comphelper::MasterPropertySetInfo;
+using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+using ::com::sun::star::beans::Property;
+using ::com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException;
+
+MasterPropertySetInfo::MasterPropertySetInfo( PropertyInfo const * pMap )
+{
+    for ( ; !pMap->maName.isEmpty(); ++pMap )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN_IF(
+            maMap.find(pMap->maName) != maMap.end(),
+            "comphelper", "Duplicate property name \"" << pMap->maName << "\"");
+        maMap[pMap->maName] = new PropertyData ( 0, pMap );
+    }
+}
+
+MasterPropertySetInfo::~MasterPropertySetInfo()
+    throw()
+{
+    for( const auto& rObj : maMap )
+        delete rObj.second;
+}
+
+void MasterPropertySetInfo::add( PropertyInfoHash &rHash, sal_uInt8 nMapId )
+{
+    if( maProperties.hasElements() )
+        maProperties.realloc( 0 );
+
+    for( const auto& rObj : rHash )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN_IF(
+            maMap.find(rObj.first) != maMap.end(),
+            "comphelper", "Duplicate property name \"" << rObj.first << "\"");
+        maMap[rObj.first] = new PropertyData ( nMapId, rObj.second );
+    }
+}
+
+Sequence< ::Property > SAL_CALL MasterPropertySetInfo::getProperties()
+{
+    sal_Int32 nSize = maMap.size();
+    if( maProperties.getLength() != nSize )
+    {
+        maProperties.realloc ( nSize );
+        Property* pProperties = maProperties.getArray();
+
+        for (auto const& elem : maMap)
+        {
+            PropertyInfo const * pInfo = elem.second->mpInfo;
+
+            pProperties->Name = pInfo->maName;
+            pProperties->Handle = pInfo->mnHandle;
+            pProperties->Type = pInfo->maType;
+            pProperties->Attributes = pInfo->mnAttributes;
+            ++pProperties;
+        }
+    }
+    return maProperties;
+}
+
+Property SAL_CALL MasterPropertySetInfo::getPropertyByName( const OUString& rName )
+{
+    PropertyDataHash::iterator aIter = maMap.find( rName );
+
+    if ( maMap.end() == aIter )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( rName, *this );
+
+    PropertyInfo const *pInfo = (*aIter).second->mpInfo;
+    Property aProperty;
+    aProperty.Name   = pInfo->maName;
+    aProperty.Handle = pInfo->mnHandle;
+    aProperty.Type = pInfo->maType;
+
+    aProperty.Attributes = pInfo->mnAttributes;
+    return aProperty;
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL MasterPropertySetInfo::hasPropertyByName( const OUString& rName )
+{
+    return maMap.find ( rName ) != maMap.end();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/genericpropertyset.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/genericpropertyset.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd591774c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/genericpropertyset.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <map>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XTypeProvider.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/weakagg.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/interfacecontainer.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertysethelper.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/genericpropertyset.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertysetinfo.hxx>
+
+using namespace ::osl;
+using namespace ::cppu;
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    namespace {
+
+    struct IMPL_GenericPropertySet_MutexContainer
+    {
+        Mutex maMutex;
+    };
+
+    class GenericPropertySet :  public OWeakAggObject,
+                                public XServiceInfo,
+                                public XTypeProvider,
+                                public PropertySetHelper,
+                                private IMPL_GenericPropertySet_MutexContainer
+    {
+    private:
+        std::map<OUString, Any>   maAnyMap;
+        cppu::OMultiTypeInterfaceContainerHelperVar<OUString> m_aListener;
+
+    protected:
+        virtual void _setPropertyValues( const PropertyMapEntry** ppEntries, const  Any* pValues ) override;
+        virtual void _getPropertyValues( const PropertyMapEntry** ppEntries,  Any* pValue ) override;
+
+    public:
+        explicit GenericPropertySet( PropertySetInfo* pInfo ) throw();
+
+        // XInterface
+        virtual  Any SAL_CALL queryAggregation( const  Type & rType ) override;
+        virtual  Any SAL_CALL queryInterface( const  Type & rType ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL acquire() throw() override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL release() throw() override;
+
+        // XTypeProvider
+        virtual  Sequence<  Type > SAL_CALL getTypes(  ) override;
+        virtual  Sequence< sal_Int8 > SAL_CALL getImplementationId(  ) override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+        virtual  Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+        // XPropertySet
+        virtual void SAL_CALL addPropertyChangeListener( const OUString& aPropertyName, const css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener >& xListener ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL removePropertyChangeListener( const OUString& aPropertyName, const css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener >& aListener ) override;
+    };
+
+    }
+}
+
+
+GenericPropertySet::GenericPropertySet( PropertySetInfo* pInfo ) throw()
+: PropertySetHelper( pInfo )
+,m_aListener(maMutex)
+{
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::addPropertyChangeListener( const OUString& aPropertyName, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& xListener )
+{
+    Reference < XPropertySetInfo > xInfo = getPropertySetInfo(  );
+    if ( !xInfo.is() )
+        return;
+
+    if ( aPropertyName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        Sequence< Property> aSeq = xInfo->getProperties();
+        const Property* pIter = aSeq.getConstArray();
+        const Property* pEnd  = pIter + aSeq.getLength();
+        for( ; pIter != pEnd ; ++pIter)
+        {
+            m_aListener.addInterface(pIter->Name,xListener);
+        }
+    }
+    else if ( xInfo->hasPropertyByName(aPropertyName) )
+        m_aListener.addInterface(aPropertyName,xListener);
+    else
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( aPropertyName, *this );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::removePropertyChangeListener( const OUString& aPropertyName, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& xListener )
+{
+    ClearableMutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+    Reference < XPropertySetInfo > xInfo = getPropertySetInfo(  );
+    aGuard.clear();
+    if ( !xInfo.is() )
+        return;
+
+    if ( aPropertyName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        Sequence< Property> aSeq = xInfo->getProperties();
+        const Property* pIter = aSeq.getConstArray();
+        const Property* pEnd  = pIter + aSeq.getLength();
+        for( ; pIter != pEnd ; ++pIter)
+        {
+            m_aListener.removeInterface(pIter->Name,xListener);
+        }
+    }
+    else if ( xInfo->hasPropertyByName(aPropertyName) )
+        m_aListener.removeInterface(aPropertyName,xListener);
+    else
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( aPropertyName, *this );
+}
+
+void GenericPropertySet::_setPropertyValues( const PropertyMapEntry** ppEntries, const Any* pValues )
+{
+    ResettableMutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    while( *ppEntries )
+    {
+        OInterfaceContainerHelper * pHelper = m_aListener.getContainer((*ppEntries)->maName);
+
+        maAnyMap[ (*ppEntries)->maName ] = *pValues;
+
+        if ( pHelper )
+        {
+            PropertyChangeEvent aEvt;
+            aEvt.PropertyName = (*ppEntries)->maName;
+            aEvt.NewValue = *pValues;
+            aGuard.clear();
+            pHelper->notifyEach( &XPropertyChangeListener::propertyChange, aEvt );
+            aGuard.reset();
+        }
+
+        ppEntries++;
+        pValues++;
+    }
+}
+
+void GenericPropertySet::_getPropertyValues( const comphelper::PropertyMapEntry** ppEntries, Any* pValue )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    while( *ppEntries )
+    {
+        *pValue = maAnyMap[ (*ppEntries)->maName ];
+
+        ppEntries++;
+        pValue++;
+    }
+}
+
+// XInterface
+
+Any SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::queryInterface( const Type & rType )
+{
+    return OWeakAggObject::queryInterface( rType );
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::queryAggregation( const Type & rType )
+{
+    Any aAny;
+
+    if( rType == cppu::UnoType<XServiceInfo>::get())
+        aAny <<= Reference< XServiceInfo >(this);
+    else if( rType == cppu::UnoType<XTypeProvider>::get())
+        aAny <<= Reference< XTypeProvider >(this);
+    else if( rType == cppu::UnoType<XPropertySet>::get())
+        aAny <<= Reference< XPropertySet >(this);
+    else if( rType == cppu::UnoType<XMultiPropertySet>::get())
+        aAny <<= Reference< XMultiPropertySet >(this);
+    else
+        aAny = OWeakAggObject::queryAggregation( rType );
+
+    return aAny;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::acquire() throw()
+{
+    OWeakAggObject::acquire();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::release() throw()
+{
+    OWeakAggObject::release();
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< uno::Type > SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::getTypes()
+{
+    return uno::Sequence {
+        cppu::UnoType<XAggregation>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<XServiceInfo>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<XTypeProvider>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<XPropertySet>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<XMultiPropertySet>::get() };
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::getImplementationId()
+{
+    return css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>();
+}
+
+// XServiceInfo
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::supportsService( const  OUString& ServiceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, ServiceName);
+}
+
+OUString SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.comphelper.GenericPropertySet";
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL GenericPropertySet::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.beans.XPropertySet" };
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > comphelper::GenericPropertySet_CreateInstance( comphelper::PropertySetInfo* pInfo )
+{
+    return static_cast<XPropertySet*>(new GenericPropertySet( pInfo ));
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/opropertybag.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/opropertybag.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1018413be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/opropertybag.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,548 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include "opropertybag.hxx"
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/IllegalTypeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/Property.hpp>
+
+#include <comphelper/namedvaluecollection.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iterator>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+com_sun_star_comp_comphelper_OPropertyBag (
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new comphelper::OPropertyBag());
+}
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::util;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::container;
+
+    OPropertyBag::OPropertyBag()
+        :OPropertyBag_PBase( GetBroadcastHelper(), this )
+        ,::cppu::IEventNotificationHook()
+        ,m_bAutoAddProperties( false )
+        ,m_NotifyListeners(m_aMutex)
+        ,m_isModified(false)
+
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OPropertyBag::~OPropertyBag()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XINTERFACE2( OPropertyBag, OPropertyBag_Base, OPropertyBag_PBase )
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OPropertyBag, OPropertyBag_Base, OPropertyBag_PBase )
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::initialize( const Sequence< Any >& _rArguments )
+    {
+        Sequence< Type > aTypes;
+        bool AllowEmptyPropertyName(false);
+        bool AutomaticAddition(false);
+
+        if (_rArguments.getLength() == 3
+           && (_rArguments[0] >>= aTypes)
+           && (_rArguments[1] >>= AllowEmptyPropertyName)
+           && (_rArguments[2] >>= AutomaticAddition))
+        {
+            std::copy(
+                aTypes.begin(),
+                aTypes.end(),
+                std::insert_iterator< TypeBag >( m_aAllowedTypes, m_aAllowedTypes.begin() )
+            );
+            m_bAutoAddProperties = AutomaticAddition;
+
+        } else {
+            ::comphelper::NamedValueCollection aArguments( _rArguments );
+
+            if ( aArguments.get_ensureType( "AllowedTypes", aTypes ) )
+                std::copy(
+                    aTypes.begin(),
+                    aTypes.end(),
+                    std::insert_iterator< TypeBag >( m_aAllowedTypes, m_aAllowedTypes.begin() )
+                );
+
+            aArguments.get_ensureType( "AutomaticAddition", m_bAutoAddProperties );
+            aArguments.get_ensureType( "AllowEmptyPropertyName",
+                AllowEmptyPropertyName );
+        }
+        if (AllowEmptyPropertyName) {
+            m_aDynamicProperties.setAllowEmptyPropertyName(
+                AllowEmptyPropertyName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    OUString SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::getImplementationName()
+    {
+        return "com.sun.star.comp.comphelper.OPropertyBag";
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::supportsService( const OUString& rServiceName )
+    {
+        return cppu::supportsService(this, rServiceName);
+    }
+
+    Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::getSupportedServiceNames(  )
+    {
+         return { "com.sun.star.beans.PropertyBag" };
+    }
+
+    void OPropertyBag::fireEvents(
+            sal_Int32 * /*pnHandles*/,
+            sal_Int32 nCount,
+            sal_Bool bVetoable,
+            bool bIgnoreRuntimeExceptionsWhileFiring)
+    {
+        if (nCount && !bVetoable) {
+            setModifiedImpl(true, bIgnoreRuntimeExceptionsWhileFiring);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void OPropertyBag::setModifiedImpl(bool bModified,
+            bool bIgnoreRuntimeExceptionsWhileFiring)
+    {
+        { // do not lock mutex while notifying (#i93514#) to prevent deadlock
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+            m_isModified = bModified;
+        }
+        if (!bModified)
+            return;
+
+        try {
+            Reference<XInterface> xThis(*this);
+            EventObject event(xThis);
+            m_NotifyListeners.notifyEach(
+                &XModifyListener::modified, event);
+        } catch (RuntimeException &) {
+            if (!bIgnoreRuntimeExceptionsWhileFiring) {
+                throw;
+            }
+        } catch (Exception &) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::isModified()
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+        return m_isModified;
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::setModified( sal_Bool bModified )
+    {
+        setModifiedImpl(bModified, false);
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::addModifyListener(
+        const Reference< XModifyListener > & xListener)
+    {
+        m_NotifyListeners.addInterface(xListener);
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::removeModifyListener(
+        const Reference< XModifyListener > & xListener)
+    {
+        m_NotifyListeners.removeInterface(xListener);
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XPropertySetInfo > SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::getPropertySetInfo(  )
+    {
+        return createPropertySetInfo( getInfoHelper() );
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::has( const Any& /*aElement*/ )
+    {
+        // XSet is only a workaround for addProperty not being able to add default-void properties.
+        // So, everything of XSet except insert is implemented empty
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::insert( const Any& _element )
+    {
+        // This is a workaround for addProperty not being able to add default-void properties.
+        // If we ever have a smarter XPropertyContainer::addProperty interface, we can remove this, ehm, well, hack.
+        Property aProperty;
+        if ( !( _element >>= aProperty ) )
+            throw IllegalArgumentException( OUString(), *this, 1 );
+
+        {
+            osl::MutexGuard g(m_aMutex);
+
+            // check whether the type is allowed, everything else will be checked
+            // by m_aDynamicProperties
+            if (!m_aAllowedTypes.empty()
+                && m_aAllowedTypes.find(aProperty.Type) == m_aAllowedTypes.end())
+                throw IllegalArgumentException(OUString(), *this, 1);
+
+            m_aDynamicProperties.addVoidProperty(aProperty.Name, aProperty.Type, findFreeHandle(),
+                                                 aProperty.Attributes);
+
+            // our property info is dirty
+            m_pArrayHelper.reset();
+        }
+        setModified(true);
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::remove( const Any& /*aElement*/ )
+    {
+        // XSet is only a workaround for addProperty not being able to add default-void properties.
+        // So, everything of XSet except insert is implemented empty
+        throw NoSuchElementException( OUString(), *this );
+    }
+
+
+    Reference< XEnumeration > SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::createEnumeration(  )
+    {
+        // XSet is only a workaround for addProperty not being able to add default-void properties.
+        // So, everything of XSet except insert is implemented empty
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+
+    Type SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::getElementType(  )
+    {
+        // XSet is only a workaround for addProperty not being able to add default-void properties.
+        // So, everything of XSet except insert is implemented empty
+        return Type();
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::hasElements(  )
+    {
+        // XSet is only a workaround for addProperty not being able to add default-void properties.
+        // So, everything of XSet except insert is implemented empty
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::getFastPropertyValue( Any& _rValue, sal_Int32 _nHandle ) const
+    {
+        m_aDynamicProperties.getFastPropertyValue( _nHandle, _rValue );
+    }
+
+    sal_Bool SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::convertFastPropertyValue( Any& _rConvertedValue, Any& _rOldValue, sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue )
+    {
+        return m_aDynamicProperties.convertFastPropertyValue( _nHandle, _rValue, _rConvertedValue, _rOldValue );
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::setFastPropertyValue_NoBroadcast( sal_Int32 nHandle, const Any& rValue )
+    {
+        m_aDynamicProperties.setFastPropertyValue( nHandle, rValue );
+    }
+
+
+    ::cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::getInfoHelper()
+    {
+        if (!m_pArrayHelper)
+        {
+            Sequence< Property > aProperties;
+            m_aDynamicProperties.describeProperties( aProperties );
+            m_pArrayHelper.reset( new ::cppu::OPropertyArrayHelper( aProperties ) );
+        }
+        return *m_pArrayHelper;
+
+    }
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OPropertyBag::findFreeHandle() const
+    {
+        const sal_Int32 nPrime = 1009;
+        const sal_Int32 nSeed = 11;
+
+        sal_Int32 nCheck = nSeed;
+        while ( m_aDynamicProperties.hasPropertyByHandle( nCheck ) && ( nCheck != 1 ) )
+        {
+            nCheck = ( nCheck * nSeed ) % nPrime;
+        }
+
+        if ( nCheck == 1 )
+        {   // uh ... we already have 1008 handles used up
+            // -> simply count upwards
+            while ( m_aDynamicProperties.hasPropertyByHandle( nCheck ) )
+                ++nCheck;
+        }
+
+        return nCheck;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::addProperty( const OUString& _rName, ::sal_Int16 _nAttributes, const Any& _rInitialValue )
+    {
+        {
+            osl::MutexGuard g(m_aMutex);
+
+            // check whether the type is allowed, everything else will be checked
+            // by m_aDynamicProperties
+            const Type& aPropertyType = _rInitialValue.getValueType();
+            if (_rInitialValue.hasValue() && !m_aAllowedTypes.empty()
+                && m_aAllowedTypes.find(aPropertyType) == m_aAllowedTypes.end())
+                throw IllegalTypeException(OUString(), *this);
+
+            m_aDynamicProperties.addProperty(_rName, findFreeHandle(), _nAttributes,
+                                             _rInitialValue);
+
+            // our property info is dirty
+            m_pArrayHelper.reset();
+        }
+        setModified(true);
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::removeProperty( const OUString& _rName )
+    {
+        {
+            osl::MutexGuard g(m_aMutex);
+
+            m_aDynamicProperties.removeProperty(_rName);
+
+            // our property info is dirty
+            m_pArrayHelper.reset();
+        }
+        setModified(true);
+    }
+
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        struct ComparePropertyValueByName
+        {
+            bool operator()( const PropertyValue& _rLHS, const PropertyValue& _rRHS )
+            {
+                return _rLHS.Name < _rRHS.Name;
+            }
+        };
+
+        template< typename CLASS >
+        struct TransformPropertyToName
+        {
+            const OUString& operator()( const CLASS& _rProp )
+            {
+                return _rProp.Name;
+            }
+        };
+
+        struct ExtractPropertyValue
+        {
+            const Any& operator()( const PropertyValue& _rProp )
+            {
+                return _rProp.Value;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< PropertyValue > SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::getPropertyValues(  )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        // all registered properties
+        Sequence< Property > aProperties;
+        m_aDynamicProperties.describeProperties( aProperties );
+
+        // their names
+        Sequence< OUString > aNames( aProperties.getLength() );
+        std::transform(
+            aProperties.begin(),
+            aProperties.end(),
+            aNames.getArray(),
+            TransformPropertyToName< Property >()
+        );
+
+        // their values
+        Sequence< Any > aValues;
+        try
+        {
+            aValues = OPropertyBag_PBase::getPropertyValues( aNames );
+            if ( aValues.getLength() != aNames.getLength() )
+                throw RuntimeException();
+        }
+        catch( const RuntimeException& )
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            // ignore
+        }
+
+        // merge names and values, and retrieve the state/handle
+        ::cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPropInfo = getInfoHelper();
+
+        Sequence< PropertyValue > aPropertyValues( aNames.getLength() );
+        const OUString* pName = aNames.getConstArray();
+        const OUString* pNamesEnd = aNames.getConstArray() + aNames.getLength();
+        const Any* pValue = aValues.getArray();
+        PropertyValue* pPropertyValue = aPropertyValues.getArray();
+
+        for ( ; pName != pNamesEnd; ++pName, ++pValue, ++pPropertyValue )
+        {
+            pPropertyValue->Name = *pName;
+            pPropertyValue->Handle = rPropInfo.getHandleByName( *pName );
+            pPropertyValue->Value = *pValue;
+            pPropertyValue->State = getPropertyStateByHandle( pPropertyValue->Handle );
+        }
+
+        return aPropertyValues;
+    }
+
+
+    void OPropertyBag::impl_setPropertyValues_throw( const Sequence< PropertyValue >& _rProps )
+    {
+        // sort (the XMultiPropertySet interface requires this)
+        Sequence< PropertyValue > aProperties( _rProps );
+        std::sort(
+            aProperties.begin(),
+            aProperties.end(),
+            ComparePropertyValueByName()
+        );
+
+        // a sequence of names
+        Sequence< OUString > aNames( aProperties.getLength() );
+        std::transform(
+            aProperties.begin(),
+            aProperties.end(),
+            aNames.getArray(),
+            TransformPropertyToName< PropertyValue >()
+        );
+
+        try
+        {
+            // check for unknown properties
+            // we cannot simply rely on the XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues
+            // implementation of our base class, since it does not throw
+            // an UnknownPropertyException. More precise, XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues
+            // does not allow to throw this exception, while XPropertyAccess::setPropertyValues
+            // requires it
+            sal_Int32 nCount = aNames.getLength();
+
+            Sequence< sal_Int32 > aHandles( nCount );
+            sal_Int32* pHandle = aHandles.getArray();
+            const PropertyValue* pProperty = aProperties.getConstArray();
+            for (   const OUString* pName = aNames.getConstArray();
+                    pName != aNames.getConstArray() + aNames.getLength();
+                    ++pName, ++pHandle, ++pProperty
+                )
+            {
+                ::cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPropInfo = getInfoHelper();
+                *pHandle = rPropInfo.getHandleByName( *pName );
+                if ( *pHandle != -1 )
+                    continue;
+
+                // there's a property requested which we do not know
+                if ( m_bAutoAddProperties )
+                {
+                    // add the property
+                    sal_Int16 const nAttributes = PropertyAttribute::BOUND | PropertyAttribute::REMOVABLE | PropertyAttribute::MAYBEDEFAULT;
+                    addProperty( *pName, nAttributes, pProperty->Value );
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // no way out
+                throw UnknownPropertyException( *pName, *this );
+            }
+
+            // a sequence of values
+            Sequence< Any > aValues( aProperties.getLength() );
+            std::transform(
+                aProperties.begin(),
+                aProperties.end(),
+                aValues.getArray(),
+                ExtractPropertyValue()
+            );
+
+            setFastPropertyValues( nCount, aHandles.getArray(), aValues.getConstArray(), nCount );
+        }
+        catch( const PropertyVetoException& )       { throw; }
+        catch( const IllegalArgumentException& )    { throw; }
+        catch( const WrappedTargetException& )      { throw; }
+        catch( const RuntimeException& )            { throw; }
+        catch( const UnknownPropertyException& )    { throw; }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            throw WrappedTargetException( OUString(), *this, ::cppu::getCaughtException() );
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyBag::setPropertyValues( const Sequence< PropertyValue >& _rProps )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+        impl_setPropertyValues_throw( _rProps );
+    }
+
+
+    PropertyState OPropertyBag::getPropertyStateByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+    {
+        // for properties which do not support the MAYBEDEFAULT attribute, don't rely on the base class, but
+        // assume they're always in DIRECT state.
+        // (Note that this probably would belong into the base class. However, this would mean we would need
+        // to check all existent usages of the base class, where MAYBEDEFAULT is *not* set, but
+        // a default is nonetheless supplied/used. This is hard to accomplish reliably, in the
+        // current phase. #i78593#
+
+        ::cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPropInfo = getInfoHelper();
+        sal_Int16 nAttributes(0);
+        OSL_VERIFY( rPropInfo.fillPropertyMembersByHandle( nullptr, &nAttributes, _nHandle ) );
+        if ( ( nAttributes & PropertyAttribute::MAYBEDEFAULT ) == 0 )
+            return PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+
+        return OPropertyBag_PBase::getPropertyStateByHandle( _nHandle );
+    }
+
+
+    Any OPropertyBag::getPropertyDefaultByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle ) const
+    {
+        Any aDefault;
+        m_aDynamicProperties.getPropertyDefaultByHandle( _nHandle, aDefault );
+        return aDefault;
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/opropertybag.hxx b/comphelper/source/property/opropertybag.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57ff26b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/opropertybag.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/* -*- 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_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_PROPERTY_OPROPERTYBAG_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_PROPERTY_OPROPERTYBAG_HXX
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XModifiable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertyBag.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XSet.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase5.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/interfacecontainer2.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propstate.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/broadcasthelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertybag.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/uno3.hxx>
+
+#include <map>
+#include <set>
+#include <memory>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    struct UnoTypeLess
+    {
+        bool operator()( const css::uno::Type& _rLHS, const css::uno::Type& _rRHS ) const
+        {
+            return rtl_ustr_compare(
+                _rLHS.getTypeLibType()->pTypeName->buffer,
+                _rRHS.getTypeLibType()->pTypeName->buffer
+            ) < 0;
+        }
+    };
+
+    typedef std::map< sal_Int32, css::uno::Any >     MapInt2Any;
+    typedef std::set< css::uno::Type, UnoTypeLess >  TypeBag;
+
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakAggImplHelper5  <   css::beans::XPropertyBag
+                                        ,   css::util::XModifiable
+                                        ,   css::lang::XServiceInfo
+                                        ,   css::lang::XInitialization
+                                        ,   css::container::XSet
+                                        >   OPropertyBag_Base;
+    typedef ::comphelper::OPropertyStateHelper  OPropertyBag_PBase;
+
+    class OPropertyBag final : public ::comphelper::OMutexAndBroadcastHelper  // must be before OPropertyBag_PBase
+                        ,public OPropertyBag_PBase
+                        ,public OPropertyBag_Base
+                        ,public ::cppu::IEventNotificationHook
+    {
+    private:
+        /// our IPropertyArrayHelper implementation
+        std::unique_ptr< ::cppu::OPropertyArrayHelper >
+                        m_pArrayHelper;
+        ::comphelper::PropertyBag
+                        m_aDynamicProperties;
+        /// set of allowed property types
+        TypeBag         m_aAllowedTypes;
+        /// should we automatically add properties which are tried to set, if they don't exist previously?
+        bool            m_bAutoAddProperties;
+
+        /// for notification
+        ::comphelper::OInterfaceContainerHelper2 m_NotifyListeners;
+        /// modify flag
+        bool            m_isModified;
+
+    public:
+        //noncopyable
+        OPropertyBag(const OPropertyBag&) = delete;
+        const OPropertyBag& operator=(const OPropertyBag&) = delete;
+        OPropertyBag();
+        virtual ~OPropertyBag() override;
+
+    private:
+        DECLARE_XINTERFACE()
+        DECLARE_XTYPEPROVIDER()
+
+        /** === begin UNO interface implementations == **/
+        // XInitialization
+        virtual void SAL_CALL initialize( const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >& aArguments ) override;
+
+        // XServiceInfo
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString& ServiceName ) override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames(  ) override;
+
+        // XModifiable:
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL isModified(  ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL setModified( sal_Bool bModified ) override;
+
+        // XModifyBroadcaster
+        virtual void SAL_CALL addModifyListener(
+            const css::uno::Reference<
+                    css::util::XModifyListener > & xListener) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL removeModifyListener(
+            const css::uno::Reference<
+                    css::util::XModifyListener > & xListener) override;
+
+        // XPropertyContainer
+        virtual void SAL_CALL addProperty( const OUString& Name, ::sal_Int16 Attributes, const css::uno::Any& DefaultValue ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL removeProperty( const OUString& Name ) override;
+
+        // XPropertyAccess
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > SAL_CALL getPropertyValues(  ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL setPropertyValues( const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& aProps ) override;
+
+        // XPropertySet
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySetInfo > SAL_CALL getPropertySetInfo(  ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL setPropertyValue(const OUString& p1, const css::uno::Any& p2) override
+           { OPropertyBag_PBase::setPropertyValue(p1, p2); }
+        virtual css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getPropertyValue(const OUString& p1) override
+           { return OPropertyBag_PBase::getPropertyValue(p1); }
+        virtual void SAL_CALL addPropertyChangeListener(const OUString& p1, const css::uno::Reference<css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener>& p2) override
+           { OPropertyBag_PBase::addPropertyChangeListener(p1, p2); }
+        virtual void SAL_CALL removePropertyChangeListener(const OUString& p1, const css::uno::Reference<css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener>& p2) override
+           { OPropertyBag_PBase::removePropertyChangeListener(p1, p2); }
+        virtual void SAL_CALL addVetoableChangeListener(const OUString& p1, const css::uno::Reference<css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener>& p2) override
+           { OPropertyBag_PBase::addVetoableChangeListener(p1, p2); }
+        virtual void SAL_CALL removeVetoableChangeListener(const OUString& p1, const css::uno::Reference<css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener>& p2) override
+           { OPropertyBag_PBase::removeVetoableChangeListener(p1, p2); }
+
+        // XSet
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL has( const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL insert( const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL remove( const css::uno::Any& aElement ) override;
+
+        // XEnumerationAccess (base of XSet)
+        virtual css::uno::Reference< css::container::XEnumeration > SAL_CALL createEnumeration(  ) override;
+
+        // XElementAccess (base of XEnumerationAccess)
+        virtual css::uno::Type SAL_CALL getElementType(  ) override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL hasElements(  ) override;
+        // UNO interface implementations
+
+        // XPropertyState
+        virtual css::uno::Any  getPropertyDefaultByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle ) const override;
+
+        // OPropertyStateHelper
+        virtual css::beans::PropertyState  getPropertyStateByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle ) override;
+
+        // OPropertySetHelper
+        virtual void SAL_CALL getFastPropertyValue( css::uno::Any& rValue, sal_Int32 nHandle ) const override;
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL convertFastPropertyValue( css::uno::Any & rConvertedValue, css::uno::Any & rOldValue, sal_Int32 nHandle, const css::uno::Any& rValue ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL setFastPropertyValue_NoBroadcast( sal_Int32 nHandle, const css::uno::Any& rValue ) override;
+        virtual ::cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& SAL_CALL getInfoHelper() override;
+
+        // IEventNotificationHook
+        virtual void fireEvents(
+            sal_Int32 * pnHandles,
+            sal_Int32 nCount,
+            sal_Bool bVetoable,
+            bool bIgnoreRuntimeExceptionsWhileFiring) override;
+
+        void setModifiedImpl( bool bModified,
+            bool bIgnoreRuntimeExceptionsWhileFiring);
+
+        /** finds a free property handle
+            @precond
+                our mutex is locked
+        */
+        sal_Int32   findFreeHandle() const;
+
+        /** implements the setPropertyValues method
+            @param _rProps
+                the property values to set
+
+            @throws PropertyVetoException
+                if the XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues call does so
+
+            @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+                if the XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues call does so
+
+            @throws css::lang::WrappedTargetException
+                if the XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues call does so
+
+            @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+                if the XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues call does so
+
+            @throws css::beans::UnknownPropertyException
+                if the XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues call does so, and <arg>_bTolerateUnknownProperties</arg>
+                was set to <FALSE/>
+
+            @throws css::lang::WrappedTargetException
+                if the XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues call did throw an exception not listed
+                above
+        */
+        void impl_setPropertyValues_throw( const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& _rProps );
+
+        using ::cppu::OPropertySetHelper::getPropertyValues;
+        using ::cppu::OPropertySetHelper::setPropertyValues;
+        using ::cppu::OPropertySetHelper::getFastPropertyValue;
+    };
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_COMPHELPER_SOURCE_PROPERTY_OPROPERTYBAG_HXX
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propagg.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propagg.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af1092c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propagg.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,868 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/propagg.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/property.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/queryinterface.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+
+#include <typeinfo>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <set>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <memory>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+    using namespace internal;
+
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        const Property* lcl_findPropertyByName( const std::vector< Property >& _rProps, const OUString& _rName )
+        {
+            Property aNameProp(_rName, 0, Type(), 0);
+            auto pResult = std::lower_bound(_rProps.begin(), _rProps.end(), aNameProp, PropertyCompareByName());
+            if ( pResult == _rProps.end() || pResult->Name != _rName )
+                return nullptr;
+
+            return &*pResult;
+        }
+    }
+
+OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper(
+        const  Sequence< Property >& _rProperties, const  Sequence< Property >& _rAggProperties,
+        IPropertyInfoService* _pInfoService, sal_Int32 _nFirstAggregateId )
+{
+    // if properties are present both at the delegatee and the aggregate, then the former are supposed to win
+    // merge and sort properties by name, delete duplicates (stable sort ensures delegator properties win)
+    m_aProperties.insert( m_aProperties.end(), _rProperties.begin(), _rProperties.end() );
+    m_aProperties.insert( m_aProperties.end(), _rAggProperties.begin(), _rAggProperties.end() );
+    std::stable_sort( m_aProperties.begin(), m_aProperties.end(), PropertyCompareByName() );
+    m_aProperties.erase( std::unique(m_aProperties.begin(), m_aProperties.end(),
+        []( const css::beans::Property& x, const css::beans::Property& y ) -> bool { return x.Name == y.Name; } ),
+        m_aProperties.end() );
+    m_aProperties.shrink_to_fit();
+
+    // fill aDelegatorProps with names from _rProperties for a fast existence check
+    // different kinds of properties are processed differently
+    std::unordered_set< OUString > aDelegatorProps;
+    aDelegatorProps.reserve( _rProperties.getLength() );
+    for( auto &delegateProp: _rProperties )
+    {
+        const auto inserted = aDelegatorProps.insert( delegateProp.Name );
+        OSL_ENSURE( inserted.second,
+            "OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper: duplicate delegatee property!" );
+    }
+
+    std::unordered_set< sal_Int32 > existingHandles;
+    existingHandles.reserve( m_aProperties.size() );
+    sal_Int32 nAggregateHandle = _nFirstAggregateId;
+    for ( sal_Int32 nMPLoop = 0; nMPLoop < static_cast< sal_Int32 >( m_aProperties.size() ); ++nMPLoop )
+    {
+        auto &prop = m_aProperties[ nMPLoop ];
+        if ( aDelegatorProps.find( prop.Name ) != aDelegatorProps.end() )
+        {
+            m_aPropertyAccessors[ prop.Handle ] = OPropertyAccessor( -1, nMPLoop, false );
+            existingHandles.insert( prop.Handle );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // determine the handle for the property which we will expose to the outside world
+            sal_Int32 nHandle = -1;
+            // ask the info service first
+            if ( _pInfoService )
+                nHandle = _pInfoService->getPreferredPropertyId( prop.Name );
+
+            if ( ( -1 == nHandle ) || ( existingHandles.find( nHandle ) != existingHandles.end() ) )
+            {
+                // 1. no handle from the info service -> default
+                // 2. conflicts -> use another one (which we don't check anymore, assuming _nFirstAggregateId was large enough)
+                nHandle = nAggregateHandle++;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                existingHandles.insert( nHandle );
+            }
+
+            // remember the accessor for this property
+            m_aPropertyAccessors[ nHandle ] = OPropertyAccessor( prop.Handle, nMPLoop, true );
+            prop.Handle = nHandle;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::PropertyOrigin OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::classifyProperty( const OUString& _rName )
+{
+    PropertyOrigin eOrigin = PropertyOrigin::Unknown;
+    // look up the name
+    const Property* pPropertyDescriptor = lcl_findPropertyByName( m_aProperties, _rName );
+    if ( pPropertyDescriptor )
+    {
+        // look up the handle for this name
+        ConstPropertyAccessorMapIterator aPos = m_aPropertyAccessors.find( pPropertyDescriptor->Handle );
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_aPropertyAccessors.end() != aPos, "OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::classifyProperty: should have this handle in my map!" );
+        if ( m_aPropertyAccessors.end() != aPos )
+        {
+            eOrigin = aPos->second.bAggregate ? PropertyOrigin::Aggregate : PropertyOrigin::Delegator;
+        }
+    }
+    return eOrigin;
+}
+
+
+Property OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::getPropertyByName( const OUString& _rPropertyName )
+{
+    const Property* pProperty = findPropertyByName( _rPropertyName );
+
+    if ( !pProperty )
+        throw  UnknownPropertyException(_rPropertyName);
+
+    return *pProperty;
+}
+
+
+sal_Bool OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::hasPropertyByName(const OUString& _rPropertyName)
+{
+    return nullptr != findPropertyByName( _rPropertyName );
+}
+
+
+const Property* OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::findPropertyByName(const OUString& _rName ) const
+{
+    return lcl_findPropertyByName( m_aProperties, _rName );
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::getHandleByName(const OUString& _rPropertyName)
+{
+    const Property* pProperty = findPropertyByName( _rPropertyName );
+    return pProperty ? pProperty->Handle : -1;
+}
+
+
+sal_Bool OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::fillPropertyMembersByHandle(
+            OUString* _pPropName, sal_Int16* _pAttributes, sal_Int32 _nHandle)
+{
+    ConstPropertyAccessorMapIterator i = m_aPropertyAccessors.find(_nHandle);
+    bool bRet = i != m_aPropertyAccessors.end();
+    if (bRet)
+    {
+        const css::beans::Property& rProperty = m_aProperties[(*i).second.nPos];
+        if (_pPropName)
+            *_pPropName = rProperty.Name;
+        if (_pAttributes)
+            *_pAttributes = rProperty.Attributes;
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+
+bool OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::getPropertyByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle, Property& _rProperty ) const
+{
+    ConstPropertyAccessorMapIterator pos = m_aPropertyAccessors.find(_nHandle);
+    if ( pos != m_aPropertyAccessors.end() )
+    {
+        _rProperty = m_aProperties[ pos->second.nPos ];
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+bool OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(
+            OUString* _pPropName, sal_Int32* _pOriginalHandle, sal_Int32 _nHandle) const
+{
+    ConstPropertyAccessorMapIterator i = m_aPropertyAccessors.find(_nHandle);
+    bool bRet = i != m_aPropertyAccessors.end() && (*i).second.bAggregate;
+    if (bRet)
+    {
+        if (_pOriginalHandle)
+            *_pOriginalHandle = (*i).second.nOriginalHandle;
+        if (_pPropName)
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE((*i).second.nPos < static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aProperties.size()),"Invalid index for sequence!");
+            const css::beans::Property& rProperty = m_aProperties[(*i).second.nPos];
+            *_pPropName = rProperty.Name;
+        }
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::Property> OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::getProperties()
+{
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(m_aProperties);
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::fillHandles(
+        sal_Int32* _pHandles, const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& _rPropNames )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nHitCount = 0;
+    const OUString* pReqProps = _rPropNames.getConstArray();
+    sal_Int32 nReqLen = _rPropNames.getLength();
+
+    Property aNameProp;
+    for( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nReqLen; ++i )
+    {
+        aNameProp.Name = pReqProps[i];
+        auto findIter = std::lower_bound(m_aProperties.begin(), m_aProperties.end(), aNameProp, PropertyCompareByName());
+        if ( findIter != m_aProperties.end() && findIter->Name == pReqProps[i] )
+        {
+            _pHandles[i] = findIter->Handle;
+            nHitCount++;
+        }
+    }
+    return nHitCount;
+}
+
+namespace internal
+{
+    class PropertyForwarder
+    {
+    private:
+        OPropertySetAggregationHelper&  m_rAggregationHelper;
+        std::set< sal_Int32 >         m_aProperties;
+        sal_Int32                       m_nCurrentlyForwarding;
+
+    public:
+        explicit PropertyForwarder( OPropertySetAggregationHelper& _rAggregationHelper );
+
+        /** declares that the forwarder should be responsible for the given property
+
+        @param _nHandle
+            the public handle (<em>not</em> the original handle!) of the property
+        */
+        void    takeResponsibilityFor( sal_Int32 _nHandle );
+
+        /** checks whether the forwarder is responsible for the given property
+        */
+        bool    isResponsibleFor( sal_Int32 _nHandle );
+
+        /// actually forwards a property value to the aggregate
+        ///
+        /// @throws Exception
+        void    doForward( sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue );
+
+        sal_Int32 getCurrentlyForwardedProperty( ) const { return m_nCurrentlyForwarding; }
+    };
+
+
+    PropertyForwarder::PropertyForwarder( OPropertySetAggregationHelper& _rAggregationHelper )
+        :m_rAggregationHelper( _rAggregationHelper )
+        ,m_nCurrentlyForwarding( -1 )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyForwarder::takeResponsibilityFor( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+    {
+        m_aProperties.insert( _nHandle );
+    }
+
+
+    bool PropertyForwarder::isResponsibleFor( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+    {
+        return m_aProperties.find( _nHandle ) != m_aProperties.end();
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyForwarder::doForward( sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_rAggregationHelper.m_xAggregateSet.is(), "PropertyForwarder::doForward: no property set!" );
+        if ( !m_rAggregationHelper.m_xAggregateSet.is() )
+            return;
+
+        m_rAggregationHelper.forwardingPropertyValue( _nHandle );
+
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_nCurrentlyForwarding == -1, "PropertyForwarder::doForward: reentrance?" );
+        m_nCurrentlyForwarding = _nHandle;
+
+        try
+        {
+            m_rAggregationHelper.m_xAggregateSet->setPropertyValue( m_rAggregationHelper.getPropertyName( _nHandle ), _rValue );
+                // TODO: cache the property name? (it's a O(log n) search)
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            m_rAggregationHelper.forwardedPropertyValue( _nHandle );
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        m_nCurrentlyForwarding = -1;
+
+        m_rAggregationHelper.forwardedPropertyValue( _nHandle );
+    }
+}
+
+OPropertySetAggregationHelper::OPropertySetAggregationHelper( ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper& rBHlp )
+    :OPropertyStateHelper( rBHlp )
+    ,m_bListening( false )
+{
+    m_pForwarder.reset( new PropertyForwarder( *this ) );
+}
+
+
+OPropertySetAggregationHelper::~OPropertySetAggregationHelper()
+{
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::queryInterface(const  css::uno::Type& _rType)
+{
+    css::uno::Any aReturn = OPropertyStateHelper::queryInterface(_rType);
+
+    if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+        aReturn = cppu::queryInterface(_rType
+        ,static_cast< css::beans::XPropertiesChangeListener*>(this)
+        ,static_cast< css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener*>(this)
+        ,static_cast< css::lang::XEventListener*>(static_cast< css::beans::XPropertiesChangeListener*>(this))
+        );
+
+    return aReturn;
+}
+
+
+void OPropertySetAggregationHelper::disposing()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard(rBHelper.rMutex);
+
+    if ( m_xAggregateSet.is() && m_bListening )
+    {
+        // register as a single listener
+        m_xAggregateMultiSet->removePropertiesChangeListener(this);
+        m_xAggregateSet->removeVetoableChangeListener(OUString(), this);
+        m_bListening = false;
+    }
+
+    OPropertyStateHelper::disposing();
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::disposing(const css::lang::EventObject& _rSource)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_xAggregateSet.is(), "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::disposing : don't have an aggregate anymore !");
+    if (_rSource.Source == m_xAggregateSet)
+        m_bListening = false;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::propertiesChange(const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyChangeEvent>& _rEvents)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_xAggregateSet.is(), "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::propertiesChange : have no aggregate !");
+
+    sal_Int32 nLen = _rEvents.getLength();
+    cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPH = getInfoHelper();
+
+    if (1 == nLen)
+    {
+        const css::beans::PropertyChangeEvent& evt = _rEvents.getConstArray()[0];
+        OSL_ENSURE(!evt.PropertyName.isEmpty(), "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::propertiesChange : invalid event !");
+            // we had a bug where this assertion would have us saved a whole day :) (72514)
+        sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName( evt.PropertyName );
+
+        // If nHandle is -1 the event marks a (aggregate) property which we hide to callers
+        // If isCurrentlyForwardingProperty( nHandle ) is <TRUE/>, then we ourself triggered
+        // setting this property. In this case, it will be notified later (by the OPropertySetHelper
+        // implementation)
+
+        if ( ( nHandle != -1 ) && !isCurrentlyForwardingProperty( nHandle ) )
+            fire(&nHandle, &evt.NewValue, &evt.OldValue, 1, false);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        std::unique_ptr<sal_Int32[]> pHandles(new sal_Int32[nLen]);
+        std::unique_ptr< css::uno::Any[]> pNewValues(new css::uno::Any[nLen]);
+        std::unique_ptr< css::uno::Any[]> pOldValues(new css::uno::Any[nLen]);
+
+        sal_Int32 nDest = 0;
+        for (const css::beans::PropertyChangeEvent& rEvent : _rEvents)
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName(rEvent.PropertyName);
+            if ( ( nHandle != -1 ) && !isCurrentlyForwardingProperty( nHandle ) )
+            {   // same as above : -1 is valid (73247) ...
+                pHandles[nDest] = nHandle;
+                pNewValues[nDest] = rEvent.NewValue;
+                pOldValues[nDest] = rEvent.OldValue;
+                ++nDest;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (nDest)
+            fire(pHandles.get(), pNewValues.get(), pOldValues.get(), nDest, false);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::vetoableChange(const css::beans::PropertyChangeEvent& _rEvent)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_xAggregateSet.is(), "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::vetoableChange : have no aggregate !");
+
+    cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPH = getInfoHelper();
+
+    sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName(_rEvent.PropertyName);
+    fire(&nHandle, &_rEvent.NewValue, &_rEvent.OldValue, 1, true);
+}
+
+
+void OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setAggregation(const css::uno::Reference<  css::uno::XInterface >& _rxDelegate)
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard(rBHelper.rMutex);
+
+    if (m_bListening && m_xAggregateSet.is())
+    {
+        m_xAggregateMultiSet->removePropertiesChangeListener(this);
+        m_xAggregateSet->removeVetoableChangeListener(OUString(), this);
+        m_bListening = false;
+    }
+
+    m_xAggregateState.set(_rxDelegate, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    m_xAggregateSet.set(_rxDelegate, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    m_xAggregateMultiSet.set(_rxDelegate, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    m_xAggregateFastSet.set(_rxDelegate, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+
+    // must support XPropertySet and XMultiPropertySet
+    if ( m_xAggregateSet.is() && !m_xAggregateMultiSet.is() )
+        throw  css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+}
+
+
+void OPropertySetAggregationHelper::startListening()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard(rBHelper.rMutex);
+
+    if (!m_bListening && m_xAggregateSet.is())
+    {
+        // register as a single listener
+        css::uno::Sequence< OUString > aPropertyNames;
+        m_xAggregateMultiSet->addPropertiesChangeListener(aPropertyNames, this);
+        m_xAggregateSet->addVetoableChangeListener(OUString(), this);
+
+        m_bListening = true;
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::addVetoableChangeListener(const OUString& _rPropertyName,
+                                                                       const  css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener>& _rxListener)
+{
+    OPropertySetHelper::addVetoableChangeListener(_rPropertyName, _rxListener);
+    if (!m_bListening)
+        startListening();
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::addPropertyChangeListener(const OUString& _rPropertyName,
+                                                                       const css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener>& _rxListener)
+{
+    OPropertySetHelper::addPropertyChangeListener(_rPropertyName, _rxListener);
+    if (!m_bListening)
+        startListening();
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::addPropertiesChangeListener(const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& _rPropertyNames,
+                                                                         const css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertiesChangeListener>& _rxListener)
+{
+    OPropertySetHelper::addPropertiesChangeListener(_rPropertyNames, _rxListener);
+    if (!m_bListening)
+        startListening();
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 OPropertySetAggregationHelper::getOriginalHandle(sal_Int32 nHandle) const
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast<OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper&>( const_cast<OPropertySetAggregationHelper*>(this)->getInfoHelper() );
+    sal_Int32 nOriginalHandle = -1;
+    (void)rPH.fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(nullptr, &nOriginalHandle, nHandle);
+    return nOriginalHandle;
+}
+
+
+OUString OPropertySetAggregationHelper::getPropertyName( sal_Int32 _nHandle ) const
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( const_cast<OPropertySetAggregationHelper*>(this)->getInfoHelper() );
+    Property aProperty;
+    OSL_VERIFY( rPH.getPropertyByHandle( _nHandle, aProperty ) );
+    return aProperty.Name;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setFastPropertyValue(sal_Int32 _nHandle, const  css::uno::Any& _rValue)
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( getInfoHelper() );
+    OUString aPropName;
+    sal_Int32   nOriginalHandle = -1;
+
+    // does the handle belong to the aggregation ?
+    if (rPH.fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(&aPropName, &nOriginalHandle, _nHandle))
+        if (m_xAggregateFastSet.is())
+            m_xAggregateFastSet->setFastPropertyValue(nOriginalHandle, _rValue);
+        else
+            m_xAggregateSet->setPropertyValue(aPropName, _rValue);
+    else
+        OPropertySetHelper::setFastPropertyValue(_nHandle, _rValue);
+}
+
+
+void OPropertySetAggregationHelper::getFastPropertyValue( css::uno::Any& rValue, sal_Int32 nHandle) const
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast<OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper&>( const_cast<OPropertySetAggregationHelper*>(this)->getInfoHelper() );
+    OUString aPropName;
+    sal_Int32   nOriginalHandle = -1;
+
+    if (rPH.fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(&aPropName, &nOriginalHandle, nHandle))
+    {
+        if (m_xAggregateFastSet.is())
+            rValue = m_xAggregateFastSet->getFastPropertyValue(nOriginalHandle);
+        else
+            rValue = m_xAggregateSet->getPropertyValue(aPropName);
+    }
+    else if ( m_pForwarder->isResponsibleFor( nHandle ) )
+    {
+        // this is a property which has been "overwritten" in our instance (thus
+        // fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle didn't find it)
+        rValue = m_xAggregateSet->getPropertyValue( getPropertyName( nHandle ) );
+    }
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::getFastPropertyValue(sal_Int32 nHandle)
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( getInfoHelper() );
+    OUString aPropName;
+    sal_Int32   nOriginalHandle = -1;
+    css::uno::Any  aValue;
+
+    if (rPH.fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(&aPropName, &nOriginalHandle, nHandle))
+    {
+        if (m_xAggregateFastSet.is())
+            aValue = m_xAggregateFastSet->getFastPropertyValue(nOriginalHandle);
+        else
+            aValue = m_xAggregateSet->getPropertyValue(aPropName);
+    }
+    else
+        aValue = OPropertySetHelper::getFastPropertyValue(nHandle);
+
+    return aValue;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setPropertyValues(
+        const Sequence< OUString >& _rPropertyNames, const Sequence< Any >& _rValues )
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE( !rBHelper.bInDispose, "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setPropertyValues : do not use within the dispose call !");
+    OSL_ENSURE( !rBHelper.bDisposed, "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setPropertyValues : object is disposed" );
+
+    // check where the properties come from
+    if (!m_xAggregateSet.is())
+        OPropertySetHelper::setPropertyValues(_rPropertyNames, _rValues);
+    else if (_rPropertyNames.getLength() == 1) // use the more efficient way
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            setPropertyValue( _rPropertyNames[0], _rValues[0] );
+        }
+        catch( const UnknownPropertyException& )
+        {
+            // by definition of XMultiPropertySet::setPropertyValues, unknown properties are to be ignored
+            SAL_WARN( "comphelper", "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setPropertyValues: unknown property: '"
+                    << _rPropertyNames[0] << "', implementation: " << typeid( *this ).name() );
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( getInfoHelper() );
+
+        // determine which properties belong to the aggregate, and which ones to the delegator
+        sal_Int32 nAggCount(0);
+        sal_Int32 nLen(_rPropertyNames.getLength());
+
+        for ( const OUString& rName : _rPropertyNames )
+        {
+            OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::PropertyOrigin ePropOrg = rPH.classifyProperty( rName );
+            if ( OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::PropertyOrigin::Unknown == ePropOrg )
+                throw WrappedTargetException( OUString(), static_cast< XMultiPropertySet* >( this ), Any( UnknownPropertyException( ) ) );
+                // due to a flaw in the API design, this method is not allowed to throw an UnknownPropertyException
+                // so we wrap it into a WrappedTargetException
+
+            if ( OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::PropertyOrigin::Aggregate == ePropOrg )
+                ++nAggCount;
+        }
+
+        // all properties belong to the aggregate
+        if (nAggCount == nLen)
+            m_xAggregateMultiSet->setPropertyValues(_rPropertyNames, _rValues);
+
+        // all properties belong to the aggregating object
+        else if (nAggCount == 0)
+            OPropertySetHelper::setPropertyValues(_rPropertyNames, _rValues);
+
+        // mixed
+        else
+        {
+            const  css::uno::Any* pValues = _rValues.getConstArray();
+
+            // dividing the Names and _rValues
+
+            // aggregate's names
+            Sequence< OUString > AggPropertyNames( nAggCount );
+            OUString* pAggNames = AggPropertyNames.getArray();
+            // aggregate's values
+            Sequence< Any >  AggValues( nAggCount );
+            Any* pAggValues = AggValues.getArray();
+
+            // delegator names
+            Sequence< OUString > DelPropertyNames( nLen - nAggCount );
+            OUString* pDelNames = DelPropertyNames.getArray();
+
+            // delegator values
+            Sequence< Any > DelValues( nLen - nAggCount );
+            Any* pDelValues = DelValues.getArray();
+
+            for ( const OUString& rName : _rPropertyNames )
+            {
+                if ( OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper::PropertyOrigin::Aggregate == rPH.classifyProperty( rName ) )
+                {
+                    *pAggNames++ = rName;
+                    *pAggValues++ = *pValues++;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    *pDelNames++ = rName;
+                    *pDelValues++ = *pValues++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // reset, needed below
+            pDelValues = DelValues.getArray();
+
+            std::unique_ptr<sal_Int32[]> pHandles(new sal_Int32[ nLen - nAggCount ]);
+
+            // get the map table
+            cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPH2 = getInfoHelper();
+
+            // fill the handle array
+            sal_Int32 nHitCount = rPH2.fillHandles( pHandles.get(), DelPropertyNames );
+            if (nHitCount != 0)
+            {
+                std::unique_ptr< css::uno::Any[]> pConvertedValues(new  css::uno::Any[ nHitCount ]);
+                std::unique_ptr< css::uno::Any[]> pOldValues(new  css::uno::Any[ nHitCount ]);
+                nHitCount = 0;
+                sal_Int32 i;
+
+                {
+                // must lock the mutex outside the loop. So all values are consistent.
+                    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( rBHelper.rMutex );
+                    for( i = 0; i < (nLen - nAggCount); ++i )
+                    {
+                        if( pHandles[i] != -1 )
+                        {
+                            sal_Int16 nAttributes;
+                            rPH2.fillPropertyMembersByHandle( nullptr, &nAttributes, pHandles[i] );
+                            if( nAttributes & css::beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY )
+                                throw css::beans::PropertyVetoException();
+                            // Will the property change?
+                            if( convertFastPropertyValue( pConvertedValues[ nHitCount ], pOldValues[nHitCount],
+                                                        pHandles[i], pDelValues[i] ) )
+                            {
+                                // only increment if the property really change
+                                pHandles[nHitCount]         = pHandles[i];
+                                nHitCount++;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                // release guard to fire events
+                }
+
+                // fire vetoable events
+                fire( pHandles.get(), pConvertedValues.get(), pOldValues.get(), nHitCount, true );
+
+                // setting the agg Properties
+                m_xAggregateMultiSet->setPropertyValues(AggPropertyNames, AggValues);
+
+                {
+                // must lock the mutex outside the loop.
+                    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( rBHelper.rMutex );
+                    // Loop over all changed properties
+                    for( i = 0; i < nHitCount; i++ )
+                    {
+                        // Will the property change?
+                        setFastPropertyValue_NoBroadcast( pHandles[i], pConvertedValues[i] );
+                    }
+                // release guard to fire events
+                }
+
+                // fire change events
+                fire( pHandles.get(), pConvertedValues.get(), pOldValues.get(), nHitCount, false );
+            }
+            else
+                m_xAggregateMultiSet->setPropertyValues(AggPropertyNames, AggValues);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// XPropertyState
+
+css::beans::PropertyState SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::getPropertyState(const OUString& _rPropertyName)
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( getInfoHelper() );
+    sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName( _rPropertyName );
+
+    if (nHandle == -1)
+    {
+        throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(_rPropertyName);
+    }
+
+    OUString aPropName;
+    sal_Int32   nOriginalHandle = -1;
+    if (rPH.fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(&aPropName, &nOriginalHandle, nHandle))
+    {
+        if (m_xAggregateState.is())
+            return m_xAggregateState->getPropertyState(_rPropertyName);
+        else
+            return css::beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+    }
+    else
+        return getPropertyStateByHandle(nHandle);
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setPropertyToDefault(const OUString& _rPropertyName)
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( getInfoHelper() );
+    sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName(_rPropertyName);
+    if (nHandle == -1)
+    {
+        throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(_rPropertyName);
+    }
+
+    OUString aPropName;
+    sal_Int32   nOriginalHandle = -1;
+    if (rPH.fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(&aPropName, &nOriginalHandle, nHandle))
+    {
+        if (m_xAggregateState.is())
+            m_xAggregateState->setPropertyToDefault(_rPropertyName);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            setPropertyToDefaultByHandle( nHandle );
+        }
+        catch( const UnknownPropertyException& ) { throw; }
+        catch( const RuntimeException& ) { throw; }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL( "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setPropertyToDefault: caught an exception which is not allowed to leave here!" );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::getPropertyDefault(const OUString& aPropertyName)
+{
+    OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( getInfoHelper() );
+    sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName( aPropertyName );
+
+    if ( nHandle == -1 )
+        throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(aPropertyName);
+
+    OUString aPropName;
+    sal_Int32   nOriginalHandle = -1;
+    if (rPH.fillAggregatePropertyInfoByHandle(&aPropName, &nOriginalHandle, nHandle))
+    {
+        if (m_xAggregateState.is())
+            return m_xAggregateState->getPropertyDefault(aPropertyName);
+        else
+            return css::uno::Any();
+    }
+    else
+        return getPropertyDefaultByHandle(nHandle);
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::convertFastPropertyValue( Any& _rConvertedValue, Any& _rOldValue, sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue )
+{
+    bool bModified = false;
+
+    OSL_ENSURE( m_pForwarder->isResponsibleFor( _nHandle ), "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::convertFastPropertyValue: this is no forwarded property - did you use declareForwardedProperty for it?" );
+    if ( m_pForwarder->isResponsibleFor( _nHandle ) )
+    {
+        // need to determine the type of the property for conversion
+        OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& rPH = static_cast< OPropertyArrayAggregationHelper& >( getInfoHelper() );
+        Property aProperty;
+        OSL_VERIFY( rPH.getPropertyByHandle( _nHandle, aProperty ) );
+
+        Any aCurrentValue;
+        getFastPropertyValue( aCurrentValue, _nHandle );
+        bModified = tryPropertyValue( _rConvertedValue, _rOldValue, _rValue, aCurrentValue, aProperty.Type );
+    }
+
+    return bModified;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setFastPropertyValue_NoBroadcast( sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue )
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE( m_pForwarder->isResponsibleFor( _nHandle ), "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::setFastPropertyValue_NoBroadcast: this is no forwarded property - did you use declareForwardedProperty for it?" );
+    if ( m_pForwarder->isResponsibleFor( _nHandle ) )
+        m_pForwarder->doForward( _nHandle, _rValue );
+}
+
+
+void OPropertySetAggregationHelper::declareForwardedProperty( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE( !m_pForwarder->isResponsibleFor( _nHandle ), "OPropertySetAggregationHelper::declareForwardedProperty: already declared!" );
+    m_pForwarder->takeResponsibilityFor( _nHandle );
+}
+
+
+void OPropertySetAggregationHelper::forwardingPropertyValue( sal_Int32 )
+{
+    // not interested in
+}
+
+
+void OPropertySetAggregationHelper::forwardedPropertyValue( sal_Int32 )
+{
+    // not interested in
+}
+
+
+bool OPropertySetAggregationHelper::isCurrentlyForwardingProperty( sal_Int32 _nHandle ) const
+{
+    return m_pForwarder->getCurrentlyForwardedProperty() == _nHandle;
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/property.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/property.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75208c2c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/property.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/property.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+    #include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+    #include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+    #include <typeinfo>
+#endif
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySetInfo;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::Property;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Exception;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Any;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Type;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_queryInterface;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_acquire;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_release;
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::XServiceInfo;
+#endif
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::UNO_QUERY;
+
+    namespace PropertyAttribute = ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyAttribute;
+
+
+void copyProperties(const Reference<XPropertySet>& _rxSource,
+                    const Reference<XPropertySet>& _rxDest)
+{
+    if (!_rxSource.is() || !_rxDest.is())
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL("copyProperties: invalid arguments !");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    Reference< XPropertySetInfo > xSourceProps = _rxSource->getPropertySetInfo();
+    Reference< XPropertySetInfo > xDestProps = _rxDest->getPropertySetInfo();
+
+    const Sequence< Property > aSourceProps = xSourceProps->getProperties();
+    Property aDestProp;
+    for (const Property& rSourceProp : aSourceProps)
+    {
+        if ( xDestProps->hasPropertyByName(rSourceProp.Name) )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                aDestProp = xDestProps->getPropertyByName(rSourceProp.Name);
+                if (0 == (aDestProp.Attributes & PropertyAttribute::READONLY) )
+                {
+                    const Any aSourceValue = _rxSource->getPropertyValue(rSourceProp.Name);
+                    if ( 0 != (aDestProp.Attributes & PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID) || aSourceValue.hasValue() )
+                        _rxDest->setPropertyValue(rSourceProp.Name, aSourceValue);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception&)
+            {
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+                OUStringBuffer aBuffer;
+                aBuffer.append( "::comphelper::copyProperties: could not copy property '" );
+                aBuffer.append(rSourceProp.Name );
+                aBuffer.append( "' to the destination set (a '" );
+
+                Reference< XServiceInfo > xSI( _rxDest, UNO_QUERY );
+                if ( xSI.is() )
+                {
+                    aBuffer.append( xSI->getImplementationName() );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    aBuffer.append( OUString::createFromAscii(typeid( *_rxDest ).name()) );
+                }
+                aBuffer.append( "' implementation).\n" );
+
+                Any aException( ::cppu::getCaughtException() );
+                aBuffer.append( "Caught an exception of type '" );
+                aBuffer.append( aException.getValueTypeName() );
+                aBuffer.append( "'" );
+
+                Exception aBaseException;
+                if ( ( aException >>= aBaseException ) && !aBaseException.Message.isEmpty() )
+                {
+                    aBuffer.append( ", saying '" );
+                    aBuffer.append( aBaseException.Message );
+                    aBuffer.append( "'" );
+                }
+                aBuffer.append( "." );
+
+                SAL_WARN( "comphelper", aBuffer.makeStringAndClear() );
+#endif
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool hasProperty(const OUString& _rName, const Reference<XPropertySet>& _rxSet)
+{
+    if (_rxSet.is())
+    {
+        //  XPropertySetInfoRef xInfo(rxSet->getPropertySetInfo());
+        return _rxSet->getPropertySetInfo()->hasPropertyByName(_rName);
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+void RemoveProperty(Sequence<Property>& _rProps, const OUString& _rPropName)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nLen = _rProps.getLength();
+
+    // binary search
+    const Property* pProperties = _rProps.getConstArray();
+    Property aNameProp(_rPropName, 0, Type(), 0);
+    const Property* pResult = std::lower_bound(pProperties, pProperties + nLen, aNameProp, PropertyCompareByName());
+
+    if ( pResult != _rProps.end() && pResult->Name == _rPropName )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(pResult->Name == _rPropName, "::RemoveProperty Properties not sorted");
+        removeElementAt(_rProps, pResult - pProperties);
+    }
+}
+
+
+void ModifyPropertyAttributes(Sequence<Property>& seqProps, const OUString& sPropName, sal_Int16 nAddAttrib, sal_Int16 nRemoveAttrib)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nLen = seqProps.getLength();
+
+    // binary search
+    Property* pProperties = seqProps.getArray();
+    Property aNameProp(sPropName, 0, Type(), 0);
+    Property* pResult = std::lower_bound(pProperties, pProperties + nLen, aNameProp, PropertyCompareByName());
+
+    if ( (pResult != seqProps.end()) && (pResult->Name == sPropName) )
+    {
+        pResult->Attributes |= nAddAttrib;
+        pResult->Attributes &= ~nRemoveAttrib;
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool tryPropertyValue(Any& _rConvertedValue, Any& _rOldValue, const Any& _rValueToSet, const Any& _rCurrentValue, const Type& _rExpectedType)
+{
+    bool bModified(false);
+    if (_rCurrentValue.getValue() != _rValueToSet.getValue())
+    {
+        if ( _rValueToSet.hasValue() && ( !_rExpectedType.equals( _rValueToSet.getValueType() ) ) )
+        {
+            _rConvertedValue = Any( nullptr, _rExpectedType.getTypeLibType() );
+
+            if  ( !uno_type_assignData(
+                    const_cast< void* >( _rConvertedValue.getValue() ), _rConvertedValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                    const_cast< void* >( _rValueToSet.getValue() ), _rValueToSet.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                    reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >(
+                        cpp_queryInterface),
+                    reinterpret_cast< uno_AcquireFunc >(cpp_acquire),
+                    reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >(cpp_release)
+                  )
+                )
+                throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+        }
+        else
+            _rConvertedValue = _rValueToSet;
+
+        if ( _rCurrentValue != _rConvertedValue )
+        {
+            _rOldValue = _rCurrentValue;
+            bModified = true;
+        }
+    }
+    return bModified;
+}
+
+
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propertybag.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propertybag.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac8fc17ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propertybag.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/propertybag.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/IllegalTypeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyExistException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/ElementExistException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NotRemoveableException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.hpp>
+
+#include <map>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Any;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Type;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::TypeClass_VOID;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::IllegalTypeException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyExistException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::container::ElementExistException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::IllegalArgumentException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::Property;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::NotRemoveableException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::UnknownPropertyException;
+
+    namespace PropertyAttribute = ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyAttribute;
+
+    typedef std::map< sal_Int32, Any >    MapInt2Any;
+    struct PropertyBag_Impl
+    {
+        PropertyBag_Impl() : m_bAllowEmptyPropertyName(false) { }
+        MapInt2Any  aDefaults;
+        bool m_bAllowEmptyPropertyName;
+    };
+
+    PropertyBag::PropertyBag()
+        :m_pImpl( new PropertyBag_Impl )
+    {
+    }
+
+    PropertyBag::~PropertyBag()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyBag::setAllowEmptyPropertyName( bool i_isAllowed )
+    {
+        m_pImpl->m_bAllowEmptyPropertyName = i_isAllowed;
+    }
+
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        void    lcl_checkForEmptyName( const bool _allowEmpty, const OUString& _name )
+        {
+            if ( !_allowEmpty && _name.isEmpty() )
+                throw IllegalArgumentException(
+                        "The property name must not be empty.",
+                        // TODO: resource
+                        nullptr,
+                        1
+                      );
+        }
+
+        void    lcl_checkNameAndHandle_PropertyExistException( const OUString& _name, const sal_Int32 _handle, const PropertyBag& _container )
+        {
+            if ( _container.hasPropertyByName( _name ) || _container.hasPropertyByHandle( _handle ) )
+                throw PropertyExistException(
+                    "Property name or handle already used.",
+                    nullptr );
+
+        }
+
+        void    lcl_checkNameAndHandle_ElementExistException( const OUString& _name, const sal_Int32 _handle, const PropertyBag& _container )
+        {
+            if ( _container.hasPropertyByName( _name ) || _container.hasPropertyByHandle( _handle ) )
+                throw ElementExistException(
+                    "Property name or handle already used.",
+                    nullptr );
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyBag::addVoidProperty( const OUString& _rName, const Type& _rType, sal_Int32 _nHandle, sal_Int32 _nAttributes )
+    {
+        if ( _rType.getTypeClass() == TypeClass_VOID )
+            throw IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Illegal property type: VOID",
+                        // TODO: resource
+                    nullptr,
+                    1
+                  );
+
+        // check name/handle sanity
+        lcl_checkForEmptyName( m_pImpl->m_bAllowEmptyPropertyName, _rName );
+        lcl_checkNameAndHandle_ElementExistException( _rName, _nHandle, *this );
+
+        // register the property
+        OSL_ENSURE( _nAttributes & PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID, "PropertyBag::addVoidProperty: this is for default-void properties only!" );
+        registerPropertyNoMember( _rName, _nHandle, _nAttributes | PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID, _rType, css::uno::Any() );
+
+        // remember the default
+        m_pImpl->aDefaults.emplace( _nHandle, Any() );
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyBag::addProperty( const OUString& _rName, sal_Int32 _nHandle, sal_Int32 _nAttributes, const Any& _rInitialValue )
+    {
+        // check type sanity
+        const Type& aPropertyType = _rInitialValue.getValueType();
+        if ( aPropertyType.getTypeClass() == TypeClass_VOID )
+            throw IllegalTypeException(
+                "The initial value must be non-NULL to determine the property type.",
+                // TODO: resource
+                nullptr );
+
+        // check name/handle sanity
+        lcl_checkForEmptyName( m_pImpl->m_bAllowEmptyPropertyName, _rName );
+        lcl_checkNameAndHandle_PropertyExistException( _rName, _nHandle, *this );
+
+        // register the property
+        registerPropertyNoMember( _rName, _nHandle, _nAttributes, aPropertyType,
+            _rInitialValue );
+
+        // remember the default
+        m_pImpl->aDefaults.emplace( _nHandle, _rInitialValue );
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyBag::removeProperty( const OUString& _rName )
+    {
+        const Property& rProp = getProperty( _rName );
+            // will throw an UnknownPropertyException if necessary
+        if ( ( rProp.Attributes & PropertyAttribute::REMOVABLE ) == 0 )
+            throw NotRemoveableException( OUString(), nullptr );
+        const sal_Int32 nHandle = rProp.Handle;
+
+        revokeProperty( nHandle );
+
+        m_pImpl->aDefaults.erase( nHandle );
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyBag::getFastPropertyValue( sal_Int32 _nHandle, Any& _out_rValue ) const
+    {
+        if ( !hasPropertyByHandle( _nHandle ) )
+            throw UnknownPropertyException(OUString::number(_nHandle));
+
+        OPropertyContainerHelper::getFastPropertyValue( _out_rValue, _nHandle );
+    }
+
+
+    bool PropertyBag::convertFastPropertyValue( sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rNewValue, Any& _out_rConvertedValue, Any& _out_rCurrentValue ) const
+    {
+        if ( !hasPropertyByHandle( _nHandle ) )
+            throw UnknownPropertyException(OUString::number(_nHandle));
+
+        return const_cast< PropertyBag*  >( this )->OPropertyContainerHelper::convertFastPropertyValue(
+            _out_rConvertedValue, _out_rCurrentValue, _nHandle, _rNewValue );
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyBag::setFastPropertyValue( sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue )
+    {
+        if ( !hasPropertyByHandle( _nHandle ) )
+            throw UnknownPropertyException(OUString::number(_nHandle));
+
+        OPropertyContainerHelper::setFastPropertyValue( _nHandle, _rValue );
+    }
+
+
+    void PropertyBag::getPropertyDefaultByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle, Any& _out_rValue ) const
+    {
+        if ( !hasPropertyByHandle( _nHandle ) )
+            throw UnknownPropertyException(OUString::number(_nHandle));
+
+        MapInt2Any::const_iterator pos = m_pImpl->aDefaults.find( _nHandle );
+        OSL_ENSURE( pos != m_pImpl->aDefaults.end(), "PropertyBag::getPropertyDefaultByHandle: inconsistency!" );
+        if ( pos != m_pImpl->aDefaults.end() )
+            _out_rValue = pos->second;
+        else
+            _out_rValue.clear();
+    }
+
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b5685405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/propertycontainer.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/typeprovider.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+OPropertyContainer::OPropertyContainer(::cppu::OBroadcastHelper& _rBHelper)
+    :OPropertySetHelper(_rBHelper)
+{
+}
+
+
+OPropertyContainer::~OPropertyContainer()
+{
+}
+
+
+Sequence< Type > OPropertyContainer::getBaseTypes()
+{
+    // just the types from our one and only base class
+    ::cppu::OTypeCollection aTypes(
+        cppu::UnoType<XPropertySet>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<XFastPropertySet>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<XMultiPropertySet>::get()
+    );
+    return aTypes.getTypes();
+}
+
+sal_Bool OPropertyContainer::convertFastPropertyValue(
+    Any& _rConvertedValue, Any& _rOldValue, sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue )
+{
+    return OPropertyContainerHelper::convertFastPropertyValue( _rConvertedValue, _rOldValue, _nHandle, _rValue );
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainer::setFastPropertyValue_NoBroadcast(sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue)
+{
+    OPropertyContainerHelper::setFastPropertyValue( _nHandle, _rValue );
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainer::getFastPropertyValue(Any& _rValue, sal_Int32 _nHandle) const
+{
+    OPropertyContainerHelper::getFastPropertyValue( _rValue, _nHandle );
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainerhelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainerhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ba31ec82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propertycontainerhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,493 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/propertycontainerhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/property.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <uno/data.h>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/UnknownPropertyException.hpp>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+
+namespace
+{
+    // comparing two property descriptions
+    struct PropertyDescriptionHandleCompare
+    {
+        bool operator() (const PropertyDescription& x, const PropertyDescription& y) const
+        {
+            return x.aProperty.Handle < y.aProperty.Handle;
+        }
+    };
+    // comparing two property descriptions (by name)
+    struct PropertyDescriptionNameMatch
+    {
+        OUString const m_rCompare;
+        explicit PropertyDescriptionNameMatch( const OUString& _rCompare ) : m_rCompare( _rCompare ) { }
+
+        bool operator() (const PropertyDescription& x ) const
+        {
+            return x.aProperty.Name == m_rCompare;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+OPropertyContainerHelper::OPropertyContainerHelper()
+{
+}
+
+
+OPropertyContainerHelper::~OPropertyContainerHelper()
+{
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::registerProperty(const OUString& _rName, sal_Int32 _nHandle,
+        sal_Int32 _nAttributes, void* _pPointerToMember, const Type& _rMemberType)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE((_nAttributes & PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID) == 0,
+        "OPropertyContainerHelper::registerProperty: don't use this for properties which may be void ! There is a method called \"registerMayBeVoidProperty\" for this !");
+    OSL_ENSURE(!_rMemberType.equals(cppu::UnoType<Any>::get()),
+        "OPropertyContainerHelper::registerProperty: don't give my the type of a uno::Any ! Really can't handle this !");
+    OSL_ENSURE(_pPointerToMember,
+        "OPropertyContainerHelper::registerProperty: you gave me nonsense : the pointer must be non-NULL");
+
+    PropertyDescription aNewProp;
+    aNewProp.aProperty = Property( _rName, _nHandle, _rMemberType, static_cast<sal_Int16>(_nAttributes) );
+    aNewProp.eLocated = PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassRealType;
+    aNewProp.aLocation.pDerivedClassMember = _pPointerToMember;
+
+    implPushBackProperty(aNewProp);
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::revokeProperty( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+{
+    PropertiesIterator aPos = searchHandle( _nHandle );
+    if ( aPos == m_aProperties.end() )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException(OUString::number(_nHandle));
+    m_aProperties.erase( aPos );
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::registerMayBeVoidProperty(const OUString& _rName, sal_Int32 _nHandle, sal_Int32 _nAttributes,
+        Any* _pPointerToMember, const Type& _rExpectedType)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE((_nAttributes & PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID) != 0,
+        "OPropertyContainerHelper::registerMayBeVoidProperty: why calling this when the attributes say nothing about may-be-void ?");
+    OSL_ENSURE(!_rExpectedType.equals(cppu::UnoType<Any>::get()),
+        "OPropertyContainerHelper::registerMayBeVoidProperty: don't give my the type of a uno::Any ! Really can't handle this !");
+    OSL_ENSURE(_pPointerToMember,
+        "OPropertyContainerHelper::registerMayBeVoidProperty: you gave me nonsense : the pointer must be non-NULL");
+
+    _nAttributes |= PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID;
+
+    PropertyDescription aNewProp;
+    aNewProp.aProperty = Property( _rName, _nHandle, _rExpectedType, static_cast<sal_Int16>(_nAttributes) );
+    aNewProp.eLocated = PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassAnyType;
+    aNewProp.aLocation.pDerivedClassMember = _pPointerToMember;
+
+    implPushBackProperty(aNewProp);
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::registerPropertyNoMember(const OUString& _rName, sal_Int32 _nHandle, sal_Int32 _nAttributes,
+        const Type& _rType, css::uno::Any const & _pInitialValue)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(!_rType.equals(cppu::UnoType<Any>::get()),
+        "OPropertyContainerHelper::registerPropertyNoMember : don't give my the type of a uno::Any ! Really can't handle this !");
+    OSL_ENSURE(
+        (_pInitialValue.isExtractableTo(_rType)
+         || (!_pInitialValue.hasValue()
+             && (_nAttributes & PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID) != 0)),
+        "bad initial value");
+
+    PropertyDescription aNewProp;
+    aNewProp.aProperty = Property( _rName, _nHandle, _rType, static_cast<sal_Int16>(_nAttributes) );
+    aNewProp.eLocated = PropertyDescription::LocationType::HoldMyself;
+    aNewProp.aLocation.nOwnClassVectorIndex = m_aHoldProperties.size();
+    m_aHoldProperties.push_back(_pInitialValue);
+
+    implPushBackProperty(aNewProp);
+}
+
+
+bool OPropertyContainerHelper::isRegisteredProperty( sal_Int32 _nHandle ) const
+{
+    return const_cast< OPropertyContainerHelper* >( this )->searchHandle( _nHandle ) != m_aProperties.end();
+}
+
+
+bool OPropertyContainerHelper::isRegisteredProperty( const OUString& _rName ) const
+{
+    // TODO: the current structure is from a time where properties were
+    // static, not dynamic. Since we allow that properties are also dynamic,
+    // i.e. registered and revoked even though the XPropertySet has already been
+    // accessed, a vector is not really the best data structure anymore ...
+
+    return std::any_of(
+        m_aProperties.begin(),
+        m_aProperties.end(),
+        PropertyDescriptionNameMatch( _rName )
+    );
+}
+
+
+namespace
+{
+    struct ComparePropertyHandles
+    {
+        bool operator()( const PropertyDescription& _rLHS, const PropertyDescription& _nRHS ) const
+        {
+            return _rLHS.aProperty.Handle < _nRHS.aProperty.Handle;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::implPushBackProperty(const PropertyDescription& _rProp)
+{
+#ifdef DBG_UTIL
+    for (const auto& checkConflicts : m_aProperties)
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(checkConflicts.aProperty.Name != _rProp.aProperty.Name, "OPropertyContainerHelper::implPushBackProperty: name already exists!");
+        OSL_ENSURE(checkConflicts.aProperty.Handle != _rProp.aProperty.Handle, "OPropertyContainerHelper::implPushBackProperty: handle already exists!");
+    }
+#endif
+
+    PropertiesIterator pos = std::lower_bound(
+        m_aProperties.begin(), m_aProperties.end(),
+        _rProp, ComparePropertyHandles() );
+
+    m_aProperties.insert( pos, _rProp );
+}
+
+
+namespace
+{
+    void lcl_throwIllegalPropertyValueTypeException( const PropertyDescription& _rProperty, const Any& _rValue )
+    {
+        throw IllegalArgumentException(
+            "The given value cannot be converted to the required property type."
+            " (property name \"" +  _rProperty.aProperty.Name
+            + "\", found value type \"" + _rValue.getValueType().getTypeName()
+            + "\", required property type \"" + _rProperty.aProperty.Type.getTypeName()
+            + "\")",
+            nullptr, 4 );
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool OPropertyContainerHelper::convertFastPropertyValue(
+    Any& _rConvertedValue, Any& _rOldValue, sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue )
+{
+    bool bModified = false;
+
+    // get the property somebody is asking for
+    PropertiesIterator aPos = searchHandle(_nHandle);
+    if (aPos == m_aProperties.end())
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL( "OPropertyContainerHelper::convertFastPropertyValue: unknown handle!" );
+        // should not happen if the derived class has built a correct property set info helper to be used by
+        // our base class OPropertySetHelper
+        return bModified;
+    }
+
+    switch (aPos->eLocated)
+    {
+        // similar handling for the two cases where the value is stored in an any
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::HoldMyself:
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassAnyType:
+        {
+            bool bMayBeVoid = ((aPos->aProperty.Attributes & PropertyAttribute::MAYBEVOID) != 0);
+
+
+            // non modifiable version of the value-to-be-set
+            Any aNewRequestedValue( _rValue );
+
+            // normalization
+            // #i29490#
+            if ( !aNewRequestedValue.getValueType().equals( aPos->aProperty.Type ) )
+            {   // the actually given value is not of the same type as the one required
+                Any aProperlyTyped( nullptr, aPos->aProperty.Type.getTypeLibType() );
+
+                if (    uno_type_assignData(
+                            const_cast< void* >( aProperlyTyped.getValue() ), aProperlyTyped.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                            const_cast< void* >( aNewRequestedValue.getValue() ), aNewRequestedValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >( cpp_queryInterface ),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_AcquireFunc >( cpp_acquire ),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >( cpp_release )
+                        )
+                    )
+                {
+                    // we were able to query the given XInterface-derivee for the interface
+                    // which is required for this property
+                    aNewRequestedValue = aProperlyTyped;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // argument check
+            if  (   !   (   (bMayBeVoid && !aNewRequestedValue.hasValue())                      // void is allowed if the attribute says so
+                        ||  (aNewRequestedValue.getValueType().equals(aPos->aProperty.Type))    // else the types have to be equal
+                        )
+                )
+            {
+                lcl_throwIllegalPropertyValueTypeException( *aPos, _rValue );
+            }
+
+            Any* pPropContainer = nullptr;
+                // the pointer to the any which holds the property value, no matter if located in the derived class
+                // or in out vector
+
+            if (PropertyDescription::LocationType::HoldMyself == aPos->eLocated)
+            {
+                OSL_ENSURE(aPos->aLocation.nOwnClassVectorIndex < static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aHoldProperties.size()),
+                    "OPropertyContainerHelper::convertFastPropertyValue: invalid position !");
+                auto aIter = m_aHoldProperties.begin() + aPos->aLocation.nOwnClassVectorIndex;
+                pPropContainer = &(*aIter);
+            }
+            else
+                pPropContainer = static_cast<Any*>(aPos->aLocation.pDerivedClassMember);
+
+            // check if the new value differs from the current one
+            if (!pPropContainer->hasValue() || !aNewRequestedValue.hasValue())
+                bModified = pPropContainer->hasValue() != aNewRequestedValue.hasValue();
+            else
+                bModified = !uno_type_equalData(
+                                const_cast< void* >( pPropContainer->getValue() ), aPos->aProperty.Type.getTypeLibType(),
+                                const_cast< void* >( aNewRequestedValue.getValue() ), aPos->aProperty.Type.getTypeLibType(),
+                                reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >( cpp_queryInterface ),
+                                reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >( cpp_release )
+                            );
+
+            if (bModified)
+            {
+                _rOldValue = *pPropContainer;
+                _rConvertedValue = aNewRequestedValue;
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassRealType:
+            // let the UNO runtime library do any possible conversion
+            // this may include a change of the type - for instance, if a LONG is required,
+            // but a short is given, then this is valid, as it can be converted without any potential
+            // data loss
+
+            Any aProperlyTyped;
+            const Any* pNewValue = &_rValue;
+
+            if (!_rValue.getValueType().equals(aPos->aProperty.Type))
+            {
+                bool bConverted = false;
+
+                // a temporary any of the correct (required) type
+                aProperlyTyped = Any( nullptr, aPos->aProperty.Type.getTypeLibType() );
+                    // (need this as we do not want to overwrite the derived class member here)
+
+                if (    uno_type_assignData(
+                            const_cast<void*>(aProperlyTyped.getValue()), aProperlyTyped.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                            const_cast<void*>(_rValue.getValue()), _rValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >( cpp_queryInterface ),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_AcquireFunc >( cpp_acquire ),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >( cpp_release )
+                        )
+                    )
+                {
+                    // could query for the requested interface
+                    bConverted = true;
+                    pNewValue = &aProperlyTyped;
+                }
+
+                if ( !bConverted )
+                    lcl_throwIllegalPropertyValueTypeException( *aPos, _rValue );
+            }
+
+            // from here on, we should have the proper type
+            OSL_ENSURE( pNewValue->getValueType() == aPos->aProperty.Type,
+                "OPropertyContainerHelper::convertFastPropertyValue: conversion failed!" );
+            bModified = !uno_type_equalData(
+                            aPos->aLocation.pDerivedClassMember, aPos->aProperty.Type.getTypeLibType(),
+                            const_cast<void*>(pNewValue->getValue()), aPos->aProperty.Type.getTypeLibType(),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >( cpp_queryInterface ),
+                            reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >( cpp_release )
+                        );
+
+            if (bModified)
+            {
+                _rOldValue.setValue(aPos->aLocation.pDerivedClassMember, aPos->aProperty.Type);
+                _rConvertedValue = *pNewValue;
+            }
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return bModified;
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::setFastPropertyValue(sal_Int32 _nHandle, const Any& _rValue)
+{
+    // get the property somebody is asking for
+    PropertiesIterator aPos = searchHandle(_nHandle);
+    if (aPos == m_aProperties.end())
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL( "OPropertyContainerHelper::setFastPropertyValue: unknown handle!" );
+        // should not happen if the derived class has built a correct property set info helper to be used by
+        // our base class OPropertySetHelper
+        return;
+    }
+
+    bool bSuccess = true;
+
+    switch (aPos->eLocated)
+    {
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::HoldMyself:
+            m_aHoldProperties[aPos->aLocation.nOwnClassVectorIndex] = _rValue;
+            break;
+
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassAnyType:
+            *static_cast< Any* >(aPos->aLocation.pDerivedClassMember) = _rValue;
+            break;
+
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassRealType:
+            // copy the data from the to-be-set value
+            bSuccess = uno_type_assignData(
+                aPos->aLocation.pDerivedClassMember,        aPos->aProperty.Type.getTypeLibType(),
+                const_cast< void* >( _rValue.getValue() ),  _rValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >( cpp_queryInterface ),
+                reinterpret_cast< uno_AcquireFunc >( cpp_acquire ),
+                reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >( cpp_release ) );
+
+            OSL_ENSURE( bSuccess,
+                "OPropertyContainerHelper::setFastPropertyValue: ooops... the value could not be assigned!");
+
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::getFastPropertyValue(Any& _rValue, sal_Int32 _nHandle) const
+{
+    // get the property somebody is asking for
+    PropertiesIterator aPos = const_cast<OPropertyContainerHelper*>(this)->searchHandle(_nHandle);
+    if (aPos == m_aProperties.end())
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL( "OPropertyContainerHelper::getFastPropertyValue: unknown handle!" );
+        // should not happen if the derived class has built a correct property set info helper to be used by
+        // our base class OPropertySetHelper
+        return;
+    }
+
+    switch (aPos->eLocated)
+    {
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::HoldMyself:
+            OSL_ENSURE(aPos->aLocation.nOwnClassVectorIndex < static_cast<sal_Int32>(m_aHoldProperties.size()),
+                "OPropertyContainerHelper::convertFastPropertyValue: invalid position !");
+            _rValue = m_aHoldProperties[aPos->aLocation.nOwnClassVectorIndex];
+            break;
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassAnyType:
+            _rValue = *static_cast<Any*>(aPos->aLocation.pDerivedClassMember);
+            break;
+        case PropertyDescription::LocationType::DerivedClassRealType:
+            _rValue.setValue(aPos->aLocation.pDerivedClassMember, aPos->aProperty.Type);
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+
+OPropertyContainerHelper::PropertiesIterator OPropertyContainerHelper::searchHandle(sal_Int32 _nHandle)
+{
+    PropertyDescription aHandlePropDesc;
+    aHandlePropDesc.aProperty.Handle = _nHandle;
+    // search a lower bound
+    PropertiesIterator aLowerBound = std::lower_bound(
+        m_aProperties.begin(),
+        m_aProperties.end(),
+        aHandlePropDesc,
+        PropertyDescriptionHandleCompare());
+
+    // check for identity
+    if ((aLowerBound != m_aProperties.end()) && aLowerBound->aProperty.Handle != _nHandle)
+        aLowerBound = m_aProperties.end();
+
+    return aLowerBound;
+}
+
+
+const Property& OPropertyContainerHelper::getProperty( const OUString& _rName ) const
+{
+    ConstPropertiesIterator pos = std::find_if(
+        m_aProperties.begin(),
+        m_aProperties.end(),
+        PropertyDescriptionNameMatch( _rName )
+    );
+    if ( pos == m_aProperties.end() )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( _rName );
+
+    return pos->aProperty;
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyContainerHelper::describeProperties(Sequence< Property >& _rProps) const
+{
+    Sequence< Property > aOwnProps(m_aProperties.size());
+    Property* pOwnProps = aOwnProps.getArray();
+
+    for (const auto& rProp : m_aProperties)
+    {
+        pOwnProps->Name = rProp.aProperty.Name;
+        pOwnProps->Handle = rProp.aProperty.Handle;
+        pOwnProps->Attributes = rProp.aProperty.Attributes;
+        pOwnProps->Type = rProp.aProperty.Type;
+        ++pOwnProps;
+    }
+
+    // as our property vector is sorted by handles, not by name, we have to sort aOwnProps
+    std::sort(aOwnProps.begin(), aOwnProps.end(), PropertyCompareByName());
+
+    // unfortunately the STL merge function does not allow the output range to overlap one of the input ranges,
+    // so we need an extra sequence
+    Sequence< Property > aOutput;
+    aOutput.realloc(_rProps.getLength() + aOwnProps.getLength());
+    // do the merge
+    std::merge(   _rProps.begin(), _rProps.end(),       // input 1
+                  aOwnProps.begin(), aOwnProps.end(),   // input 2
+                  aOutput.getArray(),                   // output
+                  PropertyCompareByName()               // compare operator
+              );
+
+    // copy the output
+    _rProps = aOutput;
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propertysethelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propertysethelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f397cdc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propertysethelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/propertysetinfo.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertysethelper.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+class PropertySetHelperImpl
+{
+public:
+    PropertyMapEntry const * find( const OUString& aName ) const throw();
+
+    rtl::Reference<PropertySetInfo> mxInfo;
+};
+}
+
+PropertyMapEntry const * PropertySetHelperImpl::find( const OUString& aName ) const throw()
+{
+    PropertyMap::const_iterator aIter = mxInfo->getPropertyMap().find( aName );
+
+    if( mxInfo->getPropertyMap().end() != aIter )
+    {
+        return (*aIter).second;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+
+PropertySetHelper::PropertySetHelper( rtl::Reference<comphelper::PropertySetInfo> const & xInfo ) throw()
+    : mpImpl(new PropertySetHelperImpl)
+{
+    mpImpl->mxInfo = xInfo;
+}
+
+PropertySetHelper::~PropertySetHelper() throw()
+{
+}
+
+// XPropertySet
+Reference< XPropertySetInfo > SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::getPropertySetInfo(  )
+{
+    return mpImpl->mxInfo.get();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::setPropertyValue( const OUString& aPropertyName, const Any& aValue )
+{
+    PropertyMapEntry const * aEntries[2];
+    aEntries[0] = mpImpl->find( aPropertyName );
+
+    if( nullptr == aEntries[0] )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( aPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    aEntries[1] = nullptr;
+
+    _setPropertyValues( aEntries, &aValue );
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::getPropertyValue( const OUString& PropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyMapEntry const * aEntries[2];
+    aEntries[0] = mpImpl->find( PropertyName );
+
+    if( nullptr == aEntries[0] )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( PropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    aEntries[1] = nullptr;
+
+    Any aAny;
+    _getPropertyValues( aEntries, &aAny );
+
+    return aAny;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::addPropertyChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::removePropertyChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XPropertyChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::addVetoableChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XVetoableChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::removeVetoableChangeListener( const OUString&, const Reference< XVetoableChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+// XMultiPropertySet
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::setPropertyValues( const Sequence< OUString >& rPropertyNames, const Sequence< Any >& rValues )
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = rPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    if( nCount != rValues.getLength() )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    if( !nCount )
+        return;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<PropertyMapEntry const *[]> pEntries(new PropertyMapEntry const *[nCount+1]);
+    pEntries[nCount] = nullptr;
+    const OUString* pNames = rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+
+    bool bUnknown = false;
+    sal_Int32 n;
+    for( n = 0; !bUnknown && ( n < nCount ); n++, pNames++ )
+    {
+        pEntries[n] = mpImpl->find( *pNames );
+        bUnknown = nullptr == pEntries[n];
+    }
+
+    if( !bUnknown )
+        _setPropertyValues( pEntries.get(), rValues.getConstArray() );
+
+    if( bUnknown )
+        throw RuntimeException( *pNames, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+}
+
+Sequence< Any > SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::getPropertyValues(const Sequence< OUString >& rPropertyNames)
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = rPropertyNames.getLength();
+
+    Sequence< Any > aValues;
+    if( nCount )
+    {
+        std::unique_ptr<PropertyMapEntry const *[]> pEntries(new PropertyMapEntry const *[nCount+1]);
+        pEntries[nCount] = nullptr;
+        const OUString* pNames = rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+
+        bool bUnknown = false;
+        sal_Int32 n;
+        for( n = 0; !bUnknown && ( n < nCount ); n++, pNames++ )
+        {
+            pEntries[n] = mpImpl->find( *pNames );
+            bUnknown = nullptr == pEntries[n];
+        }
+
+        if( !bUnknown )
+        {
+            aValues.realloc(nCount);
+            _getPropertyValues( pEntries.get(), aValues.getArray() );
+        }
+
+        if( bUnknown )
+            throw RuntimeException( *pNames, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+    }
+
+    return aValues;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::addPropertiesChangeListener( const Sequence< OUString >&, const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::removePropertiesChangeListener( const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::firePropertiesChangeEvent( const Sequence< OUString >&, const Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener >& )
+{
+    // todo
+}
+
+// XPropertyState
+PropertyState SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::getPropertyState( const OUString& PropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyMapEntry const * aEntries[2];
+
+    aEntries[0] = mpImpl->find( PropertyName );
+    if( aEntries[0] == nullptr )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( PropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    aEntries[1] = nullptr;
+
+    PropertyState aState(PropertyState_AMBIGUOUS_VALUE);
+    _getPropertyStates( aEntries, &aState );
+
+    return aState;
+}
+
+Sequence< PropertyState > SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::getPropertyStates( const Sequence< OUString >& aPropertyName )
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nCount = aPropertyName.getLength();
+
+    Sequence< PropertyState > aStates( nCount );
+
+    if( nCount )
+    {
+        const OUString* pNames = aPropertyName.getConstArray();
+
+        bool bUnknown = false;
+
+        std::unique_ptr<PropertyMapEntry const *[]> pEntries(new PropertyMapEntry const *[nCount+1]);
+
+        sal_Int32 n;
+        for( n = 0; !bUnknown && (n < nCount); n++, pNames++ )
+        {
+            pEntries[n] = mpImpl->find( *pNames );
+            bUnknown = nullptr == pEntries[n];
+        }
+
+        pEntries[nCount] = nullptr;
+
+        if( !bUnknown )
+            _getPropertyStates( pEntries.get(), aStates.getArray() );
+
+        if( bUnknown )
+            throw UnknownPropertyException( *pNames, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+    }
+
+    return aStates;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::setPropertyToDefault( const OUString& PropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyMapEntry const *pEntry  = mpImpl->find( PropertyName );
+    if( nullptr == pEntry )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( PropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    _setPropertyToDefault( pEntry );
+}
+
+Any SAL_CALL PropertySetHelper::getPropertyDefault( const OUString& aPropertyName )
+{
+    PropertyMapEntry const * pEntry = mpImpl->find( aPropertyName );
+    if( nullptr == pEntry )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( aPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertySet* >( this ) );
+
+    return _getPropertyDefault( pEntry );
+}
+
+void PropertySetHelper::_getPropertyStates(
+        const comphelper::PropertyMapEntry**, PropertyState*)
+{
+    OSL_FAIL( "you have to implement this yourself!");
+}
+
+void
+PropertySetHelper::_setPropertyToDefault(const comphelper::PropertyMapEntry*)
+{
+    OSL_FAIL( "you have to implement this yourself!");
+}
+
+Any PropertySetHelper::_getPropertyDefault(const comphelper::PropertyMapEntry*)
+{
+    OSL_FAIL( "you have to implement this yourself!");
+
+    Any aAny;
+    return aAny;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propertysetinfo.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propertysetinfo.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a77a32799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propertysetinfo.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/propertysetinfo.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <vector>
+
+
+using namespace ::comphelper;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+class PropertyMapImpl final
+{
+public:
+    PropertyMapImpl() throw();
+
+    void add(PropertyMapEntry const * pMap) throw();
+    void remove( const OUString& aName ) throw();
+
+    std::vector< Property > const & getProperties() throw();
+
+    const PropertyMap& getPropertyMap() const throw() { return maPropertyMap;}
+
+        /// @throws UnknownPropertyException
+    Property getPropertyByName( const OUString& aName );
+    bool hasPropertyByName( const OUString& aName ) throw();
+
+private:
+    PropertyMap maPropertyMap;
+    std::vector< Property > maProperties;
+};
+}
+
+PropertyMapImpl::PropertyMapImpl() throw()
+{
+}
+
+void PropertyMapImpl::add(PropertyMapEntry const * pMap) throw()
+{
+    while (!pMap->maName.isEmpty())
+    {
+        // check for duplicates
+        assert(maPropertyMap.find(pMap->maName) == maPropertyMap.end());
+
+        maPropertyMap[pMap->maName] = pMap;
+
+        maProperties.clear();
+
+        pMap = &pMap[1];
+    }
+}
+
+void PropertyMapImpl::remove( const OUString& aName ) throw()
+{
+    maPropertyMap.erase( aName );
+
+    maProperties.clear();
+}
+
+std::vector< Property > const & PropertyMapImpl::getProperties() throw()
+{
+    // maybe we have to generate the properties after
+    // a change in the property map or at first call
+    // to getProperties
+    if( maProperties.size() != maPropertyMap.size() )
+    {
+        maProperties.resize( maPropertyMap.size() );
+        auto propIter = maProperties.begin();
+
+        for( const auto& rProperty : maPropertyMap )
+        {
+            PropertyMapEntry const * pEntry = rProperty.second;
+
+            propIter->Name = pEntry->maName;
+            propIter->Handle = pEntry->mnHandle;
+            propIter->Type = pEntry->maType;
+            propIter->Attributes = pEntry->mnAttributes;
+
+            ++propIter;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return maProperties;
+}
+
+
+Property PropertyMapImpl::getPropertyByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    PropertyMap::iterator aIter = maPropertyMap.find( aName );
+
+    if( maPropertyMap.end() == aIter )
+        throw UnknownPropertyException( aName );
+
+    PropertyMapEntry const * pEntry = (*aIter).second;
+
+    return Property( aName, pEntry->mnHandle, pEntry->maType, pEntry->mnAttributes );
+}
+
+bool PropertyMapImpl::hasPropertyByName( const OUString& aName ) throw()
+{
+    return maPropertyMap.find( aName ) != maPropertyMap.end();
+}
+
+
+PropertySetInfo::PropertySetInfo() throw()
+    : mpImpl(new PropertyMapImpl)
+{
+}
+
+PropertySetInfo::PropertySetInfo( PropertyMapEntry const * pMap ) throw()
+    : mpImpl(new PropertyMapImpl)
+{
+    mpImpl->add( pMap );
+}
+
+PropertySetInfo::PropertySetInfo(uno::Sequence<beans::Property> const& rProps) throw()
+    : mpImpl(new PropertyMapImpl)
+{
+    PropertyMapEntry * pEntries(new PropertyMapEntry[rProps.getLength() + 1]);
+    PropertyMapEntry * pEntry(&pEntries[0]);
+    for (auto const& it : rProps)
+    {
+        pEntry->maName = it.Name;
+        pEntry->mnHandle = it.Handle;
+        pEntry->maType = it.Type;
+        pEntry->mnAttributes = it.Attributes;
+        pEntry->mnMemberId = 0;
+        ++pEntry;
+    }
+    pEntry->maName = OUString();
+    mpImpl->add(pEntries);
+}
+
+PropertySetInfo::~PropertySetInfo() throw()
+{
+}
+
+void PropertySetInfo::add( PropertyMapEntry const * pMap ) throw()
+{
+    mpImpl->add( pMap );
+}
+
+void PropertySetInfo::remove( const OUString& aName ) throw()
+{
+    mpImpl->remove( aName );
+}
+
+Sequence< css::beans::Property > SAL_CALL PropertySetInfo::getProperties()
+{
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(mpImpl->getProperties());
+}
+
+Property SAL_CALL PropertySetInfo::getPropertyByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    return mpImpl->getPropertyByName( aName );
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL PropertySetInfo::hasPropertyByName( const OUString& Name )
+{
+    return mpImpl->hasPropertyByName( Name );
+}
+
+const PropertyMap& PropertySetInfo::getPropertyMap() const throw()
+{
+    return mpImpl->getPropertyMap();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propertystatecontainer.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propertystatecontainer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e83d4752a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propertystatecontainer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/propertystatecontainer.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+    namespace
+    {
+        OUString lcl_getUnknownPropertyErrorMessage( const OUString& _rPropertyName )
+        {
+            // TODO: perhaps it's time to think about resources in the comphelper module?
+            // Would be nice to have localized exception strings (a simply resource file containing
+            // strings only would suffice, and could be realized with a UNO service, so we do not
+            // need the dependency to the Tools project)
+            return "The property \"" + _rPropertyName + "\" is unknown.";
+        }
+    }
+
+    OPropertyStateContainer::OPropertyStateContainer( ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper& _rBHelper )
+        :OPropertyContainer( _rBHelper )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL OPropertyStateContainer::queryInterface( const Type& _rType )
+    {
+        Any aReturn = OPropertyContainer::queryInterface( _rType );
+        if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+            aReturn = OPropertyStateContainer_TBase::queryInterface( _rType );
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+
+    IMPLEMENT_FORWARD_XTYPEPROVIDER2( OPropertyStateContainer, OPropertyContainer, OPropertyStateContainer_TBase )
+
+
+    sal_Int32 OPropertyStateContainer::getHandleForName( const OUString& _rPropertyName )
+    {
+        // look up the handle for the name
+        ::cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPH = getInfoHelper();
+        sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName( _rPropertyName );
+
+        if ( -1 == nHandle )
+            throw  UnknownPropertyException( lcl_getUnknownPropertyErrorMessage( _rPropertyName ), static_cast< XPropertyState* >( this ) );
+
+        return nHandle;
+    }
+
+
+    PropertyState SAL_CALL OPropertyStateContainer::getPropertyState( const OUString& _rPropertyName )
+    {
+        return getPropertyStateByHandle( getHandleForName( _rPropertyName ) );
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< PropertyState > SAL_CALL OPropertyStateContainer::getPropertyStates( const Sequence< OUString >& _rPropertyNames )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nProperties = _rPropertyNames.getLength();
+        Sequence< PropertyState> aStates( nProperties );
+        if ( !nProperties )
+            return aStates;
+
+#ifdef DBG_UTIL
+        // precondition: property sequence is sorted (the algorithm below relies on this)
+        {
+            const OUString* pNames = _rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+            const OUString* pNamesCompare = pNames + 1;
+            const OUString* pNamesEnd = _rPropertyNames.getConstArray() + _rPropertyNames.getLength();
+            for ( ; pNamesCompare != pNamesEnd; ++pNames, ++pNamesCompare )
+                OSL_PRECOND( pNames->compareTo( *pNamesCompare ) < 0,
+                    "OPropertyStateContainer::getPropertyStates: property sequence not sorted!" );
+        }
+#endif
+
+        const OUString* pLookup = _rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+        const OUString* pLookupEnd = pLookup + nProperties;
+        PropertyState* pStates = aStates.getArray();
+
+        cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rHelper = getInfoHelper();
+        Sequence< Property> aAllProperties  = rHelper.getProperties();
+        sal_Int32 nAllProperties            = aAllProperties.getLength();
+        const  Property* pAllProperties     = aAllProperties.getConstArray();
+        const  Property* pAllPropertiesEnd  = pAllProperties + nAllProperties;
+
+        osl::MutexGuard aGuard( rBHelper.rMutex );
+        for ( ; ( pAllProperties != pAllPropertiesEnd ) && ( pLookup != pLookupEnd ); ++pAllProperties )
+        {
+#ifdef DBG_UTIL
+            if ( pAllProperties < pAllPropertiesEnd - 1 )
+                OSL_ENSURE( pAllProperties->Name.compareTo( (pAllProperties + 1)->Name ) < 0,
+                    "OPropertyStateContainer::getPropertyStates: all-properties not sorted!" );
+#endif
+            if ( pAllProperties->Name == *pLookup )
+            {
+                *pStates++ = getPropertyState( *pLookup );
+                ++pLookup;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( pLookup != pLookupEnd )
+            // we run out of properties from the IPropertyArrayHelper, but still have properties to lookup
+            // -> we were asked for a nonexistent property
+            throw UnknownPropertyException( lcl_getUnknownPropertyErrorMessage( *pLookup ), static_cast< XPropertyState* >( this ) );
+
+        return aStates;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyStateContainer::setPropertyToDefault( const OUString& _rPropertyName )
+    {
+        setPropertyToDefaultByHandle( getHandleForName( _rPropertyName ) );
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL OPropertyStateContainer::getPropertyDefault( const OUString& _rPropertyName )
+    {
+        Any aDefault;
+        getPropertyDefaultByHandle( getHandleForName( _rPropertyName ), aDefault );
+        return aDefault;
+    }
+
+
+    PropertyState OPropertyStateContainer::getPropertyStateByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle ) const
+    {
+        // simply compare the current and the default value
+        Any aCurrentValue;
+        getFastPropertyValue( aCurrentValue, _nHandle );
+        Any aDefaultValue;
+        getPropertyDefaultByHandle( _nHandle, aDefaultValue );
+
+        bool bEqual = uno_type_equalData(
+                const_cast< void* >( aCurrentValue.getValue() ), aCurrentValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                const_cast< void* >( aDefaultValue.getValue() ), aDefaultValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >(cpp_queryInterface),
+                reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >(cpp_release)
+            );
+        if ( bEqual )
+            return PropertyState_DEFAULT_VALUE;
+        else
+            return PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+    }
+
+
+    void OPropertyStateContainer::setPropertyToDefaultByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+    {
+        Any aDefault;
+        getPropertyDefaultByHandle( _nHandle, aDefault );
+        setFastPropertyValue( _nHandle, aDefault );
+    }
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propmultiplex.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propmultiplex.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66a1545f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propmultiplex.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/propmultiplex.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+OPropertyChangeListener::~OPropertyChangeListener()
+{
+    if (m_xAdapter.is())
+        m_xAdapter->dispose();
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyChangeListener::_disposing(const EventObject&)
+{
+    // nothing to do here
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyChangeListener::disposeAdapter()
+{
+    if ( m_xAdapter.is() )
+        m_xAdapter->dispose();
+
+    // will automatically set a new adapter
+    OSL_ENSURE( !m_xAdapter.is(), "OPropertyChangeListener::disposeAdapter: what did dispose do?" );
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyChangeListener::setAdapter(OPropertyChangeMultiplexer* pAdapter)
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard(m_rMutex);
+    m_xAdapter = pAdapter;
+}
+
+OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::OPropertyChangeMultiplexer(OPropertyChangeListener* _pListener, const  Reference< XPropertySet>& _rxSet, bool _bAutoReleaseSet)
+            :m_xSet(_rxSet)
+            ,m_pListener(_pListener)
+            ,m_nLockCount(0)
+            ,m_bListening(false)
+            ,m_bAutoSetRelease(_bAutoReleaseSet)
+{
+    m_pListener->setAdapter(this);
+}
+
+
+OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::~OPropertyChangeMultiplexer()
+{
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::lock()
+{
+    ++m_nLockCount;
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::unlock()
+{
+    --m_nLockCount;
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::dispose()
+{
+    if (!m_bListening)
+        return;
+
+    Reference< XPropertyChangeListener> xPreventDelete(this);
+
+    for (const OUString& rProp : m_aProperties)
+        m_xSet->removePropertyChangeListener(rProp, static_cast< XPropertyChangeListener*>(this));
+
+    m_pListener->setAdapter(nullptr);
+
+    m_pListener = nullptr;
+    m_bListening = false;
+
+    if (m_bAutoSetRelease)
+        m_xSet = nullptr;
+}
+
+// XEventListener
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::disposing( const  EventObject& _rSource)
+{
+    if (m_pListener)
+    {
+         // tell the listener
+        if (!locked())
+            m_pListener->_disposing(_rSource);
+        // disconnect the listener
+        if (m_pListener)    // may have been reset whilst calling into _disposing
+            m_pListener->setAdapter(nullptr);
+    }
+
+    m_pListener = nullptr;
+    m_bListening = false;
+
+    if (m_bAutoSetRelease)
+        m_xSet = nullptr;
+}
+
+// XPropertyChangeListener
+
+void SAL_CALL OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::propertyChange( const  PropertyChangeEvent& _rEvent )
+{
+    if (m_pListener && !locked())
+        m_pListener->_propertyChanged(_rEvent);
+}
+
+
+void OPropertyChangeMultiplexer::addProperty(const OUString& _sPropertyName)
+{
+    if (m_xSet.is())
+    {
+        m_xSet->addPropertyChangeListener(_sPropertyName, static_cast< XPropertyChangeListener*>(this));
+        m_aProperties.push_back(_sPropertyName);
+        m_bListening = true;
+    }
+}
+
+
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/property/propstate.cxx b/comphelper/source/property/propstate.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d48a72d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/property/propstate.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/propstate.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/queryinterface.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Type;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Sequence;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::XTypeProvider;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Any;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_queryInterface;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::cpp_release;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyState_DEFAULT_VALUE;
+    using ::com::sun::star::beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+
+
+    // OPropertyStateHelper
+
+
+    css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OPropertyStateHelper::queryInterface(const  css::uno::Type& _rType)
+    {
+        css::uno::Any aReturn = OPropertySetHelper2::queryInterface(_rType);
+        // our own ifaces
+        if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+            aReturn = ::cppu::queryInterface(_rType, static_cast< css::beans::XPropertyState*>(this));
+
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Type> OPropertyStateHelper::getTypes()
+    {
+        return {
+            cppu::UnoType<css::beans::XPropertySet>::get(),
+            cppu::UnoType<css::beans::XMultiPropertySet>::get(),
+            cppu::UnoType<css::beans::XFastPropertySet>::get(),
+            cppu::UnoType<css::beans::XPropertySetOption>::get(),
+            cppu::UnoType<css::beans::XPropertyState>::get()};
+    }
+
+    OPropertyStateHelper::OPropertyStateHelper(
+        ::cppu::OBroadcastHelper& rBHlp,
+        ::cppu::IEventNotificationHook *i_pFireEvents)
+        :   ::cppu::OPropertySetHelper2(rBHlp, i_pFireEvents) { }
+
+    OPropertyStateHelper::~OPropertyStateHelper() {}
+
+
+    void OPropertyStateHelper::firePropertyChange(sal_Int32 nHandle, const  css::uno::Any& aNewValue, const  css::uno::Any& aOldValue)
+    {
+        fire(&nHandle, &aNewValue, &aOldValue, 1, false);
+    }
+
+    // XPropertyState
+
+    css::beans::PropertyState SAL_CALL OPropertyStateHelper::getPropertyState(const OUString& _rsName)
+    {
+        cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPH = getInfoHelper();
+        sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName(_rsName);
+
+        if (nHandle == -1)
+            throw  css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(_rsName);
+
+        return getPropertyStateByHandle(nHandle);
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OPropertyStateHelper::setPropertyToDefault(const OUString& _rsName)
+    {
+        cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPH = getInfoHelper();
+        sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName(_rsName);
+
+        if (nHandle == -1)
+            throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(_rsName);
+
+        setPropertyToDefaultByHandle(nHandle);
+    }
+
+
+    css::uno::Any SAL_CALL OPropertyStateHelper::getPropertyDefault(const OUString& _rsName)
+    {
+        cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rPH = getInfoHelper();
+        sal_Int32 nHandle = rPH.getHandleByName(_rsName);
+
+        if (nHandle == -1)
+            throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(_rsName);
+
+        return getPropertyDefaultByHandle(nHandle);
+    }
+
+
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyState> SAL_CALL OPropertyStateHelper::getPropertyStates(const  css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& _rPropertyNames)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nLen = _rPropertyNames.getLength();
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyState> aRet(nLen);
+        css::beans::PropertyState* pValues = aRet.getArray();
+        const OUString* pNames = _rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
+
+        cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper& rHelper = getInfoHelper();
+
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::Property> aProps = rHelper.getProperties();
+        const css::beans::Property* pProps = aProps.getConstArray();
+        sal_Int32 nPropCount       = aProps.getLength();
+
+        osl::MutexGuard aGuard(rBHelper.rMutex);
+        for (sal_Int32 i=0, j=0; i<nPropCount && j<nLen; ++i, ++pProps)
+        {
+            // get the values only for valid properties
+            if (pProps->Name == *pNames)
+            {
+                *pValues = getPropertyState(*pNames);
+                ++pValues;
+                ++pNames;
+                ++j;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return aRet;
+    }
+
+
+    css::beans::PropertyState OPropertyStateHelper::getPropertyStateByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+    {
+        // simply compare the current and the default value
+        Any aCurrentValue = getPropertyDefaultByHandle( _nHandle );
+        Any aDefaultValue;
+        getFastPropertyValue( aDefaultValue, _nHandle );
+
+        bool bEqual = uno_type_equalData(
+                const_cast< void* >( aCurrentValue.getValue() ), aCurrentValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                const_cast< void* >( aDefaultValue.getValue() ), aDefaultValue.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                reinterpret_cast< uno_QueryInterfaceFunc >(cpp_queryInterface),
+                reinterpret_cast< uno_ReleaseFunc >(cpp_release)
+            );
+        return bEqual ? PropertyState_DEFAULT_VALUE : PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+    }
+
+
+    void OPropertyStateHelper::setPropertyToDefaultByHandle( sal_Int32 _nHandle )
+    {
+        setFastPropertyValue( _nHandle, getPropertyDefaultByHandle( _nHandle ) );
+    }
+
+
+    css::uno::Any OPropertyStateHelper::getPropertyDefaultByHandle( sal_Int32 ) const
+    {
+        return css::uno::Any();
+    }
+
+
+    // OStatefulPropertySet
+
+
+    OStatefulPropertySet::OStatefulPropertySet()
+        :OPropertyStateHelper( GetBroadcastHelper() )
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    OStatefulPropertySet::~OStatefulPropertySet()
+    {
+    }
+
+
+    Sequence< Type > SAL_CALL OStatefulPropertySet::getTypes()
+    {
+        return concatSequences(
+            Sequence {
+                cppu::UnoType<XWeak>::get(),
+                cppu::UnoType<XTypeProvider>::get() },
+            OPropertyStateHelper::getTypes()
+        );
+    }
+
+    Sequence< sal_Int8 > SAL_CALL OStatefulPropertySet::getImplementationId()
+    {
+        return css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>();
+    }
+
+
+    Any SAL_CALL OStatefulPropertySet::queryInterface( const Type& _rType )
+    {
+        Any aReturn = OWeakObject::queryInterface( _rType );
+        if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+            aReturn = ::cppu::queryInterface( _rType, static_cast< XTypeProvider* >( this ) );
+        if ( !aReturn.hasValue() )
+            aReturn = OPropertyStateHelper::queryInterface( _rType );
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OStatefulPropertySet::acquire() throw()
+    {
+        ::cppu::OWeakObject::acquire();
+    }
+
+
+    void SAL_CALL OStatefulPropertySet::release() throw()
+    {
+        ::cppu::OWeakObject::release();
+    }
+
+
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/basicio.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/basicio.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d86427b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/basicio.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/basicio.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/awt/FontDescriptor.hpp>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& operator << (
+        const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& _rxOutStream,
+        const css::awt::FontDescriptor& _rFont)
+{
+    _rxOutStream->writeUTF( _rFont.Name );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.Height );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.Width );
+    _rxOutStream->writeUTF( _rFont.StyleName );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.Family );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.CharSet );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.Pitch );
+    _rxOutStream->writeDouble( _rFont.CharacterWidth );
+    _rxOutStream->writeDouble( _rFont.Weight );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( static_cast< sal_Int16 >(_rFont.Slant) );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.Underline );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.Strikeout );
+    _rxOutStream->writeDouble( _rFont.Orientation );
+    _rxOutStream->writeBoolean( _rFont.Kerning );
+    _rxOutStream->writeBoolean( _rFont.WordLineMode );
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort( _rFont.Type );
+    return _rxOutStream;
+}
+
+// FontDescriptor
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& operator >> (
+        const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& _rxInStream,
+        css::awt::FontDescriptor& _rFont)
+{
+    // writing the FontDescriptor
+    _rFont.Name = _rxInStream->readUTF();
+    _rFont.Height = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    _rFont.Width = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    _rFont.StyleName = _rxInStream->readUTF();
+    _rFont.Family = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    _rFont.CharSet = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    _rFont.Pitch = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    _rFont.CharacterWidth = static_cast< float >(_rxInStream->readDouble());
+    _rFont.Weight = static_cast< float >(_rxInStream->readDouble());
+    _rFont.Slant = static_cast<css::awt::FontSlant>(_rxInStream->readShort());
+    _rFont.Underline = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    _rFont.Strikeout = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    _rFont.Orientation = static_cast< float >(_rxInStream->readDouble());
+    _rFont.Kerning = _rxInStream->readBoolean() != 0;
+    _rFont.WordLineMode = _rxInStream->readBoolean() != 0;
+    _rFont.Type = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    return _rxInStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& operator >> (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& _rxInStream, bool& _rVal)
+{
+    _rVal = _rxInStream->readBoolean();
+    return _rxInStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& operator << (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& _rxOutStream, bool _bVal)
+{
+    _rxOutStream->writeBoolean(_bVal);
+    return _rxOutStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& operator >> (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& _rxInStream, OUString& rStr)
+{
+    rStr = _rxInStream->readUTF();
+    return _rxInStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& operator << (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& _rxOutStream, const OUString& rStr)
+{
+    _rxOutStream->writeUTF(rStr);
+    return _rxOutStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& operator >> (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& _rxInStream, sal_Int16& _rValue)
+{
+    _rValue = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    return _rxInStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& operator << (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& _rxOutStream, sal_Int16 _nValue)
+{
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort(_nValue);
+    return _rxOutStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& operator >> (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& _rxInStream, sal_uInt16& _rValue)
+{
+    _rValue = _rxInStream->readShort();
+    return _rxInStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& operator << (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& _rxOutStream, sal_uInt16 _nValue)
+{
+    _rxOutStream->writeShort(_nValue);
+    return _rxOutStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& operator >> (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& _rxInStream, sal_uInt32& _rValue)
+{
+    _rValue = _rxInStream->readLong();
+    return _rxInStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& operator << (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& _rxOutStream, sal_uInt32 _nValue)
+{
+    _rxOutStream->writeLong(_nValue);
+    return _rxOutStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& operator >> (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectInputStream>& _rxInStream, sal_Int32& _rValue)
+{
+    _rValue = _rxInStream->readLong();
+    return _rxInStream;
+}
+
+
+const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& operator << (const css::uno::Reference<css::io::XObjectOutputStream>& _rxOutStream, sal_Int32 _nValue)
+{
+    _rxOutStream->writeLong(_nValue);
+    return _rxOutStream;
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/memorystream.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/memorystream.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b275ac34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/memorystream.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XSeekableInputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XTruncate.hpp>
+//#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+using ::cppu::OWeakObject;
+using ::cppu::WeakImplHelper;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::io;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::osl;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+namespace {
+
+class UNOMemoryStream : public WeakImplHelper<XServiceInfo, XStream, XSeekableInputStream, XOutputStream, XTruncate>
+{
+public:
+    UNOMemoryStream();
+
+    // XServiceInfo
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService(const OUString& ServiceName) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence<OUString> SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+    // XStream
+    virtual Reference< XInputStream > SAL_CALL getInputStream(  ) override;
+    virtual Reference< XOutputStream > SAL_CALL getOutputStream(  ) override;
+
+    // XInputStream
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL readBytes( Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead ) override;
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL readSomeBytes( Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL skipBytes( sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip ) override;
+    virtual sal_Int32 SAL_CALL available() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL closeInput() override;
+
+    // XSeekable
+    virtual void SAL_CALL seek( sal_Int64 location ) override;
+    virtual sal_Int64 SAL_CALL getPosition() override;
+    virtual sal_Int64 SAL_CALL getLength() override;
+
+    // XOutputStream
+    virtual void SAL_CALL writeBytes( const Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL flush() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL closeOutput() override;
+
+    // XTruncate
+    virtual void SAL_CALL truncate() override;
+
+private:
+    std::vector< sal_Int8 > maData;
+    sal_Int32 mnCursor;
+};
+
+}
+
+UNOMemoryStream::UNOMemoryStream()
+: mnCursor(0)
+{
+}
+
+// XServiceInfo
+OUString SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.MemoryStream";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::supportsService(const OUString& ServiceName)
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, ServiceName);
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence<OUString> SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.comp.MemoryStream" };
+}
+
+// XStream
+Reference< XInputStream > SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::getInputStream(  )
+{
+    return this;
+}
+
+Reference< XOutputStream > SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::getOutputStream(  )
+{
+    return this;
+}
+
+// XInputStream
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::readBytes( Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead )
+{
+    if( nBytesToRead < 0 )
+        throw IOException();
+
+    nBytesToRead = std::min( nBytesToRead, available() );
+    aData.realloc( nBytesToRead );
+
+    if( nBytesToRead )
+    {
+        sal_Int8* pData = &(*maData.begin());
+        sal_Int8* pCursor = &(pData[mnCursor]);
+        memcpy( static_cast<void*>(aData.getArray()), static_cast<void*>(pCursor), nBytesToRead );
+
+        mnCursor += nBytesToRead;
+    }
+
+    return nBytesToRead;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::readSomeBytes( Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead )
+{
+    return readBytes( aData, nMaxBytesToRead );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::skipBytes( sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip )
+{
+    if( nBytesToSkip < 0 )
+        throw IOException();
+
+    mnCursor += std::min( nBytesToSkip, available() );
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::available()
+{
+    return std::min<sal_Int64>( SAL_MAX_INT32, maData.size() - mnCursor);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::closeInput()
+{
+    mnCursor = 0;
+}
+
+// XSeekable
+void SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::seek( sal_Int64 location )
+{
+    if( (location < 0) || (location > SAL_MAX_INT32) )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException("this implementation does not support more than 2GB!", static_cast<OWeakObject*>(this), 0 );
+
+    // seek operation should be able to resize the stream
+    if ( location > static_cast< sal_Int64 >( maData.size() ) )
+        maData.resize( static_cast< sal_Int32 >( location ) );
+
+    mnCursor = static_cast< sal_Int32 >( location );
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::getPosition()
+{
+    return static_cast< sal_Int64 >( mnCursor );
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::getLength()
+{
+    return static_cast< sal_Int64 >( maData.size() );
+}
+
+// XOutputStream
+void SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::writeBytes( const Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData )
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nBytesToWrite( aData.getLength() );
+    if( !nBytesToWrite )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Int64 nNewSize = static_cast<sal_Int64>(mnCursor) + nBytesToWrite;
+    if( nNewSize > SAL_MAX_INT32 )
+    {
+        OSL_ASSERT(false);
+        throw IOException("this implementation does not support more than 2GB!", static_cast<OWeakObject*>(this) );
+    }
+
+    if( static_cast< sal_Int32 >( nNewSize ) > static_cast< sal_Int32 >( maData.size() ) )
+        maData.resize( nNewSize );
+
+    sal_Int8* pData = &(*maData.begin());
+    sal_Int8* pCursor = &(pData[mnCursor]);
+    memcpy( pCursor, aData.getConstArray(), nBytesToWrite );
+
+    mnCursor += nBytesToWrite;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::flush()
+{
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::closeOutput()
+{
+    mnCursor = 0;
+}
+
+//XTruncate
+void SAL_CALL UNOMemoryStream::truncate()
+{
+    maData.clear();
+    mnCursor = 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+com_sun_star_comp_MemoryStream(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new ::comphelper::UNOMemoryStream());
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/oslfile2streamwrap.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/oslfile2streamwrap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eff916a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/oslfile2streamwrap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/io/BufferSizeExceededException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/NotConnectedException.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/oslfile2streamwrap.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+    using namespace osl;
+
+
+OSLInputStreamWrapper::OSLInputStreamWrapper( File& _rFile )
+    : m_pFile(&_rFile)
+{
+}
+
+
+OSLInputStreamWrapper::~OSLInputStreamWrapper()
+{
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OSLInputStreamWrapper::readBytes(css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead)
+{
+    if (!m_pFile)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    if (nBytesToRead < 0)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    aData.realloc(nBytesToRead);
+
+    sal_uInt64 nRead = 0;
+    FileBase::RC eError = m_pFile->read(static_cast<void*>(aData.getArray()), nBytesToRead, nRead);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    // If the read character < MaxLength, adjust css::uno::Sequence
+    if (nRead < o3tl::make_unsigned(nBytesToRead))
+        aData.realloc( sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int32 >(nRead) );
+
+    return sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int32 >(nRead);
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OSLInputStreamWrapper::readSomeBytes(css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead)
+{
+    if (!m_pFile)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    if (nMaxBytesToRead < 0)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    return readBytes(aData, nMaxBytesToRead);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OSLInputStreamWrapper::skipBytes(sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip)
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if (!m_pFile)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    sal_uInt64 nCurrentPos;
+    FileBase::RC eError = m_pFile->getPos(nCurrentPos);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    sal_uInt64 nNewPos = nCurrentPos + nBytesToSkip;
+    eError = m_pFile->setPos(osl_Pos_Absolut, nNewPos);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OSLInputStreamWrapper::available()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if (!m_pFile)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    sal_uInt64 nPos;
+    FileBase::RC eError = m_pFile->getPos(nPos);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    eError = m_pFile->setPos(osl_Pos_End, 0);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None)
+       throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    sal_uInt64 nAvailable;
+    eError = m_pFile->getPos(nAvailable);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None)
+       throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    nAvailable = nAvailable - nPos;
+    eError = m_pFile->setPos(osl_Pos_Absolut, nPos);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None)
+       throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+    return std::min<sal_Int64>(nAvailable, SAL_MAX_INT32);
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OSLInputStreamWrapper::closeInput()
+{
+    if (!m_pFile)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    m_pFile->close();
+
+    m_pFile = nullptr;
+}
+
+/*************************************************************************/
+// css::io::XOutputStream
+
+
+OSLOutputStreamWrapper::OSLOutputStreamWrapper(osl::File & _rFile):
+    rFile(_rFile)
+{}
+
+OSLOutputStreamWrapper::~OSLOutputStreamWrapper() {}
+
+void SAL_CALL OSLOutputStreamWrapper::writeBytes(const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData)
+{
+    sal_uInt64 nWritten;
+    FileBase::RC eError = rFile.write(aData.getConstArray(),aData.getLength(), nWritten);
+    if (eError != FileBase::E_None
+        || nWritten != sal::static_int_cast< sal_uInt32 >(aData.getLength()))
+    {
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OSLOutputStreamWrapper::flush()
+{
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OSLOutputStreamWrapper::closeOutput()
+{
+    rFile.close();
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/seekableinput.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/seekableinput.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4f654043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/seekableinput.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/NotConnectedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/TempFile.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XOutputStream.hpp>
+
+
+#include <comphelper/seekableinput.hxx>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+const sal_Int32 nConstBufferSize = 32000;
+
+
+static void copyInputToOutput_Impl( const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xIn,
+                            const uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream >& xOut )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nRead;
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSequence( nConstBufferSize );
+
+    do
+    {
+        nRead = xIn->readBytes( aSequence, nConstBufferSize );
+        if ( nRead < nConstBufferSize )
+        {
+            uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aTempBuf( aSequence.getConstArray(), nRead );
+            xOut->writeBytes( aTempBuf );
+        }
+        else
+            xOut->writeBytes( aSequence );
+    }
+    while ( nRead == nConstBufferSize );
+}
+
+
+OSeekableInputWrapper::OSeekableInputWrapper(
+            const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xInStream,
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+: m_xContext( rxContext )
+, m_xOriginalStream( xInStream )
+{
+    if ( !m_xContext.is() )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+}
+
+
+OSeekableInputWrapper::~OSeekableInputWrapper()
+{
+}
+
+
+uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > OSeekableInputWrapper::CheckSeekableCanWrap(
+                            const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xInStream,
+                            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rxContext )
+{
+    // check that the stream is seekable and just wrap it if it is not
+    uno::Reference< io::XSeekable > xSeek( xInStream, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( xSeek.is() )
+        return xInStream;
+
+    return new OSeekableInputWrapper(xInStream, rxContext);
+}
+
+
+void OSeekableInputWrapper::PrepareCopy_Impl()
+{
+    if ( !m_xCopyInput.is() )
+    {
+        if ( !m_xContext.is() )
+            throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+        uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream > xTempOut(
+                io::TempFile::create(m_xContext),
+                uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        copyInputToOutput_Impl( m_xOriginalStream, xTempOut );
+        xTempOut->closeOutput();
+
+        uno::Reference< io::XSeekable > xTempSeek( xTempOut, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xTempSeek.is() )
+        {
+            xTempSeek->seek( 0 );
+            m_xCopyInput.set( xTempOut, uno::UNO_QUERY );
+            if ( m_xCopyInput.is() )
+                m_xCopySeek = xTempSeek;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( !m_xCopyInput.is() )
+        throw io::IOException();
+}
+
+// XInputStream
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::readBytes( uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    PrepareCopy_Impl();
+
+    return m_xCopyInput->readBytes( aData, nBytesToRead );
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::readSomeBytes( uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    PrepareCopy_Impl();
+
+    return m_xCopyInput->readSomeBytes( aData, nMaxBytesToRead );
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::skipBytes( sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    PrepareCopy_Impl();
+
+    m_xCopyInput->skipBytes( nBytesToSkip );
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::available()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    PrepareCopy_Impl();
+
+    return m_xCopyInput->available();
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::closeInput()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    m_xOriginalStream->closeInput();
+    m_xOriginalStream.clear();
+
+    if ( m_xCopyInput.is() )
+    {
+        m_xCopyInput->closeInput();
+        m_xCopyInput.clear();
+    }
+
+    m_xCopySeek.clear();
+}
+
+
+// XSeekable
+
+void SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::seek( sal_Int64 location )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    PrepareCopy_Impl();
+
+    m_xCopySeek->seek( location );
+}
+
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::getPosition()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    PrepareCopy_Impl();
+
+    return m_xCopySeek->getPosition();
+}
+
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OSeekableInputWrapper::getLength()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if ( !m_xOriginalStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    PrepareCopy_Impl();
+
+    return m_xCopySeek->getLength();
+}
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/seqinputstreamserv.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/seqinputstreamserv.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f5c21753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/seqinputstreamserv.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/seqstream.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/NotConnectedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XSeekableInputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XInitialization.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/DoubleInitializationException.hpp>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace {
+
+class SequenceInputStreamService:
+    public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<
+        lang::XServiceInfo,
+        io::XSeekableInputStream,
+        lang::XInitialization>
+{
+public:
+    explicit SequenceInputStreamService();
+
+    // noncopyable
+    SequenceInputStreamService(const SequenceInputStreamService&) = delete;
+    const SequenceInputStreamService& operator=(const SequenceInputStreamService&) = delete;
+
+    // css::lang::XServiceInfo:
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString & ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+    // css::io::XInputStream:
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL readBytes( uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > & aData, ::sal_Int32 nBytesToRead ) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL readSomeBytes( uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > & aData, ::sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL skipBytes( ::sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip ) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL available() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL closeInput() override;
+
+    // css::io::XSeekable:
+    virtual void SAL_CALL seek( ::sal_Int64 location ) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int64 SAL_CALL getPosition() override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int64 SAL_CALL getLength() override;
+
+    // css::lang::XInitialization:
+    virtual void SAL_CALL initialize( const uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > & aArguments ) override;
+
+private:
+    virtual ~SequenceInputStreamService() override {}
+
+
+    ::osl::Mutex m_aMutex;
+    bool m_bInitialized;
+    uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > m_xInputStream;
+    uno::Reference< io::XSeekable > m_xSeekable;
+};
+
+SequenceInputStreamService::SequenceInputStreamService()
+: m_bInitialized( false )
+{}
+
+// com.sun.star.uno.XServiceInfo:
+OUString SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.SequenceInputStreamService";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::supportsService( OUString const & serviceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, serviceName);
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.io.SequenceInputStream" };
+}
+
+// css::io::XInputStream:
+::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::readBytes( uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > & aData, ::sal_Int32 nBytesToRead )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xInputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    return m_xInputStream->readBytes( aData, nBytesToRead );
+}
+
+::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::readSomeBytes( uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > & aData, ::sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xInputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    return m_xInputStream->readSomeBytes( aData, nMaxBytesToRead );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::skipBytes( ::sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xInputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    return m_xInputStream->skipBytes( nBytesToSkip );
+}
+
+::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::available()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xInputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    return m_xInputStream->available();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::closeInput()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xInputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    m_xInputStream->closeInput();
+    m_xInputStream.clear();
+    m_xSeekable.clear();
+}
+
+// css::io::XSeekable:
+void SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::seek( ::sal_Int64 location )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xSeekable.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    m_xSeekable->seek( location );
+}
+
+::sal_Int64 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::getPosition()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xSeekable.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    return m_xSeekable->getPosition();
+}
+
+::sal_Int64 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::getLength()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xSeekable.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    return m_xSeekable->getLength();
+}
+
+// css::lang::XInitialization:
+void SAL_CALL SequenceInputStreamService::initialize( const uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > & aArguments )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( m_bInitialized )
+        throw frame::DoubleInitializationException();
+
+    if ( aArguments.getLength() != 1 )
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException( "Wrong number of arguments!",
+                                            static_cast< ::cppu::OWeakObject* >(this),
+                                            1 );
+
+    uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 > aSeq;
+    if ( !(aArguments[0] >>= aSeq) )
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException( "Unexpected type of argument!",
+                                            static_cast< ::cppu::OWeakObject* >(this),
+                                            1 );
+
+    uno::Reference< io::XInputStream > xInputStream(
+                    static_cast< ::cppu::OWeakObject* >( new ::comphelper::SequenceInputStream( aSeq ) ),
+                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    uno::Reference< io::XSeekable > xSeekable( xInputStream, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    m_xInputStream = xInputStream;
+    m_xSeekable = xSeekable;
+    m_bInitialized = true;
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+com_sun_star_comp_SequenceInputStreamService(
+                                             css::uno::XComponentContext *,
+                                             css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new SequenceInputStreamService());
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/seqoutputstreamserv.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/seqoutputstreamserv.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..477961397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/seqoutputstreamserv.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/seqstream.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/NotConnectedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XSequenceOutputStream.hpp>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+
+namespace {
+
+class SequenceOutputStreamService:
+    public cppu::WeakImplHelper<lang::XServiceInfo, io::XSequenceOutputStream>
+{
+public:
+    explicit SequenceOutputStreamService();
+
+    // noncopyable
+    SequenceOutputStreamService(const SequenceOutputStreamService&) = delete;
+    const SequenceOutputStreamService& operator=(const SequenceOutputStreamService&) = delete;
+
+    // css::lang::XServiceInfo:
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService( const OUString & ServiceName ) override;
+    virtual uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+    // css::io::XOutputStream:
+    virtual void SAL_CALL writeBytes( const uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > & aData ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL flush() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL closeOutput() override;
+
+    // css::io::XSequenceOutputStream:
+    virtual uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > SAL_CALL getWrittenBytes(  ) override;
+
+private:
+    virtual ~SequenceOutputStreamService() override {};
+
+
+    ::osl::Mutex m_aMutex;
+    uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream > m_xOutputStream;
+    uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > m_aSequence;
+};
+SequenceOutputStreamService::SequenceOutputStreamService()
+{
+    m_xOutputStream.set( static_cast < ::cppu::OWeakObject* >( new ::comphelper::OSequenceOutputStream( m_aSequence ) ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+}
+
+// com.sun.star.uno.XServiceInfo:
+OUString SAL_CALL SequenceOutputStreamService::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.SequenceOutputStreamService";
+}
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL SequenceOutputStreamService::supportsService( OUString const & serviceName )
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, serviceName);
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL SequenceOutputStreamService::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.io.SequenceOutputStream" };
+}
+
+// css::io::XOutputStream:
+void SAL_CALL SequenceOutputStreamService::writeBytes( const uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > & aData )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xOutputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    m_xOutputStream->writeBytes( aData );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL SequenceOutputStreamService::flush()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xOutputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    m_xOutputStream->flush();
+};
+
+void SAL_CALL SequenceOutputStreamService::closeOutput()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xOutputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    m_xOutputStream->closeOutput();
+    m_xOutputStream.clear();
+}
+
+// css::io::XSequenceOutputStream:
+uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 > SAL_CALL SequenceOutputStreamService::getWrittenBytes()
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( !m_xOutputStream.is() )
+        throw io::NotConnectedException();
+
+    m_xOutputStream->flush();
+    return m_aSequence;
+}
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface *
+com_sun_star_comp_SequenceOutputStreamService(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext *,
+    css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const &)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new SequenceOutputStreamService());
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/seqstream.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/seqstream.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2837f27f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/seqstream.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/io/BufferSizeExceededException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/NotConnectedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/seqstream.hxx>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::io;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::osl;
+
+
+
+
+SequenceInputStream::SequenceInputStream(
+    css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> const & rData)
+:   m_aData(rData)
+,   m_nPos(0)
+{
+}
+
+// checks if closed, returns available size, not mutex-protected
+
+inline sal_Int32 SequenceInputStream::avail()
+{
+    if (m_nPos == -1)
+        throw NotConnectedException(OUString(), *this);
+
+    return m_aData.getLength() - m_nPos;
+}
+
+// css::io::XInputStream
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::readBytes( Sequence<sal_Int8>& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    sal_Int32 nAvail = avail();
+
+    if (nBytesToRead < 0)
+        throw BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),*this);
+
+    if (nAvail < nBytesToRead)
+        nBytesToRead = nAvail;
+
+    aData.realloc(nBytesToRead);
+    memcpy(aData.getArray(), m_aData.getConstArray() + m_nPos, nBytesToRead);
+    m_nPos += nBytesToRead;
+
+    return nBytesToRead;
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::readSomeBytes( Sequence<sal_Int8>& aData, sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead )
+{
+    // all data is available at once
+    return readBytes(aData, nMaxBytesToRead);
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::skipBytes( sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    sal_Int32 nAvail = avail();
+
+    if (nBytesToSkip < 0)
+        throw BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),*this);
+
+    if (nAvail < nBytesToSkip)
+        nBytesToSkip = nAvail;
+
+    m_nPos += nBytesToSkip;
+}
+
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::available(  )
+{
+    ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    return avail();
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::closeInput(  )
+{
+    if (m_nPos == -1)
+        throw NotConnectedException(OUString(), *this);
+
+    m_nPos = -1;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::seek( sal_Int64 location )
+{
+    if ( location > m_aData.getLength() || location < 0 || location > SAL_MAX_INT32 )
+        throw IllegalArgumentException();
+    m_nPos = static_cast<sal_Int32>(location);
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::getPosition()
+{
+    return m_nPos;
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL SequenceInputStream::getLength(  )
+{
+    return m_aData.getLength();
+}
+
+
+OSequenceOutputStream::OSequenceOutputStream(Sequence< sal_Int8 >& _rSeq, double _nResizeFactor, sal_Int32 _nMinimumResize)
+    :m_rSequence(_rSeq)
+    ,m_nResizeFactor(_nResizeFactor)
+    ,m_nMinimumResize(_nMinimumResize)
+    ,m_nSize(0) // starting at position 0
+    ,m_bConnected(true)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_nResizeFactor > 1, "OSequenceOutputStream::OSequenceOutputStream : invalid resize factor !");
+
+    if (m_nResizeFactor <= 1)
+        m_nResizeFactor = 1.3;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OSequenceOutputStream::writeBytes( const Sequence< sal_Int8 >& _rData )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard(m_aMutex);
+    if (!m_bConnected)
+        throw NotConnectedException();
+
+    // ensure the sequence has enough space left
+    if (m_nSize + _rData.getLength() > m_rSequence.getLength())
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nCurrentLength = m_rSequence.getLength();
+        sal_Int32 nNewLength = static_cast< sal_Int32 >(
+            nCurrentLength * m_nResizeFactor);
+
+        if (m_nMinimumResize > nNewLength - nCurrentLength)
+            // we have a minimum so it's not too inefficient for small sequences and small write requests
+            nNewLength = nCurrentLength + m_nMinimumResize;
+
+        if (nNewLength < m_nSize + _rData.getLength())
+        {   // it's not enough... the data would not fit
+
+            // let's take the double amount of the length of the data to be written, as the next write
+            // request could be as large as this one
+            sal_Int32 nNewGrowth = _rData.getLength() * 2;
+            nNewLength = nCurrentLength + nNewGrowth;
+        }
+
+        // round it off to the next multiple of 4...
+        nNewLength = (nNewLength + 3) / 4 * 4;
+
+        m_rSequence.realloc(nNewLength);
+    }
+
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_rSequence.getLength() >= m_nSize + _rData.getLength(),
+        "ooops ... the realloc algorithm seems to be wrong :( !");
+
+    memcpy(m_rSequence.getArray() + m_nSize, _rData.getConstArray(), _rData.getLength());
+    m_nSize += _rData.getLength();
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OSequenceOutputStream::flush(  )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard(m_aMutex);
+    if (!m_bConnected)
+        throw NotConnectedException();
+
+    // cut the sequence to the real size
+    m_rSequence.realloc(m_nSize);
+}
+
+void OSequenceOutputStream::finalizeOutput()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard(m_aMutex);
+
+    // cut the sequence to the real size
+    m_rSequence.realloc(m_nSize);
+    // and don't allow any further accesses
+    m_bConnected = false;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OSequenceOutputStream::closeOutput()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard(m_aMutex);
+    if (!m_bConnected)
+        throw NotConnectedException();
+
+    finalizeOutput();
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/streaming/streamsection.cxx b/comphelper/source/streaming/streamsection.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b03df8ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/streaming/streamsection.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/streamsection.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XMarkableStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XDataInputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XDataOutputStream.hpp>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+namespace comphelper
+{
+
+
+OStreamSection::OStreamSection(const css::uno::Reference< css::io::XDataInputStream >& _rxInput)
+    :m_xMarkStream(_rxInput, css::uno::UNO_QUERY)
+    ,m_xInStream(_rxInput)
+    ,m_nBlockStart(-1)
+    ,m_nBlockLen(-1)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_xInStream.is() && m_xMarkStream.is(), "OStreamSection::OStreamSection : invalid argument !");
+    if (m_xInStream.is() && m_xMarkStream.is())
+    {
+        m_nBlockLen = _rxInput->readLong();
+        m_nBlockStart = m_xMarkStream->createMark();
+    }
+}
+
+
+OStreamSection::OStreamSection(const css::uno::Reference< css::io::XDataOutputStream >& _rxOutput)
+    :m_xMarkStream(_rxOutput, css::uno::UNO_QUERY)
+    ,m_xOutStream(_rxOutput)
+    ,m_nBlockStart(-1)
+    ,m_nBlockLen(-1)
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(m_xOutStream.is() && m_xMarkStream.is(), "OStreamSection::OStreamSection : invalid argument !");
+    if (m_xOutStream.is() && m_xMarkStream.is())
+    {
+        m_nBlockStart = m_xMarkStream->createMark();
+        m_nBlockLen = 0;
+        m_xOutStream->writeLong(m_nBlockLen);
+    }
+}
+
+
+OStreamSection::~OStreamSection()
+{
+    try
+    {   // don't allow any exceptions to leave this block, this may be called during the stack unwinding of an exception
+        // handling routing
+        if (m_xInStream.is() &&  m_xMarkStream.is())
+        {   // we're working on an input stream
+            m_xMarkStream->jumpToMark(m_nBlockStart);
+            m_xInStream->skipBytes(m_nBlockLen);
+            m_xMarkStream->deleteMark(m_nBlockStart);
+        }
+        else if (m_xOutStream.is() && m_xMarkStream.is())
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nRealBlockLength = m_xMarkStream->offsetToMark(m_nBlockStart) - sizeof(m_nBlockLen);
+            m_nBlockLen = nRealBlockLength;
+            m_xMarkStream->jumpToMark(m_nBlockStart);
+            m_xOutStream->writeLong(m_nBlockLen);
+            m_xMarkStream->jumpToFurthest();
+            m_xMarkStream->deleteMark(m_nBlockStart);
+        }
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+
+}   // namespace comphelper
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/windows/windows_process.cxx b/comphelper/source/windows/windows_process.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7588bae02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/windows/windows_process.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+/* 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/. */
+
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+
+#include <cstring>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+#include <comphelper/windowsStart.hxx>
+
+// Needed for CreateEnvironmentBlock
+#include <userenv.h>
+#pragma comment(lib, "userenv.lib")
+
+/**
+ * Get the length that the string will take and takes into account the
+ * additional length if the string needs to be quoted and if characters need to
+ * be escaped.
+ */
+static int ArgStrLen(const wchar_t *s)
+{
+    int i = wcslen(s);
+    bool hasDoubleQuote = wcschr(s, L'"') != nullptr;
+    // Only add doublequotes if the string contains a space or a tab
+    bool addDoubleQuotes = wcspbrk(s, L" \t") != nullptr;
+
+    if (addDoubleQuotes)
+    {
+        i += 2; // initial and final doublequote
+    }
+
+    if (hasDoubleQuote)
+    {
+        int backslashes = 0;
+        while (*s)
+        {
+            if (*s == '\\')
+            {
+                ++backslashes;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (*s == '"')
+                {
+                    // Escape the doublequote and all backslashes preceding the doublequote
+                    i += backslashes + 1;
+                }
+
+                backslashes = 0;
+            }
+
+            ++s;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return i;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Copy string "s" to string "d", quoting the argument as appropriate and
+ * escaping doublequotes along with any backslashes that immediately precede
+ * doublequotes.
+ * The CRT parses this to retrieve the original argc/argv that we meant,
+ * see STDARGV.C in the MSVC CRT sources.
+ *
+ * @return the end of the string
+ */
+static wchar_t* ArgToString(wchar_t *d, const wchar_t *s)
+{
+    bool hasDoubleQuote = wcschr(s, L'"') != nullptr;
+    // Only add doublequotes if the string contains a space or a tab
+    bool addDoubleQuotes = wcspbrk(s, L" \t") != nullptr;
+
+    if (addDoubleQuotes)
+    {
+        *d = '"'; // initial doublequote
+        ++d;
+    }
+
+    if (hasDoubleQuote)
+    {
+        int backslashes = 0;
+        while (*s)
+        {
+            if (*s == '\\')
+            {
+                ++backslashes;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (*s == '"')
+                {
+                    // Escape the doublequote and all backslashes preceding the doublequote
+                    for (int i = 0; i <= backslashes; ++i)
+                    {
+                        *d = '\\';
+                        ++d;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                backslashes = 0;
+            }
+
+            *d = *s;
+            ++d;
+            ++s;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wcscpy(d, s);
+        d += wcslen(s);
+    }
+
+    if (addDoubleQuotes)
+    {
+        *d = '"'; // final doublequote
+        ++d;
+    }
+
+    return d;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a command line from a list of arguments. The returned
+ * string is allocated with "malloc" and should be "free"d.
+ *
+ * argv is UTF8
+ */
+wchar_t*
+MakeCommandLine(int argc, wchar_t **argv)
+{
+    int i;
+    int len = 0;
+
+    // The + 1 of the last argument handles the allocation for null termination
+    for (i = 0; i < argc && argv[i]; ++i)
+        len += ArgStrLen(argv[i]) + 1;
+
+    // Protect against callers that pass 0 arguments
+    if (len == 0)
+        len = 1;
+
+    wchar_t *s = static_cast<wchar_t*>(malloc(len * sizeof(wchar_t)));
+    if (!s)
+        return nullptr;
+
+    wchar_t *c = s;
+    for (i = 0; i < argc && argv[i]; ++i)
+    {
+        c = ArgToString(c, argv[i]);
+        if (i + 1 != argc)
+        {
+            *c = ' ';
+            ++c;
+        }
+    }
+
+    *c = '\0';
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+BOOL
+WinLaunchChild(const wchar_t *exePath,
+               int argc,
+               wchar_t **argv,
+               HANDLE userToken,
+               HANDLE *hProcess)
+{
+    wchar_t *cl;
+    bool ok;
+
+    cl = MakeCommandLine(argc, argv);
+    if (!cl)
+    {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    STARTUPINFOW si;
+    std::memset(&si, 0, sizeof si);
+    si.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFOW);
+    si.lpDesktop = const_cast<LPWSTR>(L"winsta0\\Default");
+    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
+    std::memset(&pi, 0, sizeof pi);
+
+    if (userToken == nullptr)
+    {
+        ok = CreateProcessW(exePath,
+                            cl,
+                            nullptr,  // no special security attributes
+                            nullptr,  // no special thread attributes
+                            FALSE, // don't inherit filehandles
+                            0,     // creation flags
+                            nullptr,  // inherit my environment
+                            nullptr,  // use my current directory
+                            &si,
+                            &pi);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Create an environment block for the process we're about to start using
+        // the user's token.
+        LPVOID environmentBlock = nullptr;
+        if (!CreateEnvironmentBlock(&environmentBlock, userToken, TRUE))
+        {
+            environmentBlock = nullptr;
+        }
+
+        ok = CreateProcessAsUserW(userToken,
+                                  exePath,
+                                  cl,
+                                  nullptr,  // no special security attributes
+                                  nullptr,  // no special thread attributes
+                                  FALSE,    // don't inherit filehandles
+                                  0,        // creation flags
+                                  environmentBlock,
+                                  nullptr,  // use my current directory
+                                  &si,
+                                  &pi);
+
+        if (environmentBlock)
+        {
+            DestroyEnvironmentBlock(environmentBlock);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (ok)
+    {
+        if (hProcess)
+        {
+            *hProcess = pi.hProcess; // the caller now owns the HANDLE
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
+        }
+        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        LPVOID lpMsgBuf = nullptr;
+        FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
+                       FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+                       FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                       nullptr,
+                       GetLastError(),
+                       MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+                       reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(&lpMsgBuf),
+                       0,
+                       nullptr);
+        wprintf(L"Error restarting: %s\n", lpMsgBuf ? lpMsgBuf : L"(null)");
+        if (lpMsgBuf)
+            HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, lpMsgBuf);
+    }
+
+    free(cl);
+
+    return ok;
+}
diff --git a/comphelper/source/xml/attributelist.cxx b/comphelper/source/xml/attributelist.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa918d01d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/xml/attributelist.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/attributelist.hxx>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace osl;
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+OUString SAL_CALL AttributeList::getTypeByName( const OUString& sName )
+{
+    for (auto const& attribute : mAttributes)
+    {
+        if( attribute.sName == sName ) {
+            return attribute.sType;
+        }
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+OUString SAL_CALL AttributeList::getValueByName(const OUString& sName)
+{
+    for (auto const& attribute : mAttributes)
+    {
+        if( attribute.sName == sName ) {
+            return attribute.sValue;
+        }
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+AttributeList::AttributeList()
+{
+    // performance improvement during adding
+    mAttributes.reserve(20);
+}
+
+AttributeList::AttributeList(const AttributeList &r)
+    : cppu::WeakImplHelper<XAttributeList, XCloneable>(r)
+{
+    mAttributes = r.mAttributes;
+}
+
+AttributeList::~AttributeList()
+{
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::util::XCloneable > AttributeList::createClone()
+{
+    AttributeList *p = new AttributeList( *this );
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::util::XCloneable > ( static_cast<css::util::XCloneable *>(p) );
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/xml/ofopxmlhelper.cxx b/comphelper/source/xml/ofopxmlhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46785b35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/xml/ofopxmlhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,491 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+
+
+#include <comphelper/ofopxmlhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/attributelist.hxx>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/StringPair.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/Parser.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/XDocumentHandler.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/SAXException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/xml/sax/Writer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <vector>
+
+#define RELATIONINFO_FORMAT 0
+#define CONTENTTYPE_FORMAT  1
+#define FORMAT_MAX_ID CONTENTTYPE_FORMAT
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace comphelper {
+
+namespace {
+
+// this helper class is designed to allow to parse ContentType- and Relationship-related information from OfficeOpenXML format
+class OFOPXMLHelper_Impl
+    : public cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::xml::sax::XDocumentHandler >
+{
+    sal_uInt16 const m_nFormat; // which format to parse
+
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::StringPair > > m_aResultSeq;
+    std::vector< OUString > m_aElementsSeq; // stack of elements being parsed
+
+
+public:
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::StringPair > > const & GetParsingResult() const;
+
+    explicit OFOPXMLHelper_Impl( sal_uInt16 nFormat ); // must not be created directly
+
+    // XDocumentHandler
+    virtual void SAL_CALL startDocument() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL endDocument() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL startElement( const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList >& xAttribs ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL endElement( const OUString& aName ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL characters( const OUString& aChars ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL ignorableWhitespace( const OUString& aWhitespaces ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL processingInstruction( const OUString& aTarget, const OUString& aData ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setDocumentLocator( const css::uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XLocator >& xLocator ) override;
+};
+
+}
+
+namespace OFOPXMLHelper {
+
+/// @throws css::uno::Exception
+static uno::Sequence<uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair>> ReadSequence_Impl(
+    const uno::Reference<io::XInputStream>& xInStream,
+    const OUString& aStringID, sal_uInt16 nFormat,
+    const uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext>& xContext);
+
+uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair > > ReadRelationsInfoSequence(
+        const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xInStream,
+        const OUString & aStreamName,
+        const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rContext )
+{
+    OUString aStringID = "_rels/" + aStreamName;
+    return ReadSequence_Impl( xInStream, aStringID, RELATIONINFO_FORMAT, rContext );
+}
+
+
+uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair > > ReadContentTypeSequence(
+        const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xInStream,
+        const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rContext )
+{
+    OUString aStringID = "[Content_Types].xml";
+    return ReadSequence_Impl( xInStream, aStringID, CONTENTTYPE_FORMAT, rContext );
+}
+
+OUString GetContentTypeByName(
+                const css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Sequence<css::beans::StringPair>>& rContentTypes,
+                const OUString& rFilename)
+{
+    if (rContentTypes.getLength() < 2)
+    {
+        return OUString();
+    }
+
+    const uno::Sequence<beans::StringPair>& rDefaults = rContentTypes[0];
+    const uno::Sequence<beans::StringPair>& rOverrides = rContentTypes[1];
+
+    // Find the extension and use it to get the type.
+    const sal_Int32 nDotOffset = rFilename.lastIndexOf('.');
+    const OUString aExt = (nDotOffset >= 0 ? rFilename.copy(nDotOffset + 1) : rFilename); // Skip the dot.
+
+    const std::vector<OUString> aNames = { aExt, "/" + rFilename };
+    for (const OUString& aName : aNames)
+    {
+        const auto it1 = std::find_if(rOverrides.begin(), rOverrides.end(), [&aName](const beans::StringPair& rPair)
+                                                                              { return rPair.First == aName; });
+        if (it1 != rOverrides.end())
+            return it1->Second;
+
+        const auto it2 = std::find_if(rDefaults.begin(), rDefaults.end(), [&aName](const beans::StringPair& rPair)
+                                                                            { return rPair.First == aName; });
+        if (it2 != rDefaults.end())
+            return it2->Second;
+    }
+
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+void WriteRelationsInfoSequence(
+        const uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream >& xOutStream,
+        const uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair > >& aSequence,
+        const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rContext )
+{
+    if ( !xOutStream.is() )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+    uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XWriter > xWriter = css::xml::sax::Writer::create(rContext);
+
+    xWriter->setOutputStream( xOutStream );
+
+    OUString aRelListElement( "Relationships" );
+    OUString aRelElement( "Relationship" );
+    OUString aCDATAString( "CDATA" );
+    OUString aWhiteSpace( " " );
+
+    // write the namespace
+    AttributeList* pRootAttrList = new AttributeList;
+    uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList > xRootAttrList( pRootAttrList );
+    pRootAttrList->AddAttribute(
+        "xmlns",
+        aCDATAString,
+        "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" );
+
+    xWriter->startDocument();
+    xWriter->startElement( aRelListElement, xRootAttrList );
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aSequence.getLength(); nInd++ )
+    {
+        AttributeList *pAttrList = new AttributeList;
+        uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList > xAttrList( pAttrList );
+        for( sal_Int32 nSecInd = 0; nSecInd < aSequence[nInd].getLength(); nSecInd++ )
+        {
+            if ( !(aSequence[nInd][nSecInd].First == "Id"
+                  || aSequence[nInd][nSecInd].First == "Type"
+                  || aSequence[nInd][nSecInd].First == "TargetMode"
+                  || aSequence[nInd][nSecInd].First == "Target") )
+            {
+                // TODO/LATER: should the extensions be allowed?
+                throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+            }
+            pAttrList->AddAttribute( aSequence[nInd][nSecInd].First, aCDATAString, aSequence[nInd][nSecInd].Second );
+        }
+
+        xWriter->startElement( aRelElement, xAttrList );
+        xWriter->ignorableWhitespace( aWhiteSpace );
+        xWriter->endElement( aRelElement );
+    }
+
+    xWriter->ignorableWhitespace( aWhiteSpace );
+    xWriter->endElement( aRelListElement );
+    xWriter->endDocument();
+}
+
+
+void WriteContentSequence(
+        const uno::Reference< io::XOutputStream >& xOutStream,
+        const uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair >& aDefaultsSequence,
+        const uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair >& aOverridesSequence,
+        const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rContext )
+{
+    if ( !xOutStream.is() )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+    uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XWriter > xWriter = css::xml::sax::Writer::create(rContext);
+
+    xWriter->setOutputStream( xOutStream );
+
+    static const OUString aTypesElement("Types");
+    static const OUString aDefaultElement("Default");
+    static const OUString aOverrideElement("Override");
+    static const OUString aContentTypeAttr("ContentType");
+    static const OUString aCDATAString("CDATA");
+    static const OUString aWhiteSpace(" ");
+
+    // write the namespace
+    AttributeList* pRootAttrList = new AttributeList;
+    uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList > xRootAttrList( pRootAttrList );
+    pRootAttrList->AddAttribute(
+        "xmlns",
+        aCDATAString,
+        "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/content-types" );
+
+    xWriter->startDocument();
+    xWriter->startElement( aTypesElement, xRootAttrList );
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aDefaultsSequence.getLength(); nInd++ )
+    {
+        AttributeList *pAttrList = new AttributeList;
+        uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList > xAttrList( pAttrList );
+        pAttrList->AddAttribute( "Extension", aCDATAString, aDefaultsSequence[nInd].First );
+        pAttrList->AddAttribute( aContentTypeAttr, aCDATAString, aDefaultsSequence[nInd].Second );
+
+        xWriter->startElement( aDefaultElement, xAttrList );
+        xWriter->ignorableWhitespace( aWhiteSpace );
+        xWriter->endElement( aDefaultElement );
+    }
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 nInd = 0; nInd < aOverridesSequence.getLength(); nInd++ )
+    {
+        AttributeList *pAttrList = new AttributeList;
+        uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList > xAttrList( pAttrList );
+        pAttrList->AddAttribute( "PartName", aCDATAString, aOverridesSequence[nInd].First );
+        pAttrList->AddAttribute( aContentTypeAttr, aCDATAString, aOverridesSequence[nInd].Second );
+
+        xWriter->startElement( aOverrideElement, xAttrList );
+        xWriter->ignorableWhitespace( aWhiteSpace );
+        xWriter->endElement( aOverrideElement );
+    }
+
+    xWriter->ignorableWhitespace( aWhiteSpace );
+    xWriter->endElement( aTypesElement );
+    xWriter->endDocument();
+
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair > > ReadSequence_Impl(
+        const uno::Reference< io::XInputStream >& xInStream,
+        const OUString& aStringID, sal_uInt16 nFormat,
+        const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext >& rContext )
+{
+    if ( !rContext.is() || !xInStream.is() || nFormat > FORMAT_MAX_ID )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+    uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XParser > xParser = css::xml::sax::Parser::create( rContext );
+
+    OFOPXMLHelper_Impl *const pHelper = new OFOPXMLHelper_Impl( nFormat );
+    uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XDocumentHandler > xHelper( static_cast< css::xml::sax::XDocumentHandler* >( pHelper ) );
+    css::xml::sax::InputSource aParserInput;
+    aParserInput.aInputStream = xInStream;
+    aParserInput.sSystemId = aStringID;
+    xParser->setDocumentHandler( xHelper );
+    xParser->parseStream( aParserInput );
+    xParser->setDocumentHandler( uno::Reference < css::xml::sax::XDocumentHandler > () );
+
+    return pHelper->GetParsingResult();
+}
+
+} // namespace OFOPXMLHelper
+
+// Relations info related strings
+static OUString const g_aRelListElement("Relationships");
+static OUString const g_aRelElement( "Relationship" );
+static OUString const g_aIDAttr( "Id" );
+static OUString const g_aTypeAttr( "Type" );
+static OUString const g_aTargetModeAttr( "TargetMode" );
+static OUString const g_aTargetAttr( "Target" );
+
+// ContentType related strings
+static OUString const g_aTypesElement( "Types" );
+static OUString const g_aDefaultElement( "Default" );
+static OUString const g_aOverrideElement( "Override" );
+static OUString const g_aExtensionAttr( "Extension" );
+static OUString const g_aPartNameAttr( "PartName" );
+static OUString const g_aContentTypeAttr( "ContentType" );
+
+OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::OFOPXMLHelper_Impl( sal_uInt16 nFormat )
+: m_nFormat( nFormat )
+{
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair > > const & OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::GetParsingResult() const
+{
+    if ( !m_aElementsSeq.empty() )
+        throw uno::RuntimeException(); // the parsing has still not finished!
+
+    return m_aResultSeq;
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::startDocument()
+{
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::endDocument()
+{
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::startElement( const OUString& aName, const uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XAttributeList >& xAttribs )
+{
+    if ( m_nFormat == RELATIONINFO_FORMAT )
+    {
+        if ( aName == g_aRelListElement )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nNewLength = m_aElementsSeq.size() + 1;
+
+            if ( nNewLength != 1 )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: this element must be the first level element
+
+            m_aElementsSeq.push_back( aName );
+
+            return; // nothing to do
+        }
+        else if ( aName == g_aRelElement )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nNewLength = m_aElementsSeq.size() + 1;
+            if ( nNewLength != 2 )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: this element must be the second level element
+
+            m_aElementsSeq.push_back( aName );
+
+            sal_Int32 nNewEntryNum = m_aResultSeq.getLength() + 1;
+            m_aResultSeq.realloc( nNewEntryNum );
+            sal_Int32 nAttrNum = 0;
+            m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1].realloc( 4 ); // the maximal expected number of arguments is 4
+
+            OUString aIDValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aIDAttr );
+            if ( aIDValue.isEmpty() )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: the ID value must present
+
+            OUString aTypeValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aTypeAttr );
+            OUString aTargetValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aTargetAttr );
+            OUString aTargetModeValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aTargetModeAttr );
+
+            m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][++nAttrNum - 1].First = g_aIDAttr;
+            m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][nAttrNum - 1].Second = aIDValue;
+
+            if ( !aTypeValue.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][++nAttrNum - 1].First = g_aTypeAttr;
+                m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][nAttrNum - 1].Second = aTypeValue;
+            }
+
+            if ( !aTargetValue.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][++nAttrNum - 1].First = g_aTargetAttr;
+                m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][nAttrNum - 1].Second = aTargetValue;
+            }
+
+            if ( !aTargetModeValue.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][++nAttrNum - 1].First = g_aTargetModeAttr;
+                m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1][nAttrNum - 1].Second = aTargetModeValue;
+            }
+
+            m_aResultSeq[nNewEntryNum-1].realloc( nAttrNum );
+        }
+        else
+            throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: no other elements expected!
+    }
+    else if ( m_nFormat == CONTENTTYPE_FORMAT )
+    {
+        if ( aName == g_aTypesElement )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nNewLength = m_aElementsSeq.size() + 1;
+
+            if ( nNewLength != 1 )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: this element must be the first level element
+
+            m_aElementsSeq.push_back( aName );
+
+            if ( !m_aResultSeq.hasElements() )
+                m_aResultSeq.realloc( 2 );
+
+            return; // nothing to do
+        }
+        else if ( aName == g_aDefaultElement )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nNewLength = m_aElementsSeq.size() + 1;
+            if ( nNewLength != 2 )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: this element must be the second level element
+
+            m_aElementsSeq.push_back( aName );
+
+            if ( !m_aResultSeq.hasElements() )
+                m_aResultSeq.realloc( 2 );
+
+            if ( m_aResultSeq.getLength() != 2 )
+                throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+            const OUString aExtensionValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aExtensionAttr );
+            if ( aExtensionValue.isEmpty() )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: the Extension value must present
+
+            const OUString aContentTypeValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aContentTypeAttr );
+            if ( aContentTypeValue.isEmpty() )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: the ContentType value must present
+
+            const sal_Int32 nNewResultLen = m_aResultSeq[0].getLength() + 1;
+            m_aResultSeq[0].realloc( nNewResultLen );
+
+            m_aResultSeq[0][nNewResultLen-1].First = aExtensionValue;
+            m_aResultSeq[0][nNewResultLen-1].Second = aContentTypeValue;
+        }
+        else if ( aName == g_aOverrideElement )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nNewLength = m_aElementsSeq.size() + 1;
+            if ( nNewLength != 2 )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: this element must be the second level element
+
+            m_aElementsSeq.push_back( aName );
+
+            if ( !m_aResultSeq.hasElements() )
+                m_aResultSeq.realloc( 2 );
+
+            if ( m_aResultSeq.getLength() != 2 )
+                throw uno::RuntimeException();
+
+            OUString aPartNameValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aPartNameAttr );
+            if ( aPartNameValue.isEmpty() )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: the PartName value must present
+
+            OUString aContentTypeValue = xAttribs->getValueByName( g_aContentTypeAttr );
+            if ( aContentTypeValue.isEmpty() )
+                throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: the ContentType value must present
+
+            sal_Int32 nNewResultLen = m_aResultSeq[1].getLength() + 1;
+            m_aResultSeq[1].realloc( nNewResultLen );
+
+            m_aResultSeq[1][nNewResultLen-1].First = aPartNameValue;
+            m_aResultSeq[1][nNewResultLen-1].Second = aContentTypeValue;
+        }
+        else
+            throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: no other elements expected!
+    }
+    else
+        throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: no other elements expected!
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::endElement( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    if ( m_nFormat == RELATIONINFO_FORMAT || m_nFormat == CONTENTTYPE_FORMAT )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nLength = m_aElementsSeq.size();
+        if ( nLength <= 0 )
+            throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: no other end elements expected!
+
+        if ( m_aElementsSeq[nLength-1] != aName )
+            throw css::xml::sax::SAXException(); // TODO: unexpected element ended
+
+        m_aElementsSeq.resize( nLength - 1 );
+    }
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::characters( const OUString& /*aChars*/ )
+{
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::ignorableWhitespace( const OUString& /*aWhitespaces*/ )
+{
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::processingInstruction( const OUString& /*aTarget*/, const OUString& /*aData*/ )
+{
+}
+
+
+void SAL_CALL OFOPXMLHelper_Impl::setDocumentLocator( const uno::Reference< css::xml::sax::XLocator >& /*xLocator*/ )
+{
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/comphelper/source/xml/xmltools.cxx b/comphelper/source/xml/xmltools.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f506bc33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comphelper/source/xml/xmltools.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/* -*- 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/.
+ */
+
+#include <comphelper/xmltools.hxx>
+#include <rtl/random.h>
+#include <rtl/uuid.h>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+namespace
+{
+    //Will be inside an xml comment, so can't use '-' in case '--' appears in
+    //output, etc. Despite what *is* legal in an xml comment, just using the
+    //base-64 subset to avoid pain with simplistic third-party parsers
+    static const sal_uInt8 aChaffEncoder[] =
+    {
+        'A', 'Q', 'g', 'w', 'B', 'R', 'h', 'x',
+        'C', 'S', 'i', 'y', 'D', 'T', 'j', 'z',
+        'E', 'U', 'k', '0', 'F', 'V', 'l', '1',
+        'G', 'W', 'm', '2', 'H', 'X', 'n', '3',
+        'I', 'Y', 'o', '4', 'J', 'Z', 'p', '5',
+        'K', 'a', 'q', '6', 'L', 'b', 'r', '7',
+        'M', 'c', 's', '8', 'N', 'd', 't', '9',
+        'O', 'e', 'u', '+', 'P', 'f', 'v', '/',
+
+        'A', 'Q', 'g', 'w', 'B', 'R', 'h', 'x',
+        'C', 'S', 'i', 'y', 'D', 'T', 'j', 'z',
+        'E', 'U', 'k', '0', 'F', 'V', 'l', '1',
+        'G', 'W', 'm', '2', 'H', 'X', 'n', '3',
+        'I', 'Y', 'o', '4', 'J', 'Z', 'p', '5',
+        'K', 'a', 'q', '6', 'L', 'b', 'r', '7',
+        'M', 'c', 's', '8', 'N', 'd', 't', '9',
+        'O', 'e', 'u', '+', 'P', 'f', 'v', '/',
+
+        'A', 'Q', 'g', 'w', 'B', 'R', 'h', 'x',
+        'C', 'S', 'i', 'y', 'D', 'T', 'j', 'z',
+        'E', 'U', 'k', '0', 'F', 'V', 'l', '1',
+        'G', 'W', 'm', '2', 'H', 'X', 'n', '3',
+        'I', 'Y', 'o', '4', 'J', 'Z', 'p', '5',
+        'K', 'a', 'q', '6', 'L', 'b', 'r', '7',
+        'M', 'c', 's', '8', 'N', 'd', 't', '9',
+        'O', 'e', 'u', '+', 'P', 'f', 'v', '/',
+
+        'A', 'Q', 'g', 'w', 'B', 'R', 'h', 'x',
+        'C', 'S', 'i', 'y', 'D', 'T', 'j', 'z',
+        'E', 'U', 'k', '0', 'F', 'V', 'l', '1',
+        'G', 'W', 'm', '2', 'H', 'X', 'n', '3',
+        'I', 'Y', 'o', '4', 'J', 'Z', 'p', '5',
+        'K', 'a', 'q', '6', 'L', 'b', 'r', '7',
+        'M', 'c', 's', '8', 'N', 'd', 't', '9',
+        'O', 'e', 'u', '+', 'P', 'f', 'v', '/'
+    };
+
+    void encodeChaff(std::vector<sal_uInt8> &rChaff)
+    {
+        static_assert(sizeof(aChaffEncoder) == 256, "this has to cover all chars");
+
+        for (auto & elem : rChaff)
+        {
+            elem = aChaffEncoder[elem];
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+namespace comphelper::xml
+{
+        OString makeXMLChaff()
+        {
+            rtlRandomPool pool = rtl_random_createPool();
+
+            sal_Int8 n;
+            rtl_random_getBytes(pool, &n, 1);
+
+            sal_Int32 nLength = 1024+n;
+            // coverity[tainted_data] - 1024 deliberate random minus max -127/plus max 128
+            std::vector<sal_uInt8> aChaff(nLength);
+            rtl_random_getBytes(pool, aChaff.data(), nLength);
+
+            rtl_random_destroyPool(pool);
+
+            encodeChaff(aChaff);
+
+            return OString(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(aChaff.data()), nLength);
+        }
+
+        OString generateGUIDString()
+        {
+            sal_uInt8 aSeq[16];
+            rtl_createUuid(aSeq, nullptr, true);
+
+            char str[39];
+            sprintf(str, "{%02X%02X%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X}",
+                    aSeq[0], aSeq[1], aSeq[2], aSeq[3], aSeq[4], aSeq[5], aSeq[6], aSeq[7], aSeq[8],
+                    aSeq[9], aSeq[10], aSeq[11], aSeq[12], aSeq[13], aSeq[14], aSeq[15]);
+
+            return str;
+        }
+}
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */