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

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

25 files changed, 2081 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/bootstrapfixturebase.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/bootstrapfixturebase.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b93b1d6d
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+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/bootstrapfixturebase.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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <unotest/bootstrapfixturebase.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <basic/sbstar.hxx>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+// NB. this constructor is called before any tests are run, once for each
+// test function in a rather non-intuitive way. This is why all the 'real'
+// heavy lifting is deferred until setUp. setUp and tearDown are interleaved
+// between the tests as you might expect.
+test::BootstrapFixtureBase::BootstrapFixtureBase()
+{
+}
+
+test::BootstrapFixtureBase::~BootstrapFixtureBase()
+{
+}
+
+void test::BootstrapFixtureBase::setUp()
+{
+    m_xContext = comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+    m_xFactory = m_xContext->getServiceManager();
+    m_xSFactory.set(m_xFactory, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+void test::BootstrapFixtureBase::tearDown()
+{
+    StarBASIC::DetachAllDocBasicItems();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/directories.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/directories.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6635fafa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/directories.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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <cppunit/TestAssert.h>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <unotest/directories.hxx>
+
+namespace {
+
+OUString getFileURLFromSystemPath(OUString const & path) {
+    OUString url;
+    osl::FileBase::RC e = osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath(path, url);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, e);
+    if (!url.endsWith("/")) {
+        url += "/";
+    }
+    return url;
+}
+
+}
+
+test::Directories::Directories() {
+    const char* pSrcRoot = getenv( "SRC_ROOT" );
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("SRC_ROOT env variable not set", pSrcRoot != nullptr);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("SRC_ROOT env variable not set", pSrcRoot[0] != 0);
+    const char* pWorkdirRoot = getenv( "WORKDIR_FOR_BUILD" );
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("$WORKDIR_FOR_BUILD env variable not set", pWorkdirRoot != nullptr);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("$WORKDIR_FOR_BUILD env variable not set", pWorkdirRoot[0] != 0);
+    m_aSrcRootPath = OUString::createFromAscii( pSrcRoot );
+    m_aSrcRootURL = getFileURLFromSystemPath(m_aSrcRootPath);
+
+    m_aWorkdirRootPath = OUString::createFromAscii( pWorkdirRoot );
+    m_aWorkdirRootURL = getFileURLFromSystemPath(m_aWorkdirRootPath);
+}
+
+OUString test::Directories::getURLFromSrc(const OUString& rPath) const
+{
+    return m_aSrcRootURL + rPath;
+}
+
+OUString test::Directories::getPathFromSrc(const OUString& rPath) const
+{
+    return m_aSrcRootPath + rPath;
+}
+
+OUString test::Directories::getURLFromWorkdir(const OUString& rPath) const
+{
+    return m_aWorkdirRootURL + rPath;
+}
+
+OUString test::Directories::getPathFromWorkdir(const OUString& rPath) const
+{
+    return m_aWorkdirRootPath + rPath;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/filters-test.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/filters-test.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc6dd5e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/filters-test.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/.
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <set>
+
+#include <unotest/filters-test.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <osl/thread.h>
+#include <rtl/cipher.h>
+
+#include <cppunit/TestAssert.h>
+
+namespace test {
+
+static void decode(const OUString& rIn, const OUString &rOut)
+{
+    rtlCipher cipher = rtl_cipher_create(rtl_Cipher_AlgorithmARCFOUR, rtl_Cipher_ModeStream);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("cipher creation failed", cipher != nullptr);
+
+    //mcrypt --bare -a arcfour -o hex -k 435645 -s 3
+    const sal_uInt8 aKey[3] = {'C', 'V', 'E'};
+
+    rtlCipherError result = rtl_cipher_init(cipher, rtl_Cipher_DirectionDecode, aKey, SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aKey), nullptr, 0);
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE("cipher init failed", rtl_Cipher_E_None, result);
+
+    osl::File aIn(rIn);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, aIn.open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Read));
+
+    osl::File aOut(rOut);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, aOut.open(osl_File_OpenFlag_Write));
+
+    sal_uInt8 in[8192];
+    sal_uInt8 out[8192];
+    sal_uInt64 nBytesRead, nBytesWritten;
+    while(true)
+    {
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, aIn.read(in, sizeof(in), nBytesRead));
+        if (!nBytesRead)
+            break;
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(rtl_Cipher_E_None, rtl_cipher_decode(cipher, in, nBytesRead, out, sizeof(out)));
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, aOut.write(out, nBytesRead, nBytesWritten));
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(nBytesRead, nBytesWritten);
+    }
+
+    rtl_cipher_destroy(cipher);
+}
+
+void FiltersTest::recursiveScan(filterStatus nExpected,
+    const OUString &rFilter, const OUString &rURL,
+    const OUString &rUserData, SfxFilterFlags nFilterFlags,
+    SotClipboardFormatId nClipboardID, unsigned int nFilterVersion, bool bExport)
+{
+    osl::Directory aDir(rURL);
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, aDir.open());
+    osl::DirectoryItem aItem;
+    osl::FileStatus aFileStatus(osl_FileStatus_Mask_FileURL|osl_FileStatus_Mask_Type);
+    std::set<OUString> dirs;
+    std::set<OUString> files;
+    while (aDir.getNextItem(aItem) == osl::FileBase::E_None)
+    {
+        aItem.getFileStatus(aFileStatus);
+        OUString sURL = aFileStatus.getFileURL();
+        if (aFileStatus.getFileType() == osl::FileStatus::Directory)
+        {
+            dirs.insert(sURL);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            files.insert(sURL);
+        }
+    }
+    for (auto const & sURL: dirs) {
+        recursiveScan(nExpected, rFilter, sURL, rUserData,
+            nFilterFlags, nClipboardID, nFilterVersion, bExport);
+    }
+    for (auto const & sURL: files) {
+        OUString sTmpFile;
+        bool bEncrypted = false;
+
+        sal_Int32 nLastSlash = sURL.lastIndexOf('/');
+
+        if ((nLastSlash != -1) && (nLastSlash+1 < sURL.getLength()))
+        {
+            //ignore .files
+            if (sURL[nLastSlash+1] == '.')
+                continue;
+
+            if (
+                (sURL.match("BID", nLastSlash+1)) ||
+                (sURL.match("CVE", nLastSlash+1)) ||
+                (sURL.match("EDB", nLastSlash+1)) ||
+                (sURL.match("RC4", nLastSlash+1)) // just means "encrypted"
+               )
+            {
+                bEncrypted = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        OString aRes(
+            (bExport ? OStringLiteral("save") : OStringLiteral("load")) + " "
+            + OUStringToOString(sURL, osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
+
+        OUString realUrl;
+        if (bEncrypted)
+        {
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, osl::FileBase::createTempFile(nullptr, nullptr, &sTmpFile));
+            decode(sURL, sTmpFile);
+            realUrl = sTmpFile;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            realUrl = sURL;
+        }
+
+        //output name early, so in the case of a hang, the name of
+        //the hanging input file is visible
+        fprintf(stderr, "Testing %s:\n", aRes.getStr());
+        sal_uInt32 nStartTime = osl_getGlobalTimer();
+        bool bRes;
+        if (!bExport)
+            bRes = load(rFilter, realUrl, rUserData, nFilterFlags,
+                        nClipboardID, nFilterVersion);
+        else
+            bRes = save(rFilter, realUrl, rUserData, nFilterFlags,
+                        nClipboardID, nFilterVersion);
+        sal_uInt32 nEndTime = osl_getGlobalTimer();
+
+        if (bEncrypted)
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, osl::File::remove(sTmpFile));
+
+        fprintf(stderr, "Tested %s: %s (%" SAL_PRIuUINT32 "ms)\n",
+            aRes.getStr(), bRes?"Pass":"Fail", nEndTime-nStartTime);
+        if (nExpected == test::indeterminate)
+            continue;
+        filterStatus nResult = bRes ? test::pass : test::fail;
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL_MESSAGE(aRes.getStr(), nExpected, nResult);
+    }
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl::FileBase::E_None, aDir.close());
+}
+
+void FiltersTest::testDir(const OUString &rFilter,
+    const OUString &rURL, const OUString &rUserData,
+    SfxFilterFlags nFilterFlags, SotClipboardFormatId nClipboardID,
+    unsigned int nFilterVersion, bool bExport)
+{
+    recursiveScan(test::pass, rFilter,
+        rURL + "pass",
+        rUserData, nFilterFlags, nClipboardID, nFilterVersion, bExport);
+    recursiveScan(test::fail, rFilter,
+        rURL + "fail",
+        rUserData, nFilterFlags, nClipboardID, nFilterVersion, bExport);
+    recursiveScan(test::indeterminate, rFilter,
+        rURL + "indeterminate",
+        rUserData, nFilterFlags, nClipboardID, nFilterVersion, bExport);
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/getargument.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/getargument.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..007cc775b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/getargument.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 <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <rtl/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+
+#include "getargument.hxx"
+
+namespace test::detail {
+
+bool getArgument(OUString const & name, OUString * value) {
+    OSL_ASSERT(value != nullptr);
+    return rtl::Bootstrap::get("arg-" + name, *value);
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/getargument.hxx b/unotest/source/cpp/getargument.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97f2b89f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/getargument.hxx
@@ -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 .
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_UNOTEST_SOURCE_CPP_GETARGUMENT_HXX
+#define INCLUDED_UNOTEST_SOURCE_CPP_GETARGUMENT_HXX
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+
+namespace test {
+
+namespace detail {
+
+// Obtain the value of an argument tunneled in via an "arg-<name>" bootstrap
+// variable:
+bool getArgument(
+    OUString const & name, OUString * value);
+
+}
+
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/gettestargument.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/gettestargument.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93ba6dbe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/gettestargument.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* -*- 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 <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <unotest/gettestargument.hxx>
+
+#include "getargument.hxx"
+
+namespace test {
+
+bool getTestArgument(OUString const & name, OUString * value) {
+    return detail::getArgument("testarg." + name, value);
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/macros_test.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/macros_test.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20c56950f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/macros_test.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/.
+ */
+
+#include <unotest/macros_test.hxx>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/document/MacroExecMode.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/DispatchHelper.hpp>
+
+#include <basic/basrdll.hxx>
+#include <cppunit/TestAssert.h>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+
+using namespace css;
+
+namespace unotest {
+
+MacrosTest::MacrosTest()
+    : mpDll(std::make_unique<BasicDLL>())
+{
+}
+
+MacrosTest::~MacrosTest() = default;
+
+uno::Reference<css::lang::XComponent> MacrosTest::loadFromDesktop(const OUString& rURL, const OUString& rDocService, const uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>& rExtraArgs)
+{
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("no desktop", mxDesktop.is());
+    std::vector<beans::PropertyValue> args;
+    beans::PropertyValue aMacroValue;
+    aMacroValue.Name = "MacroExecutionMode";
+    aMacroValue.Handle = -1;
+    aMacroValue.Value <<= document::MacroExecMode::ALWAYS_EXECUTE_NO_WARN;
+    aMacroValue.State = beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+    args.push_back(aMacroValue);
+
+    if (!rDocService.isEmpty())
+    {
+        beans::PropertyValue aValue;
+        aValue.Name = "DocumentService";
+        aValue.Handle = -1;
+        aValue.Value <<= rDocService;
+        aValue.State = beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE;
+        args.push_back(aValue);
+    }
+
+    args.insert(args.end(), rExtraArgs.begin(), rExtraArgs.end());
+
+    uno::Reference<lang::XComponent> xComponent = mxDesktop->loadComponentFromURL(rURL, "_default", 0, comphelper::containerToSequence(args));
+    OUString sMessage = "loading failed: " + rURL;
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE(OUStringToOString( sMessage, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 ).getStr( ), xComponent.is());
+    return xComponent;
+}
+
+void MacrosTest::dispatchCommand(const uno::Reference<lang::XComponent>& xComponent,
+                                 const OUString& rCommand,
+                                 const uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>& rPropertyValues)
+{
+    uno::Reference<frame::XController> xController
+        = uno::Reference<frame::XModel>(xComponent, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW)->getCurrentController();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(xController.is());
+    uno::Reference<frame::XDispatchProvider> xFrame(xController->getFrame(), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(xFrame.is());
+
+    uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+    uno::Reference<frame::XDispatchHelper> xDispatchHelper(frame::DispatchHelper::create(xContext));
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(xDispatchHelper.is());
+
+    xDispatchHelper->executeDispatch(xFrame, rCommand, OUString(), 0, rPropertyValues);
+}
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/officeconnection.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/officeconnection.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a1516103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/officeconnection.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/* -*- 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/bridge/UnoUrlResolver.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/bridge/XUnoUrlResolver.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/connection/NoConnectException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/Desktop.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/DisposedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <cppunit/TestAssert.h>
+#include <osl/process.h>
+#include <osl/test/uniquepipename.hxx>
+#include <osl/time.h>
+#include <sal/macros.h>
+#include <unotest/officeconnection.hxx>
+#include <unotest/toabsolutefileurl.hxx>
+
+#include "getargument.hxx"
+
+namespace test {
+
+OfficeConnection::OfficeConnection(): process_(nullptr) {}
+
+OfficeConnection::~OfficeConnection() {}
+
+void OfficeConnection::setUp() {
+    css::uno::Reference< css::bridge::XUnoUrlResolver > resolver(
+        css::bridge::UnoUrlResolver::create(
+            cppu::defaultBootstrap_InitialComponentContext()));
+    OUString desc;
+    OUString argSoffice;
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(
+        detail::getArgument(
+            "soffice",
+            &argSoffice));
+    if (argSoffice.match("path:")) {
+        desc = "pipe,name=" + osl::test::uniquePipeName("oootest");
+        OUString noquickArg("--quickstart=no");
+        OUString norestoreArg("--norestore");
+        OUString nologoArg("--nologo");
+            // disable use of the unix standalone splash screen app for the
+            // tests (probably not needed in combination with --headless?)
+        OUString headlessArg("--headless");
+        OUString acceptArg("--accept=" + desc + ";urp");
+        OUString argUser;
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT(
+            detail::getArgument("user", &argUser));
+        OUString userArg("-env:UserInstallation=" + toAbsoluteFileUrl(argUser));
+        OUString jreArg(
+            "-env:UNO_JAVA_JFW_ENV_JREHOME=true");
+        rtl_uString * args[] = {
+            noquickArg.pData, norestoreArg.pData,
+            nologoArg.pData, headlessArg.pData, acceptArg.pData, userArg.pData,
+            jreArg.pData };
+        rtl_uString ** envs = nullptr;
+        OUString argEnv;
+        if (detail::getArgument("env", &argEnv))
+        {
+            envs = &argEnv.pData;
+        }
+        // coverity[callee_ptr_arith] - arith is fine
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(
+            osl_Process_E_None,
+            osl_executeProcess(
+                toAbsoluteFileUrl(
+                    argSoffice.copy(RTL_CONSTASCII_LENGTH("path:"))).pData,
+                args, SAL_N_ELEMENTS(args), 0, nullptr, nullptr, envs, envs == nullptr ? 0 : 1,
+                &process_));
+    } else if (argSoffice.match("connect:")) {
+        desc = argSoffice.copy(RTL_CONSTASCII_LENGTH("connect:"));
+    } else {
+        CPPUNIT_FAIL(
+            "\"soffice\" argument starts with neither \"path:\" nor"
+            " \"connect:\"");
+    }
+    for (;;) {
+        try {
+            context_ =
+                css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >(
+                    resolver->resolve(
+                        "uno:" + desc + ";urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext"),
+                    css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+            break;
+        } catch (css::connection::NoConnectException &) {}
+        if (process_ != nullptr) {
+            TimeValue delay = { 1, 0 }; // 1 sec
+            CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(
+                osl_Process_E_TimedOut,
+                osl_joinProcessWithTimeout(process_, &delay));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void OfficeConnection::tearDown() {
+    if (process_ != nullptr) {
+        if (context_.is()) {
+            css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XDesktop2 > desktop = css::frame::Desktop::create( context_ );
+            context_.clear();
+            try {
+                CPPUNIT_ASSERT(desktop->terminate());
+                desktop.clear();
+            } catch (css::lang::DisposedException &) {}
+                // it appears that DisposedExceptions can already happen while
+                // receiving the response of the terminate call
+        }
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(osl_Process_E_None, osl_joinProcess(process_));
+        oslProcessInfo info;
+        info.Size = sizeof info;
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(
+            osl_Process_E_None,
+            osl_getProcessInfo(process_, osl_Process_EXITCODE, &info));
+        CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(oslProcessExitCode(0), info.Code);
+        osl_freeProcessHandle(process_);
+        process_ = nullptr; // guard against subsequent calls to isStillAlive
+    }
+}
+
+
+bool OfficeConnection::isStillAlive() const {
+    if (process_ == nullptr) {
+        // In case "soffice" argument starts with "connect:" we have no direct
+        // control over the liveness of the soffice.bin process (would need to
+        // directly monitor the bridge) so can only assume the best here:
+        return true;
+    }
+    TimeValue delay = { 0, 0 }; // 0 sec
+    oslProcessError e = osl_joinProcessWithTimeout(process_, &delay);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(e == osl_Process_E_None || e == osl_Process_E_TimedOut);
+    return e == osl_Process_E_TimedOut;
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/toabsolutefileurl.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/toabsolutefileurl.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea8b6f66c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/toabsolutefileurl.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* -*- 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/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <osl/process.h>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <unotest/toabsolutefileurl.hxx>
+
+namespace test {
+
+OUString toAbsoluteFileUrl(OUString const & relativePathname) {
+    OUString cwd;
+    oslProcessError e1 = osl_getProcessWorkingDir(&cwd.pData);
+    if (e1 != osl_Process_E_None) {
+        throw css::uno::RuntimeException(
+            "osl_getProcessWorkingDir failed with " + OUString::number(e1));
+    }
+    OUString url;
+    osl::FileBase::RC e2 = osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath(
+        relativePathname, url);
+    if (e2 != osl::FileBase::E_None) {
+        throw css::uno::RuntimeException(
+            "osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath(" +
+            relativePathname +
+            ") failed with " +
+            OUString::number(e2));
+    }
+    OUString absUrl;
+    e2 = osl::FileBase::getAbsoluteFileURL(cwd, url, absUrl);
+    if (e2 != osl::FileBase::E_None) {
+        throw css::uno::RuntimeException(
+            "osl::FileBase::getAbsoluteFileURL(" +
+            cwd + ", " + url +
+            ") failed with " +
+            OUString::number(e2));
+    }
+    return absUrl;
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/unobootstrapprotector/unobootstrapprotector.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/unobootstrapprotector/unobootstrapprotector.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ad175b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/unobootstrapprotector/unobootstrapprotector.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * 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/Exception.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XMultiServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+
+#include <sal/types.h>
+
+#include <cppunit/Protector.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+//cppunit calls instantiates a new TextFixture for each test and calls setUp
+//and tearDown on that for every test in a fixture
+
+//We basically need to call dispose on our root component context to
+//shut down cleanly in the right order.
+
+//But we can't setup and tear down the root component context for
+//every test because all the uno singletons will be invalid after
+//the first dispose. So lets setup the default context once before
+//all tests are run, and tear it down once after all have finished
+
+class Prot : public CppUnit::Protector
+{
+public:
+    Prot();
+
+    virtual ~Prot() override;
+
+    Prot(const Prot&) = delete;
+    Prot& operator=(const Prot&) = delete;
+
+    virtual bool protect(
+        CppUnit::Functor const & functor,
+        CppUnit::ProtectorContext const & context) override;
+private:
+    uno::Reference<uno::XComponentContext> m_xContext;
+};
+
+
+Prot::Prot()
+    : m_xContext(cppu::defaultBootstrap_InitialComponentContext())
+{
+    uno::Reference<lang::XMultiComponentFactory> xFactory = m_xContext->getServiceManager();
+    uno::Reference<lang::XMultiServiceFactory> xSFactory(xFactory, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+
+    comphelper::setProcessServiceFactory(xSFactory);
+}
+
+bool Prot::protect(
+    CppUnit::Functor const & functor, CppUnit::ProtectorContext const &)
+{
+    return functor();
+}
+
+Prot::~Prot()
+{
+    uno::Reference< lang::XComponent >(m_xContext, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW)->dispose();
+}
+
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT CppUnit::Protector * unobootstrapprotector()
+{
+    return new Prot;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/cpp/unoexceptionprotector/unoexceptionprotector.cxx b/unotest/source/cpp/unoexceptionprotector/unoexceptionprotector.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36da0debf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/cpp/unoexceptionprotector/unoexceptionprotector.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 <string>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Exception.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/exc_hlp.hxx>
+#include <cppunit/Message.h>
+#include <osl/thread.h>
+#include <rtl/string.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/types.h>
+
+#include <cppunit/Protector.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+// Best effort conversion:
+std::string convert(OUString const & s16) {
+    OString s8(OUStringToOString(s16, osl_getThreadTextEncoding()));
+    static_assert(sizeof (sal_Int32) <= sizeof (std::string::size_type), "got to be at least equal");
+        // ensure following cast is legitimate
+    return std::string(
+        s8.getStr(), static_cast< std::string::size_type >(s8.getLength()));
+}
+
+class Prot : public CppUnit::Protector
+{
+public:
+    Prot() {}
+
+    Prot(const Prot&) = delete;
+    Prot& operator=(const Prot&) = delete;
+
+    virtual bool protect(
+        CppUnit::Functor const & functor,
+        CppUnit::ProtectorContext const & context) override;
+};
+
+bool Prot::protect(
+    CppUnit::Functor const & functor, CppUnit::ProtectorContext const & context)
+{
+    try {
+        return functor();
+    } catch (const css::uno::Exception &e) {
+        css::uno::Any a(cppu::getCaughtException());
+        reportError(
+            context,
+            CppUnit::Message(
+                convert(
+                    "An uncaught exception of type " + a.getValueTypeName()),
+                convert(e.Message)));
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT CppUnit::Protector *
+unoexceptionprotector() {
+    return new Prot;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/Argument.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/Argument.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..294e14489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/Argument.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+package org.openoffice.test;
+
+public final class Argument {
+    public static String get(String name) {
+        return System.getProperty("org.openoffice.test.arg." + name);
+    }
+
+    private Argument() {}
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/FileHelper.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/FileHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93907ed92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/FileHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+package org.openoffice.test;
+
+/*
+ * Helper Functions for File handling
+ */
+public class FileHelper
+{
+    /*
+     * Concat a _sRelativePathToAdd to a _sPath and append a '/' to the _sPath only if need.
+     *
+     * @return a right concatenated path
+     */
+    public static String appendPath(String _sPath, String _sRelativePathToAdd)
+    {
+        String sNewPath = _sPath;
+        String fs = System.getProperty("file.separator");
+        if (_sPath.startsWith("file:"))
+        {
+            fs = "/";                                  // we use a file URL so only '/' is allowed.
+        }
+        if (! (sNewPath.endsWith("/") || sNewPath.endsWith("\\") ) )
+        {
+            sNewPath += fs;
+        }
+        sNewPath += _sRelativePathToAdd;
+        return sNewPath;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/OfficeConnection.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/OfficeConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0801da6e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/OfficeConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+package org.openoffice.test;
+
+import com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver;
+import com.sun.star.bridge.XUnoUrlResolver;
+import com.sun.star.comp.helper.Bootstrap;
+import com.sun.star.connection.NoConnectException;
+import com.sun.star.frame.XDesktop;
+import com.sun.star.lang.DisposedException;
+import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiComponentFactory;
+import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;
+import com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/** Start up and shut down an OOo instance.
+
+    Details about the OOo instance are tunneled in via
+    org.openoffice.test.arg... system properties.
+*/
+
+
+public final class OfficeConnection {
+    /** Start up an OOo instance.
+    */
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        String sofficeArg = Argument.get("soffice");
+        if (sofficeArg.startsWith("path:")) {
+            description = "pipe,name=oootest" + UUID.randomUUID();
+            ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(
+                sofficeArg.substring("path:".length()), "--quickstart=no",
+                "--norestore", "--nologo", "--headless",
+                "--accept=" + description + ";urp",
+                "-env:UserInstallation=" + Argument.get("user"),
+                "-env:UNO_JAVA_JFW_ENV_JREHOME=true");
+            String workdirArg = Argument.get("workdir");
+            if (workdirArg != null) {
+                pb.directory(new File(workdirArg));
+            }
+            String envArg = Argument.get("env");
+            if (envArg != null) {
+                Map<String, String> env = pb.environment();
+                int i = envArg.indexOf('=');
+                if (i == -1) {
+                    env.remove(envArg);
+                } else {
+                    env.put(envArg.substring(0, i), envArg.substring(i + 1));
+                }
+            }
+            process = pb.start();
+            outForward = new Forward(process.getInputStream(), System.out);
+            outForward.start();
+            errForward = new Forward(process.getErrorStream(), System.err);
+            errForward.start();
+        } else if (sofficeArg.startsWith("connect:")) {
+            description = sofficeArg.substring("connect:".length());
+        } else {
+            fail(
+                "\"soffice\" argument \"" + sofficeArg +
+                " starts with neither \"path:\" nor \"connect:\"");
+        }
+        XUnoUrlResolver resolver = UnoUrlResolver.create(
+            Bootstrap.createInitialComponentContext(null));
+        for (;;) {
+            try {
+                context = UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
+                    XComponentContext.class,
+                    resolver.resolve(
+                        "uno:" + description +
+                        ";urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext"));
+                break;
+            } catch (NoConnectException e) {}
+            if (process != null) {
+                assertNull(waitForProcess(process, 1000)); // 1 sec
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Shut down the OOo instance.
+    */
+    public void tearDown()
+        throws InterruptedException, com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        boolean cleanTermination = false;
+        int code = 0;
+        try {
+            if (process != null) {
+                if (context != null) {
+                    XDesktop desktop = null;
+                    try {
+                        XMultiComponentFactory factory =
+                            context.getServiceManager();
+                        assertNotNull(factory);
+                        desktop = UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XDesktop.class,
+                            factory.createInstanceWithContext(
+                                "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", context));
+                    } catch (DisposedException e) {
+                        // it can happen that the Java bridge was disposed
+                        // already, we want to ensure soffice.bin is killed
+                        process.destroy();
+                    }
+                    context = null;
+                    if (desktop != null) {
+                        try {
+                            boolean desktopTerminated = desktop.terminate();
+                            if (!desktopTerminated) {
+                                // in case terminate() fails we would wait
+                                // forever for the process to die, so kill it
+                                process.destroy();
+                            }
+                            assertTrue(desktopTerminated);
+                        } catch (DisposedException e) {}
+                        // it appears that DisposedExceptions can already happen
+                        // while receiving the response of the terminate call
+                    }
+                    desktop = null;
+                } else {
+                    process.destroy();
+                }
+            }
+            if (process != null) {
+                code = process.waitFor();
+            }
+            boolean outTerminated = outForward == null
+                || outForward.terminated();
+            boolean errTerminated = errForward == null
+                || errForward.terminated();
+            assertEquals(0, code);
+            cleanTermination = true;
+            assertTrue(outTerminated);
+            assertTrue(errTerminated);
+        } finally {
+            if (!cleanTermination) {
+                try {
+                    String sofficeArg = Argument.get("soffice");
+                    String workdir = Argument.get("workdir");
+                    String postprocesscommand = Argument.get(
+                        "postprocesscommand");
+                    if (sofficeArg.startsWith("path:") && workdir != null
+                        && postprocesscommand != null)
+                    {
+                        ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(
+                            postprocesscommand,
+                            sofficeArg.substring("path:".length()) + ".bin",
+                            workdir, String.valueOf(code));
+                        Process postprocess = pb.start();
+                        Forward ppoutForward = new Forward(
+                            postprocess.getInputStream(), System.out);
+                        ppoutForward.start();
+                        Forward pperrForward = new Forward(
+                            postprocess.getErrorStream(), System.err);
+                        pperrForward.start();
+                        code = postprocess.waitFor();
+                        if (code != 0) {
+                            throw new PostprocessFailedException(code);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new PostprocessFailedException(e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Obtain the component context of the running OOo instance.
+    */
+    public XComponentContext getComponentContext() {
+        return context;
+    }
+
+    //TODO: get rid of this hack for legacy qa/unoapi tests
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    private static Integer waitForProcess(Process process, final int millis)
+        throws InterruptedException
+    {
+        final Thread t1 = Thread.currentThread();
+        Thread t2 = new Thread("waitForProcess") {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
+                    util.utils.pause(millis);
+                    t1.interrupt();
+                }
+            };
+        boolean old = Thread.interrupted();
+            // clear interrupted status, get old status
+        t2.start();
+        int n = 0;
+        boolean done = false;
+        try {
+            n = process.waitFor();
+            done = true;
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
+        t2.interrupt();
+        try {
+            t2.join();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            t2.join();
+        }
+        Thread.interrupted(); // clear interrupted status
+        if (old) {
+            t1.interrupt(); // reset old status
+        }
+        return done ? Integer.valueOf(n) : null;
+    }
+
+    private static final class Forward extends Thread {
+        public Forward(InputStream in, PrintStream out) {
+            super("process output forwarder");
+            this.in = in;
+            this.out = out;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+            for (;;) {
+                byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
+                int n;
+                try {
+                    n = in.read(buf);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException("wrapping", e);
+                }
+                if (n == -1) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                out.write(buf, 0, n);
+            }
+            done = true;
+        }
+
+        public boolean terminated() throws InterruptedException {
+            join();
+            return done;
+        }
+
+        private final InputStream in;
+        private final PrintStream out;
+        private boolean done = false;
+    }
+
+    private static final class PostprocessFailedException
+        extends RuntimeException
+    {
+        PostprocessFailedException(int exitCode) {
+            super("postprocessing failed with exit code " + exitCode);
+        }
+
+        PostprocessFailedException(IOException cause) {
+            super("postprocessing failed with IOException " + cause, cause);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String description;
+    private Process process = null;
+    private Forward outForward = null;
+    private Forward errForward = null;
+    private XComponentContext context = null;
+}
+// vim:set et sw=4 sts=4:
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/OfficeFileUrl.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/OfficeFileUrl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f908f3642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/OfficeFileUrl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+package org.openoffice.test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/** Obtain the office-internal absolute file URL of a given file.
+ */
+public final class OfficeFileUrl {
+    public static String getAbsolute(File file) {
+        return file.getAbsoluteFile().toURI().toString().replaceFirst(
+            "\\A[Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]:/(?=[^/]|\\z)", "file:///");
+            // file:/path -> file:///path
+    }
+
+    private OfficeFileUrl() {}
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/UnoApiTest.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/UnoApiTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44dd47231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/UnoApiTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+package org.openoffice.test;
+
+import org.openoffice.Runner;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import org.junit.*;
+
+public final class UnoApiTest {
+    @Before public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        connection.setUp();
+    }
+
+    @After public void tearDown()
+        throws InterruptedException, com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        connection.tearDown();
+    }
+
+    @Test public void test() throws Exception {
+        assertTrue("org.openoffice.Runner failed with params: -sce " + Argument.get("sce")
+                 + "-xcl " + Argument.get("xcl")
+                 + " -tdoc " + Argument.get("tdoc")
+                 + " -cs " + connection.getDescription(),
+            Runner.run(
+                "-sce", Argument.get("sce"), "-xcl", Argument.get("xcl"), "-tdoc",
+                Argument.get("tdoc"), "-cs", connection.getDescription()));
+    }
+
+    private final OfficeConnection connection = new OfficeConnection();
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/DocumentType.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/DocumentType.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb4745f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/DocumentType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+package org.openoffice.test.tools;
+
+/** a helper "enumeration class" for classifying a document type
+*/
+public class DocumentType extends com.sun.star.uno.Enum
+{
+    private DocumentType( int value )
+    {
+        super( value );
+    }
+
+    public static final DocumentType WRITER = new DocumentType(0);
+    public static final DocumentType CALC = new DocumentType(1);
+    public static final DocumentType DRAWING = new DocumentType(2);
+    public static final DocumentType XMLFORM = new DocumentType(3);
+    public static final DocumentType PRESENTATION = new DocumentType(4);
+    public static final DocumentType FORMULA = new DocumentType(5);
+    public static final DocumentType UNKNOWN = new DocumentType(-1);
+
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/OfficeDocument.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/OfficeDocument.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd996c011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/OfficeDocument.java
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+package org.openoffice.test.tools;
+
+import com.sun.star.beans.PropertyState;
+import com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue;
+import com.sun.star.document.MacroExecMode;
+import com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader;
+import com.sun.star.frame.XController;
+import com.sun.star.frame.XModel;
+import com.sun.star.lang.XComponent;
+import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory;
+import com.sun.star.lang.XServiceInfo;
+import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;
+import com.sun.star.uno.XInterface;
+import com.sun.star.util.CloseVetoException;
+import com.sun.star.util.XCloseable;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+/** provides a small wrapper around a document
+*/
+public class OfficeDocument
+{
+    /* ================================================================== */
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public OfficeDocument( XMultiServiceFactory orb, XComponent document )
+    {
+        m_orb = orb;
+        m_documentComponent = document;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    protected static XComponent implLoadAsComponent( XMultiServiceFactory orb, String documentOrFactoryURL ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        return implLoadAsComponent( orb, documentOrFactoryURL, new PropertyValue[0] );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    private static XComponent implLoadAsComponent( XMultiServiceFactory orb, String documentOrFactoryURL, final PropertyValue[] i_args ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        XComponentLoader aLoader = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XComponentLoader.class,
+            orb.createInstance( "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop" ) );
+
+        XComponent document = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XComponent.class,
+            aLoader.loadComponentFromURL( documentOrFactoryURL, "_blank", 0, i_args )
+        );
+        return document;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    private static OfficeDocument implLoadDocument( XMultiServiceFactory orb, String documentOrFactoryURL, final PropertyValue[] i_args ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        XComponent document = implLoadAsComponent( orb, documentOrFactoryURL, i_args );
+
+        XServiceInfo xSI = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XServiceInfo.class, document );
+        if ( xSI.supportsService( "com.sun.star.sheet.SpreadsheetDocument" ) )
+            return new SpreadsheetDocument( orb, document );
+        return new OfficeDocument( orb, document );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public static OfficeDocument blankTextDocument( XMultiServiceFactory orb ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        return blankDocument( orb, DocumentType.WRITER );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public static OfficeDocument blankDocument( XMultiServiceFactory orb, DocumentType eType ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        final PropertyValue[] args = new PropertyValue[] {
+            new PropertyValue( "MacroExecutionMode", -1, MacroExecMode.ALWAYS_EXECUTE, PropertyState.DIRECT_VALUE )
+        };
+        return implLoadDocument( orb, getDocumentFactoryURL( eType ), args );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public boolean close()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            XCloseable closeDoc = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XCloseable.class, m_documentComponent );
+            closeDoc.close( true );
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch ( CloseVetoException e )
+        {
+            Logger.getLogger( OfficeDocument.class.getName() ).log( Level.SEVERE, "closing the document was vetoed", e );
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* ================================================================== */
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public XComponent getDocument( )
+    {
+        return m_documentComponent;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** retrieves the current view of the document
+        @return
+            the view component, queried for the interface described by aInterfaceClass
+    */
+    public OfficeDocumentView getCurrentView( )
+    {
+        // get the model interface for the document
+        XModel xDocModel = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XModel.class, m_documentComponent );
+        // get the current controller for the document - as a controller is tied to a view,
+        // this gives us the currently active view for the document.
+        XController xController = xDocModel.getCurrentController();
+
+        if ( classify() == DocumentType.CALC )
+            return new SpreadsheetView( m_orb, xController );
+
+        return new OfficeDocumentView( m_orb, xController );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** returns a URL which can be used to create a document of a certain type
+    */
+    private static String getDocumentFactoryURL( DocumentType eType )
+    {
+        if ( eType == DocumentType.WRITER )
+            return "private:factory/swriter";
+        if ( eType == DocumentType.CALC )
+            return "private:factory/scalc";
+        if ( eType == DocumentType.DRAWING )
+            return "private:factory/sdraw";
+        if ( eType == DocumentType.XMLFORM )
+            return "private:factory/swriter?slot=21053";
+        if ( eType == DocumentType.PRESENTATION )
+            return "private:factory/simpress";
+        if ( eType == DocumentType.FORMULA )
+            return "private:factory/smath";
+        return "private:factory/swriter";
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** classifies a document
+    */
+    private DocumentType classify( )
+    {
+        XServiceInfo xSI = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XServiceInfo.class, m_documentComponent );
+
+        if ( xSI.supportsService( "com.sun.star.text.TextDocument" ) )
+            return DocumentType.WRITER;
+        else if ( xSI.supportsService( "com.sun.star.sheet.SpreadsheetDocument" ) )
+            return DocumentType.CALC;
+        else if ( xSI.supportsService( "com.sun.star.drawing.DrawingDocument" ) )
+            return DocumentType.DRAWING;
+        else if ( xSI.supportsService( "com.sun.star.presentation.PresentationDocument" ) )
+            return DocumentType.PRESENTATION;
+        else if ( xSI.supportsService( "com.sun.star.formula.FormulaProperties" ) )
+            return DocumentType.FORMULA;
+
+        return DocumentType.UNKNOWN;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** creates a component at the service factory provided by the document
+    */
+    public XInterface createInstance( String serviceSpecifier ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        XMultiServiceFactory xORB = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XMultiServiceFactory.class, m_documentComponent );
+        return (XInterface)xORB.createInstance( serviceSpecifier );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** creates a component at the service factory provided by the document, queried for a given interface type
+    */
+    public <T> T createInstance( String i_serviceSpecifier, Class<T> i_interfaceClass ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        return UnoRuntime.queryInterface( i_interfaceClass, createInstance( i_serviceSpecifier ) );
+    }
+
+    private final XMultiServiceFactory    m_orb;
+    private XComponent              m_documentComponent;
+}
+
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/OfficeDocumentView.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/OfficeDocumentView.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c78537b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/OfficeDocumentView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+package org.openoffice.test.tools;
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+
+import com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue;
+import com.sun.star.frame.XController;
+import com.sun.star.frame.XDispatch;
+import com.sun.star.frame.XDispatchProvider;
+import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory;
+import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;
+import com.sun.star.util.URL;
+import com.sun.star.util.XURLTransformer;
+
+/**************************************************************************/
+/** provides a small wrapper around a document view
+*/
+public class OfficeDocumentView
+{
+    private final     XMultiServiceFactory    m_orb;
+    private final     XController             m_controller;
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    final public XController getController()
+    {
+        return m_controller;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public OfficeDocumentView( XMultiServiceFactory orb, XController controller )
+    {
+        m_orb = orb;
+        m_controller = controller;
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** retrieves a dispatcher for the given URL, obtained at the current view of the document
+        @param aURL
+            a one-element array. The first element must contain a valid
+            <member scope="com.sun.star.util">URL::Complete</member> value. Upon return, the URL is correctly
+            parsed.
+        @return
+            the dispatcher for the URL in question
+    */
+    private XDispatch getDispatcher( URL[] aURL ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        XDispatch xReturn = null;
+
+        // go get the dispatch provider of its frame
+        XDispatchProvider xProvider = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XDispatchProvider.class, m_controller.getFrame() );
+        if ( null != xProvider )
+        {
+            // need a URLTransformer
+            XURLTransformer xTransformer = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XURLTransformer.class,
+                m_orb.createInstance( "com.sun.star.util.URLTransformer" ) );
+            xTransformer.parseStrict( aURL );
+
+            xReturn = xProvider.queryDispatch( aURL[0], "", 0 );
+        }
+        return xReturn;
+    }
+
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** dispatches the given URL into the view, if there's a dispatcher for it
+
+        @return
+            <TRUE/> if the URL was successfully dispatched
+    */
+    public boolean dispatch( String i_url ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        return dispatch( i_url, new PropertyValue[0] );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    private boolean dispatch( final String i_url, final PropertyValue[] i_arguments ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        URL[] completeURL = new URL[] { new URL() };
+        completeURL[0].Complete = i_url;
+        XDispatch dispatcher = getDispatcher( completeURL );
+        if ( dispatcher == null )
+            return false;
+
+        dispatcher.dispatch( completeURL[0], i_arguments );
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/SpreadsheetDocument.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/SpreadsheetDocument.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7db429103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/SpreadsheetDocument.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+
+package org.openoffice.test.tools;
+
+import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory;
+import com.sun.star.lang.XComponent;
+import com.sun.star.table.XCellRange;
+import com.sun.star.container.XIndexAccess;
+import com.sun.star.sheet.XSpreadsheetDocument;
+import com.sun.star.sheet.XSpreadsheets;
+import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;
+
+public class SpreadsheetDocument extends OfficeDocument
+{
+    /** Creates a new blank spreadsheet document */
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public SpreadsheetDocument( XMultiServiceFactory orb ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        super( orb, implLoadAsComponent( orb, "private:factory/scalc" ) );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public SpreadsheetDocument( XMultiServiceFactory orb, XComponent document )
+    {
+        super( orb, document );
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** returns the sheets collection
+    */
+    private XSpreadsheets getSheets()
+    {
+        XSpreadsheetDocument spreadsheetDoc = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XSpreadsheetDocument.class, getDocument() );
+        return spreadsheetDoc.getSheets();
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** returns the sheet with the given index
+    */
+    public XCellRange getSheet( int index ) throws com.sun.star.uno.Exception
+    {
+        XIndexAccess sheets = UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XIndexAccess.class, getSheets() );
+        return UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XCellRange.class, sheets.getByIndex( index ) );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/SpreadsheetView.java b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/SpreadsheetView.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d3d23e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/java/org/openoffice/test/tools/SpreadsheetView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * 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 .
+ */
+package org.openoffice.test.tools;
+
+import com.sun.star.frame.XController;
+import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory;
+
+public class SpreadsheetView extends OfficeDocumentView
+{
+
+    /** Creates a new instance of SpreadsheetView */
+    public SpreadsheetView( XMultiServiceFactory orb, XController controller )
+    {
+        super( orb, controller );
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/unotest/source/python/org/__init__.py b/unotest/source/python/org/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/python/org/__init__.py
diff --git a/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/__init__.py b/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/__init__.py
diff --git a/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/unittest.py b/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/unittest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6f93080b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/unittest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-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/.
+#
+
+import gc
+import pyuno
+import unittest
+
+class LoTestResult(unittest.TextTestResult):
+    def stopTestRun(self):
+        # HACK calling gc.collect() to get rid of as many still existing UNO proxies to
+        # SwXTextDocument and friends as possible; those C++ classes' dtors call
+        # Application::GetSolarMutex via sw::UnoImplPtrDeleter, so the dtors must be called before
+        # DeInitVCL in the call to pyuno.private_deinitTestEnvironment(); any remaining proxies
+        # that are still referenced (UnoInProcess' self.xDoc in
+        # unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/unotest.py, or per-class variables in the various
+        # PythonTests) need to be individually released (each marked as "HACK" in the code):
+        gc.collect()
+        pyuno.private_deinitTestEnvironment()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(module=None, testRunner=unittest.TextTestRunner(resultclass=LoTestResult))
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab:
diff --git a/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/unotest.py b/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/unotest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b421e167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotest/source/python/org/libreoffice/unotest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+# -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-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/.
+#
+
+import pathlib
+import subprocess
+import time
+import uuid
+import argparse
+import os
+import shutil
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+
+try:
+    import pyuno
+    import uno
+except ImportError:
+    print("pyuno not found: try to set PYTHONPATH and URE_BOOTSTRAP variables")
+    print("to something like:")
+    print("  PYTHONPATH=/installation/opt/program")
+    print("  URE_BOOTSTRAP=file:///installation/opt/program/fundamentalrc")
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from com.sun.star.document import XDocumentEventListener
+except ImportError:
+    print("UNO API class not found: try to set URE_BOOTSTRAP variable")
+    print("to something like:")
+    print("  URE_BOOTSTRAP=file:///installation/opt/program/fundamentalrc")
+    raise
+
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import quote
+except ImportError:
+    from urllib import quote
+
+### utilities ###
+
+def mkPropertyValue(name, value):
+    return uno.createUnoStruct("com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue", name, 0, value, 0)
+
+def mkPropertyValues(**kwargs):
+    '''mkPropertyValues(Name=Value, Name=Value,...) -> (PropertyValue, PropertyValue,...)
+    ex. : mkPropertyValues(Hidden=True, ReadOnly=False)'''
+    from com.sun.star.beans import PropertyValue
+    return tuple(PropertyValue(k,0,kwargs[k],0) for k in kwargs)
+
+def fileUrlToSystemPath(url):
+    return pyuno.fileUrlToSystemPath(url)
+
+def systemPathToFileUrl(systemPath):
+    return pyuno.systemPathToFileUrl(systemPath)
+
+### UNO utilities ###
+
+class OfficeConnection(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        self.args = args
+        self.soffice = None
+        self.xContext = None
+        self.channel = None
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        try:
+            self.verbose = self.args["verbose"]
+        except KeyError:
+            self.verbose = False
+        try:
+            prog = self.args["program"]
+        except KeyError:
+            prog = os.getenv("SOFFICE_BIN")
+        if not (prog):
+            raise Exception("SOFFICE_BIN must be set")
+        channel = "pipe,name=pytest" + str(uuid.uuid1())
+        try:
+            userdir = self.args["userdir"]
+        except KeyError:
+            userdir = "file:///tmp"
+        if not(userdir.startswith("file://")):
+            raise Exception("--userdir must be file URL")
+        self.soffice = self.bootstrap(prog, userdir, channel)
+        return self.connect(channel)
+
+    def bootstrap(self, soffice, userdir, channel):
+        argv = [ soffice, "--accept=" + channel + ";urp",
+                "-env:UserInstallation=" + userdir,
+                "--quickstart=no",
+                "--norestore", "--nologo", "--headless"]
+        if "--valgrind" in self.args:
+            argv.append("--valgrind")
+        if self.verbose:
+            print ("starting LibreOffice with channel: ", channel)
+        return subprocess.Popen(argv)
+
+    def connect(self, channel):
+        xLocalContext = uno.getComponentContext()
+        xUnoResolver = xLocalContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
+                "com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", xLocalContext)
+        url = ("uno:%s;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" % channel)
+        if self.verbose:
+            print("Connecting to: ", url)
+        while True:
+            try:
+                self.xContext = xUnoResolver.resolve(url)
+                return self.xContext
+#            except com.sun.star.connection.NoConnectException
+            except pyuno.getClass("com.sun.star.connection.NoConnectException"):
+                print("WARN: NoConnectException: sleeping...")
+                time.sleep(1)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self.soffice:
+            if self.xContext:
+                try:
+                    if self.verbose:
+                        print("tearDown: calling terminate()...")
+                    xMgr = self.xContext.ServiceManager
+                    xDesktop = xMgr.createInstanceWithContext(
+                            "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", self.xContext)
+                    xDesktop.terminate()
+                    if self.verbose:
+                        print("...done")
+#                except com.sun.star.lang.DisposedException:
+                except pyuno.getClass("com.sun.star.beans.UnknownPropertyException"):
+                    print("caught UnknownPropertyException")
+                    pass # ignore, also means disposed
+                except pyuno.getClass("com.sun.star.lang.DisposedException"):
+                    print("caught DisposedException")
+                    pass # ignore
+            else:
+                self.soffice.terminate()
+            ret = self.soffice.wait()
+            self.xContext = None
+            self.socket = None
+            self.soffice = None
+            if ret != 0:
+                raise Exception("Exit status indicates failure: " + str(ret))
+
+    def getContext(self):
+        return self.xContext
+
+class UnoRemoteConnection:
+    def __init__(self, args):
+        self.args = args
+        self.connection = None
+    def getContext(self):
+        return self.connection.xContext
+    def getDoc(self):
+        return self.xDoc
+    def setUp(self):
+        conn = OfficeConnection(self.args)
+        conn.setUp()
+        self.connection = conn
+    def openEmptyWriterDoc(self):
+        assert(self.connection)
+        smgr = self.getContext().ServiceManager
+        desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", self.getContext())
+        props = [("Hidden", True), ("ReadOnly", False)]
+        loadProps = tuple([mkPropertyValue(name, value) for (name, value) in props])
+        self.xDoc = desktop.loadComponentFromURL("private:factory/swriter", "_blank", 0, loadProps)
+        return self.xDoc
+
+    def checkProperties(self, obj, dict, test):
+        for k,v in dict.items():
+            obj.setPropertyValue(k, v)
+            value = obj.getPropertyValue(k)
+            test.assertEqual(value, v)
+
+    def postTest(self):
+        assert(self.connection)
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self.connection:
+            try:
+                self.connection.tearDown()
+            finally:
+                self.connection = None
+
+havePonies = False
+
+class UnoInProcess:
+    def getContext(self):
+        return self.xContext
+    def getDoc(self):
+        return self.xDoc
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.xContext = pyuno.getComponentContext()
+        global havePonies
+        if not(havePonies):
+            pyuno.private_initTestEnvironment()
+            havePonies = True
+
+    def openEmptyWriterDoc(self):
+        return self.openEmptyDoc("private:factory/swriter")
+
+    def openEmptyCalcDoc(self):
+        return self.openEmptyDoc("private:factory/scalc")
+
+    def openEmptyDoc(self, url, bHidden = True, bReadOnly = False):
+        props = [("Hidden", bHidden), ("ReadOnly", bReadOnly)]
+        return self.__openDocFromURL(url, props)
+
+    def openTemplateFromTDOC(self, file):
+        return self.openDocFromTDOC(file, True)
+
+    def openDocFromTDOC(self, file, asTemplate = False):
+        path = makeCopyFromTDOC(file)
+        return self.openDocFromAbsolutePath(path, asTemplate)
+
+    def openDocFromAbsolutePath(self, file, asTemplate = False):
+        return self.openDocFromURL(pathlib.Path(file).as_uri(), asTemplate)
+
+    def openDocFromURL(self, url, asTemplate = False):
+        props = [("Hidden", True), ("ReadOnly", False), ("AsTemplate", asTemplate)]
+        return self.__openDocFromURL(url, props)
+
+    def __openDocFromURL(self, url, props):
+        assert(self.xContext)
+        smgr = self.getContext().ServiceManager
+        desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", self.getContext())
+        loadProps = tuple([mkPropertyValue(name, value) for (name, value) in props])
+        self.xDoc = desktop.loadComponentFromURL(url, "_blank", 0, loadProps)
+        assert(self.xDoc)
+        return self.xDoc
+
+    def checkProperties(self, obj, dict, test):
+        for k,v in dict.items():
+            obj.setPropertyValue(k, v)
+            value = obj.getPropertyValue(k)
+            test.assertEqual(value, v)
+
+    def setProperties(self, obj, dict):
+        for k,v in dict.items():
+            obj.setPropertyValue(k, v)
+
+    def postTest(self):
+        assert(self.xContext)
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if hasattr(self, 'xDoc'):
+            self.xDoc.close(True)
+            # HACK in case self.xDoc holds a UNO proxy to an SwXTextDocument (whose dtor calls
+            # Application::GetSolarMutex via sw::UnoImplPtrDeleter), which would potentially only be
+            # garbage-collected after VCL has already been deinitialized:
+            self.xDoc = None
+
+def simpleInvoke(connection, test):
+    try:
+        connection.preTest()
+        test.run(connection.getContext())
+    finally:
+        connection.postTest()
+
+def retryInvoke(connection, test):
+    tries = 5
+    while tries > 0:
+        try:
+            tries -= 1
+            try:
+                connection.preTest()
+                test.run(connection.getContext())
+                return
+            finally:
+                connection.postTest()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            raise # Ctrl+C should work
+        except:
+            print("retryInvoke: caught exception")
+    raise Exception("FAILED retryInvoke")
+
+def runConnectionTests(connection, invoker, tests):
+    try:
+        connection.setUp()
+        for test in tests:
+            invoker(connection, test)
+    finally:
+        connection.tearDown()
+
+def makeCopyFromTDOC(file):
+    src = os.getenv("TDOC")
+    assert(src is not None)
+    src = os.path.join(src, file)
+    dst = os.getenv("TestUserDir")
+    assert(dst is not None)
+    uri = urllib.parse.urlparse(dst)
+    assert(uri.scheme.casefold() == "file")
+    assert(uri.netloc == "" or uri.netloc.casefold() == "localhost")
+    assert(uri.params == "")
+    assert(uri.query == "")
+    assert(uri.fragment == "")
+    dst = urllib.request.url2pathname(uri.path)
+    dst = os.path.join(dst, "tmp", file)
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dst), exist_ok=True)
+    try:
+        os.remove(dst)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+    shutil.copyfile(src, dst)
+    return dst
+
+### tests ###
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("Help utilities for testing LibreOffice")
+    group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    group.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", help="increase output verbosity", action="store_true")
+    #parser.add_argument("p", type=str, help="program name")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    if args.verbose:
+        verbose = True
+    con = PersistentConnection({"verbose" : args.verbose})
+    print("starting soffice ... ", end="")
+    con.setUp()
+    print("done")
+    con.get
+    print ("shutting down ... ", end="")
+    con.tearDown()
+    print("done")
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: