Adding upstream version 4:7.4.7.upstream/4%7.4.7upstream

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

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diff --git a/unotools/source/accessibility/accessiblerelationsethelper.cxx b/unotools/source/accessibility/accessiblerelationsethelper.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 <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IndexOutOfBoundsException.hpp>
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+#include <unotools/accessiblerelationsethelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+
+using namespace ::utl;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+
+namespace
+{
+    AccessibleRelation lcl_getRelationByType( std::vector<AccessibleRelation>& raRelations, sal_Int16 aRelationType )
+    {
+        for (const auto& aRelation: raRelations)
+        {
+            if (aRelation.RelationType == aRelationType)
+                return aRelation;
+        }
+        return AccessibleRelation();
+    }
+}
+//=====  internal  ============================================================
+
+AccessibleRelationSetHelper::AccessibleRelationSetHelper ()
+{
+}
+
+AccessibleRelationSetHelper::AccessibleRelationSetHelper (const AccessibleRelationSetHelper& rHelper)
+    : cppu::WeakImplHelper<XAccessibleRelationSet>(rHelper),
+      maRelations(rHelper.maRelations)
+{
+}
+
+AccessibleRelationSetHelper::~AccessibleRelationSetHelper()
+{
+}
+
+//=====  XAccessibleRelationSet  ==============================================
+
+    /** Returns the number of relations in this relation set.
+
+        @return
+            Returns the number of relations or zero if there are none.
+    */
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL
+    AccessibleRelationSetHelper::getRelationCount(  )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+
+    return maRelations.size();
+}
+
+    /** Returns the relation of this relation set that is specified by
+        the given index.
+
+        @param nIndex
+            This index specifies the relatio to return.
+
+        @return
+            For a valid index, i.e. inside the range 0 to the number of
+            relations minus one, the returned value is the requested
+            relation.  If the index is invalid then the returned relation
+            has the type INVALID.
+
+    */
+ AccessibleRelation SAL_CALL
+        AccessibleRelationSetHelper::getRelation( sal_Int32 nIndex )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+
+    if ((nIndex < 0) || (o3tl::make_unsigned(nIndex) >= maRelations.size()))
+        throw lang::IndexOutOfBoundsException();
+
+    return maRelations[nIndex];
+}
+
+    /** Tests whether the relation set contains a relation matching the
+        specified key.
+
+        @param aRelationType
+            The type of relation to look for in this set of relations.  This
+            has to be one of the constants of
+            <type>AccessibleRelationType</type>.
+
+        @return
+            Returns <TRUE/> if there is a (at least one) relation of the
+            given type and <FALSE/> if there is no such relation in the set.
+    */
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL
+    AccessibleRelationSetHelper::containsRelation( sal_Int16 aRelationType )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+
+    AccessibleRelation defaultRelation; // default is INVALID
+    AccessibleRelation relationByType = lcl_getRelationByType(maRelations, aRelationType);
+    return relationByType.RelationType != defaultRelation.RelationType;
+}
+
+    /** Retrieve and return the relation with the given relation type.
+
+        @param aRelationType
+            The type of the relation to return.  This has to be one of the
+            constants of <type>AccessibleRelationType</type>.
+
+        @return
+            If a relation with the given type could be found than (a copy
+            of) this relation is returned.  Otherwise a relation with the
+            type INVALID is returned.
+    */
+AccessibleRelation SAL_CALL
+        AccessibleRelationSetHelper::getRelationByType( sal_Int16 aRelationType )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+
+    return lcl_getRelationByType(maRelations, aRelationType);
+}
+
+void AccessibleRelationSetHelper::AddRelation(const AccessibleRelation& rRelation)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+
+    for (auto& aRelation: maRelations)
+    {
+        if (aRelation.RelationType == rRelation.RelationType)
+        {
+            aRelation.TargetSet = comphelper::concatSequences(aRelation.TargetSet, rRelation.TargetSet);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    maRelations.push_back(rRelation);
+}
+
+//=====  XTypeProvider  =======================================================
+
+uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type> AccessibleRelationSetHelper::getTypes()
+{
+    static const uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type> aTypes {
+        cppu::UnoType<XAccessibleRelationSet>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<lang::XTypeProvider>::get()
+    };
+    return aTypes;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> SAL_CALL AccessibleRelationSetHelper::getImplementationId()
+{
+    return css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/accessibility/accessiblestatesethelper.cxx b/unotools/source/accessibility/accessiblestatesethelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c3ccc8ff
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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 <unotools/accessiblestatesethelper.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+
+// defines how many states the bitfield can contain
+// it has the size of 64 because I use a uInt64
+#define BITFIELDSIZE 64
+
+using namespace ::utl;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::accessibility;
+
+namespace
+{
+    bool lcl_contains(sal_uInt64 aStates, sal_uInt64 aState)
+    {
+        DBG_ASSERT(aState < BITFIELDSIZE, "the statesset is too small");
+        sal_uInt64 aTempBitSet(1);
+        aTempBitSet <<= aState;
+        return ((aTempBitSet & aStates) != 0);
+    }
+}
+//=====  internal  ============================================================
+
+AccessibleStateSetHelper::AccessibleStateSetHelper ()
+    : maStates(0)
+{
+}
+
+AccessibleStateSetHelper::AccessibleStateSetHelper ( const sal_Int64 _nInitialStates )
+    : maStates(_nInitialStates)
+{
+}
+
+AccessibleStateSetHelper::AccessibleStateSetHelper (const AccessibleStateSetHelper& rHelper)
+    : cppu::WeakImplHelper<XAccessibleStateSet>(rHelper),
+      maStates(rHelper.maStates)
+{
+}
+
+AccessibleStateSetHelper::~AccessibleStateSetHelper()
+{
+}
+
+//=====  XAccessibleStateSet  ==============================================
+
+    /** Checks whether the current state set is empty.
+
+        @return
+            Returns <TRUE/> if there is no state in this state set and
+            <FALSE/> if there is at least one state set in it.
+    */
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL AccessibleStateSetHelper::isEmpty ()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+    return maStates == 0;
+}
+
+    /** Checks if the given state is a member of the state set of this
+        object.
+
+        @param aState
+            The state for which to check membership.  This has to be one of
+            the constants of <type>AccessibleStateType</type>.
+
+        @return
+            Returns <TRUE/> if the given state is a member of this object's
+            state set and <FALSE/> otherwise.
+    */
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL AccessibleStateSetHelper::contains (sal_Int16 aState)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+
+    return lcl_contains(maStates, aState);
+}
+
+    /** Checks if all of the given states are in this object's state
+        set.
+
+        @param aStateSet
+            This sequence of states is interpreted as set and every of its
+            members, duplicates are ignored, is checked for membership in
+            this object's state set.  Each state has to be one of the
+            constants of <type>AccessibleStateType</type>.
+
+        @return
+            Returns <TRUE/> if all states of the given state set are members
+            of this object's state set.  <FALSE/> is returned if at least
+            one of the states in the given state is not a member of this
+            object's state set.
+    */
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL AccessibleStateSetHelper::containsAll
+    (const uno::Sequence<sal_Int16>& rStateSet)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+    return std::all_of(rStateSet.begin(), rStateSet.end(),
+        [this](const sal_Int16 nState) { return lcl_contains(maStates, nState); });
+}
+
+uno::Sequence<sal_Int16> SAL_CALL AccessibleStateSetHelper::getStates()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard(maMutex);
+    uno::Sequence<sal_Int16> aRet(BITFIELDSIZE);
+    sal_Int16* pSeq = aRet.getArray();
+    sal_Int16 nStateCount(0);
+    for (sal_Int16 i = 0; i < BITFIELDSIZE; ++i)
+        if (lcl_contains(maStates, i))
+        {
+            *pSeq = i;
+            ++pSeq;
+            ++nStateCount;
+        }
+    aRet.realloc(nStateCount);
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+void AccessibleStateSetHelper::AddState(sal_Int16 aState)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+    DBG_ASSERT(aState < BITFIELDSIZE, "the statesset is too small");
+    sal_uInt64 aTempBitSet(1);
+    aTempBitSet <<= aState;
+    maStates |= aTempBitSet;
+}
+
+void AccessibleStateSetHelper::RemoveState(sal_Int16 aState)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard (maMutex);
+    DBG_ASSERT(aState < BITFIELDSIZE, "the statesset is too small");
+    sal_uInt64 aTempBitSet(1);
+    aTempBitSet <<= aState;
+    aTempBitSet = ~aTempBitSet;
+    maStates &= aTempBitSet;
+}
+
+//=====  XTypeProvider  =======================================================
+
+uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type> AccessibleStateSetHelper::getTypes()
+{
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type> aTypeSequence {
+        cppu::UnoType<XAccessibleStateSet>::get(),
+        cppu::UnoType<lang::XTypeProvider>::get()
+    };
+    return aTypeSequence;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence<sal_Int8> SAL_CALL AccessibleStateSetHelper::getImplementationId()
+{
+    return css::uno::Sequence<sal_Int8>();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/bootstrap.cxx b/unotools/source/config/bootstrap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef7ba5700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/bootstrap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,720 @@
+/* -*- 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 <string_view>
+
+#include <config_folders.h>
+
+#include <unotools/bootstrap.hxx>
+
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <rtl/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <osl/process.h>
+
+// #define this to true, if remembering defaults is not supported properly
+#define RTL_BOOTSTRAP_DEFAULTS_BROKEN true
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_PRODUCT_KEY = u"ProductKey";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_VERSIONFILE = u"Location";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_BUILDID = u"buildid";
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_BASEINSTALLATION = u"BRAND_BASE_DIR";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_USERINSTALLATION = u"UserInstallation";
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_USERDIR = u"UserDataDir";
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_DEFAULT_BASEINSTALL = u"$SYSBINDIR/..";
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral BOOTSTRAP_DIRNAME_USERDIR = u"user";
+
+typedef char const * AsciiString;
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+// Implementation class: Bootstrap::Impl
+
+static OUString makeImplName()
+{
+    OUString uri;
+    rtl::Bootstrap::get( "BRAND_BASE_DIR", uri);
+    return uri + "/" LIBO_ETC_FOLDER "/" SAL_CONFIGFILE("bootstrap");
+}
+
+class Bootstrap::Impl
+{
+    const OUString m_aImplName;
+public: // struct to cache the result of a path lookup
+    struct PathData
+    {
+        OUString     path;
+        PathStatus   status;
+
+        PathData()
+        : status(DATA_UNKNOWN)
+        {}
+    };
+public: // data members
+    // base install data
+    PathData aBaseInstall_;
+
+    // user install data
+    PathData aUserInstall_;
+
+    // INI files
+    PathData aBootstrapINI_;
+    PathData aVersionINI_;
+
+    // overall status
+    Status status_;
+
+public: // construction and initialization
+    Impl() : m_aImplName(makeImplName())
+    {
+        initialize();
+    }
+
+    void initialize();
+
+    // access helper
+    OUString getBootstrapValue(OUString const& _sName, OUString const& _sDefault) const;
+
+    const OUString& getImplName() const { return m_aImplName; }
+
+private: // implementation
+    bool initBaseInstallationData(rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData);
+    bool initUserInstallationData(rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData);
+};
+
+namespace
+{
+    Bootstrap::Impl& theImpl()
+    {
+        static Bootstrap::Impl SINGLETON;
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+}
+
+const Bootstrap::Impl& Bootstrap::data()
+{
+    return theImpl();
+}
+
+bool Bootstrap::getProcessWorkingDir(OUString &rUrl)
+{
+    rUrl.clear();
+    OUString s("$OOO_CWD");
+    rtl::Bootstrap::expandMacros(s);
+    if (s.isEmpty())
+    {
+        if (osl_getProcessWorkingDir(&rUrl.pData) == osl_Process_E_None)
+            return true;
+    }
+    else if (s[0] == '1')
+    {
+        rUrl = s.copy(1);
+        return true;
+    }
+    else if (s[0] == '2' &&
+               (osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath(s.copy(1), rUrl) ==
+                osl::FileBase::E_None))
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+void Bootstrap::reloadData()
+{
+    theImpl().initialize();
+}
+
+// helper
+
+typedef Bootstrap::PathStatus PathStatus;
+
+sal_Unicode const cURLSeparator = '/';
+
+// path status utility function
+static PathStatus implCheckStatusOfURL(OUString const& _sURL, osl::DirectoryItem& aDirItem)
+{
+    using namespace osl;
+
+    PathStatus eStatus = Bootstrap::DATA_UNKNOWN;
+
+    if (!_sURL.isEmpty())
+    {
+        switch( DirectoryItem::get(_sURL, aDirItem) )
+        {
+        case DirectoryItem::E_None:         // Success
+            eStatus = Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS;
+            break;
+
+        case DirectoryItem::E_NOENT:        // No such file or directory
+            eStatus = Bootstrap::PATH_VALID;
+            break;
+
+        case DirectoryItem::E_INVAL:        // the format of the parameters was not valid
+        case DirectoryItem::E_NAMETOOLONG:  // File name too long
+        case DirectoryItem::E_NOTDIR:       // A component of the path prefix of path is not a directory
+            eStatus = Bootstrap::DATA_INVALID;
+            break;
+
+        // how to handle these ?
+        case DirectoryItem::E_LOOP:         // Too many symbolic links encountered
+        case DirectoryItem::E_ACCES:        // permission denied
+        // any other error - what to do ?
+        default:
+            eStatus = Bootstrap::DATA_UNKNOWN;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        eStatus = Bootstrap::DATA_MISSING;
+    }
+
+    return eStatus;
+}
+
+static bool implNormalizeURL(OUString & _sURL, osl::DirectoryItem& aDirItem)
+{
+    using namespace osl;
+
+    OSL_PRECOND(aDirItem.is(), "Opened DirItem required");
+
+    static const sal_uInt32 cosl_FileStatus_Mask = osl_FileStatus_Mask_FileURL;
+
+    FileStatus aFileStatus(cosl_FileStatus_Mask);
+
+    if (aDirItem.getFileStatus(aFileStatus) != DirectoryItem::E_None)
+        return false;
+
+    OUString aNormalizedURL = aFileStatus.getFileURL();
+
+    if (aNormalizedURL.isEmpty())
+        return false;
+
+    // #109863# sal/osl returns final slash for file URLs contradicting
+    // the URL/URI RFCs.
+    if ( !aNormalizedURL.endsWith(OUStringChar(cURLSeparator)) )
+        _sURL = aNormalizedURL;
+    else
+        _sURL = aNormalizedURL.copy( 0, aNormalizedURL.getLength()-1 );
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool implEnsureAbsolute(OUString & _rsURL) // also strips embedded dots !!
+{
+    using osl::File;
+
+    OUString sBasePath;
+    OSL_VERIFY(Bootstrap::getProcessWorkingDir(sBasePath));
+
+    OUString sAbsolute;
+    if ( File::E_None == File::getAbsoluteFileURL(sBasePath, _rsURL, sAbsolute))
+    {
+        _rsURL = sAbsolute;
+        return true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL("Could not get absolute file URL for URL");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+static bool implMakeAbsoluteURL(OUString & _rsPathOrURL)
+{
+    using namespace osl;
+
+    bool bURL;
+
+    OUString sOther;
+    // check if it already was normalized
+    if ( File::E_None == File::getSystemPathFromFileURL(_rsPathOrURL, sOther) )
+    {
+        bURL = true;
+    }
+
+    else if ( File::E_None == File::getFileURLFromSystemPath(_rsPathOrURL, sOther) )
+    {
+        _rsPathOrURL = sOther;
+        bURL = true;
+    }
+    else
+        bURL = false;
+
+    return bURL && implEnsureAbsolute(_rsPathOrURL);
+}
+
+static PathStatus dbgCheckStatusOfURL(OUString const& _sURL)
+{
+    using namespace osl;
+
+    DirectoryItem aDirItem;
+
+    return implCheckStatusOfURL(_sURL,aDirItem);
+}
+
+static PathStatus checkStatusAndNormalizeURL(OUString & _sURL)
+{
+    using namespace osl;
+
+    PathStatus eStatus = Bootstrap::DATA_UNKNOWN;
+
+    if (_sURL.isEmpty())
+        eStatus = Bootstrap::DATA_MISSING;
+
+    else if ( !implMakeAbsoluteURL(_sURL) )
+        eStatus = Bootstrap::DATA_INVALID;
+
+    else
+    {
+        DirectoryItem aDirItem;
+
+        eStatus = implCheckStatusOfURL(_sURL,aDirItem);
+
+        if (eStatus == Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS && !implNormalizeURL(_sURL,aDirItem))
+            OSL_FAIL("Unexpected failure getting actual URL for existing object");
+    }
+    return eStatus;
+}
+
+// helpers to build and check a nested URL
+static PathStatus getDerivedPath(
+              OUString& _rURL,
+              OUString const& _aBaseURL, PathStatus _aBaseStatus,
+              std::u16string_view _sRelativeURL,
+              rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData, OUString const& _sBootstrapParameter
+          )
+{
+    OUString sDerivedURL;
+    OSL_PRECOND(!_rData.getFrom(_sBootstrapParameter,sDerivedURL),"Setting for derived path is already defined");
+    OSL_PRECOND(!_sRelativeURL.empty() && _sRelativeURL[0] != cURLSeparator,"Invalid Relative URL");
+
+    PathStatus aStatus = _aBaseStatus;
+
+    // do we have a base path ?
+    if (!_aBaseURL.isEmpty())
+    {
+        OSL_PRECOND(!_aBaseURL.endsWith(OUStringChar(cURLSeparator)), "Unexpected: base URL ends in slash");
+
+        sDerivedURL = _aBaseURL + OUStringChar(cURLSeparator) + _sRelativeURL;
+
+        // a derived (nested) URL can only exist or have a lesser status, if the parent exists
+        if (aStatus == Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS)
+            aStatus = checkStatusAndNormalizeURL(sDerivedURL);
+
+        else // the relative appendix must be valid
+            OSL_ASSERT(aStatus != Bootstrap::PATH_VALID || dbgCheckStatusOfURL(sDerivedURL) == Bootstrap::PATH_VALID);
+
+        _rData.getFrom(_sBootstrapParameter, _rURL, sDerivedURL);
+
+        OSL_ENSURE(sDerivedURL == _rURL,"Could not set derived URL via Bootstrap default parameter");
+        SAL_WARN_IF( !(RTL_BOOTSTRAP_DEFAULTS_BROKEN || (_rData.getFrom(_sBootstrapParameter,sDerivedURL) && sDerivedURL==_rURL)),
+            "unotools.config",
+            "Use of default did not affect bootstrap value");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // clear the result
+        _rURL = _aBaseURL;
+
+        // if we have no data it can't be a valid path
+        OSL_ASSERT( aStatus > Bootstrap::PATH_VALID );
+    }
+
+    return aStatus;
+}
+
+static PathStatus getDerivedPath(
+                      OUString& _rURL,
+                      Bootstrap::Impl::PathData const& _aBaseData,
+                      std::u16string_view _sRelativeURL,
+                      rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData, OUString const& _sBootstrapParameter
+              )
+{
+    return getDerivedPath(_rURL,_aBaseData.path,_aBaseData.status,_sRelativeURL,_rData,_sBootstrapParameter);
+}
+
+static OUString getExecutableBaseName()
+{
+    OUString sExecutable;
+
+    if (osl_Process_E_None == osl_getExecutableFile(&sExecutable.pData))
+    {
+        // split the executable name
+        sal_Int32 nSepIndex = sExecutable.lastIndexOf(cURLSeparator);
+
+        sExecutable = sExecutable.copy(nSepIndex + 1);
+
+        // ... and get the basename (strip the extension)
+        sal_Unicode const cExtensionSep = '.';
+
+        sal_Int32 const nExtIndex =     sExecutable.lastIndexOf(cExtensionSep);
+        sal_Int32 const nExtLength =    sExecutable.getLength() - nExtIndex - 1;
+        if (0 < nExtIndex && nExtLength < 4)
+           sExecutable  = sExecutable.copy(0,nExtIndex);
+    }
+    else
+        SAL_WARN("unotools.config", "Cannot get executable name: osl_getExecutableFile failed");
+
+    return sExecutable;
+}
+
+static Bootstrap::PathStatus updateStatus(Bootstrap::Impl::PathData & _rResult)
+{
+    _rResult.status = checkStatusAndNormalizeURL(_rResult.path);
+    return _rResult.status;
+}
+
+static Bootstrap::PathStatus implGetBootstrapFile(rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData, Bootstrap::Impl::PathData & _rBootstrapFile)
+{
+    _rData.getIniName(_rBootstrapFile.path);
+
+    return updateStatus(_rBootstrapFile);
+}
+
+static Bootstrap::PathStatus implGetVersionFile(rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData, Bootstrap::Impl::PathData & _rVersionFile)
+{
+    _rData.getFrom(BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_VERSIONFILE, _rVersionFile.path);
+
+    return updateStatus(_rVersionFile);
+}
+
+// Error reporting
+
+char const IS_MISSING[] = "is missing";
+char const IS_INVALID[] = "is corrupt";
+char const PERIOD[] = ". ";
+
+static void addFileError(OUStringBuffer& _rBuf, std::u16string_view _aPath, AsciiString _sWhat)
+{
+    std::u16string_view sSimpleFileName = _aPath.substr(1 +_aPath.rfind(cURLSeparator));
+
+    _rBuf.append("The configuration file");
+    _rBuf.append(OUString::Concat(" '") + sSimpleFileName + "' ");
+    _rBuf.appendAscii(_sWhat).append(PERIOD);
+}
+
+static void addMissingDirectoryError(OUStringBuffer& _rBuf, std::u16string_view _aPath)
+{
+    _rBuf.append(OUString::Concat("The configuration directory '") + _aPath + "' " +
+        IS_MISSING + PERIOD);
+}
+
+static void addUnexpectedError(OUStringBuffer& _rBuf, AsciiString _sExtraInfo = nullptr)
+{
+    if (nullptr == _sExtraInfo)
+        _sExtraInfo = "An internal failure occurred";
+
+    _rBuf.appendAscii(_sExtraInfo).append(PERIOD);
+}
+
+static Bootstrap::FailureCode describeError(OUStringBuffer& _rBuf, Bootstrap::Impl const& _rData)
+{
+    Bootstrap::FailureCode eErrCode = Bootstrap::INVALID_BOOTSTRAP_DATA;
+
+    _rBuf.append("The program cannot be started. ");
+
+    switch (_rData.aUserInstall_.status)
+    {
+    case Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS:
+        switch (_rData.aBaseInstall_.status)
+        {
+        case Bootstrap::PATH_VALID:
+            addMissingDirectoryError(_rBuf, _rData.aBaseInstall_.path);
+            eErrCode = Bootstrap::MISSING_INSTALL_DIRECTORY;
+            break;
+
+        case Bootstrap::DATA_INVALID:
+            addUnexpectedError(_rBuf,"The installation path is invalid");
+            break;
+
+        case Bootstrap::DATA_MISSING:
+            addUnexpectedError(_rBuf,"The installation path is not available");
+            break;
+
+        case Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS: // seems to be all fine (?)
+            addUnexpectedError(_rBuf,"");
+            break;
+
+        default: OSL_ASSERT(false);
+            addUnexpectedError(_rBuf);
+            break;
+        }
+        break;
+
+    case Bootstrap::PATH_VALID:
+        addMissingDirectoryError(_rBuf, _rData.aUserInstall_.path);
+        eErrCode = Bootstrap::MISSING_USER_DIRECTORY;
+        break;
+
+        // else fall through
+    case Bootstrap::DATA_INVALID:
+        if (_rData.aVersionINI_.status == Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS)
+        {
+            addFileError(_rBuf, _rData.aVersionINI_.path, IS_INVALID);
+            eErrCode = Bootstrap::INVALID_VERSION_FILE_ENTRY;
+            break;
+        }
+        [[fallthrough]];
+
+    case Bootstrap::DATA_MISSING:
+        switch (_rData.aVersionINI_.status)
+        {
+        case Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS:
+            addFileError(_rBuf, _rData.aVersionINI_.path, "does not support the current version");
+            eErrCode = Bootstrap::MISSING_VERSION_FILE_ENTRY;
+            break;
+
+        case Bootstrap::PATH_VALID:
+            addFileError(_rBuf, _rData.aVersionINI_.path, IS_MISSING);
+            eErrCode = Bootstrap::MISSING_VERSION_FILE;
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            switch (_rData.aBootstrapINI_.status)
+            {
+            case Bootstrap::PATH_EXISTS:
+                addFileError(_rBuf, _rData.aBootstrapINI_.path, IS_INVALID);
+
+                if (_rData.aVersionINI_.status == Bootstrap::DATA_MISSING)
+                    eErrCode = Bootstrap::MISSING_BOOTSTRAP_FILE_ENTRY;
+                else
+                    eErrCode = Bootstrap::INVALID_BOOTSTRAP_FILE_ENTRY;
+                break;
+
+            case Bootstrap::DATA_INVALID: OSL_ASSERT(false); [[fallthrough]];
+            case Bootstrap::PATH_VALID:
+                addFileError(_rBuf, _rData.aBootstrapINI_.path, IS_MISSING);
+                eErrCode = Bootstrap::MISSING_BOOTSTRAP_FILE;
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                addUnexpectedError(_rBuf);
+                break;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        break;
+
+    default: OSL_ASSERT(false);
+        addUnexpectedError(_rBuf);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return eErrCode;
+}
+
+
+OUString Bootstrap::getProductKey()
+{
+    OUString const sDefaultProductKey = getExecutableBaseName();
+
+    return data().getBootstrapValue( BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_PRODUCT_KEY, sDefaultProductKey );
+}
+
+OUString Bootstrap::getProductKey(OUString const& _sDefault)
+{
+    return data().getBootstrapValue( BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_PRODUCT_KEY, _sDefault );
+}
+
+OUString Bootstrap::getBuildIdData(OUString const& _sDefault)
+{
+    // try to open version.ini (versionrc)
+    OUString uri;
+    rtl::Bootstrap::get( "BRAND_BASE_DIR", uri);
+    rtl::Bootstrap aData( uri + "/" LIBO_ETC_FOLDER "/" SAL_CONFIGFILE("version") );
+    if ( aData.getHandle() == nullptr )
+        // version.ini (versionrc) doesn't exist
+        return _sDefault;
+
+    // read value
+    OUString sBuildId;
+    aData.getFrom(BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_BUILDID,sBuildId,_sDefault);
+    return sBuildId;
+}
+
+Bootstrap::PathStatus Bootstrap::locateBaseInstallation(OUString& _rURL)
+{
+    Impl::PathData const& aPathData = data().aBaseInstall_;
+
+    _rURL = aPathData.path;
+    return aPathData.status;
+}
+
+Bootstrap::PathStatus Bootstrap::locateUserInstallation(OUString& _rURL)
+{
+    Impl::PathData const& aPathData = data().aUserInstall_;
+
+    _rURL = aPathData.path;
+    return aPathData.status;
+}
+
+Bootstrap::PathStatus Bootstrap::locateUserData(OUString& _rURL)
+{
+    OUString const csUserDirItem(BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_USERDIR);
+
+    rtl::Bootstrap aData( data().getImplName() );
+
+    if ( aData.getFrom(csUserDirItem, _rURL) )
+    {
+        return checkStatusAndNormalizeURL(_rURL);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return getDerivedPath(_rURL, data().aUserInstall_ ,BOOTSTRAP_DIRNAME_USERDIR, aData, csUserDirItem);
+    }
+}
+
+Bootstrap::PathStatus Bootstrap::locateBootstrapFile(OUString& _rURL)
+{
+    Impl::PathData const& aPathData = data().aBootstrapINI_;
+
+    _rURL = aPathData.path;
+    return aPathData.status;
+}
+
+Bootstrap::PathStatus Bootstrap::locateVersionFile(OUString& _rURL)
+{
+    Impl::PathData const& aPathData = data().aVersionINI_;
+
+    _rURL = aPathData.path;
+    return aPathData.status;
+}
+
+Bootstrap::Status Bootstrap::checkBootstrapStatus(OUString& _rDiagnosticMessage, FailureCode& _rErrCode)
+{
+    Impl const& aData = data();
+
+    Status result = aData.status_;
+
+    // maybe do further checks here
+
+    OUStringBuffer sErrorBuffer;
+    if (result != DATA_OK)
+        _rErrCode = describeError(sErrorBuffer,aData);
+
+    else
+        _rErrCode = NO_FAILURE;
+
+    _rDiagnosticMessage = sErrorBuffer.makeStringAndClear();
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+bool Bootstrap::Impl::initBaseInstallationData(rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData)
+{
+    _rData.getFrom(BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_BASEINSTALLATION, aBaseInstall_.path, BOOTSTRAP_DEFAULT_BASEINSTALL);
+
+    bool bResult = (PATH_EXISTS == updateStatus(aBaseInstall_));
+
+    implGetBootstrapFile(_rData, aBootstrapINI_);
+
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+bool Bootstrap::Impl::initUserInstallationData(rtl::Bootstrap const & _rData)
+{
+    if (_rData.getFrom(BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_USERINSTALLATION, aUserInstall_.path))
+    {
+        updateStatus(aUserInstall_);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // should we do just this
+        aUserInstall_.status = DATA_MISSING;
+
+        // ... or this - look for a single-user user directory ?
+        OUString const csUserDirItem(BOOTSTRAP_ITEM_USERDIR);
+        OUString sDummy;
+        // look for $BASEINSTALLATION/user only if default UserDir setting is used
+        if (! _rData.getFrom(csUserDirItem, sDummy))
+        {
+            if ( PATH_EXISTS == getDerivedPath(sDummy, aBaseInstall_, BOOTSTRAP_DIRNAME_USERDIR, _rData, csUserDirItem) )
+                aUserInstall_ = aBaseInstall_;
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool bResult = (PATH_EXISTS == aUserInstall_.status);
+
+    implGetVersionFile(_rData, aVersionINI_);
+
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+void Bootstrap::Impl::initialize()
+{
+    rtl::Bootstrap aData( m_aImplName );
+
+    if (!initBaseInstallationData(aData))
+    {
+        status_ = INVALID_BASE_INSTALL;
+    }
+    else if (!initUserInstallationData(aData))
+    {
+        status_ = INVALID_USER_INSTALL;
+
+        if (aUserInstall_.status >= DATA_MISSING)
+        {
+            switch (aVersionINI_.status)
+            {
+            case PATH_EXISTS:
+            case PATH_VALID:
+                status_ = MISSING_USER_INSTALL;
+                break;
+
+            case DATA_INVALID:
+            case DATA_MISSING:
+                status_ = INVALID_BASE_INSTALL;
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        status_ = DATA_OK;
+    }
+}
+
+OUString Bootstrap::Impl::getBootstrapValue(OUString const& _sName, OUString const& _sDefault) const
+{
+    rtl::Bootstrap aData( m_aImplName );
+
+    OUString sResult;
+    aData.getFrom(_sName,sResult,_sDefault);
+    return sResult;
+}
+
+} // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/cmdoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/cmdoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1408f22c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/cmdoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,349 @@
+/* -*- 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 <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/cmdoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XFrame.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/weakref.hxx>
+
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+using namespace ::std;
+using namespace ::utl;
+using namespace ::osl;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral ROOTNODE_CMDOPTIONS        = u"Office.Commands/Execute";
+#define PATHDELIMITER                                   "/"
+
+#define SETNODE_DISABLED                                "Disabled"
+
+#define PROPERTYNAME_CMD                                "Command"
+
+namespace {
+
+/*-****************************************************************************************************************
+    @descr  support simple command option structures and operations on it
+****************************************************************************************************************-*/
+class SvtCmdOptions
+{
+    public:
+
+        // the only way to free memory!
+        void Clear()
+        {
+            m_aCommandHashMap.clear();
+        }
+
+        bool HasEntries() const
+        {
+            return ( !m_aCommandHashMap.empty() );
+        }
+
+        bool Lookup( const OUString& aCmd ) const
+        {
+            CommandHashMap::const_iterator pEntry = m_aCommandHashMap.find( aCmd );
+            return ( pEntry != m_aCommandHashMap.end() );
+        }
+
+        void AddCommand( const OUString& aCmd )
+        {
+            m_aCommandHashMap.emplace( aCmd, 0 );
+        }
+
+    private:
+        typedef std::unordered_map<OUString, sal_Int32>
+            CommandHashMap;
+
+        CommandHashMap m_aCommandHashMap;
+};
+
+std::mutex& GetOwnStaticMutex()
+{
+    static std::mutex theCommandOptionsMutex;
+    return theCommandOptionsMutex;
+}
+
+}
+
+typedef ::std::vector< css::uno::WeakReference< css::frame::XFrame > > SvtFrameVector;
+
+class SvtCommandOptions_Impl : public ConfigItem
+{
+    public:
+
+         SvtCommandOptions_Impl();
+        virtual ~SvtCommandOptions_Impl() override;
+
+        /*-****************************************************************************************************
+            @short      called for notify of configmanager
+            @descr      This method is called from the ConfigManager before the application ends or from the
+                         PropertyChangeListener if the sub tree broadcasts changes. You must update your
+                        internal values.
+
+            @seealso    baseclass ConfigItem
+
+            @param      "lPropertyNames" is the list of properties which should be updated.
+        *//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+
+        virtual void Notify( const Sequence< OUString >& lPropertyNames ) override;
+
+        /*-****************************************************************************************************
+            @short      base implementation of public interface for "SvtDynamicMenuOptions"!
+            @descr      These class is used as static member of "SvtDynamicMenuOptions" ...
+                        => The code exist only for one time and isn't duplicated for every instance!
+        *//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+
+        bool                HasEntries  (   SvtCommandOptions::CmdOption    eOption     ) const;
+        bool                Lookup      (   SvtCommandOptions::CmdOption    eCmdOption, const OUString& ) const;
+        void EstablishFrameCallback(const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XFrame >& xFrame);
+
+    private:
+
+        virtual void ImplCommit() override;
+
+        /*-****************************************************************************************************
+            @short      return list of key names of our configuration management which represent our module tree
+            @descr      This method returns the current list of key names! We need it to get needed values from our
+                        configuration management and support dynamical menu item lists!
+            @param      "nDisabledCount", returns count of menu entries for "new"
+            @return     A list of configuration key names is returned.
+        *//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+
+        Sequence< OUString > impl_GetPropertyNames();
+
+    private:
+        SvtCmdOptions  m_aDisabledCommands;
+        SvtFrameVector m_lFrames;
+};
+
+//  constructor
+
+SvtCommandOptions_Impl::SvtCommandOptions_Impl()
+    // Init baseclasses first
+    :   ConfigItem( ROOTNODE_CMDOPTIONS )
+    // Init member then...
+{
+    // Get names and values of all accessible menu entries and fill internal structures.
+    // See impl_GetPropertyNames() for further information.
+    Sequence< OUString >    lNames              = impl_GetPropertyNames ();
+    Sequence< Any >         lValues             = GetProperties         ( lNames         );
+
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // We need values from ALL configuration keys.
+    // Follow assignment use order of values in relation to our list of key names!
+    DBG_ASSERT( !(lNames.getLength()!=lValues.getLength()), "SvtCommandOptions_Impl::SvtCommandOptions_Impl()\nI miss some values of configuration keys!\n" );
+
+    // Copy values from list in right order to our internal member.
+    // Attention: List for names and values have an internal construction pattern!
+    sal_Int32   nItem     = 0;
+    OUString    sCmd;
+
+    // Get names/values for disabled commands.
+    for( nItem=0; nItem < lNames.getLength(); ++nItem )
+    {
+        // Currently only one value
+        lValues[nItem] >>= sCmd;
+        m_aDisabledCommands.AddCommand( sCmd );
+    }
+
+/*TODO: Not used in the moment! see Notify() ...
+    // Enable notification mechanism of our baseclass.
+    // We need it to get information about changes outside these class on our used configuration keys! */
+    Sequence<OUString> aNotifySeq { "Disabled" };
+    EnableNotification( aNotifySeq, true );
+}
+
+//  destructor
+
+SvtCommandOptions_Impl::~SvtCommandOptions_Impl()
+{
+    assert(!IsModified()); // should have been committed
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+void SvtCommandOptions_Impl::Notify( const Sequence< OUString >& )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+
+    Sequence< OUString >    lNames   = impl_GetPropertyNames ();
+    Sequence< Any >         lValues  = GetProperties         ( lNames         );
+
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // We need values from ALL configuration keys.
+    // Follow assignment use order of values in relation to our list of key names!
+    DBG_ASSERT( !(lNames.getLength()!=lValues.getLength()), "SvtCommandOptions_Impl::Notify()\nI miss some values of configuration keys!\n" );
+
+    // Copy values from list in right order to our internal member.
+    // Attention: List for names and values have an internal construction pattern!
+    sal_Int32   nItem     = 0;
+    OUString    sCmd;
+
+    m_aDisabledCommands.Clear();
+
+    // Get names/values for disabled commands.
+    for( nItem=0; nItem < lNames.getLength(); ++nItem )
+    {
+        // Currently only one value
+        lValues[nItem] >>= sCmd;
+        m_aDisabledCommands.AddCommand( sCmd );
+    }
+
+    // don't forget to update all existing frames and her might cached dispatch objects!
+    // But look for already killed frames. We hold weak references instead of hard ones ...
+    for (SvtFrameVector::iterator pIt  = m_lFrames.begin(); pIt != m_lFrames.end(); )
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XFrame > xFrame(pIt->get(), css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xFrame.is())
+        {
+            xFrame->contextChanged();
+            ++pIt;
+        }
+        else
+            pIt = m_lFrames.erase(pIt);
+    }
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+void SvtCommandOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    SAL_WARN("unotools.config","SvtCommandOptions_Impl::ImplCommit(): Not implemented yet!");
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+bool SvtCommandOptions_Impl::HasEntries( SvtCommandOptions::CmdOption eOption ) const
+{
+    if ( eOption == SvtCommandOptions::CMDOPTION_DISABLED )
+        return m_aDisabledCommands.HasEntries();
+    else
+        return false;
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+bool SvtCommandOptions_Impl::Lookup( SvtCommandOptions::CmdOption eCmdOption, const OUString& aCommand ) const
+{
+    switch( eCmdOption )
+    {
+        case SvtCommandOptions::CMDOPTION_DISABLED:
+        {
+            return m_aDisabledCommands.Lookup( aCommand );
+        }
+        default:
+            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "SvtCommandOptions_Impl::Lookup() Unknown option type given!" );
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+void SvtCommandOptions_Impl::EstablishFrameCallback(const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XFrame >& xFrame)
+{
+    // check if frame already exists inside list
+    // ignore double registrations
+    // every frame must be notified one times only!
+    css::uno::WeakReference< css::frame::XFrame > xWeak(xFrame);
+    SvtFrameVector::const_iterator pIt = ::std::find(m_lFrames.begin(), m_lFrames.end(), xWeak);
+    if (pIt == m_lFrames.end())
+        m_lFrames.push_back(xWeak);
+}
+
+//  private method
+
+Sequence< OUString > SvtCommandOptions_Impl::impl_GetPropertyNames()
+{
+    // First get ALL names of current existing list items in configuration!
+    Sequence< OUString > lDisabledItems      = GetNodeNames( SETNODE_DISABLED, utl::ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath );
+
+    // Expand all keys
+    for (OUString& rItem : asNonConstRange(lDisabledItems))
+        rItem =  SETNODE_DISABLED PATHDELIMITER + rItem + PATHDELIMITER PROPERTYNAME_CMD;
+
+    // Return result.
+    return lDisabledItems;
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+std::weak_ptr<SvtCommandOptions_Impl> g_pCommandOptions;
+
+}
+
+SvtCommandOptions::SvtCommandOptions()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading!).
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+
+    m_pImpl = g_pCommandOptions.lock();
+    if( !m_pImpl )
+    {
+        m_pImpl = std::make_shared<SvtCommandOptions_Impl>();
+        g_pCommandOptions = m_pImpl;
+        aGuard.unlock(); // because holdConfigItem will call this constructor
+        ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem::CmdOptions);
+    }
+}
+
+SvtCommandOptions::~SvtCommandOptions()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading!)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+
+    m_pImpl.reset();
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+bool SvtCommandOptions::HasEntries( CmdOption eOption ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->HasEntries( eOption );
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+bool SvtCommandOptions::Lookup( CmdOption eCmdOption, const OUString& aCommandURL ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->Lookup( eCmdOption, aCommandURL );
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+void SvtCommandOptions::EstablishFrameCallback(const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XFrame >& xFrame)
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->EstablishFrameCallback(xFrame);
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/compatibility.cxx b/unotools/source/config/compatibility.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95bcc2dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/compatibility.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/compatibility.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocale.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/Locale.hpp>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+using namespace ::std;
+using namespace ::utl;
+using namespace ::osl;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral ROOTNODE_OPTIONS = u"Office.Compatibility";
+#define PATHDELIMITER           "/"
+#define SETNODE_ALLFILEFORMATS  "AllFileFormats"
+
+SvtCompatibilityEntry::SvtCompatibilityEntry()
+    : m_aPropertyValue( SvtCompatibilityEntry::getElementCount() )
+{
+    /* Should be in the start. Do not remove it. */
+    setValue<OUString>( Index::Name, OUString() );
+    setValue<OUString>( Index::Module, OUString() );
+
+    /* Editable list of default values. Sync it with the SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index enum class. */
+    setValue<bool>( Index::UsePrtMetrics, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::AddSpacing, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::AddSpacingAtPages, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::UseOurTabStops, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::NoExtLeading, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::UseLineSpacing, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::AddTableSpacing, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::UseObjectPositioning, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::UseOurTextWrapping, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::ConsiderWrappingStyle, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::ExpandWordSpace, true );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::ProtectForm, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::MsWordTrailingBlanks, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::SubtractFlysAnchoredAtFlys, false );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::EmptyDbFieldHidesPara, true );
+    setValue<bool>( Index::AddTableLineSpacing, false );
+}
+
+OUString SvtCompatibilityEntry::getName( const Index rIdx )
+{
+    static const char* sPropertyName[] =
+    {
+        /* Should be in the start. Do not remove it. */
+        "Name",
+        "Module",
+
+        /* Editable list of compatibility option names. Sync it with the SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index enum class. */
+        "UsePrinterMetrics",
+        "AddSpacing",
+        "AddSpacingAtPages",
+        "UseOurTabStopFormat",
+        "NoExternalLeading",
+        "UseLineSpacing",
+        "AddTableSpacing",
+        "UseObjectPositioning",
+        "UseOurTextWrapping",
+        "ConsiderWrappingStyle",
+        "ExpandWordSpace",
+        "ProtectForm",
+        "MsWordCompTrailingBlanks",
+        "SubtractFlysAnchoredAtFlys",
+        "EmptyDbFieldHidesPara",
+        "AddTableLineSpacing",
+    };
+
+    /* Size of sPropertyName array not equal size of the SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index enum class */
+    assert( SAL_N_ELEMENTS(sPropertyName) == static_cast<int>( SvtCompatibilityEntry::getElementCount() ) );
+
+    return OUString::createFromAscii( sPropertyName[ static_cast<int>(rIdx) ] );
+}
+
+/*-****************************************************************************************************************
+    @descr  support simple menu structures and operations on it
+****************************************************************************************************************-*/
+
+/*-****************************************************************************************************
+    @short      base implementation of public interface for "SvtCompatibilityOptions"!
+    @descr      These class is used as static member of "SvtCompatibilityOptions" ...
+                => The code exist only for one time and isn't duplicated for every instance!
+*//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+class SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl : public ConfigItem
+{
+    public:
+        SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl();
+        virtual ~SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl() override;
+
+        void AppendItem( const SvtCompatibilityEntry& aItem );
+        void Clear();
+
+        void SetDefault( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index rIdx, bool rValue );
+        bool GetDefault( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index rIdx ) const;
+
+        const std::vector< SvtCompatibilityEntry > & GetOptions() const { return m_aOptions; }
+
+        /*-****************************************************************************************************
+            @short      called for notify of configmanager
+            @descr      This method is called from the ConfigManager before the application ends or from the
+                        PropertyChangeListener if the sub tree broadcasts changes. You must update your
+                        internal values.
+
+            @seealso    baseclass ConfigItem
+
+            @param      "lPropertyNames" is the list of properties which should be updated.
+        *//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+        virtual void Notify( const Sequence< OUString >& lPropertyNames ) override;
+
+    private:
+        virtual void ImplCommit() override;
+
+        /*-****************************************************************************************************
+            @short      return list of key names of our configuration management which represent one module tree
+            @descr      These methods return the current list of key names! We need it to get needed values from our
+                        configuration management and support dynamical menu item lists!
+            @return     A list of configuration key names is returned.
+        *//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+        Sequence< OUString > impl_GetPropertyNames( Sequence< OUString >& rItems );
+
+    private:
+        std::vector< SvtCompatibilityEntry > m_aOptions;
+        SvtCompatibilityEntry                m_aDefOptions;
+};
+
+SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl() : ConfigItem( ROOTNODE_OPTIONS )
+{
+    // Get names and values of all accessible menu entries and fill internal structures.
+    // See impl_GetPropertyNames() for further information.
+    Sequence< OUString > lNodes;
+    Sequence< OUString > lNames  = impl_GetPropertyNames( lNodes );
+    Sequence< Any >      lValues = GetProperties( lNames );
+
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // We need values from ALL configuration keys.
+    // Follow assignment use order of values in relation to our list of key names!
+    DBG_ASSERT( !( lNames.getLength()!=lValues.getLength() ), "SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl()\nI miss some values of configuration keys!\n" );
+
+    // Get names/values for new menu.
+    // 4 subkeys for every item!
+    bool bDefaultFound = false;
+    sal_Int32 nDestStep    = 0;
+    for ( const auto& rNode : std::as_const(lNodes) )
+    {
+        SvtCompatibilityEntry aItem;
+
+        aItem.setValue<OUString>( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Name, rNode );
+
+        for ( int i = static_cast<int>(SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Module); i < static_cast<int>(SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::INVALID); ++i )
+        {
+            aItem.setValue( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index(i), lValues[ nDestStep ] );
+            nDestStep++;
+        }
+
+        m_aOptions.push_back( aItem );
+
+        if ( !bDefaultFound && aItem.getValue<OUString>( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Name ) == SvtCompatibilityEntry::DEFAULT_ENTRY_NAME )
+        {
+            SvtSysLocale aSysLocale;
+            css::lang::Locale aLocale = aSysLocale.GetLanguageTag().getLocale();
+            if ( aLocale.Language == "zh" || aLocale.Language == "ja" || aLocale.Language == "ko" )
+                aItem.setValue<bool>( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::ExpandWordSpace, false );
+
+            m_aDefOptions = aItem;
+            bDefaultFound = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::~SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl()
+{
+    assert( !IsModified() ); // should have been committed
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::AppendItem( const SvtCompatibilityEntry& aItem )
+{
+    m_aOptions.push_back( aItem );
+
+    // default item reset?
+    if ( aItem.getValue<OUString>( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Name ) == SvtCompatibilityEntry::DEFAULT_ENTRY_NAME )
+        m_aDefOptions = aItem;
+
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::Clear()
+{
+    m_aOptions.clear();
+
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::SetDefault( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index rIdx, bool rValue )
+{
+    /* Are not set Name and Module */
+    assert( rIdx != SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Name && rIdx != SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Module );
+
+    m_aDefOptions.setValue<bool>( rIdx, rValue );
+}
+
+bool SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::GetDefault( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index rIdx ) const
+{
+    /* Are not set Name and Module */
+    assert( rIdx != SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Name && rIdx != SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Module );
+
+    return m_aDefOptions.getValue<bool>( rIdx );
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::Notify( const Sequence< OUString >& )
+{
+    SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::Notify() Not implemented yet! I don't know how I can handle a dynamical list of unknown properties ..." );
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    // Write all properties!
+    // Delete complete set first.
+    ClearNodeSet( SETNODE_ALLFILEFORMATS );
+
+    Sequence< PropertyValue > lPropertyValues( SvtCompatibilityEntry::getElementCount() - 1 );
+    auto lPropertyValuesRange = asNonConstRange(lPropertyValues);
+    sal_uInt32 nNewCount = m_aOptions.size();
+    for ( sal_uInt32 nItem = 0; nItem < nNewCount; ++nItem )
+    {
+        SvtCompatibilityEntry aItem = m_aOptions[ nItem ];
+        OUString              sNode = SETNODE_ALLFILEFORMATS PATHDELIMITER + aItem.getValue<OUString>( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Name ) + PATHDELIMITER;
+
+        for ( int i = static_cast<int>(SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Module); i < static_cast<int>(SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::INVALID); ++i )
+        {
+            lPropertyValuesRange[ i - 1 ].Name  = sNode + SvtCompatibilityEntry::getName( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index(i) );
+            lPropertyValuesRange[ i - 1 ].Value = aItem.getValue( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index(i) );
+        }
+
+        SetSetProperties( SETNODE_ALLFILEFORMATS, lPropertyValues );
+    }
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl::impl_GetPropertyNames( Sequence< OUString >& rItems )
+{
+    // First get ALL names of current existing list items in configuration!
+    rItems = GetNodeNames( SETNODE_ALLFILEFORMATS );
+
+    // expand list to result list ...
+    Sequence< OUString > lProperties( rItems.getLength() * ( SvtCompatibilityEntry::getElementCount() - 1 ) );
+    auto lPropertiesRange = asNonConstRange(lProperties);
+
+    sal_Int32 nDestStep    = 0;
+    // Copy entries to destination and expand every item with 2 supported sub properties.
+    for ( const auto& rItem : std::as_const(rItems) )
+    {
+        OUString sFixPath = SETNODE_ALLFILEFORMATS PATHDELIMITER + rItem + PATHDELIMITER;
+        for ( int i = static_cast<int>(SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::Module); i < static_cast<int>(SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index::INVALID); ++i )
+        {
+            lPropertiesRange[ nDestStep ] = sFixPath + SvtCompatibilityEntry::getName( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index(i) );
+            nDestStep++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Return result.
+    return lProperties;
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    std::weak_ptr<SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl> theOptions;
+}
+
+SvtCompatibilityOptions::SvtCompatibilityOptions()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading!).
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+
+    m_pImpl = theOptions.lock();
+    if ( !m_pImpl )
+    {
+        m_pImpl    = std::make_shared<SvtCompatibilityOptions_Impl>();
+        theOptions = m_pImpl;
+        ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem( EItem::Compatibility );
+    }
+}
+
+SvtCompatibilityOptions::~SvtCompatibilityOptions()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading!)
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl.reset();
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions::AppendItem( const SvtCompatibilityEntry& aItem )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->AppendItem( aItem );
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions::Clear()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->Clear();
+}
+
+void SvtCompatibilityOptions::SetDefault( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index rIdx, bool rValue )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->SetDefault( rIdx, rValue );
+}
+
+bool SvtCompatibilityOptions::GetDefault( SvtCompatibilityEntry::Index rIdx ) const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->GetDefault( rIdx );
+}
+
+std::vector< SvtCompatibilityEntry > SvtCompatibilityOptions::GetList() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+
+    return m_pImpl->GetOptions();
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    class theCompatibilityOptionsMutex : public rtl::Static<osl::Mutex, theCompatibilityOptionsMutex>{};
+}
+
+Mutex& SvtCompatibilityOptions::GetOwnStaticMutex()
+{
+    return theCompatibilityOptionsMutex::get();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/configitem.cxx b/unotools/source/config/configitem.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90da75c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/configitem.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1191 @@
+/* -*- 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 <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configpaths.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesNotifier.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/XTemplateContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesBatch.hpp>
+#include <o3tl/deleter.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/solarmutex.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::util;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace com::sun::star::container;
+using namespace com::sun::star::configuration;
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <utility>
+
+/*
+    The ConfigChangeListener_Impl receives notifications from the configuration about changes that
+    have happened. It forwards this notification to the ConfigItem it knows a pParent by calling its
+    "CallNotify" method. As ConfigItems are most probably not thread safe, the SolarMutex is acquired
+    before doing so.
+*/
+
+namespace utl{
+    class ConfigChangeListener_Impl : public cppu::WeakImplHelper
+    <
+        css::util::XChangesListener
+    >
+    {
+        public:
+            ConfigItem*                 pParent;
+            const Sequence< OUString >  aPropertyNames;
+            ConfigChangeListener_Impl(ConfigItem& rItem, const Sequence< OUString >& rNames);
+
+        //XChangesListener
+        virtual void SAL_CALL changesOccurred( const ChangesEvent& Event ) override;
+
+        //XEventListener
+        virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const EventObject& Source ) override;
+    };
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class ValueCounter_Impl
+{
+    sal_Int16& rCnt;
+public:
+    explicit ValueCounter_Impl(sal_Int16& rCounter)
+        : rCnt(rCounter)
+    {
+        rCnt++;
+    }
+    ~ValueCounter_Impl()
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(rCnt>0, "RefCount < 0 ??");
+        rCnt--;
+    }
+};
+
+}
+
+ConfigChangeListener_Impl::ConfigChangeListener_Impl(
+             ConfigItem& rItem, const Sequence< OUString >& rNames) :
+    pParent(&rItem),
+    aPropertyNames(rNames)
+{
+}
+
+void ConfigChangeListener_Impl::changesOccurred( const ChangesEvent& rEvent )
+{
+    Sequence<OUString>  aChangedNames(rEvent.Changes.getLength());
+    OUString* pNames = aChangedNames.getArray();
+
+    sal_Int32 nNotify = 0;
+    for(const auto& rElementChange : rEvent.Changes)
+    {
+        OUString sTemp;
+        rElementChange.Accessor >>= sTemp;
+        //true if the path is completely correct or if it is longer
+        //i.e ...Print/Content/Graphic and .../Print
+        bool bFound = std::any_of(aPropertyNames.begin(), aPropertyNames.end(),
+            [&sTemp](const OUString& rCheckPropertyName) { return isPrefixOfConfigurationPath(sTemp, rCheckPropertyName); });
+        if(bFound)
+            pNames[nNotify++] = sTemp;
+    }
+    if( nNotify )
+    {
+        ::comphelper::SolarMutex *pMutex = ::comphelper::SolarMutex::get();
+        if ( pMutex )
+        {
+            osl::Guard<comphelper::SolarMutex> aMutexGuard( pMutex );
+            aChangedNames.realloc(nNotify);
+            pParent->CallNotify(aChangedNames);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void ConfigChangeListener_Impl::disposing( const EventObject& /*rSource*/ )
+{
+    pParent->RemoveChangesListener();
+}
+
+ConfigItem::ConfigItem(OUString aSubTree, ConfigItemMode nSetMode ) :
+    sSubTree(std::move(aSubTree)),
+    m_nMode(nSetMode),
+    m_bIsModified(false),
+    m_bEnableInternalNotification(false),
+    m_nInValueChange(0)
+{
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return;
+
+    if (nSetMode & ConfigItemMode::ReleaseTree)
+        ConfigManager::getConfigManager().addConfigItem(*this);
+    else
+        m_xHierarchyAccess = ConfigManager::getConfigManager().addConfigItem(*this);
+}
+
+ConfigItem::~ConfigItem()
+{
+    suppress_fun_call_w_exception(RemoveChangesListener());
+    ConfigManager::getConfigManager().removeConfigItem(*this);
+}
+
+void ConfigItem::CallNotify( const css::uno::Sequence<OUString>& rPropertyNames )
+{
+    // the call is forwarded to the virtual Notify() method
+    // it is pure virtual, so all classes deriving from ConfigItem have to decide how they
+    // want to notify listeners
+    if(m_nInValueChange <= 0 || m_bEnableInternalNotification)
+        Notify(rPropertyNames);
+}
+
+void ConfigItem::impl_packLocalizedProperties(  const   Sequence< OUString >&   lInNames    ,
+                                                const   Sequence< Any >&        lInValues   ,
+                                                        Sequence< Any >&        lOutValues  )
+{
+    // This method should be called for special AllLocales ConfigItem-mode only!
+
+    sal_Int32                   nSourceCounter;      // used to step during input lists
+    sal_Int32                   nSourceSize;         // marks end of loop over input lists
+    sal_Int32                   nDestinationCounter; // actual position in output lists
+    sal_Int32                   nPropertyCounter;    // counter of inner loop for Sequence< PropertyValue >
+    sal_Int32                   nPropertiesSize;     // marks end of inner loop
+    Sequence< OUString >        lPropertyNames;      // list of all locales for localized entry
+    Sequence< PropertyValue >   lProperties;         // localized values of a configuration entry packed for return
+    Reference< XInterface >     xLocalizedNode;      // if cfg entry is localized ... lInValues contains an XInterface!
+
+    // Optimise follow algorithm ... A LITTLE BIT :-)
+    // There exist two different possibilities:
+    //  i ) There exist no localized entries ...                        =>  size of lOutValues will be the same like lInNames/lInValues!
+    //  ii) There exist some (mostly one or two) localized entries ...  =>  size of lOutValues will be the same like lInNames/lInValues!
+    //  ... Why? If a localized value exist - the any is filled with an XInterface object (is a SetNode-service).
+    //      We read all his child nodes and pack it into Sequence< PropertyValue >.
+    //      The result list we pack into the return any. We never change size of lists!
+    nSourceSize = lInNames.getLength();
+    lOutValues.realloc( nSourceSize );
+    auto plOutValues = lOutValues.getArray();
+
+    // Algorithm:
+    // Copy all names and values from in to out lists.
+    // Look for special localized entries ... You can detect it as "XInterface" packed into an Any.
+    // Use this XInterface-object to read all localized values and pack it into Sequence< PropertValue >.
+    // Add this list to out lists then.
+
+    nDestinationCounter = 0;
+    for( nSourceCounter=0; nSourceCounter<nSourceSize; ++nSourceCounter )
+    {
+        // If item a special localized one ... convert and pack it ...
+        if( lInValues[nSourceCounter].getValueTypeName() == "com.sun.star.uno.XInterface" )
+        {
+            lInValues[nSourceCounter] >>= xLocalizedNode;
+            Reference< XNameContainer > xSetAccess( xLocalizedNode, UNO_QUERY );
+            if( xSetAccess.is() )
+            {
+                lPropertyNames  =   xSetAccess->getElementNames();
+                nPropertiesSize =   lPropertyNames.getLength();
+                lProperties.realloc( nPropertiesSize );
+                auto plProperties = lProperties.getArray();
+
+                for( nPropertyCounter=0; nPropertyCounter<nPropertiesSize; ++nPropertyCounter )
+                {
+                    plProperties[nPropertyCounter].Name  =   lPropertyNames[nPropertyCounter];
+                    OUString sLocaleValue;
+                    xSetAccess->getByName( lPropertyNames[nPropertyCounter] ) >>= sLocaleValue;
+                    plProperties[nPropertyCounter].Value <<= sLocaleValue;
+                }
+
+                plOutValues[nDestinationCounter] <<= lProperties;
+            }
+        }
+        // ... or copy normal items to return lists directly.
+        else
+        {
+            plOutValues[nDestinationCounter] = lInValues[nSourceCounter];
+        }
+        ++nDestinationCounter;
+    }
+}
+
+void ConfigItem::impl_unpackLocalizedProperties(    const   Sequence< OUString >&   lInNames    ,
+                                                    const   Sequence< Any >&        lInValues   ,
+                                                            Sequence< OUString >&   lOutNames   ,
+                                                            Sequence< Any >&        lOutValues)
+{
+    // This method should be called for special AllLocales ConfigItem-mode only!
+
+    sal_Int32                   nSourceSize;         // marks end of loop over input lists
+    sal_Int32                   nDestinationCounter; // actual position in output lists
+    sal_Int32                   nPropertiesSize;     // marks end of inner loop
+    OUString                    sNodeName;           // base name of node ( e.g. "UIName/" ) ... expand to locale ( e.g. "UIName/de" )
+    Sequence< PropertyValue >   lProperties;         // localized values of a configuration entry gotten from lInValues-Any
+
+    // Optimise follow algorithm ... A LITTLE BIT :-)
+    // There exist two different possibilities:
+    //  i ) There exist no localized entries ...                        =>  size of lOutNames/lOutValues will be the same like lInNames/lInValues!
+    //  ii) There exist some (mostly one or two) localized entries ...  =>  size of lOutNames/lOutValues will be some bytes greater then lInNames/lInValues.
+    //  =>  I think we should make it fast for i). ii) is a special case and mustn't be SOOOO... fast.
+    //      We should reserve same space for output list like input ones first.
+    //      Follow algorithm looks for these borders and change it for ii) only!
+    //      It will be faster then a "realloc()" call in every loop ...
+    nSourceSize = lInNames.getLength();
+
+    lOutNames.realloc   ( nSourceSize );
+    auto plOutNames = lOutNames.getArray();
+    lOutValues.realloc  ( nSourceSize );
+    auto plOutValues = lOutValues.getArray();
+
+    // Algorithm:
+    // Copy all names and values from const to return lists.
+    // Look for special localized entries ... You can detect it as Sequence< PropertyValue > packed into an Any.
+    // Split it ... insert PropertyValue.Name to lOutNames and PropertyValue.Value to lOutValues.
+
+    nDestinationCounter = 0;
+    for( sal_Int32 nSourceCounter=0; nSourceCounter<nSourceSize; ++nSourceCounter )
+    {
+        // If item a special localized one ... split it and insert his parts to output lists ...
+        if( lInValues[nSourceCounter].getValueType() == cppu::UnoType<Sequence<PropertyValue>>::get() )
+        {
+            lInValues[nSourceCounter] >>= lProperties;
+            nPropertiesSize = lProperties.getLength();
+
+            sNodeName = lInNames[nSourceCounter] + "/";
+
+            if( (nDestinationCounter+nPropertiesSize) > lOutNames.getLength() )
+            {
+                lOutNames.realloc   ( nDestinationCounter+nPropertiesSize );
+                plOutNames = lOutNames.getArray();
+                lOutValues.realloc  ( nDestinationCounter+nPropertiesSize );
+                plOutValues = lOutValues.getArray();
+            }
+
+            for( const auto& rProperty : std::as_const(lProperties) )
+            {
+                plOutNames [nDestinationCounter] = sNodeName + rProperty.Name;
+                plOutValues[nDestinationCounter] = rProperty.Value;
+                ++nDestinationCounter;
+            }
+        }
+        // ... or copy normal items to return lists directly.
+        else
+        {
+            if( (nDestinationCounter+1) > lOutNames.getLength() )
+            {
+                lOutNames.realloc   ( nDestinationCounter+1 );
+                plOutNames = lOutNames.getArray();
+                lOutValues.realloc  ( nDestinationCounter+1 );
+                plOutValues = lOutValues.getArray();
+            }
+
+            plOutNames [nDestinationCounter] = lInNames [nSourceCounter];
+            plOutValues[nDestinationCounter] = lInValues[nSourceCounter];
+            ++nDestinationCounter;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+Sequence< sal_Bool > ConfigItem::GetReadOnlyStates(const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& rNames)
+{
+    sal_Int32 i;
+
+    // size of return list is fix!
+    // Every item must match to length of incoming name list.
+    sal_Int32 nCount = rNames.getLength();
+    Sequence< sal_Bool > lStates(nCount);
+    sal_Bool* plStates = lStates.getArray();
+
+    // We must be sure to return a valid information every time!
+    // Set default to non readonly... similar to the configuration handling of this property.
+    std::fill_n(plStates, lStates.getLength(), false);
+
+    // no access - no information...
+    Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if (!xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        return lStates;
+
+    for (i=0; i<nCount; ++i)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            OUString sName = rNames[i];
+            OUString sPath;
+            OUString sProperty;
+
+            (void)::utl::splitLastFromConfigurationPath(sName,sPath,sProperty);
+            if (sPath.isEmpty() && sProperty.isEmpty())
+            {
+                OSL_FAIL("ConfigItem::IsReadonly() split failed");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            Reference< XInterface >       xNode;
+            Reference< XPropertySet >     xSet;
+            Reference< XPropertySetInfo > xInfo;
+            if (!sPath.isEmpty())
+            {
+                Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(sPath);
+                if (!(aNode >>= xNode) || !xNode.is())
+                {
+                    OSL_FAIL("ConfigItem::IsReadonly() no set available");
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                xNode = xHierarchyAccess;
+            }
+
+            xSet.set(xNode, UNO_QUERY);
+            if (xSet.is())
+            {
+                xInfo = xSet->getPropertySetInfo();
+                OSL_ENSURE(xInfo.is(), "ConfigItem::IsReadonly() getPropertySetInfo failed ...");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                xInfo.set(xNode, UNO_QUERY);
+                OSL_ENSURE(xInfo.is(), "ConfigItem::IsReadonly() UNO_QUERY failed ...");
+            }
+
+            if (!xInfo.is())
+            {
+                OSL_FAIL("ConfigItem::IsReadonly() no prop info available");
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            Property aProp = xInfo->getPropertyByName(sProperty);
+            plStates[i] = (aProp.Attributes & PropertyAttribute::READONLY) == PropertyAttribute::READONLY;
+        }
+        catch (const Exception&)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    return lStates;
+}
+
+Sequence< Any > ConfigItem::GetProperties(const Sequence< OUString >& rNames)
+{
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        return GetProperties(xHierarchyAccess, rNames,
+                    (m_nMode & ConfigItemMode::AllLocales ) == ConfigItemMode::AllLocales);
+    return Sequence< Any >(rNames.getLength());
+}
+
+Sequence< Any > ConfigItem::GetProperties(
+        css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+        const Sequence< OUString >& rNames,
+        bool bAllLocales)
+{
+    Sequence< Any > aRet(rNames.getLength());
+    const OUString* pNames = rNames.getConstArray();
+    Any* pRet = aRet.getArray();
+    for(int i = 0; i < rNames.getLength(); i++)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            pRet[i] = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(pNames[i]);
+        }
+        catch (const Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION(
+                "unotools.config",
+                "ignoring XHierarchicalNameAccess " << pNames[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // In special mode "ALL_LOCALES" we must convert localized values to Sequence< PropertyValue >.
+    if(bAllLocales)
+    {
+        Sequence< Any > lValues;
+        impl_packLocalizedProperties( rNames, aRet, lValues );
+        aRet = lValues;
+    }
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::PutProperties( const Sequence< OUString >& rNames,
+                                                const Sequence< Any>& rValues)
+{
+    ValueCounter_Impl aCounter(m_nInValueChange);
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    Reference<XNameReplace> xTopNodeReplace(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+    bool bRet = xHierarchyAccess.is() && xTopNodeReplace.is();
+    if(bRet)
+    {
+        Sequence< OUString >    lNames;
+        Sequence< Any >         lValues;
+        const OUString*         pNames  = nullptr;
+        const Any*              pValues = nullptr;
+        sal_Int32               nNameCount;
+        if(( m_nMode & ConfigItemMode::AllLocales ) == ConfigItemMode::AllLocales )
+        {
+            // If ConfigItem works in "ALL_LOCALES"-mode ... we must support a Sequence< PropertyValue >
+            // as value of a localized configuration entry!
+            // How we can do that?
+            // We must split all PropertyValues to "Sequence< OUString >" AND "Sequence< Any >"!
+            impl_unpackLocalizedProperties( rNames, rValues, lNames, lValues );
+            pNames      = lNames.getConstArray  ();
+            pValues     = lValues.getConstArray ();
+            nNameCount  = lNames.getLength      ();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // This is the normal mode ...
+            // Use given input lists directly.
+            pNames      = rNames.getConstArray  ();
+            pValues     = rValues.getConstArray ();
+            nNameCount  = rNames.getLength      ();
+        }
+        for(int i = 0; i < nNameCount; i++)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                OUString sNode, sProperty;
+                if (splitLastFromConfigurationPath(pNames[i],sNode, sProperty))
+                {
+                    Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(sNode);
+
+                    Reference<XNameAccess> xNodeAcc;
+                    aNode >>= xNodeAcc;
+                    Reference<XNameReplace>   xNodeReplace(xNodeAcc, UNO_QUERY);
+                    Reference<XNameContainer> xNodeCont   (xNodeAcc, UNO_QUERY);
+
+                    bool bExist = (xNodeAcc.is() && xNodeAcc->hasByName(sProperty));
+                    if (bExist && xNodeReplace.is())
+                        xNodeReplace->replaceByName(sProperty, pValues[i]);
+                    else
+                        if (!bExist && xNodeCont.is())
+                            xNodeCont->insertByName(sProperty, pValues[i]);
+                        else
+                            bRet = false;
+                }
+                else //direct value
+                {
+                    xTopNodeReplace->replaceByName(sProperty, pValues[i]);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from PutProperties");
+            }
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            Reference<XChangesBatch> xBatch(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+            xBatch->commitChanges();
+        }
+        catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from commitChanges");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::PutProperties(
+        css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+        const Sequence< OUString >& rNames,
+        const Sequence< Any>& rValues,
+        bool bAllLocales)
+{
+    Reference<XNameReplace> xTopNodeReplace(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+    bool bRet = xTopNodeReplace.is();
+    if(bRet)
+    {
+        Sequence< OUString >    lNames;
+        Sequence< Any >         lValues;
+        const OUString*         pNames  = nullptr;
+        const Any*              pValues = nullptr;
+        sal_Int32               nNameCount;
+        if(bAllLocales)
+        {
+            // If ConfigItem works in "ALL_LOCALES"-mode ... we must support a Sequence< PropertyValue >
+            // as value of a localized configuration entry!
+            // How we can do that?
+            // We must split all PropertyValues to "Sequence< OUString >" AND "Sequence< Any >"!
+            impl_unpackLocalizedProperties( rNames, rValues, lNames, lValues );
+            pNames      = lNames.getConstArray  ();
+            pValues     = lValues.getConstArray ();
+            nNameCount  = lNames.getLength      ();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // This is the normal mode ...
+            // Use given input lists directly.
+            pNames      = rNames.getConstArray  ();
+            pValues     = rValues.getConstArray ();
+            nNameCount  = rNames.getLength      ();
+        }
+        for(int i = 0; i < nNameCount; i++)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                OUString sNode, sProperty;
+                if (splitLastFromConfigurationPath(pNames[i],sNode, sProperty))
+                {
+                    Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(sNode);
+
+                    Reference<XNameAccess> xNodeAcc;
+                    aNode >>= xNodeAcc;
+                    Reference<XNameReplace>   xNodeReplace(xNodeAcc, UNO_QUERY);
+                    Reference<XNameContainer> xNodeCont   (xNodeAcc, UNO_QUERY);
+
+                    bool bExist = (xNodeAcc.is() && xNodeAcc->hasByName(sProperty));
+                    if (bExist && xNodeReplace.is())
+                        xNodeReplace->replaceByName(sProperty, pValues[i]);
+                    else
+                        if (!bExist && xNodeCont.is())
+                            xNodeCont->insertByName(sProperty, pValues[i]);
+                        else
+                            bRet = false;
+                }
+                else //direct value
+                {
+                    xTopNodeReplace->replaceByName(sProperty, pValues[i]);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from PutProperties");
+            }
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            Reference<XChangesBatch> xBatch(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+            xBatch->commitChanges();
+        }
+        catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from commitChanges");
+        }
+    }
+
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+void ConfigItem::DisableNotification()
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE( xChangeLstnr.is(), "ConfigItem::DisableNotification: notifications not enabled currently!" );
+    RemoveChangesListener();
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::EnableNotification(const Sequence< OUString >& rNames,
+                                    bool bEnableInternalNotification )
+{
+    OSL_ENSURE(!(m_nMode & ConfigItemMode::ReleaseTree), "notification in ConfigItemMode::ReleaseTree mode not possible");
+    m_bEnableInternalNotification = bEnableInternalNotification;
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    Reference<XChangesNotifier> xChgNot(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+    if(!xChgNot.is())
+        return false;
+
+    OSL_ENSURE(!xChangeLstnr.is(), "EnableNotification already called");
+    if(xChangeLstnr.is())
+        xChgNot->removeChangesListener( xChangeLstnr );
+    bool bRet = true;
+
+    try
+    {
+        xChangeLstnr = new ConfigChangeListener_Impl(*this, rNames);
+        xChgNot->addChangesListener( xChangeLstnr );
+    }
+    catch (const RuntimeException&)
+    {
+        bRet = false;
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+void ConfigItem::RemoveChangesListener()
+{
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(!xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        return;
+
+    Reference<XChangesNotifier> xChgNot(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+    if(xChgNot.is() && xChangeLstnr.is())
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            xChgNot->removeChangesListener( xChangeLstnr );
+            xChangeLstnr = nullptr;
+        }
+        catch (const Exception&)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static void lcl_normalizeLocalNames(Sequence< OUString >& _rNames, ConfigNameFormat _eFormat, Reference<XInterface> const& _xParentNode)
+{
+    switch (_eFormat)
+    {
+    case ConfigNameFormat::LocalNode:
+        // unaltered - this is our input format
+        break;
+
+    case ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath:
+        {
+            Reference<XTemplateContainer> xTypeContainer(_xParentNode, UNO_QUERY);
+            if (xTypeContainer.is())
+            {
+                OUString sTypeName = xTypeContainer->getElementTemplateName();
+                sTypeName = sTypeName.copy(sTypeName.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
+
+                std::transform(std::cbegin(_rNames), std::cend(_rNames), _rNames.getArray(),
+                    [&sTypeName](const OUString& rName) -> OUString { return wrapConfigurationElementName(rName,sTypeName); });
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Reference<XServiceInfo> xSVI(_xParentNode, UNO_QUERY);
+                if (xSVI.is() && xSVI->supportsService("com.sun.star.configuration.SetAccess"))
+                {
+                    std::transform(std::cbegin(_rNames), std::cend(_rNames), _rNames.getArray(),
+                        [](const OUString& rName) -> OUString { return wrapConfigurationElementName(rName); });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        break;
+
+    }
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > ConfigItem::GetNodeNames(const OUString& rNode)
+{
+    ConfigNameFormat const eDefaultFormat = ConfigNameFormat::LocalNode; // CONFIG_NAME_DEFAULT;
+
+    return GetNodeNames(rNode, eDefaultFormat);
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > ConfigItem::GetNodeNames(const OUString& rNode, ConfigNameFormat eFormat)
+{
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        return GetNodeNames(xHierarchyAccess, rNode, eFormat);
+    return Sequence< OUString >();
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > ConfigItem::GetNodeNames(
+    css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+    const OUString& rNode,
+    ConfigNameFormat eFormat)
+{
+    Sequence< OUString > aRet;
+    try
+    {
+        Reference<XNameAccess> xCont;
+        if(!rNode.isEmpty())
+        {
+            Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(rNode);
+            aNode >>= xCont;
+        }
+        else
+            xCont.set(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if(xCont.is())
+        {
+            aRet = xCont->getElementNames();
+            lcl_normalizeLocalNames(aRet,eFormat,xCont);
+        }
+
+    }
+    catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from GetNodeNames");
+    }
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::ClearNodeSet(const OUString& rNode)
+{
+    ValueCounter_Impl aCounter(m_nInValueChange);
+    bool bRet = false;
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        bRet = ClearNodeSet(xHierarchyAccess, rNode);
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::ClearNodeSet(
+    css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+    const OUString& rNode)
+{
+    bool bRet = false;
+    try
+    {
+        Reference<XNameContainer> xCont;
+        if(!rNode.isEmpty())
+        {
+            Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(rNode);
+            aNode >>= xCont;
+        }
+        else
+            xCont.set(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if(!xCont.is())
+            return false;
+        const Sequence< OUString > aNames = xCont->getElementNames();
+        Reference<XChangesBatch> xBatch(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        for(const OUString& rName : aNames)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                xCont->removeByName(rName);
+            }
+            catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from removeByName");
+            }
+        }
+        xBatch->commitChanges();
+        bRet = true;
+    }
+    catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from ClearNodeSet");
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::ClearNodeElements(const OUString& rNode, Sequence< OUString > const & rElements)
+{
+    ValueCounter_Impl aCounter(m_nInValueChange);
+    bool bRet = false;
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(xHierarchyAccess.is())
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Reference<XNameContainer> xCont;
+            if(!rNode.isEmpty())
+            {
+                Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(rNode);
+                aNode >>= xCont;
+            }
+            else
+                xCont.set(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+            if(!xCont.is())
+                return false;
+            try
+            {
+                for(const OUString& rElement : rElements)
+                {
+                    xCont->removeByName(rElement);
+                }
+                Reference<XChangesBatch> xBatch(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+                xBatch->commitChanges();
+            }
+            catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from commitChanges()");
+            }
+            bRet = true;
+        }
+        catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from GetNodeNames()");
+        }
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+static OUString lcl_extractSetPropertyName( const OUString& rInPath, std::u16string_view rPrefix )
+{
+    OUString const sSubPath = dropPrefixFromConfigurationPath( rInPath, rPrefix);
+    return extractFirstFromConfigurationPath( sSubPath );
+}
+
+static
+Sequence< OUString > lcl_extractSetPropertyNames( const Sequence< PropertyValue >& rValues, std::u16string_view rPrefix )
+{
+    Sequence< OUString > aSubNodeNames(rValues.getLength());
+    OUString* pSubNodeNames = aSubNodeNames.getArray();
+
+    OUString sLastSubNode;
+    sal_Int32 nSubIndex = 0;
+
+    for(const PropertyValue& rProperty : rValues)
+    {
+        OUString const sSubPath = dropPrefixFromConfigurationPath( rProperty.Name, rPrefix);
+        OUString const sSubNode = extractFirstFromConfigurationPath( sSubPath );
+
+        if(sLastSubNode != sSubNode)
+        {
+            pSubNodeNames[nSubIndex++] = sSubNode;
+        }
+
+        sLastSubNode = sSubNode;
+    }
+    aSubNodeNames.realloc(nSubIndex);
+
+    return aSubNodeNames;
+}
+
+// Add or change properties
+bool ConfigItem::SetSetProperties(
+    const OUString& rNode, const Sequence< PropertyValue >& rValues)
+{
+    ValueCounter_Impl aCounter(m_nInValueChange);
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(!xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        return true;
+    return SetSetProperties(xHierarchyAccess, rNode, rValues);
+}
+
+// Add or change properties
+bool ConfigItem::SetSetProperties(
+    css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+    const OUString& rNode, const Sequence< PropertyValue >& rValues)
+{
+    bool bRet = true;
+    Reference<XChangesBatch> xBatch(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+    try
+    {
+        Reference<XNameContainer> xCont;
+        if(!rNode.isEmpty())
+        {
+            Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(rNode);
+            aNode >>= xCont;
+        }
+        else
+            xCont.set(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if(!xCont.is())
+            return false;
+
+        Reference<XSingleServiceFactory> xFac(xCont, UNO_QUERY);
+
+        if(xFac.is())
+        {
+            const Sequence< OUString > aSubNodeNames = lcl_extractSetPropertyNames(rValues, rNode);
+
+            for(const auto& rSubNodeName : aSubNodeNames)
+            {
+                if(!xCont->hasByName(rSubNodeName))
+                {
+                    Reference<XInterface> xInst = xFac->createInstance();
+                    Any aVal; aVal <<= xInst;
+                    xCont->insertByName(rSubNodeName, aVal);
+                }
+                //set values
+            }
+            try
+            {
+                xBatch->commitChanges();
+            }
+            catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from commitChanges()");
+            }
+
+            const PropertyValue* pProperties = rValues.getConstArray();
+
+            Sequence< OUString > aSetNames(rValues.getLength());
+            OUString* pSetNames = aSetNames.getArray();
+
+            Sequence< Any> aSetValues(rValues.getLength());
+            Any* pSetValues = aSetValues.getArray();
+
+            bool bEmptyNode = rNode.isEmpty();
+            for(sal_Int32 k = 0; k < rValues.getLength(); k++)
+            {
+                pSetNames[k] =  pProperties[k].Name.copy( bEmptyNode ? 1 : 0);
+                pSetValues[k] = pProperties[k].Value;
+            }
+            bRet = PutProperties(xHierarchyAccess, aSetNames, aSetValues, /*bAllLocales*/false);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            //if no factory is available then the node contains basic data elements
+            for(const PropertyValue& rValue : rValues)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    OUString sSubNode = lcl_extractSetPropertyName( rValue.Name, rNode );
+
+                    if(xCont->hasByName(sSubNode))
+                        xCont->replaceByName(sSubNode, rValue.Value);
+                    else
+                        xCont->insertByName(sSubNode, rValue.Value);
+
+                    OSL_ENSURE( xHierarchyAccess->hasByHierarchicalName(rValue.Name),
+                        "Invalid config path" );
+                }
+                catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+                {
+                    TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from insert/replaceByName()");
+                }
+            }
+            xBatch->commitChanges();
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from SetSetProperties");
+        bRet = false;
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::ReplaceSetProperties(
+    const OUString& rNode, const Sequence< PropertyValue >& rValues)
+{
+    ValueCounter_Impl aCounter(m_nInValueChange);
+    bool bRet = true;
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        bRet = ReplaceSetProperties(xHierarchyAccess, rNode, rValues,
+                    ( m_nMode & ConfigItemMode::AllLocales ) == ConfigItemMode::AllLocales);
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::ReplaceSetProperties(
+    css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+    const OUString& rNode,
+    const Sequence< PropertyValue >& rValues,
+    bool bAllLocales)
+{
+    bool bRet = true;
+    Reference<XChangesBatch> xBatch(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+    try
+    {
+        Reference<XNameContainer> xCont;
+        if(!rNode.isEmpty())
+        {
+            Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(rNode);
+            aNode >>= xCont;
+        }
+        else
+            xCont.set(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if(!xCont.is())
+            return false;
+
+        // JB: Change: now the same name handling for sets of simple values
+        const Sequence< OUString > aSubNodeNames = lcl_extractSetPropertyNames(rValues, rNode);
+
+        Reference<XSingleServiceFactory> xFac(xCont, UNO_QUERY);
+        const bool isSimpleValueSet = !xFac.is();
+
+        //remove unknown members first
+        {
+            const Sequence<OUString> aContainerSubNodes = xCont->getElementNames();
+
+            for(const OUString& rContainerSubNode : aContainerSubNodes)
+            {
+                bool bFound = comphelper::findValue(aSubNodeNames, rContainerSubNode) != -1;
+                if(!bFound)
+                    try
+                    {
+                        xCont->removeByName(rContainerSubNode);
+                    }
+                    catch (const Exception&)
+                    {
+                        if (isSimpleValueSet)
+                        {
+                            try
+                            {
+                                // #i37322#: fallback action: replace with <void/>
+                                xCont->replaceByName(rContainerSubNode, Any());
+                                // fallback successful: continue looping
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                            catch (Exception &)
+                            {} // propagate original exception, if fallback fails
+                        }
+                        throw;
+                    }
+            }
+            try { xBatch->commitChanges(); }
+            catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from commitChanges");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(xFac.is()) // !isSimpleValueSet
+        {
+            for(const OUString& rSubNodeName : aSubNodeNames)
+            {
+                if(!xCont->hasByName(rSubNodeName))
+                {
+                    //create if not available
+                    Reference<XInterface> xInst = xFac->createInstance();
+                    Any aVal; aVal <<= xInst;
+                    xCont->insertByName(rSubNodeName, aVal);
+                }
+            }
+            try { xBatch->commitChanges(); }
+            catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from commitChanges");
+            }
+
+            const PropertyValue* pProperties = rValues.getConstArray();
+
+            Sequence< OUString > aSetNames(rValues.getLength());
+            OUString* pSetNames = aSetNames.getArray();
+
+            Sequence< Any> aSetValues(rValues.getLength());
+            Any* pSetValues = aSetValues.getArray();
+
+            bool bEmptyNode = rNode.isEmpty();
+            for(sal_Int32 k = 0; k < rValues.getLength(); k++)
+            {
+                pSetNames[k] =  pProperties[k].Name.copy( bEmptyNode ? 1 : 0);
+                pSetValues[k] = pProperties[k].Value;
+            }
+            bRet = PutProperties(xHierarchyAccess, aSetNames, aSetValues, bAllLocales);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            //if no factory is available then the node contains basic data elements
+            for(const PropertyValue& rValue : rValues)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    OUString sSubNode = lcl_extractSetPropertyName( rValue.Name, rNode );
+
+                    if(xCont->hasByName(sSubNode))
+                        xCont->replaceByName(sSubNode, rValue.Value);
+                    else
+                        xCont->insertByName(sSubNode, rValue.Value);
+                }
+                catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+                {
+                    TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from insert/replaceByName");
+                }
+            }
+            xBatch->commitChanges();
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from ReplaceSetProperties");
+        bRet = false;
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool ConfigItem::AddNode(const OUString& rNode, const OUString& rNewNode)
+{
+    ValueCounter_Impl aCounter(m_nInValueChange);
+    bool bRet = true;
+    Reference<XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = GetTree();
+    if(xHierarchyAccess.is())
+    {
+        Reference<XChangesBatch> xBatch(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        try
+        {
+            Reference<XNameContainer> xCont;
+            if(!rNode.isEmpty())
+            {
+                Any aNode = xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(rNode);
+                aNode >>= xCont;
+            }
+            else
+                xCont.set(xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+            if(!xCont.is())
+                return false;
+
+            Reference<XSingleServiceFactory> xFac(xCont, UNO_QUERY);
+
+            if(xFac.is())
+            {
+                if(!xCont->hasByName(rNewNode))
+                {
+                    Reference<XInterface> xInst = xFac->createInstance();
+                    Any aVal; aVal <<= xInst;
+                    xCont->insertByName(rNewNode, aVal);
+                }
+                try
+                {
+                    xBatch->commitChanges();
+                }
+                catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+                {
+                    TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from commitChanges");
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                //if no factory is available then the node contains basic data elements
+                try
+                {
+                    if(!xCont->hasByName(rNewNode))
+                        xCont->insertByName(rNewNode, Any());
+                }
+                catch (css::uno::Exception &)
+                {
+                    TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "Exception from AddNode");
+                }
+            }
+            xBatch->commitChanges();
+        }
+        catch (const Exception&)
+        {
+            DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+            bRet = false;
+        }
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+
+void    ConfigItem::SetModified()
+{
+    m_bIsModified = true;
+}
+
+void    ConfigItem::ClearModified()
+{
+    m_bIsModified = false;
+}
+
+Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess> ConfigItem::GetTree()
+{
+    Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess> xRet;
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return xRet;
+    if(!m_xHierarchyAccess.is())
+        xRet = ConfigManager::acquireTree(*this);
+    else
+        xRet = m_xHierarchyAccess;
+    return xRet;
+}
+
+void ConfigItem::Commit()
+{
+    ImplCommit();
+    ClearModified();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/configmgr.cxx b/unotools/source/config/configmgr.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3aef792e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/configmgr.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+/* -*- 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/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/theDefaultProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XMultiServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <officecfg/Setup.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+
+namespace {
+
+class RegisterConfigItemHelper {
+public:
+    RegisterConfigItemHelper(
+        utl::ConfigManager & manager, utl::ConfigItem & item):
+            manager_(manager), item_(&item)
+    {
+        manager.registerConfigItem(item_);
+    }
+
+    ~RegisterConfigItemHelper() {
+        if (item_ != nullptr) {
+            manager_.removeConfigItem(*item_);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void keep() { item_ = nullptr; }
+
+private:
+    utl::ConfigManager & manager_;
+    utl::ConfigItem * item_;
+
+    RegisterConfigItemHelper(const RegisterConfigItemHelper&) = delete;
+    RegisterConfigItemHelper& operator=(const RegisterConfigItemHelper&) = delete;
+};
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory >
+getConfigurationProvider() {
+    return css::configuration::theDefaultProvider::get( comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+}
+
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getAboutBoxProductVersion() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::Product::ooSetupVersionAboutBox::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getAboutBoxProductVersionSuffix() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::Product::ooSetupVersionAboutBoxSuffix::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getDefaultCurrency() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::L10N::ooSetupCurrency::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getUILocale() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::L10N::ooLocale::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getWorkLocale() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::L10N::ooSetupSystemLocale::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getProductExtension() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::Product::ooSetupExtension::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getProductName() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::Product::ooName::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getProductVersion() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::Product::ooSetupVersion::get();
+}
+
+OUString utl::ConfigManager::getVendor() {
+    return officecfg::Setup::Product::ooVendor::get();
+}
+
+void utl::ConfigManager::storeConfigItems() {
+    getConfigManager().doStoreConfigItems();
+}
+
+utl::ConfigManager & utl::ConfigManager::getConfigManager() {
+    static utl::ConfigManager theConfigManager;
+    return theConfigManager;
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess >
+utl::ConfigManager::acquireTree(utl::ConfigItem const & item) {
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > args{ css::uno::Any(css::beans::NamedValue(
+        "nodepath",
+        css::uno::Any("/org.openoffice." + item.GetSubTreeName()))) };
+    if (item.GetMode() & ConfigItemMode::AllLocales) {
+        args.realloc(2);
+        args.getArray()[1] <<= css::beans::NamedValue("locale", css::uno::Any(OUString("*")));
+    }
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess >(
+        getConfigurationProvider()->createInstanceWithArguments(
+            "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess",
+            args),
+        css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess >
+utl::ConfigManager::acquireTree(std::u16string_view rSubTreeName) {
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any > args{ css::uno::Any(css::beans::NamedValue(
+        "nodepath",
+        css::uno::Any(OUString::Concat(u"/org.openoffice.") + rSubTreeName))) };
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess >(
+        getConfigurationProvider()->createInstanceWithArguments(
+            "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess",
+            args),
+        css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+utl::ConfigManager::ConfigManager() {}
+
+utl::ConfigManager::~ConfigManager() {
+    SAL_WARN_IF(!items_.empty(), "unotools.config", "ConfigManager not empty");
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess >
+utl::ConfigManager::addConfigItem(utl::ConfigItem & item) {
+    RegisterConfigItemHelper reg(*this, item);
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess > tree(
+        acquireTree(item));
+    reg.keep();
+    return tree;
+}
+
+void utl::ConfigManager::removeConfigItem(utl::ConfigItem & item) {
+    items_.erase(std::remove(items_.begin(), items_.end(), &item), items_.end());
+}
+
+void utl::ConfigManager::registerConfigItem(utl::ConfigItem * item) {
+    assert(item != nullptr);
+    items_.push_back(item);
+}
+
+void utl::ConfigManager::doStoreConfigItems() {
+    for (auto const& item : items_)
+    {
+        if (item->IsModified()) {
+            item->Commit();
+            item->ClearModified();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static bool bIsFuzzing = false;
+
+#if !defined(FUZZING_BUILD_MODE_UNSAFE_FOR_PRODUCTION)
+bool utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing()
+{
+    return bIsFuzzing;
+}
+#endif
+
+void utl::ConfigManager::EnableFuzzing()
+{
+    bIsFuzzing = true;
+    LanguageTag::disable_lt_tag_parse();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/confignode.cxx b/unotools/source/config/confignode.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85aa6c3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/confignode.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,562 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/confignode.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configpaths.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/theDefaultProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesBatch.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XStringEscape.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNamed.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/namedvaluecollection.hxx>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::util;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::container;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::configuration;
+
+    //= OConfigurationNode
+
+    OConfigurationNode::OConfigurationNode(const Reference< XInterface >& _rxNode )
+        :m_bEscapeNames(false)
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(_rxNode.is(), "OConfigurationNode::OConfigurationNode: invalid node interface!");
+        if (_rxNode.is())
+        {
+            // collect all interfaces necessary
+            m_xHierarchyAccess.set(_rxNode, UNO_QUERY);
+            m_xDirectAccess.set(_rxNode, UNO_QUERY);
+
+            // reset _all_ interfaces if _one_ of them is not supported
+            if (!m_xHierarchyAccess.is() || !m_xDirectAccess.is())
+            {
+                m_xHierarchyAccess = nullptr;
+                m_xDirectAccess = nullptr;
+            }
+
+            // now for the non-critical interfaces
+            m_xReplaceAccess.set(_rxNode, UNO_QUERY);
+            m_xContainerAccess.set(_rxNode, UNO_QUERY);
+        }
+
+        Reference< XComponent > xConfigNodeComp(m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xConfigNodeComp.is())
+            startComponentListening(xConfigNodeComp);
+
+        if (isValid())
+            m_bEscapeNames = isSetNode() && Reference< XStringEscape >::query(m_xDirectAccess).is();
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationNode::OConfigurationNode(const OConfigurationNode& _rSource)
+        : OEventListenerAdapter()
+        , m_xHierarchyAccess(_rSource.m_xHierarchyAccess)
+        , m_xDirectAccess(_rSource.m_xDirectAccess)
+        , m_xReplaceAccess(_rSource.m_xReplaceAccess)
+        , m_xContainerAccess(_rSource.m_xContainerAccess)
+        , m_bEscapeNames(_rSource.m_bEscapeNames)
+    {
+        Reference< XComponent > xConfigNodeComp(m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xConfigNodeComp.is())
+            startComponentListening(xConfigNodeComp);
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationNode::OConfigurationNode(OConfigurationNode&& _rSource)
+        : OEventListenerAdapter()
+        , m_xHierarchyAccess(std::move(_rSource.m_xHierarchyAccess))
+        , m_xDirectAccess(std::move(_rSource.m_xDirectAccess))
+        , m_xReplaceAccess(std::move(_rSource.m_xReplaceAccess))
+        , m_xContainerAccess(std::move(_rSource.m_xContainerAccess))
+        , m_bEscapeNames(std::move(_rSource.m_bEscapeNames))
+    {
+        Reference< XComponent > xConfigNodeComp(m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xConfigNodeComp.is())
+            startComponentListening(xConfigNodeComp);
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationNode& OConfigurationNode::operator=(const OConfigurationNode& _rSource)
+    {
+        stopAllComponentListening();
+
+        m_xHierarchyAccess = _rSource.m_xHierarchyAccess;
+        m_xDirectAccess = _rSource.m_xDirectAccess;
+        m_xContainerAccess = _rSource.m_xContainerAccess;
+        m_xReplaceAccess = _rSource.m_xReplaceAccess;
+        m_bEscapeNames = _rSource.m_bEscapeNames;
+
+        Reference< XComponent > xConfigNodeComp(m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xConfigNodeComp.is())
+            startComponentListening(xConfigNodeComp);
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationNode& OConfigurationNode::operator=(OConfigurationNode&& _rSource)
+    {
+        stopAllComponentListening();
+
+        m_xHierarchyAccess = std::move(_rSource.m_xHierarchyAccess);
+        m_xDirectAccess = std::move(_rSource.m_xDirectAccess);
+        m_xContainerAccess = std::move(_rSource.m_xContainerAccess);
+        m_xReplaceAccess = std::move(_rSource.m_xReplaceAccess);
+        m_bEscapeNames = std::move(_rSource.m_bEscapeNames);
+
+        Reference< XComponent > xConfigNodeComp(m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xConfigNodeComp.is())
+            startComponentListening(xConfigNodeComp);
+
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationNode::_disposing( const EventObject& _rSource )
+    {
+        Reference< XComponent > xDisposingSource(_rSource.Source, UNO_QUERY);
+        Reference< XComponent > xConfigNodeComp(m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xDisposingSource.get() == xConfigNodeComp.get())
+            clear();
+    }
+
+    OUString OConfigurationNode::getLocalName() const
+    {
+        OUString sLocalName;
+        try
+        {
+            Reference< XNamed > xNamed( m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            sLocalName = xNamed->getName();
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+        }
+        return sLocalName;
+    }
+
+    OUString OConfigurationNode::normalizeName(const OUString& _rName, NAMEORIGIN _eOrigin) const
+    {
+        OUString sName(_rName);
+        if (m_bEscapeNames)
+        {
+            Reference< XStringEscape > xEscaper(m_xDirectAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+            if (xEscaper.is() && !sName.isEmpty())
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    if (NO_CALLER == _eOrigin)
+                        sName = xEscaper->escapeString(sName);
+                    else
+                        sName = xEscaper->unescapeString(sName);
+                }
+                catch(Exception&)
+                {
+                    DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return sName;
+    }
+
+    Sequence< OUString > OConfigurationNode::getNodeNames() const noexcept
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xDirectAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::getNodeNames: object is invalid!");
+        Sequence< OUString > aReturn;
+        if (m_xDirectAccess.is())
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                aReturn = m_xDirectAccess->getElementNames();
+                // normalize the names
+                std::transform(std::cbegin(aReturn), std::cend(aReturn), aReturn.getArray(),
+                    [this](const OUString& rName) -> OUString { return normalizeName(rName, NO_CONFIGURATION); });
+            }
+            catch(Exception&)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "OConfigurationNode::getNodeNames");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+    bool OConfigurationNode::removeNode(const OUString& _rName) const noexcept
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xContainerAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::removeNode: object is invalid!");
+        if (m_xContainerAccess.is())
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                OUString sName = normalizeName(_rName, NO_CALLER);
+                m_xContainerAccess->removeByName(sName);
+                return true;
+            }
+            catch (NoSuchElementException&)
+            {
+                SAL_WARN( "unotools", "OConfigurationNode::removeNode: there is no element named: " << _rName );
+            }
+            catch(Exception&)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "OConfigurationNode::removeNode");
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationNode OConfigurationNode::insertNode(const OUString& _rName,const Reference< XInterface >& _xNode) const noexcept
+    {
+        if(_xNode.is())
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                OUString sName = normalizeName(_rName, NO_CALLER);
+                m_xContainerAccess->insertByName(sName, Any(_xNode));
+                // if we're here, all was ok ...
+                return OConfigurationNode( _xNode );
+            }
+            catch(const Exception&)
+            {
+                DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+            }
+
+            // dispose the child if it has already been created, but could not be inserted
+            Reference< XComponent > xChildComp(_xNode, UNO_QUERY);
+            if (xChildComp.is())
+                try { xChildComp->dispose(); } catch(Exception&) { }
+        }
+
+        return OConfigurationNode();
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationNode OConfigurationNode::createNode(const OUString& _rName) const noexcept
+    {
+        Reference< XSingleServiceFactory > xChildFactory(m_xContainerAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        OSL_ENSURE(xChildFactory.is(), "OConfigurationNode::createNode: object is invalid or read-only!");
+
+        if (xChildFactory.is()) // implies m_xContainerAccess.is()
+        {
+            Reference< XInterface > xNewChild;
+            try
+            {
+                xNewChild = xChildFactory->createInstance();
+            }
+            catch(const Exception&)
+            {
+                DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+            }
+            return insertNode(_rName,xNewChild);
+        }
+
+        return OConfigurationNode();
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationNode OConfigurationNode::openNode(const OUString& _rPath) const noexcept
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xDirectAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::openNode: object is invalid!");
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xHierarchyAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::openNode: object is invalid!");
+        try
+        {
+            OUString sNormalized = normalizeName(_rPath, NO_CALLER);
+
+            Reference< XInterface > xNode;
+            if (m_xDirectAccess.is() && m_xDirectAccess->hasByName(sNormalized))
+            {
+                xNode.set(
+                    m_xDirectAccess->getByName(sNormalized), css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+                if (!xNode.is())
+                    OSL_FAIL("OConfigurationNode::openNode: could not open the node!");
+            }
+            else if (m_xHierarchyAccess.is())
+            {
+                xNode.set(
+                    m_xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(_rPath),
+                    css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+                if (!xNode.is())
+                    OSL_FAIL("OConfigurationNode::openNode: could not open the node!");
+            }
+            if (xNode.is())
+                return OConfigurationNode( xNode );
+        }
+        catch(const NoSuchElementException&)
+        {
+            SAL_WARN( "unotools", "OConfigurationNode::openNode: there is no element named " << _rPath );
+        }
+        catch(Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "OConfigurationNode::openNode: caught an exception while retrieving the node!");
+        }
+        return OConfigurationNode();
+    }
+
+    bool OConfigurationNode::isSetNode() const
+    {
+        bool bIsSet = false;
+        Reference< XServiceInfo > xSI(m_xHierarchyAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xSI.is())
+        {
+            try { bIsSet = xSI->supportsService("com.sun.star.configuration.SetAccess"); }
+            catch(Exception&) { }
+        }
+        return bIsSet;
+    }
+
+    bool OConfigurationNode::hasByHierarchicalName( const OUString& _rName ) const noexcept
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( m_xHierarchyAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::hasByHierarchicalName: no hierarchy access!" );
+        try
+        {
+            if ( m_xHierarchyAccess.is() )
+            {
+                OUString sName = normalizeName( _rName, NO_CALLER );
+                return m_xHierarchyAccess->hasByHierarchicalName( sName );
+            }
+        }
+        catch(Exception&)
+        {
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool OConfigurationNode::hasByName(const OUString& _rName) const noexcept
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xDirectAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::hasByName: object is invalid!");
+        try
+        {
+            OUString sName = normalizeName(_rName, NO_CALLER);
+            if (m_xDirectAccess.is())
+                return m_xDirectAccess->hasByName(sName);
+        }
+        catch(Exception&)
+        {
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    bool OConfigurationNode::setNodeValue(const OUString& _rPath, const Any& _rValue) const noexcept
+    {
+        bool bResult = false;
+
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xReplaceAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::setNodeValue: object is invalid!");
+        if (m_xReplaceAccess.is())
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // check if _rPath is a level-1 path
+                OUString sNormalizedName = normalizeName(_rPath, NO_CALLER);
+                if (m_xReplaceAccess->hasByName(sNormalizedName))
+                {
+                    m_xReplaceAccess->replaceByName(sNormalizedName, _rValue);
+                    bResult = true;
+                }
+
+                // check if the name refers to an indirect descendant
+                else if (m_xHierarchyAccess.is() && m_xHierarchyAccess->hasByHierarchicalName(_rPath))
+                {
+                    OSL_ASSERT(!_rPath.isEmpty());
+
+                    OUString sParentPath, sLocalName;
+
+                    if ( splitLastFromConfigurationPath(_rPath, sParentPath, sLocalName) )
+                    {
+                        OConfigurationNode aParentAccess = openNode(sParentPath);
+                        if (aParentAccess.isValid())
+                            bResult = aParentAccess.setNodeValue(sLocalName, _rValue);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        m_xReplaceAccess->replaceByName(sLocalName, _rValue);
+                        bResult = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+            }
+            catch(Exception&)
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "OConfigurationNode::setNodeValue: could not replace the value");
+            }
+
+        }
+        return bResult;
+    }
+
+    Any OConfigurationNode::getNodeValue(const OUString& _rPath) const noexcept
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xDirectAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::hasByName: object is invalid!");
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xHierarchyAccess.is(), "OConfigurationNode::hasByName: object is invalid!");
+        Any aReturn;
+        try
+        {
+            OUString sNormalizedPath = normalizeName(_rPath, NO_CALLER);
+            if (m_xDirectAccess.is() && m_xDirectAccess->hasByName(sNormalizedPath) )
+            {
+                aReturn = m_xDirectAccess->getByName(sNormalizedPath);
+            }
+            else if (m_xHierarchyAccess.is())
+            {
+                aReturn = m_xHierarchyAccess->getByHierarchicalName(_rPath);
+            }
+        }
+        catch(const NoSuchElementException&)
+        {
+            DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+        }
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationNode::clear() noexcept
+    {
+        m_xHierarchyAccess.clear();
+        m_xDirectAccess.clear();
+        m_xReplaceAccess.clear();
+        m_xContainerAccess.clear();
+    }
+
+    //= helper
+
+    namespace
+    {
+
+        Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > lcl_getConfigProvider( const Reference<XComponentContext> & i_rContext )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > xProvider = theDefaultProvider::get( i_rContext );
+                return xProvider;
+            }
+            catch ( const Exception& )
+            {
+                DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+            }
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+
+        Reference< XInterface > lcl_createConfigurationRoot( const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& i_rxConfigProvider,
+            const OUString& i_rNodePath, const bool i_bUpdatable, const sal_Int32 i_nDepth )
+        {
+            ENSURE_OR_RETURN( i_rxConfigProvider.is(), "invalid provider", nullptr );
+            try
+            {
+                ::comphelper::NamedValueCollection aArgs;
+                aArgs.put( "nodepath", i_rNodePath );
+                aArgs.put( "depth", i_nDepth );
+
+                OUString sAccessService( i_bUpdatable ?
+                                OUString( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess" ) :
+                                OUString( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess" ));
+
+                Reference< XInterface > xRoot(
+                    i_rxConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments( sAccessService, aArgs.getWrappedPropertyValues() ),
+                    UNO_SET_THROW
+                );
+                return xRoot;
+            }
+            catch ( const Exception& )
+            {
+                DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+            }
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationTreeRoot::OConfigurationTreeRoot( const Reference< XInterface >& _rxRootNode )
+        :OConfigurationNode( _rxRootNode )
+        ,m_xCommitter( _rxRootNode, UNO_QUERY )
+    {
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationTreeRoot::OConfigurationTreeRoot( const Reference<XComponentContext> & i_rContext, const OUString& i_rNodePath, const bool i_bUpdatable )
+        :OConfigurationNode( lcl_createConfigurationRoot( lcl_getConfigProvider( i_rContext ),
+                                i_rNodePath, i_bUpdatable, -1 ) )
+        ,m_xCommitter()
+    {
+        if ( i_bUpdatable )
+        {
+            m_xCommitter.set( getUNONode(), UNO_QUERY );
+            OSL_ENSURE( m_xCommitter.is(), "OConfigurationTreeRoot::OConfigurationTreeRoot: could not create an updatable node!" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationTreeRoot::clear() noexcept
+    {
+        OConfigurationNode::clear();
+        m_xCommitter.clear();
+    }
+
+    bool OConfigurationTreeRoot::commit() const noexcept
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(isValid(), "OConfigurationTreeRoot::commit: object is invalid!");
+        if (!isValid())
+            return false;
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_xCommitter.is(), "OConfigurationTreeRoot::commit: I'm a readonly node!");
+        if (!m_xCommitter.is())
+            return false;
+
+        try
+        {
+            m_xCommitter->commitChanges();
+            return true;
+        }
+        catch(const Exception&)
+        {
+            DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationTreeRoot OConfigurationTreeRoot::createWithProvider(const Reference< XMultiServiceFactory >& _rxConfProvider, const OUString& _rPath, sal_Int32 _nDepth, CREATION_MODE _eMode)
+    {
+        Reference< XInterface > xRoot( lcl_createConfigurationRoot(
+            _rxConfProvider, _rPath, _eMode != CM_READONLY, _nDepth ) );
+        if ( xRoot.is() )
+            return OConfigurationTreeRoot( xRoot );
+        return OConfigurationTreeRoot();
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationTreeRoot OConfigurationTreeRoot::createWithComponentContext( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxContext, const OUString& _rPath, sal_Int32 _nDepth, CREATION_MODE _eMode )
+    {
+        return createWithProvider( lcl_getConfigProvider( _rxContext ), _rPath, _nDepth, _eMode );
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationTreeRoot OConfigurationTreeRoot::tryCreateWithComponentContext( const Reference< XComponentContext >& rxContext,
+        const OUString& _rPath, sal_Int32 _nDepth , CREATION_MODE _eMode )
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE( rxContext.is(), "OConfigurationTreeRoot::tryCreateWithComponentContext: invalid XComponentContext!" );
+        try
+        {
+            Reference< XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigFactory = theDefaultProvider::get( rxContext );
+            return createWithProvider( xConfigFactory, _rPath, _nDepth, _eMode );
+        }
+        catch(const Exception&)
+        {
+            // silence this, 'cause the contract of this method states "no assertions"
+        }
+        return OConfigurationTreeRoot();
+    }
+
+}   // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/configpaths.cxx b/unotools/source/config/configpaths.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8efdf19b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/configpaths.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+/* -*- 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 <string_view>
+
+#include <unotools/configpaths.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+static
+void lcl_resolveCharEntities(OUString & aLocalString)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nEscapePos=aLocalString.indexOf('&');
+    if (nEscapePos < 0) return;
+
+    OUStringBuffer aResult;
+    sal_Int32 nStart = 0;
+
+    do
+    {
+        sal_Unicode ch = 0;
+        if (aLocalString.match("&amp;",nEscapePos))
+            ch = '&';
+
+        else if (aLocalString.match("&apos;",nEscapePos))
+            ch = '\'';
+
+        else if (aLocalString.match("&quot;",nEscapePos))
+            ch = '"';
+
+        OSL_ENSURE(ch,"Configuration path contains '&' that is not part of a valid character escape");
+        if (ch)
+        {
+            aResult.append(aLocalString.subView(nStart,nEscapePos-nStart) + OUStringChar(ch));
+
+            sal_Int32 nEscapeEnd=aLocalString.indexOf(';',nEscapePos);
+            nStart = nEscapeEnd+1;
+            nEscapePos=aLocalString.indexOf('&',nStart);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            nEscapePos=aLocalString.indexOf('&',nEscapePos+1);
+        }
+    }
+    while ( nEscapePos > 0);
+
+    aResult.append(aLocalString.subView(nStart));
+
+    aLocalString = aResult.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+bool splitLastFromConfigurationPath(OUString const& _sInPath,
+                                        OUString& _rsOutPath,
+                                        OUString& _rsLocalName)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nStart,nEnd;
+
+    sal_Int32 nPos = _sInPath.getLength()-1;
+
+    // strip trailing slash
+    if (nPos > 0 && _sInPath[ nPos ] == '/')
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL("Invalid config path: trailing '/' is not allowed");
+        --nPos;
+    }
+
+    // check for predicate ['xxx'] or ["yyy"]
+    if (nPos  > 0 && _sInPath[ nPos ] == ']')
+    {
+        sal_Unicode chQuote = _sInPath[--nPos];
+
+        if (chQuote == '\'' || chQuote == '\"')
+        {
+            nEnd = nPos;
+            nPos = _sInPath.lastIndexOf(chQuote,nEnd);
+            nStart = nPos + 1;
+            --nPos; // nPos = rInPath.lastIndexOf('[',nPos);
+        }
+        else // allow [xxx]
+        {
+            nEnd = nPos + 1;
+            nPos = _sInPath.lastIndexOf('[',nEnd);
+            nStart = nPos + 1;
+        }
+
+        OSL_ENSURE(nPos >= 0 && _sInPath[nPos] == '[', "Invalid config path: unmatched quotes or brackets");
+        if (nPos >= 0 && _sInPath[nPos] == '[')
+        {
+            nPos =  _sInPath.lastIndexOf('/',nPos);
+        }
+        else // defined behavior for invalid paths
+        {
+            nStart = 0;
+            nEnd = _sInPath.getLength();
+            nPos = -1;
+        }
+
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        nEnd = nPos+1;
+        nPos = _sInPath.lastIndexOf('/',nEnd);
+        nStart = nPos + 1;
+    }
+    OSL_ASSERT( -1 <= nPos &&
+                nPos < nStart &&
+                nStart < nEnd &&
+                nEnd <= _sInPath.getLength() );
+
+    OSL_ASSERT(nPos == -1 || _sInPath[nPos] == '/');
+    OSL_ENSURE(nPos != 0 , "Invalid config child path: immediate child of root");
+
+    _rsLocalName = _sInPath.copy(nStart, nEnd-nStart);
+    _rsOutPath = (nPos > 0) ? _sInPath.copy(0,nPos) : OUString();
+    lcl_resolveCharEntities(_rsLocalName);
+
+    return nPos >= 0;
+}
+
+OUString extractFirstFromConfigurationPath(OUString const& _sInPath, OUString* _sOutPath)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nSep      = _sInPath.indexOf('/');
+    sal_Int32 nBracket  = _sInPath.indexOf('[');
+
+    sal_Int32 nStart    = nBracket + 1;
+    sal_Int32 nEnd      = nSep;
+
+    if (0 <= nBracket) // found a bracket-quoted relative path
+    {
+        if (nSep < 0 || nBracket < nSep) // and the separator comes after it
+        {
+            sal_Unicode chQuote = _sInPath[nStart];
+            if (chQuote == '\'' || chQuote == '\"')
+            {
+                ++nStart;
+                nEnd      = _sInPath.indexOf(chQuote, nStart+1);
+                nBracket  = nEnd+1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                nEnd = _sInPath.indexOf(']',nStart);
+                nBracket = nEnd;
+            }
+            OSL_ENSURE(nEnd > nStart && _sInPath[nBracket] == ']', "Invalid config path: improper mismatch of quote or bracket");
+            OSL_ENSURE((nBracket+1 == _sInPath.getLength() && nSep == -1) || (_sInPath[nBracket+1] == '/' && nSep == nBracket+1), "Invalid config path: brackets not followed by slash");
+        }
+        else // ... but our initial element name is in simple form
+            nStart = 0;
+    }
+
+    OUString sResult = (nEnd >= 0) ? _sInPath.copy(nStart, nEnd-nStart) : _sInPath;
+    lcl_resolveCharEntities(sResult);
+
+    if (_sOutPath != nullptr)
+    {
+        *_sOutPath = (nSep >= 0) ? _sInPath.copy(nSep + 1) : OUString();
+    }
+
+    return sResult;
+}
+
+// find the position after the prefix in the nested path
+static sal_Int32 lcl_findPrefixEnd(std::u16string_view _sNestedPath, std::u16string_view _sPrefixPath)
+{
+    // TODO: currently handles only exact prefix matches
+    size_t nPrefixLength = _sPrefixPath.size();
+
+    OSL_ENSURE(nPrefixLength == 0 || _sPrefixPath[nPrefixLength-1] != '/',
+                "Cannot handle slash-terminated prefix paths");
+
+    bool bIsPrefix;
+    if (_sNestedPath.size() > nPrefixLength)
+    {
+        bIsPrefix = _sNestedPath[nPrefixLength] == '/' &&
+                    o3tl::starts_with(_sNestedPath, _sPrefixPath);
+        ++nPrefixLength;
+    }
+    else if (_sNestedPath.size() == nPrefixLength)
+    {
+        bIsPrefix = _sNestedPath == _sPrefixPath;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        bIsPrefix = false;
+    }
+
+    return bIsPrefix ? nPrefixLength : 0;
+}
+
+bool isPrefixOfConfigurationPath(std::u16string_view _sNestedPath,
+                                     std::u16string_view _sPrefixPath)
+{
+    return _sPrefixPath.empty() || lcl_findPrefixEnd(_sNestedPath,_sPrefixPath) != 0;
+}
+
+OUString dropPrefixFromConfigurationPath(OUString const& _sNestedPath,
+                                         std::u16string_view _sPrefixPath)
+{
+    if ( sal_Int32 nPrefixEnd = lcl_findPrefixEnd(_sNestedPath,_sPrefixPath) )
+    {
+        return _sNestedPath.copy(nPrefixEnd);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(_sPrefixPath.empty(),  "Path does not start with expected prefix");
+
+        return _sNestedPath;
+    }
+}
+
+static
+OUString lcl_wrapName(std::u16string_view _sContent, const OUString& _sType)
+{
+    const sal_Unicode * const pBeginContent = _sContent.data();
+    const sal_Unicode * const pEndContent   = pBeginContent + _sContent.size();
+
+    OSL_PRECOND(!_sType.isEmpty(), "Unexpected config type name: empty");
+    OSL_PRECOND(pBeginContent <= pEndContent, "Invalid config name: empty");
+
+    if (pBeginContent == pEndContent)
+        return _sType;
+
+    OUStringBuffer aNormalized(_sType.getLength() + _sContent.size() + 4); // reserve approximate size initially
+
+    // prefix: type, opening bracket and quote
+    aNormalized.append( _sType + "['" );
+
+    // content: copy over each char and handle escaping
+    for(const sal_Unicode* pCur = pBeginContent; pCur != pEndContent; ++pCur)
+    {
+        // append (escape if needed)
+        switch(*pCur)
+        {
+        case u'&' : aNormalized.append( "&amp;" ); break;
+        case u'\'': aNormalized.append( "&apos;" ); break;
+        case u'\"': aNormalized.append( "&quot;" ); break;
+
+        default: aNormalized.append( *pCur );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // suffix: closing quote and bracket
+    aNormalized.append( "']" );
+
+    return aNormalized.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+OUString wrapConfigurationElementName(std::u16string_view _sElementName)
+{
+    return lcl_wrapName(_sElementName, "*" );
+}
+
+OUString wrapConfigurationElementName(std::u16string_view _sElementName,
+                                      OUString const& _sTypeName)
+{
+    // todo: check that _sTypeName is valid
+    return lcl_wrapName(_sElementName, _sTypeName);
+}
+
+} // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/configvaluecontainer.cxx b/unotools/source/config/configvaluecontainer.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10abeaf12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/configvaluecontainer.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+/* -*- 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 <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configvaluecontainer.hxx>
+#include <unotools/confignode.hxx>
+#include <uno/data.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+    //= NodeValueAccessor
+
+    namespace {
+
+    enum class LocationType
+    {
+        SimplyObjectInstance,
+        Unbound
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    struct NodeValueAccessor
+    {
+    private:
+        OUString            sRelativePath;      // the relative path of the node
+        LocationType        eLocationType;      // the type of location where the value is stored
+        void*               pLocation;          // the pointer to the location
+        Type                aDataType;          // the type object pointed to by pLocation
+
+    public:
+        explicit NodeValueAccessor( OUString _aNodePath );
+
+        void bind( void* _pLocation, const Type& _rType );
+
+        bool                    isBound( ) const        { return ( LocationType::Unbound != eLocationType ) && ( nullptr != pLocation ); }
+        const OUString&  getPath( ) const        { return sRelativePath; }
+        LocationType            getLocType( ) const     { return eLocationType; }
+        void*                   getLocation( ) const    { return pLocation; }
+        const Type&             getDataType( ) const    { return aDataType; }
+
+        bool operator == ( const NodeValueAccessor& rhs ) const;
+    };
+
+    NodeValueAccessor::NodeValueAccessor( OUString _aNodePath )
+        :sRelativePath(std::move( _aNodePath ))
+        ,eLocationType( LocationType::Unbound )
+        ,pLocation( nullptr )
+    {
+    }
+
+    bool NodeValueAccessor::operator == ( const NodeValueAccessor& rhs ) const
+    {
+        return  (   sRelativePath   ==  rhs.sRelativePath   )
+            &&  (   eLocationType   ==  rhs.eLocationType   )
+            &&  (   pLocation       ==  rhs.pLocation       );
+    }
+
+    void NodeValueAccessor::bind( void* _pLocation, const Type& _rType )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN_IF(isBound(), "unotools.config", "NodeValueAccessor::bind: already bound!");
+
+        eLocationType = LocationType::SimplyObjectInstance;
+        pLocation = _pLocation;
+        aDataType = _rType;
+    }
+
+    static
+    void lcl_copyData( const NodeValueAccessor& _rAccessor, const Any& _rData, ::osl::Mutex& _rMutex )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( _rMutex );
+
+        SAL_WARN_IF(!_rAccessor.isBound(), "unotools.config", "::utl::lcl_copyData: invalid accessor!");
+        switch ( _rAccessor.getLocType() )
+        {
+            case LocationType::SimplyObjectInstance:
+            {
+                if ( _rData.hasValue() )
+                {
+                    // assign the value
+                    bool bSuccess = uno_type_assignData(
+                        _rAccessor.getLocation(), _rAccessor.getDataType().getTypeLibType(),
+                        const_cast< void* >( _rData.getValue() ), _rData.getValueType().getTypeLibType(),
+                        cpp_queryInterface, cpp_acquire, cpp_release
+                    );
+                    SAL_WARN_IF(!bSuccess, "unotools.config",
+                        "::utl::lcl_copyData( Accessor, Any ): could not assign the data (node path: \"" << _rAccessor.getPath() << "\"");
+                }
+                else {
+                    SAL_INFO("unotools.config", "::utl::lcl_copyData: NULL value lost!");
+                }
+            }
+            break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static
+    void lcl_copyData( Any& _rData, const NodeValueAccessor& _rAccessor, ::osl::Mutex& _rMutex )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( _rMutex );
+
+        SAL_WARN_IF(!_rAccessor.isBound(), "unotools.config", "::utl::lcl_copyData: invalid accessor!" );
+        switch ( _rAccessor.getLocType() )
+        {
+            case LocationType::SimplyObjectInstance:
+                // a simple setValue...
+                _rData.setValue( _rAccessor.getLocation(), _rAccessor.getDataType() );
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //= functors on NodeValueAccessor instances
+
+    namespace {
+
+    /// base class for functors synchronizing between exchange locations and config sub nodes
+    struct SubNodeAccess
+    {
+    protected:
+        const OConfigurationNode&   m_rRootNode;
+        ::osl::Mutex&               m_rMutex;
+
+    public:
+        SubNodeAccess( const OConfigurationNode& _rRootNode, ::osl::Mutex& _rMutex )
+            :m_rRootNode( _rRootNode )
+            ,m_rMutex( _rMutex )
+        {
+        }
+    };
+
+    struct UpdateFromConfig : public SubNodeAccess
+    {
+    public:
+        UpdateFromConfig( const OConfigurationNode& _rRootNode, ::osl::Mutex& _rMutex ) : SubNodeAccess( _rRootNode, _rMutex ) { }
+
+        void operator() ( NodeValueAccessor const & _rAccessor )
+        {
+            ::utl::lcl_copyData( _rAccessor, m_rRootNode.getNodeValue( _rAccessor.getPath( ) ), m_rMutex );
+        }
+    };
+
+    struct UpdateToConfig : public SubNodeAccess
+    {
+    public:
+        UpdateToConfig( const OConfigurationNode& _rRootNode, ::osl::Mutex& _rMutex ) : SubNodeAccess( _rRootNode, _rMutex ) { }
+
+        void operator() ( NodeValueAccessor const & _rAccessor )
+        {
+            Any aNewValue;
+            lcl_copyData( aNewValue, _rAccessor, m_rMutex );
+            m_rRootNode.setNodeValue( _rAccessor.getPath( ), aNewValue );
+        }
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    //= OConfigurationValueContainerImpl
+
+    struct OConfigurationValueContainerImpl
+    {
+        Reference< XComponentContext >          xORB;           // the service factory
+        ::osl::Mutex&                           rMutex;         // the mutex for accessing the data containers
+        OConfigurationTreeRoot                  aConfigRoot;    // the configuration node we're accessing
+
+        std::vector<NodeValueAccessor>          aAccessors;     // the accessors to the node values
+
+        OConfigurationValueContainerImpl( const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxORB, ::osl::Mutex& _rMutex )
+            :xORB( _rxORB )
+            ,rMutex( _rMutex )
+        {
+        }
+    };
+
+    //= OConfigurationValueContainer
+
+    OConfigurationValueContainer::OConfigurationValueContainer(
+            const Reference< XComponentContext >& _rxORB, ::osl::Mutex& _rAccessSafety,
+            const char* _pConfigLocation, const sal_Int32 _nLevels )
+        :m_pImpl( new OConfigurationValueContainerImpl( _rxORB, _rAccessSafety ) )
+    {
+        implConstruct( OUString::createFromAscii( _pConfigLocation ), _nLevels );
+    }
+
+    OConfigurationValueContainer::~OConfigurationValueContainer()
+    {
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationValueContainer::implConstruct( const OUString& _rConfigLocation,
+        const sal_Int32 _nLevels )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN_IF(m_pImpl->aConfigRoot.isValid(), "unotools.config", "OConfigurationValueContainer::implConstruct: already initialized!");
+
+        // create the configuration node we're about to work with
+        m_pImpl->aConfigRoot = OConfigurationTreeRoot::createWithComponentContext(
+            m_pImpl->xORB,
+            _rConfigLocation,
+            _nLevels
+        );
+        SAL_WARN_IF(!m_pImpl->aConfigRoot.isValid(), "unotools.config",
+            "Could not access the configuration node located at " << _rConfigLocation);
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationValueContainer::registerExchangeLocation( const char* _pRelativePath,
+        void* _pContainer, const Type& _rValueType )
+    {
+        // checks...
+        SAL_WARN_IF(!_pContainer, "unotools.config",
+            "OConfigurationValueContainer::registerExchangeLocation: invalid container location!");
+        SAL_WARN_IF(!( (TypeClass_CHAR      ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )
+                ||  (   TypeClass_BOOLEAN   ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )
+                ||  (   TypeClass_BYTE      ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )
+                ||  (   TypeClass_SHORT     ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )
+                ||  (   TypeClass_LONG      ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )
+                ||  (   TypeClass_DOUBLE    ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )
+                ||  (   TypeClass_STRING    ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )
+                ||  (   TypeClass_SEQUENCE  ==  _rValueType.getTypeClass( ) )),
+            "unotools.config",
+            "OConfigurationValueContainer::registerExchangeLocation: invalid type!" );
+
+        // build an accessor for this container
+        NodeValueAccessor aNewAccessor( OUString::createFromAscii( _pRelativePath ) );
+        aNewAccessor.bind( _pContainer, _rValueType );
+
+        // insert it into our structure
+        implRegisterExchangeLocation( aNewAccessor );
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationValueContainer::read( )
+    {
+        std::for_each(
+            m_pImpl->aAccessors.begin(),
+            m_pImpl->aAccessors.end(),
+            UpdateFromConfig( m_pImpl->aConfigRoot, m_pImpl->rMutex )
+        );
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationValueContainer::commit()
+    {
+        // write the current values in the exchange locations
+        std::for_each(
+            m_pImpl->aAccessors.begin(),
+            m_pImpl->aAccessors.end(),
+            UpdateToConfig( m_pImpl->aConfigRoot, m_pImpl->rMutex )
+        );
+
+        // commit the changes done
+        m_pImpl->aConfigRoot.commit( );
+    }
+
+    void OConfigurationValueContainer::implRegisterExchangeLocation( const NodeValueAccessor& _rAccessor )
+    {
+        // some checks
+        SAL_WARN_IF(m_pImpl->aConfigRoot.isValid() && !m_pImpl->aConfigRoot.hasByHierarchicalName(_rAccessor.getPath()),
+            "unotools.config",
+            "OConfigurationValueContainer::implRegisterExchangeLocation: invalid relative path!" );
+
+        // another check (should be the first container for this node)
+        SAL_WARN_IF(!(m_pImpl->aAccessors.end() == ::std::find(
+            m_pImpl->aAccessors.begin(),
+            m_pImpl->aAccessors.end(),
+            _rAccessor)),
+            "unotools.config",
+            "OConfigurationValueContainer::implRegisterExchangeLocation: already registered a container for this subnode!" );
+
+        // remember the accessor
+        m_pImpl->aAccessors.push_back( _rAccessor );
+
+        // and initially fill the value
+        lcl_copyData( _rAccessor, m_pImpl->aConfigRoot.getNodeValue( _rAccessor.getPath() ), m_pImpl->rMutex );
+    }
+
+}   // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/defaultoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/defaultoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127cc6858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/defaultoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/* -*- 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/file.hxx>
+#include <unotools/defaultoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/pathoptions.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <officecfg/Office/Common.hxx>
+
+namespace SvtDefaultOptions
+{
+
+OUString GetDefaultPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths nId )
+{
+    SvtPathOptions aPathOpt;
+    auto seqToPath = [&aPathOpt] (const css::uno::Sequence<OUString> & rSeq)
+        {
+            // single paths
+            sal_Int32 nCount = rSeq.getLength();
+            OUStringBuffer aFullPathBuf(nCount * 40);
+            for ( sal_Int32 nPosition = 0; nPosition < nCount; ++nPosition )
+            {
+                aFullPathBuf.append(aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable( rSeq[ nPosition ] ));
+                if ( nPosition < nCount-1 )
+                    aFullPathBuf.append(";");
+            }
+            return aFullPathBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+        };
+
+    OUString aRet;
+    switch (nId)
+    {
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Addin::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoCorrect:
+            aRet = seqToPath(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::AutoCorrect::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoText:
+            aRet = seqToPath(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::AutoText::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Backup:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Backup::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Basic:
+            aRet = seqToPath(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Basic::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Bitmap:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Bitmap::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Config:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Config::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Dictionary:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Dictionary::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Favorites:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Favorite::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Filter::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Gallery:
+            aRet = seqToPath(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Gallery::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Graphic:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Graphic::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Help::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Linguistic:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Linguistic::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Module::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Palette:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Palette::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin:
+            aRet = seqToPath(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Plugin::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Temp:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Temp::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Template:
+            aRet = seqToPath(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Template::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::UserConfig:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::UserConfig::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Work:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Work::get()); break;
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Classification:
+            aRet = aPathOpt.SubstituteVariable(officecfg::Office::Common::Path::Default::Classification::get()); break;
+        default:
+            assert(false);
+    }
+
+
+    if ( nId == SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn ||
+         nId == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter ||
+         nId == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help ||
+         nId == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module ||
+         nId == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin )
+    {
+        OUString aTmp;
+        osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath( aRet, aTmp );
+        aRet = aTmp;
+    }
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/docinfohelper.cxx b/unotools/source/config/docinfohelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b36fb21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/docinfohelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/* -*- 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 <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <unotools/docinfohelper.hxx>
+#include <rtl/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <officecfg/Office/Common.hxx>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+OUString DocInfoHelper::GetGeneratorString()
+{
+    static const OUString sGenerator = []()
+            {
+            OUString aResultOverride = officecfg::Office::Common::Save::Document::GeneratorOverride::get();
+            if( !aResultOverride.isEmpty())
+                return aResultOverride;
+
+            OUStringBuffer aResult(128);
+
+            // First product: branded name + version
+            // version is <product_versions>_<product_extension>$<platform>
+
+            // plain product name
+            OUString aValue( utl::ConfigManager::getProductName() );
+            if ( !aValue.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                aResult.append( aValue.replace( ' ', '_' ) );
+                aResult.append( '/' );
+
+                aValue = utl::ConfigManager::getProductVersion();
+                if ( !aValue.isEmpty() )
+                {
+                    aResult.append( aValue.replace( ' ', '_' ) );
+
+                    aValue = utl::ConfigManager::getProductExtension();
+                    if ( !aValue.isEmpty() )
+                    {
+                        aResult.append( aValue.replace( ' ', '_' ) );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                OUString os( "$_OS" );
+                OUString arch( "$_ARCH" );
+                ::rtl::Bootstrap::expandMacros(os);
+                ::rtl::Bootstrap::expandMacros(arch);
+                aResult.append( '$' );
+                aResult.append( os );
+                aResult.append( '_' );
+                aResult.append( arch );
+                aResult.append( ' ' );
+            }
+
+            // second product: LibreOffice_project/<build_information>
+            // build_information has '(' and '[' encoded as '$', ')' and ']' ignored
+            // and ':' replaced by '-'
+            {
+                aResult.append( "LibreOffice_project/" );
+                OUString aBuildId( Bootstrap::getBuildIdData( OUString() ) );
+                for( sal_Int32 i=0; i < aBuildId.getLength(); i++ )
+                {
+                    sal_Unicode c = aBuildId[i];
+                    switch( c )
+                    {
+                    case '(':
+                    case '[':
+                        aResult.append( '$' );
+                        break;
+                    case ')':
+                    case ']':
+                        break;
+                    case ':':
+                        aResult.append( '-' );
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        aResult.append( c );
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return aResult.makeStringAndClear();
+    }();
+    return sGenerator;
+}
+
+} // end of namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/dynamicmenuoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/dynamicmenuoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60c07baac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/dynamicmenuoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,339 @@
+/* -*- 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/string_view.hxx>
+#include <unotools/dynamicmenuoptions.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <string_view>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_URL = u"URL";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_TITLE = u"Title";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_IMAGEIDENTIFIER = u"ImageIdentifier";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_TARGETNAME = u"TargetName";
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PATHDELIMITER = u"/";
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral SETNODE_NEWMENU = u"New";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral SETNODE_WIZARDMENU = u"Wizard";
+
+#define PROPERTYNAME_URL                                DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_URL
+#define PROPERTYNAME_TITLE                              DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_TITLE
+#define PROPERTYNAME_IMAGEIDENTIFIER                    DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_IMAGEIDENTIFIER
+#define PROPERTYNAME_TARGETNAME                         DYNAMICMENU_PROPERTYNAME_TARGETNAME
+
+#define PROPERTYCOUNT                                   4
+
+constexpr std::u16string_view PATHPREFIX_SETUP = u"m";
+
+namespace
+{
+/*-****************************************************************************************************************
+    @descr  support simple menu structures and operations on it
+****************************************************************************************************************-*/
+struct SvtDynMenu
+{
+    // append setup written menu entry
+    // Don't touch name of entry. It was defined by setup and must be the same every time!
+    // Look for double menu entries here too... may be some separator items are superfluous...
+    void AppendSetupEntry( const SvtDynMenuEntry& rEntry )
+    {
+        if( lSetupEntries.empty() || lSetupEntries.rbegin()->sURL != rEntry.sURL )
+            lSetupEntries.push_back( rEntry );
+    }
+
+    // convert internal list to external format
+    // for using it on right menus really
+    // Notice:   We build a property list with 4 entries and set it on result list then.
+    //           Separator entries will be packed in another way then normal entries! We define
+    //           special string "sSeparator" to perform too ...
+    std::vector< SvtDynMenuEntry > GetList() const
+    {
+        sal_Int32                             nSetupCount = static_cast<sal_Int32>(lSetupEntries.size());
+        sal_Int32                             nUserCount  = static_cast<sal_Int32>(lUserEntries.size());
+        sal_Int32                             nStep       = 0;
+        std::vector< SvtDynMenuEntry >        lResult ( nSetupCount+nUserCount );
+        OUString                              sSeparator  ( "private:separator" );
+
+        for( const auto& pList : {&lSetupEntries, &lUserEntries} )
+        {
+            for( const auto& rItem : *pList )
+            {
+                SvtDynMenuEntry entry;
+                if( rItem.sURL == sSeparator )
+                {
+                    entry.sURL = sSeparator;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    entry = rItem;
+                }
+                lResult[nStep] = entry;
+                ++nStep;
+            }
+        }
+        return lResult;
+    }
+
+private:
+    std::vector< SvtDynMenuEntry > lSetupEntries;
+    std::vector< SvtDynMenuEntry > lUserEntries;
+};
+
+}
+
+namespace SvtDynamicMenuOptions
+{
+
+static Sequence< OUString > lcl_GetPropertyNames(
+        css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+        sal_uInt32& nNewCount, sal_uInt32& nWizardCount );
+
+std::vector< SvtDynMenuEntry > GetMenu( EDynamicMenuType eMenu )
+{
+    SvtDynMenu  aNewMenu;
+    SvtDynMenu  aWizardMenu;
+
+    Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = utl::ConfigManager::acquireTree(u"Office.Common/Menus/");
+
+    // Get names and values of all accessible menu entries and fill internal structures.
+    // See impl_GetPropertyNames() for further information.
+    sal_uInt32              nNewCount           = 0;
+    sal_uInt32              nWizardCount        = 0;
+    Sequence< OUString >    lNames              = lcl_GetPropertyNames ( xHierarchyAccess, nNewCount           ,
+                                                                          nWizardCount        );
+    Sequence< Any >         lValues             = utl::ConfigItem::GetProperties( xHierarchyAccess, lNames, /*bAllLocales*/false );
+
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // We need values from ALL configuration keys.
+    // Follow assignment use order of values in relation to our list of key names!
+    DBG_ASSERT( !(lNames.getLength()!=lValues.getLength()), "SvtDynamicMenuOptions_Impl::SvtDynamicMenuOptions_Impl()\nI miss some values of configuration keys!\n" );
+
+    // Copy values from list in right order to our internal member.
+    // Attention: List for names and values have an internal construction pattern!
+
+    // first "New" menu ...
+    //      Name                            Value
+    //      /New/1/URL                      "private:factory/swriter"
+    //      /New/1/Title                    "New Writer Document"
+    //      /New/1/ImageIdentifier          "icon_writer"
+    //      /New/1/TargetName               "_blank"
+
+    //      /New/2/URL                      "private:factory/scalc"
+    //      /New/2/Title                    "New Calc Document"
+    //      /New/2/ImageIdentifier          "icon_calc"
+    //      /New/2/TargetName               "_blank"
+
+    // second "Wizard" menu ...
+    //      /Wizard/1/URL                   "file://b"
+    //      /Wizard/1/Title                 "PaintSomething"
+    //      /Wizard/1/ImageIdentifier       "icon_?"
+    //      /Wizard/1/TargetName            "_self"
+
+    //      ... and so on ...
+
+    sal_uInt32  nItem     = 0;
+    sal_uInt32  nPosition = 0;
+
+    // Get names/values for new menu.
+    // 4 subkeys for every item!
+    for( nItem=0; nItem<nNewCount; ++nItem )
+    {
+        SvtDynMenuEntry   aItem;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sURL;
+        ++nPosition;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sTitle;
+        ++nPosition;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sImageIdentifier;
+        ++nPosition;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sTargetName;
+        ++nPosition;
+        aNewMenu.AppendSetupEntry( aItem );
+    }
+
+    // Attention: Don't reset nPosition here!
+
+    // Get names/values for wizard menu.
+    // 4 subkeys for every item!
+    for( nItem=0; nItem<nWizardCount; ++nItem )
+    {
+        SvtDynMenuEntry   aItem;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sURL;
+        ++nPosition;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sTitle;
+        ++nPosition;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sImageIdentifier;
+        ++nPosition;
+        lValues[nPosition] >>= aItem.sTargetName;
+        ++nPosition;
+        aWizardMenu.AppendSetupEntry( aItem );
+    }
+
+    std::vector< SvtDynMenuEntry > lReturn;
+    switch( eMenu )
+    {
+        case EDynamicMenuType::NewMenu      :
+            lReturn = aNewMenu.GetList();
+            break;
+
+        case EDynamicMenuType::WizardMenu   :
+            lReturn = aWizardMenu.GetList();
+            break;
+    }
+    return lReturn;
+}
+
+static void lcl_SortAndExpandPropertyNames( const Sequence< OUString >& lSource,
+            Sequence< OUString >& lDestination, std::u16string_view sSetNode );
+
+/*-****************************************************************************************************
+    @short      return list of key names of our configuration management which represent our module tree
+    @descr      This method returns the current list of key names! We need it to get needed values from our
+                configuration management and support dynamical menu item lists!
+    @param      "nNewCount"     ,   returns count of menu entries for "new"
+    @param      "nWizardCount"  ,   returns count of menu entries for "wizard"
+    @return     A list of configuration key names is returned.
+*//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+static Sequence< OUString > lcl_GetPropertyNames(
+        css::uno::Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> const & xHierarchyAccess,
+        sal_uInt32& nNewCount, sal_uInt32& nWizardCount )
+{
+    // First get ALL names of current existing list items in configuration!
+    Sequence< OUString > lNewItems    = utl::ConfigItem::GetNodeNames( xHierarchyAccess, SETNODE_NEWMENU, utl::ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath );
+    Sequence< OUString > lWizardItems = utl::ConfigItem::GetNodeNames( xHierarchyAccess, SETNODE_WIZARDMENU, utl::ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath );
+
+    // Get information about list counts ...
+    nNewCount           = lNewItems.getLength();
+    nWizardCount        = lWizardItems.getLength();
+
+    // Sort and expand all three list to result list ...
+    Sequence< OUString > lProperties;
+    lcl_SortAndExpandPropertyNames( lNewItems          , lProperties, SETNODE_NEWMENU   );
+    lcl_SortAndExpandPropertyNames( lWizardItems       , lProperties, SETNODE_WIZARDMENU );
+
+    // Return result.
+    return lProperties;
+}
+
+/*-****************************************************************************************************
+    @short      sort given source list and expand it for all well known properties to destination
+    @descr      We must support sets of entries with count inside the name .. but some of them could be missing!
+                e.g. s1-s2-s3-s0-u1-s6-u5-u7
+                Then we must sort it by name and expand it to the follow one:
+                    sSetNode/s0/URL
+                    sSetNode/s0/Title
+                    sSetNode/s0/...
+                    sSetNode/s1/URL
+                    sSetNode/s1/Title
+                    sSetNode/s1/...
+                    ...
+                    sSetNode/s6/URL
+                    sSetNode/s6/Title
+                    sSetNode/s6/...
+                    sSetNode/u1/URL
+                    sSetNode/u1/Title
+                    sSetNode/u1/...
+                    ...
+                    sSetNode/u7/URL
+                    sSetNode/u7/Title
+                    sSetNode/u7/...
+                Rules: We start with all setup written entries names "sx" and x=[0..n].
+                Then we handle all "ux" items. Inside these blocks we sort it ascending by number.
+
+    @attention  We add these expanded list to the end of given "lDestination" list!
+                So we must start on "lDestination.getLength()".
+                Reallocation of memory of destination list is done by us!
+
+    @seealso    method impl_GetPropertyNames()
+
+    @param      "lSource"      ,   original list (e.g. [m1-m2-m3-m6-m0] )
+    @param      "lDestination" ,   destination of operation
+    @param      "sSetNode"     ,   name of configuration set to build complete path
+    @return     A list of configuration key names is returned.
+*//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+
+static void lcl_SortAndExpandPropertyNames( const Sequence< OUString >& lSource      ,
+                                        Sequence< OUString >& lDestination ,
+                                    std::u16string_view         sSetNode     )
+{
+    struct CountWithPrefixSort
+    {
+        bool operator() ( std::u16string_view s1, std::u16string_view s2 ) const
+        {
+            // Get order numbers from entry name without prefix.
+            // e.g. "m10" => 10
+            //      "m5"  => 5
+            sal_Int32 n1 = o3tl::toInt32(s1.substr( 1 ));
+            sal_Int32 n2 = o3tl::toInt32(s2.substr( 1 ));
+            // MUST be in [0,1] ... because it's a difference between
+            // insert-positions of given entries in sorted list!
+            return( n1<n2 );
+        }
+    };
+    struct SelectByPrefix
+    {
+        bool operator() ( std::u16string_view s ) const
+        {
+            // Prefer setup written entries by check first letter of given string. It must be a "s".
+            return o3tl::starts_with( s, PATHPREFIX_SETUP );
+        }
+    };
+
+    std::vector< OUString >  lTemp;
+    sal_Int32           nSourceCount     = lSource.getLength();
+    sal_Int32           nDestinationStep = lDestination.getLength(); // start on end of current list ...!
+
+    lDestination.realloc( (nSourceCount*PROPERTYCOUNT)+nDestinationStep ); // get enough memory for copy operations after nDestination ...
+    auto plDestination = lDestination.getArray();
+
+    // Copy all items to temp. vector to use fast sort operations :-)
+    lTemp.insert( lTemp.end(), lSource.begin(), lSource.end() );
+
+    // Sort all entries by number ...
+    std::stable_sort( lTemp.begin(), lTemp.end(), CountWithPrefixSort() );
+    // and split into setup & user written entries!
+    std::stable_partition( lTemp.begin(), lTemp.end(), SelectByPrefix() );
+
+    // Copy sorted entries to destination and expand every item with
+    // 4 supported sub properties.
+    for( const auto& rItem : lTemp )
+    {
+        OUString sFixPath(OUString::Concat(sSetNode) + PATHDELIMITER + rItem + PATHDELIMITER);
+        plDestination[nDestinationStep++] = sFixPath + PROPERTYNAME_URL;
+        plDestination[nDestinationStep++] = sFixPath + PROPERTYNAME_TITLE;
+        plDestination[nDestinationStep++] = sFixPath + PROPERTYNAME_IMAGEIDENTIFIER;
+        plDestination[nDestinationStep++] = sFixPath + PROPERTYNAME_TARGETNAME;
+    }
+}
+
+
+} // namespace SvtDynamicMenuOptions
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/eventcfg.cxx b/unotools/source/config/eventcfg.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a92618a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/eventcfg.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+/* -*- 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/propertyvalue.hxx>
+#include <unotools/eventcfg.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <o3tl/enumarray.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/enumrange.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+using namespace ::std;
+using namespace ::utl;
+using namespace ::osl;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+#define PATHDELIMITER "/"
+#define SETNODE_BINDINGS "Bindings"
+#define PROPERTYNAME_BINDINGURL "BindingURL"
+
+static o3tl::enumarray<GlobalEventId, const char*> pEventAsciiNames =
+{
+"OnStartApp",
+"OnCloseApp",
+"OnCreate",
+"OnNew",
+"OnLoadFinished",
+"OnLoad",
+"OnPrepareUnload",
+"OnUnload",
+"OnSave",
+"OnSaveDone",
+"OnSaveFailed",
+"OnSaveAs",
+"OnSaveAsDone",
+"OnSaveAsFailed",
+"OnCopyTo",
+"OnCopyToDone",
+"OnCopyToFailed",
+"OnFocus",
+"OnUnfocus",
+"OnPrint",
+"OnViewCreated",
+"OnPrepareViewClosing",
+"OnViewClosed",
+"OnModifyChanged",
+"OnTitleChanged",
+"OnVisAreaChanged",
+"OnModeChanged",
+"OnStorageChanged"
+};
+
+typedef std::unordered_map< OUString, OUString > EventBindingHash;
+typedef o3tl::enumarray< GlobalEventId, OUString > SupportedEventsVector;
+
+static std::mutex& GetOwnStaticMutex()
+{
+    static std::mutex INSTANCE;
+    return INSTANCE;
+}
+
+class GlobalEventConfig_Impl : public utl::ConfigItem
+{
+private:
+    EventBindingHash m_eventBindingHash;
+    SupportedEventsVector m_supportedEvents;
+
+    void initBindingInfo();
+
+    virtual void ImplCommit() override;
+
+public:
+    GlobalEventConfig_Impl( );
+    virtual ~GlobalEventConfig_Impl( ) override;
+
+    void            Notify( const css::uno::Sequence<OUString>& aPropertyNames) override;
+
+    /// @throws css::lang::IllegalArgumentException
+    /// @throws css::container::NoSuchElementException
+    /// @throws css::lang::WrappedTargetException
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    void replaceByName( const OUString& aName, const css::uno::Any& aElement );
+    /// @throws css::container::NoSuchElementException
+    /// @throws css::lang::WrappedTargetException
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::PropertyValue > getByName( const OUString& aName );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    css::uno::Sequence< OUString > getElementNames(  );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    bool hasByName( const OUString& aName );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    static css::uno::Type const & getElementType(  );
+    /// @throws css::uno::RuntimeException
+    bool hasElements() const;
+    OUString const & GetEventName( GlobalEventId nID ) const;
+};
+
+
+GlobalEventConfig_Impl::GlobalEventConfig_Impl()
+    :   ConfigItem( "Office.Events/ApplicationEvents", ConfigItemMode::NONE )
+{
+    // the supported event names
+    for (const GlobalEventId id : o3tl::enumrange<GlobalEventId>())
+        m_supportedEvents[id] = OUString::createFromAscii( pEventAsciiNames[id] );
+
+    initBindingInfo();
+
+/*TODO: Not used in the moment! see Notify() ...
+    // Enable notification mechanism of our baseclass.
+    // We need it to get information about changes outside these class on our used configuration keys! */
+    Sequence<OUString> aNotifySeq { "Events" };
+    EnableNotification( aNotifySeq, true );
+}
+
+//  destructor
+
+GlobalEventConfig_Impl::~GlobalEventConfig_Impl()
+{
+    assert(!IsModified()); // should have been committed
+}
+
+OUString const & GlobalEventConfig_Impl::GetEventName( GlobalEventId nIndex ) const
+{
+    return m_supportedEvents[nIndex];
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+void GlobalEventConfig_Impl::Notify( const Sequence< OUString >& )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+
+    initBindingInfo();
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+void GlobalEventConfig_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    //DF need to check it this is correct??
+    SAL_INFO("unotools", "In GlobalEventConfig_Impl::ImplCommit");
+    // clear the existing nodes
+    ClearNodeSet( SETNODE_BINDINGS );
+    OUString sNode;
+    //step through the list of events
+    for(const auto& rEntry : m_eventBindingHash)
+    {
+        //no point in writing out empty bindings!
+        if(rEntry.second.isEmpty() )
+            continue;
+        sNode = SETNODE_BINDINGS PATHDELIMITER "BindingType['" +
+                rEntry.first +
+                "']" PATHDELIMITER PROPERTYNAME_BINDINGURL;
+        SAL_INFO("unotools", "writing binding for: " << sNode);
+        //write the data to the registry
+        SetSetProperties(SETNODE_BINDINGS,{ comphelper::makePropertyValue(sNode, rEntry.second) });
+    }
+}
+
+//  private method
+
+void GlobalEventConfig_Impl::initBindingInfo()
+{
+    // Get ALL names of current existing list items in configuration!
+    const Sequence< OUString > lEventNames = GetNodeNames( SETNODE_BINDINGS, utl::ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath );
+
+    OUString aSetNode = SETNODE_BINDINGS PATHDELIMITER;
+    OUString aCommandKey = PATHDELIMITER PROPERTYNAME_BINDINGURL;
+
+    // Expand all keys
+    Sequence< OUString > lMacros(1);
+    auto plMacros = lMacros.getArray();
+    for (const auto& rEventName : lEventNames )
+    {
+        plMacros[0] = aSetNode + rEventName + aCommandKey;
+        SAL_INFO("unotools", "reading binding for: " << lMacros[0]);
+        Sequence< Any > lValues = GetProperties( lMacros );
+        if( lValues.hasElements() )
+        {
+            OUString sMacroURL;
+            lValues[0] >>= sMacroURL;
+            sal_Int32 startIndex = rEventName.indexOf('\'');
+            sal_Int32 endIndex =  rEventName.lastIndexOf('\'');
+            if( startIndex >=0 && endIndex > 0 )
+            {
+                startIndex++;
+                OUString eventName = rEventName.copy(startIndex,endIndex-startIndex);
+                m_eventBindingHash[ eventName ] = sMacroURL;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void GlobalEventConfig_Impl::replaceByName( const OUString& aName, const Any& aElement )
+{
+    Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > props;
+    //DF should we prepopulate the hash with a list of valid event Names?
+    if( !( aElement >>= props ) )
+    {
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException( OUString(),
+                Reference< XInterface > (), 2);
+    }
+    OUString macroURL;
+    for( const auto& rProp : std::as_const(props) )
+    {
+        if ( rProp.Name == "Script" )
+            rProp.Value >>= macroURL;
+    }
+    m_eventBindingHash[ aName ] = macroURL;
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::PropertyValue > GlobalEventConfig_Impl::getByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral sEventType = u"EventType";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral sScript = u"Script";
+    Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > props(2);
+    auto pProps = props.getArray();
+    pProps[0].Name = sEventType;
+    pProps[0].Value <<= OUString(sScript);
+    pProps[1].Name = sScript;
+    EventBindingHash::const_iterator it = m_eventBindingHash.find( aName );
+    if( it != m_eventBindingHash.end() )
+    {
+        pProps[1].Value <<= it->second;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // not yet accessed - is it a supported name?
+        SupportedEventsVector::iterator pos = ::std::find(
+            m_supportedEvents.begin(), m_supportedEvents.end(), aName );
+        if ( pos == m_supportedEvents.end() )
+            throw container::NoSuchElementException( aName );
+
+        pProps[1].Value <<= OUString();
+    }
+    return props;
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > GlobalEventConfig_Impl::getElementNames(  )
+{
+    return uno::Sequence< OUString >(m_supportedEvents.data(), SupportedEventsVector::size());
+}
+
+bool GlobalEventConfig_Impl::hasByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    if ( m_eventBindingHash.find( aName ) != m_eventBindingHash.end() )
+        return true;
+
+    // never accessed before - is it supported in general?
+    SupportedEventsVector::iterator pos = ::std::find(
+        m_supportedEvents.begin(), m_supportedEvents.end(), aName );
+    return pos != m_supportedEvents.end();
+}
+
+Type const & GlobalEventConfig_Impl::getElementType(  )
+{
+    //DF definitely not sure about this??
+    return cppu::UnoType<Sequence<beans::PropertyValue>>::get();
+}
+
+bool GlobalEventConfig_Impl::hasElements() const
+{
+    return !m_eventBindingHash.empty();
+}
+
+// and now the wrapper
+
+//initialize static member
+GlobalEventConfig_Impl*     GlobalEventConfig::m_pImpl = nullptr;
+sal_Int32                   GlobalEventConfig::m_nRefCount      = 0;
+
+GlobalEventConfig::GlobalEventConfig()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading!).
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    // Increase our refcount ...
+    ++m_nRefCount;
+    // ... and initialize our data container only if it not already exist!
+    if( m_pImpl == nullptr )
+    {
+        m_pImpl = new GlobalEventConfig_Impl;
+        aGuard.unlock();
+        ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem::EventConfig);
+    }
+}
+
+GlobalEventConfig::~GlobalEventConfig()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading!)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    // Decrease our refcount.
+    --m_nRefCount;
+    // If last instance was deleted ...
+    // we must destroy our static data container!
+    if( m_nRefCount <= 0 )
+    {
+        delete m_pImpl;
+        m_pImpl = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+Reference< container::XNameReplace > SAL_CALL GlobalEventConfig::getEvents()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    Reference< container::XNameReplace > ret(this);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL GlobalEventConfig::replaceByName( const OUString& aName, const Any& aElement )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->replaceByName( aName, aElement );
+}
+Any SAL_CALL GlobalEventConfig::getByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    return Any(getByName2(aName));
+}
+css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::PropertyValue > GlobalEventConfig::getByName2( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->getByName( aName );
+}
+Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL GlobalEventConfig::getElementNames(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->getElementNames( );
+}
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL GlobalEventConfig::hasByName( const OUString& aName )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->hasByName( aName );
+}
+Type SAL_CALL GlobalEventConfig::getElementType(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return GlobalEventConfig_Impl::getElementType( );
+}
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL GlobalEventConfig::hasElements(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->hasElements( );
+}
+
+OUString GlobalEventConfig::GetEventName( GlobalEventId nIndex )
+{
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return OUString();
+    static rtl::Reference<GlobalEventConfig> createImpl(new GlobalEventConfig);
+    return GlobalEventConfig::m_pImpl->GetEventName( nIndex );
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/fltrcfg.cxx b/unotools/source/config/fltrcfg.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..323cfe0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/fltrcfg.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,677 @@
+/* -*- 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 <o3tl/any.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/typed_flags_set.hxx>
+#include <unotools/fltrcfg.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+
+namespace {
+
+enum class ConfigFlags {
+    NONE                         = 0x0000000,
+    WordCode                     = 0x0000001,
+    WordStorage                  = 0x0000002,
+    ExcelCode                    = 0x0000004,
+    ExcelStorage                 = 0x0000008,
+    PowerPointCode               = 0x0000010,
+    PowerPointStorage            = 0x0000020,
+    MathLoad                     = 0x0000100,
+    MathSave                     = 0x0000200,
+    WriterLoad                   = 0x0000400,
+    WriterSave                   = 0x0000800,
+    CalcLoad                     = 0x0001000,
+    CalcSave                     = 0x0002000,
+    ImpressLoad                  = 0x0004000,
+    ImpressSave                  = 0x0008000,
+    ExcelExecTbl                 = 0x0010000,
+    EnablePowerPointPreview      = 0x0020000,
+    EnableExcelPreview           = 0x0040000,
+    EnableWordPreview            = 0x0080000,
+    UseEnhancedFields            = 0x0100000,
+    WordWbctbl                   = 0x0200000,
+    SmartArtShapeLoad            = 0x0400000,
+    CharBackgroundToHighlighting = 0x8000000,
+    CreateMSOLockFiles           = 0x2000000,
+    VisioLoad                    = 0x4000000,
+};
+
+}
+
+namespace o3tl {
+    template<> struct typed_flags<ConfigFlags> : is_typed_flags<ConfigFlags, 0xe7fff3f> {};
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl : public utl::ConfigItem
+{
+private:
+    bool                bLoadVBA;
+    bool                bSaveVBA;
+
+protected:
+    virtual void            ImplCommit() override;
+
+public:
+    explicit SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl(const OUString& rRoot) :
+        utl::ConfigItem(rRoot),
+        bLoadVBA(false),
+        bSaveVBA(false)  {}
+    virtual ~SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl() override;
+    virtual void            Notify( const css::uno::Sequence<OUString>& aPropertyNames) override;
+    void                    Load();
+
+    bool                IsLoad() const {return bLoadVBA;}
+    void                    SetLoad(bool bSet)
+                            {
+                                if(bSet != bLoadVBA)
+                                    SetModified();
+                                bLoadVBA = bSet;
+                            }
+    bool                IsSave() const {return bSaveVBA;}
+    void                    SetSave(bool bSet)
+                            {
+                                if(bSet != bSaveVBA)
+                                    SetModified();
+                                bSaveVBA = bSet;
+                            }
+};
+
+}
+
+SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::~SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl()
+{
+    assert(!IsModified()); // should have been committed
+}
+
+void    SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    PutProperties(
+        {"Load", "Save"}, {css::uno::Any(bLoadVBA), css::uno::Any(bSaveVBA)});
+}
+
+void SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::Notify( const Sequence< OUString >&  )
+{
+    // no listeners supported yet
+}
+
+void    SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::Load()
+{
+    Sequence<Any> aValues = GetProperties({ "Load", "Save" });
+    const Any* pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
+
+    if(pValues[0].hasValue())
+        bLoadVBA = *o3tl::doAccess<bool>(pValues[0]);
+    if(pValues[1].hasValue())
+        bSaveVBA = *o3tl::doAccess<bool>(pValues[1]);
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class SvtWriterFilterOptions_Impl : public SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl
+{
+private:
+    bool                bLoadExecutable;
+
+    virtual void            ImplCommit() override;
+
+public:
+    explicit SvtWriterFilterOptions_Impl(const OUString& rRoot) :
+        SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl(rRoot),
+        bLoadExecutable(false)
+    {}
+    void                    Load();
+
+    bool                IsLoadExecutable() const {return bLoadExecutable;}
+    void                    SetLoadExecutable(bool bSet)
+                            {
+                                if(bSet != bLoadExecutable)
+                                    SetModified();
+                                bLoadExecutable = bSet;
+                            }
+};
+
+}
+
+void SvtWriterFilterOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::ImplCommit();
+
+    PutProperties({ "Executable" }, { Any(bLoadExecutable) });
+}
+
+void SvtWriterFilterOptions_Impl::Load()
+{
+    SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::Load();
+
+    Sequence<OUString> aNames { "Executable" };
+
+    Sequence<Any> aValues = GetProperties(aNames);
+    const Any* pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
+    if(pValues[0].hasValue())
+        bLoadExecutable = *o3tl::doAccess<bool>(pValues[0]);
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class SvtCalcFilterOptions_Impl : public SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl
+{
+private:
+    bool                bLoadExecutable;
+
+    virtual void            ImplCommit() override;
+
+public:
+    explicit SvtCalcFilterOptions_Impl(const OUString& rRoot) :
+        SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl(rRoot),
+        bLoadExecutable(false)
+    {}
+    void                    Load();
+
+    bool                IsLoadExecutable() const {return bLoadExecutable;}
+    void                    SetLoadExecutable(bool bSet)
+                            {
+                                if(bSet != bLoadExecutable)
+                                    SetModified();
+                                bLoadExecutable = bSet;
+                            }
+};
+
+}
+
+void SvtCalcFilterOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::ImplCommit();
+
+    PutProperties({ "Executable" }, { Any(bLoadExecutable) });
+}
+
+void SvtCalcFilterOptions_Impl::Load()
+{
+    SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl::Load();
+
+    Sequence<OUString> aNames { "Executable" };
+
+    Sequence<Any> aValues = GetProperties(aNames);
+    const Any* pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
+    if(pValues[0].hasValue())
+        bLoadExecutable = *o3tl::doAccess<bool>(pValues[0]);
+}
+
+struct SvtFilterOptions_Impl
+{
+    ConfigFlags nFlags;
+    SvtWriterFilterOptions_Impl aWriterCfg;
+    SvtCalcFilterOptions_Impl aCalcCfg;
+    SvtAppFilterOptions_Impl aImpressCfg;
+
+    SvtFilterOptions_Impl() :
+        aWriterCfg("Office.Writer/Filter/Import/VBA"),
+        aCalcCfg("Office.Calc/Filter/Import/VBA"),
+        aImpressCfg("Office.Impress/Filter/Import/VBA")
+    {
+        nFlags = ConfigFlags::WordCode |
+            ConfigFlags::WordStorage |
+            ConfigFlags::ExcelCode |
+            ConfigFlags::ExcelStorage |
+            ConfigFlags::PowerPointCode |
+            ConfigFlags::PowerPointStorage |
+            ConfigFlags::MathLoad |
+            ConfigFlags::MathSave |
+            ConfigFlags::WriterLoad |
+            ConfigFlags::WriterSave |
+            ConfigFlags::CalcLoad |
+            ConfigFlags::CalcSave |
+            ConfigFlags::ImpressLoad |
+            ConfigFlags::ImpressSave |
+            ConfigFlags::UseEnhancedFields |
+            ConfigFlags::SmartArtShapeLoad |
+            ConfigFlags::CharBackgroundToHighlighting|
+            ConfigFlags::CreateMSOLockFiles;
+        Load();
+    }
+
+    void SetFlag( ConfigFlags nFlag, bool bSet );
+    bool IsFlag( ConfigFlags nFlag ) const;
+    void Load()
+    {
+        aWriterCfg.Load();
+        aCalcCfg.Load();
+        aImpressCfg.Load();
+    }
+};
+
+void SvtFilterOptions_Impl::SetFlag( ConfigFlags nFlag, bool bSet )
+{
+    switch(nFlag)
+    {
+        case ConfigFlags::WordCode:       aWriterCfg.SetLoad(bSet);break;
+        case ConfigFlags::WordStorage:    aWriterCfg.SetSave(bSet);break;
+        case ConfigFlags::WordWbctbl: aWriterCfg.SetLoadExecutable(bSet);break;
+        case ConfigFlags::ExcelCode:      aCalcCfg.SetLoad(bSet);break;
+        case ConfigFlags::ExcelStorage:   aCalcCfg.SetSave(bSet);break;
+        case ConfigFlags::ExcelExecTbl:   aCalcCfg.SetLoadExecutable(bSet);break;
+        case ConfigFlags::PowerPointCode:     aImpressCfg.SetLoad(bSet);break;
+        case ConfigFlags::PowerPointStorage:  aImpressCfg.SetSave(bSet);break;
+        default:
+            if( bSet )
+                nFlags |= nFlag;
+            else
+                nFlags &= ~nFlag;
+    }
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions_Impl::IsFlag( ConfigFlags nFlag ) const
+{
+    bool bRet;
+    switch(nFlag)
+    {
+        case ConfigFlags::WordCode        : bRet = aWriterCfg.IsLoad();break;
+        case ConfigFlags::WordStorage     : bRet = aWriterCfg.IsSave();break;
+        case ConfigFlags::WordWbctbl      : bRet = aWriterCfg.IsLoadExecutable();break;
+        case ConfigFlags::ExcelCode       : bRet = aCalcCfg.IsLoad();break;
+        case ConfigFlags::ExcelStorage    : bRet = aCalcCfg.IsSave();break;
+        case ConfigFlags::ExcelExecTbl    : bRet = aCalcCfg.IsLoadExecutable();break;
+        case ConfigFlags::PowerPointCode      : bRet = aImpressCfg.IsLoad();break;
+        case ConfigFlags::PowerPointStorage   : bRet = aImpressCfg.IsSave();break;
+        default:
+            bRet = bool(nFlags & nFlag );
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+const Sequence<OUString>& GetPropertyNames()
+{
+    static Sequence<OUString> const aNames
+    {
+            "Import/MathTypeToMath",            //  0
+            "Import/WinWordToWriter",           //  1
+            "Import/PowerPointToImpress",       //  2
+            "Import/ExcelToCalc",               //  3
+            "Export/MathToMathType",            //  4
+            "Export/WriterToWinWord",           //  5
+            "Export/ImpressToPowerPoint",       //  6
+            "Export/CalcToExcel",               //  7
+            "Export/EnablePowerPointPreview",   //  8
+            "Export/EnableExcelPreview",        //  9
+            "Export/EnableWordPreview",         // 10
+            "Import/ImportWWFieldsAsEnhancedFields", // 11
+            "Import/SmartArtToShapes",          // 12
+            "Export/CharBackgroundToHighlighting",   // 13
+            "Import/CreateMSOLockFiles",        // 14
+            "Import/VisioToDraw"                // 15
+    };
+    return aNames;
+}
+
+}
+
+SvtFilterOptions::SvtFilterOptions() :
+    ConfigItem( "Office.Common/Filter/Microsoft" ),
+    pImpl(new SvtFilterOptions_Impl)
+{
+    EnableNotification(GetPropertyNames());
+    Load();
+}
+
+SvtFilterOptions::~SvtFilterOptions()
+{
+}
+
+static ConfigFlags lcl_GetFlag(sal_Int32 nProp)
+{
+    ConfigFlags nFlag = ConfigFlags::NONE;
+    switch(nProp)
+    {
+        case  0: nFlag = ConfigFlags::MathLoad; break;
+        case  1: nFlag = ConfigFlags::WriterLoad; break;
+        case  2: nFlag = ConfigFlags::ImpressLoad; break;
+        case  3: nFlag = ConfigFlags::CalcLoad; break;
+        case  4: nFlag = ConfigFlags::MathSave; break;
+        case  5: nFlag = ConfigFlags::WriterSave; break;
+        case  6: nFlag = ConfigFlags::ImpressSave; break;
+        case  7: nFlag = ConfigFlags::CalcSave; break;
+        case  8: nFlag = ConfigFlags::EnablePowerPointPreview; break;
+        case  9: nFlag = ConfigFlags::EnableExcelPreview; break;
+        case 10: nFlag = ConfigFlags::EnableWordPreview; break;
+        case 11: nFlag = ConfigFlags::UseEnhancedFields; break;
+        case 12: nFlag = ConfigFlags::SmartArtShapeLoad; break;
+        case 13: nFlag = ConfigFlags::CharBackgroundToHighlighting; break;
+        case 14: nFlag = ConfigFlags::CreateMSOLockFiles; break;
+        case 15:
+            nFlag = ConfigFlags::VisioLoad;
+            break;
+
+        default: OSL_FAIL("illegal value");
+    }
+    return nFlag;
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::Notify( const Sequence<OUString>& )
+{
+    Load();
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::ImplCommit()
+{
+    const Sequence<OUString>& aNames = GetPropertyNames();
+    Sequence<Any> aValues(aNames.getLength());
+    Any* pValues = aValues.getArray();
+
+    for(int nProp = 0; nProp < aNames.getLength(); nProp++)
+    {
+        ConfigFlags nFlag = lcl_GetFlag(nProp);
+        pValues[nProp] <<= pImpl->IsFlag(nFlag);
+
+    }
+    PutProperties(aNames, aValues);
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::Load()
+{
+    pImpl->Load();
+    const Sequence<OUString>& rNames = GetPropertyNames();
+    Sequence<Any> aValues = GetProperties(rNames);
+    const Any* pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
+    DBG_ASSERT(aValues.getLength() == rNames.getLength(), "GetProperties failed");
+    if(aValues.getLength() == rNames.getLength())
+    {
+        for(int nProp = 0; nProp < rNames.getLength(); nProp++)
+        {
+            if(pValues[nProp].hasValue())
+            {
+                bool bVal = *o3tl::doAccess<bool>(pValues[nProp]);
+                ConfigFlags nFlag = lcl_GetFlag(nProp);
+                pImpl->SetFlag( nFlag, bVal);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadWordBasicCode( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::WordCode, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadWordBasicCode() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::WordCode );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadWordBasicExecutable( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::WordWbctbl, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadWordBasicExecutable() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::WordWbctbl );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadWordBasicStorage( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::WordStorage, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadWordBasicStorage() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::WordStorage );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadExcelBasicCode( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::ExcelCode, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadExcelBasicCode() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::ExcelCode );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadExcelBasicExecutable( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::ExcelExecTbl, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadExcelBasicExecutable() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::ExcelExecTbl );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadExcelBasicStorage( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::ExcelStorage, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadExcelBasicStorage() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::ExcelStorage );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadPPointBasicCode( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::PowerPointCode, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadPPointBasicCode() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::PowerPointCode );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetLoadPPointBasicStorage( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::PowerPointStorage, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsLoadPPointBasicStorage() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::PowerPointStorage );
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsMathType2Math() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::MathLoad );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetMathType2Math( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::MathLoad, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsMath2MathType() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::MathSave );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetMath2MathType( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::MathSave, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsWinWord2Writer() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::WriterLoad );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetWinWord2Writer( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::WriterLoad, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsWriter2WinWord() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::WriterSave );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetWriter2WinWord( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::WriterSave, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsUseEnhancedFields() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::UseEnhancedFields );
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsExcel2Calc() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::CalcLoad );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetExcel2Calc( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::CalcLoad, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsCalc2Excel() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::CalcSave );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetCalc2Excel( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::CalcSave, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsPowerPoint2Impress() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::ImpressLoad );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetPowerPoint2Impress( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::ImpressLoad, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsImpress2PowerPoint() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::ImpressSave );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetImpress2PowerPoint( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::ImpressSave, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsSmartArt2Shape() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::SmartArtShapeLoad );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetSmartArt2Shape( bool bFlag )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::SmartArtShapeLoad, bFlag );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsVisio2Draw() const { return pImpl->IsFlag(ConfigFlags::VisioLoad); }
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetVisio2Draw(bool bFlag)
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag(ConfigFlags::VisioLoad, bFlag);
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    class theFilterOptions
+         : public rtl::Static<SvtFilterOptions, theFilterOptions>
+    {
+    };
+}
+
+SvtFilterOptions& SvtFilterOptions::Get()
+{
+    return theFilterOptions::get();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsEnablePPTPreview() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::EnablePowerPointPreview );
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsEnableCalcPreview() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::EnableExcelPreview );
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsEnableWordPreview() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::EnableWordPreview );
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsCharBackground2Highlighting() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::CharBackgroundToHighlighting );
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsCharBackground2Shading() const
+{
+    return !pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::CharBackgroundToHighlighting );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetCharBackground2Highlighting()
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::CharBackgroundToHighlighting, true );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::SetCharBackground2Shading()
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::CharBackgroundToHighlighting, false );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+bool SvtFilterOptions::IsMSOLockFileCreationIsEnabled() const
+{
+    return pImpl->IsFlag( ConfigFlags::CreateMSOLockFiles );
+}
+
+void SvtFilterOptions::EnableMSOLockFileCreation(bool bEnable)
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( ConfigFlags::CreateMSOLockFiles, bEnable );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/fontcfg.cxx b/unotools/source/config/fontcfg.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a8ab40b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/fontcfg.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1077 @@
+/* -*- 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 <i18nlangtag/mslangid.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/any.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/fontcfg.hxx>
+#include <unotools/fontdefs.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/theDefaultProvider.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/propertysequence.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocale.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <sal/macros.h>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace com::sun::star::container;
+using namespace com::sun::star::configuration;
+
+/*
+ * DefaultFontConfiguration
+ */
+
+static const char* getKeyType( DefaultFontType nKeyType )
+{
+    switch( nKeyType )
+    {
+    case DefaultFontType::CJK_DISPLAY: return "CJK_DISPLAY";
+    case DefaultFontType::CJK_HEADING: return "CJK_HEADING";
+    case DefaultFontType::CJK_PRESENTATION: return "CJK_PRESENTATION";
+    case DefaultFontType::CJK_SPREADSHEET: return "CJK_SPREADSHEET";
+    case DefaultFontType::CJK_TEXT: return "CJK_TEXT";
+    case DefaultFontType::CTL_DISPLAY: return "CTL_DISPLAY";
+    case DefaultFontType::CTL_HEADING: return "CTL_HEADING";
+    case DefaultFontType::CTL_PRESENTATION: return "CTL_PRESENTATION";
+    case DefaultFontType::CTL_SPREADSHEET: return "CTL_SPREADSHEET";
+    case DefaultFontType::CTL_TEXT: return "CTL_TEXT";
+    case DefaultFontType::FIXED: return "FIXED";
+    case DefaultFontType::LATIN_DISPLAY: return "LATIN_DISPLAY";
+    case DefaultFontType::LATIN_FIXED: return "LATIN_FIXED";
+    case DefaultFontType::LATIN_HEADING: return "LATIN_HEADING";
+    case DefaultFontType::LATIN_PRESENTATION: return "LATIN_PRESENTATION";
+    case DefaultFontType::LATIN_SPREADSHEET: return "LATIN_SPREADSHEET";
+    case DefaultFontType::LATIN_TEXT: return "LATIN_TEXT";
+    case DefaultFontType::SANS: return "SANS";
+    case DefaultFontType::SANS_UNICODE: return "SANS_UNICODE";
+    case DefaultFontType::SERIF: return "SERIF";
+    case DefaultFontType::SYMBOL: return "SYMBOL";
+    case DefaultFontType::UI_FIXED: return "UI_FIXED";
+    case DefaultFontType::UI_SANS: return "UI_SANS";
+    default:
+        OSL_FAIL( "unmatched type" );
+        return "";
+    }
+}
+
+DefaultFontConfiguration& DefaultFontConfiguration::get()
+{
+    static DefaultFontConfiguration theDefaultFontConfiguration;
+    return theDefaultFontConfiguration;
+}
+
+DefaultFontConfiguration::DefaultFontConfiguration()
+{
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return;
+    // create configuration hierarchical access name
+    try
+    {
+        // get service provider
+        m_xConfigProvider = theDefaultProvider::get(comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+        Sequence<Any> aArgs(comphelper::InitAnyPropertySequence(
+        {
+            {"nodepath", Any(OUString( "/org.openoffice.VCL/DefaultFonts" ))}
+        }));
+        m_xConfigAccess =
+            Reference< XNameAccess >(
+                m_xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess",
+                                                                aArgs ),
+                UNO_QUERY );
+        if( m_xConfigAccess.is() )
+        {
+            const Sequence< OUString > aLocales = m_xConfigAccess->getElementNames();
+            // fill config hash with empty interfaces
+            for( const OUString& rLocaleString : aLocales )
+            {
+                // Feed through LanguageTag for casing.
+                OUString aLoc( LanguageTag( rLocaleString, true).getBcp47( false));
+                m_aConfig[ aLoc ] = LocaleAccess();
+                m_aConfig[ aLoc ].aConfigLocaleString = rLocaleString;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        // configuration is awry
+        m_xConfigProvider.clear();
+        m_xConfigAccess.clear();
+    }
+    SAL_INFO("unotools.config", "config provider: " << m_xConfigProvider.is()
+            << ", config access: " << m_xConfigAccess.is());
+}
+
+DefaultFontConfiguration::~DefaultFontConfiguration()
+{
+    // release all nodes
+    m_aConfig.clear();
+    // release top node
+    m_xConfigAccess.clear();
+    // release config provider
+    m_xConfigProvider.clear();
+}
+
+OUString DefaultFontConfiguration::tryLocale( const OUString& rBcp47, const OUString& rType ) const
+{
+    OUString aRet;
+
+    std::unordered_map< OUString, LocaleAccess >::const_iterator it = m_aConfig.find( rBcp47 );
+    if( it != m_aConfig.end() )
+    {
+        if( !it->second.xAccess.is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Reference< XNameAccess > xNode;
+                if ( m_xConfigAccess->hasByName( it->second.aConfigLocaleString ) )
+                {
+                    Any aAny = m_xConfigAccess->getByName( it->second.aConfigLocaleString );
+                    if( aAny >>= xNode )
+                        it->second.xAccess = xNode;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+            {
+            }
+            catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+        if( it->second.xAccess.is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if ( it->second.xAccess->hasByName( rType ) )
+                {
+                    Any aAny = it->second.xAccess->getByName( rType );
+                    aAny >>= aRet;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+            {
+            }
+            catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+OUString DefaultFontConfiguration::getDefaultFont( const LanguageTag& rLanguageTag, DefaultFontType nType ) const
+{
+    OUString aType = OUString::createFromAscii( getKeyType( nType ) );
+    // Try the simple cases first without constructing fallbacks.
+    OUString aRet = tryLocale( rLanguageTag.getBcp47(), aType );
+    if (aRet.isEmpty())
+    {
+        if (rLanguageTag.isIsoLocale())
+        {
+            if (!rLanguageTag.getCountry().isEmpty())
+            {
+                aRet = tryLocale( rLanguageTag.getLanguage(), aType );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ::std::vector< OUString > aFallbacks( rLanguageTag.getFallbackStrings( false));
+            for (const auto& rFallback : aFallbacks)
+            {
+                aRet = tryLocale( rFallback, aType );
+                if (!aRet.isEmpty())
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if( aRet.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        aRet = tryLocale( "en", aType );
+    }
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+OUString DefaultFontConfiguration::getUserInterfaceFont( const LanguageTag& rLanguageTag ) const
+{
+    LanguageTag aLanguageTag( rLanguageTag);
+    if( aLanguageTag.isSystemLocale() )
+        aLanguageTag = SvtSysLocale().GetUILanguageTag();
+
+    OUString aUIFont = getDefaultFont( aLanguageTag, DefaultFontType::UI_SANS );
+
+    if( !aUIFont.isEmpty() )
+        return aUIFont;
+
+    // fallback mechanism (either no configuration or no entry in configuration
+
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS = u"Andale Sans UI;Albany;Albany AMT;Tahoma;Arial Unicode MS;Arial;Nimbus Sans L;Bitstream Vera Sans;gnu-unifont;Interface User;Geneva;WarpSans;Dialog;Swiss;Lucida;Helvetica;Charcoal;Chicago;MS Sans Serif;Helv;Times;Times New Roman;Interface System";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_LATIN2 = u"Andale Sans UI;Albany;Albany AMT;Tahoma;Arial Unicode MS;Arial;Nimbus Sans L;Luxi Sans;Bitstream Vera Sans;Interface User;Geneva;WarpSans;Dialog;Swiss;Lucida;Helvetica;Charcoal;Chicago;MS Sans Serif;Helv;Times;Times New Roman;Interface System";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_ARABIC = u"Tahoma;Traditional Arabic;Simplified Arabic;Lucidasans;Lucida Sans;Supplement;Andale Sans UI;clearlyU;Interface User;Arial Unicode MS;Lucida Sans Unicode;WarpSans;Geneva;MS Sans Serif;Helv;Dialog;Albany;Lucida;Helvetica;Charcoal;Chicago;Arial;Helmet;Interface System;Sans Serif";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_THAI = u"OONaksit;Tahoma;Lucidasans;Arial Unicode MS";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_KOREAN = u"Noto Sans KR;Noto Sans CJK KR;Noto Serif KR;Noto Serif CJK KR;Source Han Sans KR;NanumGothic;NanumBarunGothic;NanumBarunGothic YetHangul;KoPubWorld Dotum;Malgun Gothic;Apple SD Gothic Neo;Dotum;DotumChe;Gulim;GulimChe;Batang;BatangChe;Apple Gothic;UnDotum;Baekmuk Gulim;Arial Unicode MS;Lucida Sans Unicode;gnu-unifont;Andale Sans UI";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_JAPANESE = u"Noto Sans CJK JP;Noto Sans JP;Source Han Sans;Source Han Sans JP;Yu Gothic UI;Yu Gothic;YuGothic;Hiragino Sans;Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN;Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro;Hiragino Kaku Gothic StdN;Meiryo UI;Meiryo;IPAexGothic;IPAPGothic;IPAGothic;MS UI Gothic;MS PGothic;MS Gothic;Osaka;Unifont;gnu-unifont;Arial Unicode MS;Interface System";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_CHINSIM = u"Andale Sans UI;Arial Unicode MS;ZYSong18030;AR PL SungtiL GB;AR PL KaitiM GB;SimSun;Lucida Sans Unicode;Fangsong;Hei;Song;Kai;Ming;gnu-unifont;Interface User;";
+    static constexpr OUStringLiteral FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_CHINTRD = u"Andale Sans UI;Arial Unicode MS;AR PL Mingti2L Big5;AR PL KaitiM Big5;Kai;PMingLiU;MingLiU;Ming;Lucida Sans Unicode;gnu-unifont;Interface User;";
+
+    const OUString aLanguage( aLanguageTag.getLanguage());
+
+    // optimize font list for some locales, as long as Andale Sans UI does not support them
+    if( aLanguage == "ar" || aLanguage == "he" || aLanguage == "iw"  )
+    {
+        return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_ARABIC;
+    }
+    else if ( aLanguage == "th" )
+    {
+        return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_THAI;
+    }
+    else if ( aLanguage == "ko" )
+    {
+        return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_KOREAN;
+    }
+    else if ( aLanguage == "ja" )
+    {
+        return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_JAPANESE;
+    }
+    else if( aLanguage == "cs" ||
+             aLanguage == "hu" ||
+             aLanguage == "pl" ||
+             aLanguage == "ro" ||
+             aLanguage == "rm" ||
+             aLanguage == "hr" ||
+             aLanguage == "sk" ||
+             aLanguage == "sl" ||
+             aLanguage == "sb")
+    {
+        return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_LATIN2;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        const Locale& aLocale( aLanguageTag.getLocale());
+        if (MsLangId::isTraditionalChinese(aLocale))
+            return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_CHINTRD;
+        else if (MsLangId::isSimplifiedChinese(aLocale))
+            return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS_CHINSIM;
+    }
+
+    return FALLBACKFONT_UI_SANS;
+}
+
+/*
+ *  FontSubstConfigItem::get
+ */
+
+FontSubstConfiguration& FontSubstConfiguration::get()
+{
+    static FontSubstConfiguration theFontSubstConfiguration;
+    return theFontSubstConfiguration;
+}
+
+/*
+ *  FontSubstConfigItem::FontSubstConfigItem
+ */
+
+FontSubstConfiguration::FontSubstConfiguration() :
+    maSubstHash( 300 ),
+    maLanguageTag("en")
+{
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return;
+    try
+    {
+        // get service provider
+        Reference< XComponentContext > xContext( comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+        // create configuration hierarchical access name
+        m_xConfigProvider = theDefaultProvider::get( xContext );
+        Sequence<Any> aArgs(comphelper::InitAnyPropertySequence(
+        {
+            {"nodepath", Any(OUString( "/org.openoffice.VCL/FontSubstitutions" ))}
+        }));
+        m_xConfigAccess =
+            Reference< XNameAccess >(
+                m_xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess",
+                                                                aArgs ),
+                UNO_QUERY );
+        if( m_xConfigAccess.is() )
+        {
+            const Sequence< OUString > aLocales = m_xConfigAccess->getElementNames();
+            // fill config hash with empty interfaces
+            for( const OUString& rLocaleString : aLocales )
+            {
+                // Feed through LanguageTag for casing.
+                OUString aLoc( LanguageTag( rLocaleString, true).getBcp47( false));
+                m_aSubst[ aLoc ] = LocaleSubst();
+                m_aSubst[ aLoc ].aConfigLocaleString = rLocaleString;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        // configuration is awry
+        m_xConfigProvider.clear();
+        m_xConfigAccess.clear();
+    }
+    SAL_INFO("unotools.config", "config provider: " << m_xConfigProvider.is()
+            << ", config access: " << m_xConfigAccess.is());
+
+    if( maLanguageTag.isSystemLocale() )
+        maLanguageTag = SvtSysLocale().GetUILanguageTag();
+}
+
+/*
+ *  FontSubstConfigItem::~FontSubstConfigItem
+ */
+
+FontSubstConfiguration::~FontSubstConfiguration()
+{
+    // release config access
+    m_xConfigAccess.clear();
+    // release config provider
+    m_xConfigProvider.clear();
+}
+
+/*
+ *  FontSubstConfigItem::getMapName
+ */
+
+const char* const aImplKillLeadingList[] =
+{
+    "microsoft",
+    "monotype",
+    "linotype",
+    "baekmuk",
+    "adobe",
+    "nimbus",
+    "zycjk",
+    "itc",
+    "sun",
+    "amt",
+    "ms",
+    "mt",
+    "cg",
+    "hg",
+    "fz",
+    "ipa",
+    "sazanami",
+    "kochi",
+    nullptr
+};
+
+const char* const aImplKillTrailingList[] =
+{
+    "microsoft",
+    "monotype",
+    "linotype",
+    "adobe",
+    "nimbus",
+    "itc",
+    "sun",
+    "amt",
+    "ms",
+    "mt",
+    "clm",
+    // Scripts, for compatibility with older versions
+    "we",
+    "cyr",
+    "tur",
+    "wt",
+    "greek",
+    "wl",
+    // CJK extensions
+    "gb",
+    "big5",
+    "pro",
+    "z01",
+    "z02",
+    "z03",
+    "z13",
+    "b01",
+    "w3x12",
+    // Old Printer Fontnames
+    "5cpi",
+    "6cpi",
+    "7cpi",
+    "8cpi",
+    "9cpi",
+    "10cpi",
+    "11cpi",
+    "12cpi",
+    "13cpi",
+    "14cpi",
+    "15cpi",
+    "16cpi",
+    "18cpi",
+    "24cpi",
+    "scale",
+    "pc",
+    nullptr
+};
+
+const char* const aImplKillTrailingWithExceptionsList[] =
+{
+    "ce", "monospace", "oldface", nullptr,
+    "ps", "caps", nullptr,
+    nullptr
+};
+
+namespace {
+
+struct ImplFontAttrWeightSearchData
+{
+    const char*             mpStr;
+    FontWeight              meWeight;
+};
+
+}
+
+ImplFontAttrWeightSearchData const aImplWeightAttrSearchList[] =
+{
+// the attribute names are ordered by "first match wins"
+// e.g. "semilight" should wins over "semi"
+{   "extrablack",           WEIGHT_BLACK },
+{   "ultrablack",           WEIGHT_BLACK },
+{   "ultrabold",            WEIGHT_ULTRABOLD },
+{   "semibold",             WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD },
+{   "semilight",            WEIGHT_SEMILIGHT },
+{   "semi",                 WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD },
+{   "demi",                 WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD },
+{   "black",                WEIGHT_BLACK },
+{   "bold",                 WEIGHT_BOLD },
+{   "heavy",                WEIGHT_BLACK },
+{   "ultralight",           WEIGHT_ULTRALIGHT },
+{   "light",                WEIGHT_LIGHT },
+{   "medium",               WEIGHT_MEDIUM },
+{   nullptr,                   WEIGHT_DONTKNOW },
+};
+
+namespace {
+
+struct ImplFontAttrWidthSearchData
+{
+    const char*             mpStr;
+    FontWidth               meWidth;
+};
+
+}
+
+ImplFontAttrWidthSearchData const aImplWidthAttrSearchList[] =
+{
+{   "narrow",               WIDTH_CONDENSED },
+{   "semicondensed",        WIDTH_SEMI_CONDENSED },
+{   "ultracondensed",       WIDTH_ULTRA_CONDENSED },
+{   "semiexpanded",         WIDTH_SEMI_EXPANDED },
+{   "ultraexpanded",        WIDTH_ULTRA_EXPANDED },
+{   "expanded",             WIDTH_EXPANDED },
+{   "wide",                 WIDTH_ULTRA_EXPANDED },
+{   "condensed",            WIDTH_CONDENSED },
+{   "cond",                 WIDTH_CONDENSED },
+{   "cn",                   WIDTH_CONDENSED },
+{   nullptr,                   WIDTH_DONTKNOW },
+};
+
+namespace {
+
+struct ImplFontAttrTypeSearchData
+{
+    const char*             mpStr;
+    ImplFontAttrs           mnType;
+};
+
+}
+
+ImplFontAttrTypeSearchData const aImplTypeAttrSearchList[] =
+{
+{   "monotype",             ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "linotype",             ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "titling",              ImplFontAttrs::Titling },
+{   "captitals",            ImplFontAttrs::Capitals },
+{   "captital",             ImplFontAttrs::Capitals },
+{   "caps",                 ImplFontAttrs::Capitals },
+{   "italic",               ImplFontAttrs::Italic },
+{   "oblique",              ImplFontAttrs::Italic },
+{   "rounded",              ImplFontAttrs::Rounded },
+{   "outline",              ImplFontAttrs::Outline },
+{   "shadow",               ImplFontAttrs::Shadow },
+{   "handwriting",          ImplFontAttrs::Handwriting | ImplFontAttrs::Script },
+{   "hand",                 ImplFontAttrs::Handwriting | ImplFontAttrs::Script },
+{   "signet",               ImplFontAttrs::Handwriting | ImplFontAttrs::Script },
+{   "script",               ImplFontAttrs::BrushScript | ImplFontAttrs::Script },
+{   "calligraphy",          ImplFontAttrs::Chancery | ImplFontAttrs::Script },
+{   "chancery",             ImplFontAttrs::Chancery | ImplFontAttrs::Script },
+{   "corsiva",              ImplFontAttrs::Chancery | ImplFontAttrs::Script },
+{   "gothic",               ImplFontAttrs::SansSerif | ImplFontAttrs::Gothic },
+{   "schoolbook",           ImplFontAttrs::Serif | ImplFontAttrs::Schoolbook },
+{   "schlbk",               ImplFontAttrs::Serif | ImplFontAttrs::Schoolbook },
+{   "typewriter",           ImplFontAttrs::Typewriter | ImplFontAttrs::Fixed },
+{   "lineprinter",          ImplFontAttrs::Typewriter | ImplFontAttrs::Fixed },
+{   "monospaced",           ImplFontAttrs::Fixed },
+{   "monospace",            ImplFontAttrs::Fixed },
+{   "mono",                 ImplFontAttrs::Fixed },
+{   "fixed",                ImplFontAttrs::Fixed },
+{   "sansserif",            ImplFontAttrs::SansSerif },
+{   "sans",                 ImplFontAttrs::SansSerif },
+{   "swiss",                ImplFontAttrs::SansSerif },
+{   "serif",                ImplFontAttrs::Serif },
+{   "bright",               ImplFontAttrs::Serif },
+{   "symbols",              ImplFontAttrs::Symbol },
+{   "symbol",               ImplFontAttrs::Symbol },
+{   "dingbats",             ImplFontAttrs::Symbol },
+{   "dings",                ImplFontAttrs::Symbol },
+{   "ding",                 ImplFontAttrs::Symbol },
+{   "bats",                 ImplFontAttrs::Symbol },
+{   "math",                 ImplFontAttrs::Symbol },
+{   "oldstyle",             ImplFontAttrs::OtherStyle },
+{   "oldface",              ImplFontAttrs::OtherStyle },
+{   "old",                  ImplFontAttrs::OtherStyle },
+{   "new",                  ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "modern",               ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "lucida",               ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "regular",              ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "extended",             ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "extra",                ImplFontAttrs::OtherStyle },
+{   "ext",                  ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "scalable",             ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "scale",                ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "nimbus",               ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "adobe",                ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "itc",                  ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "amt",                  ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "mt",                   ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "ms",                   ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "cpi",                  ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   "no",                   ImplFontAttrs::None },
+{   nullptr,                   ImplFontAttrs::None },
+};
+
+static bool ImplKillLeading( OUString& rName, const char* const* ppStr )
+{
+    for(; *ppStr; ++ppStr )
+    {
+        const char*         pStr = *ppStr;
+        const sal_Unicode*  pNameStr = rName.getStr();
+        while ( (*pNameStr == static_cast<sal_Unicode>(static_cast<unsigned char>(*pStr))) && *pStr )
+        {
+            pNameStr++;
+            pStr++;
+        }
+        if ( !*pStr )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nLen = static_cast<sal_Int32>(pNameStr - rName.getStr());
+            rName = rName.copy(nLen);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // special case for Baekmuk
+    // TODO: allow non-ASCII KillLeading list
+    const sal_Unicode* pNameStr = rName.getStr();
+    if( (pNameStr[0]==0xBC31) && (pNameStr[1]==0xBC35) )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nLen = (pNameStr[2]==0x0020) ? 3 : 2;
+        rName = rName.copy(nLen);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static sal_Int32 ImplIsTrailing( std::u16string_view rName, const char* pStr )
+{
+    size_t nStrLen = strlen( pStr );
+    if( nStrLen >= rName.size() )
+        return 0;
+
+    const sal_Unicode* pEndName = rName.data() + rName.size();
+    const sal_Unicode* pNameStr = pEndName - nStrLen;
+    do if( *(pNameStr++) != *(pStr++) )
+        return 0;
+    while( *pStr );
+
+    return nStrLen;
+}
+
+static bool ImplKillTrailing( OUString& rName, const char* const* ppStr )
+{
+    for(; *ppStr; ++ppStr )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nTrailLen = ImplIsTrailing( rName, *ppStr );
+        if( nTrailLen )
+        {
+            rName = rName.copy(0, rName.getLength() - nTrailLen );
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static bool ImplKillTrailingWithExceptions( OUString& rName, const char* const* ppStr )
+{
+    for(; *ppStr; ++ppStr )
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nTrailLen = ImplIsTrailing( rName, *ppStr );
+        if( nTrailLen )
+        {
+            // check string match against string exceptions
+            while( *++ppStr )
+                if( ImplIsTrailing( rName, *ppStr ) )
+                    return false;
+
+            rName = rName.copy(0, rName.getLength() - nTrailLen );
+            return true;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // skip exception strings
+            while( *++ppStr ) {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static bool ImplFindAndErase( OUString& rName, const char* pStr )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nLen = static_cast<sal_Int32>(strlen(pStr));
+    sal_Int32 nPos = rName.indexOfAsciiL(pStr, nLen );
+    if ( nPos < 0 )
+        return false;
+
+    OUStringBuffer sBuff(rName);
+    sBuff.remove(nPos, nLen);
+    rName = sBuff.makeStringAndClear();
+    return true;
+}
+
+void FontSubstConfiguration::getMapName( const OUString& rOrgName, OUString& rShortName,
+                                         OUString& rFamilyName, FontWeight& rWeight,
+                                         FontWidth& rWidth, ImplFontAttrs& rType )
+{
+    rShortName = rOrgName;
+
+    // TODO: get rid of the crazy O(N*strlen) searches below
+    // they should be possible in O(strlen)
+
+    // Kill leading vendor names and other unimportant data
+    ImplKillLeading( rShortName, aImplKillLeadingList );
+
+    // Kill trailing vendor names and other unimportant data
+    ImplKillTrailing( rShortName, aImplKillTrailingList );
+    ImplKillTrailingWithExceptions( rShortName, aImplKillTrailingWithExceptionsList );
+
+    rFamilyName = rShortName;
+
+    // Kill attributes from the name and update the data
+    // Weight
+    const ImplFontAttrWeightSearchData* pWeightList = aImplWeightAttrSearchList;
+    while ( pWeightList->mpStr )
+    {
+        if ( ImplFindAndErase( rFamilyName, pWeightList->mpStr ) )
+        {
+            if ( (rWeight == WEIGHT_DONTKNOW) || (rWeight == WEIGHT_NORMAL) )
+                rWeight = pWeightList->meWeight;
+            break;
+        }
+        pWeightList++;
+    }
+
+    // Width
+    const ImplFontAttrWidthSearchData* pWidthList = aImplWidthAttrSearchList;
+    while ( pWidthList->mpStr )
+    {
+        if ( ImplFindAndErase( rFamilyName, pWidthList->mpStr ) )
+        {
+            if ( (rWidth == WIDTH_DONTKNOW) || (rWidth == WIDTH_NORMAL) )
+                rWidth = pWidthList->meWidth;
+            break;
+        }
+        pWidthList++;
+    }
+
+    // Type
+    rType = ImplFontAttrs::None;
+    const ImplFontAttrTypeSearchData* pTypeList = aImplTypeAttrSearchList;
+    while ( pTypeList->mpStr )
+    {
+        if ( ImplFindAndErase( rFamilyName, pTypeList->mpStr ) )
+            rType |= pTypeList->mnType;
+        pTypeList++;
+    }
+
+    // Remove numbers
+    // TODO: also remove localized and fullwidth digits
+    sal_Int32 i = 0;
+    OUStringBuffer sBuff(rFamilyName);
+    while ( i < sBuff.getLength() )
+    {
+        sal_Unicode c = sBuff[ i ];
+        if ( (c >= 0x0030) && (c <= 0x0039) )
+            sBuff.remove(i, 1);
+        else
+            i++;
+    }
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+struct StrictStringSort
+{
+    bool operator()( const FontNameAttr& rLeft, const FontNameAttr& rRight )
+    { return rLeft.Name.compareTo( rRight.Name ) < 0; }
+};
+
+}
+
+// The entries in this table must match the bits in the ImplFontAttrs enum.
+
+const char* const pAttribNames[] =
+{
+    "default",
+    "standard",
+    "normal",
+    "symbol",
+    "fixed",
+    "sansserif",
+    "serif",
+    "decorative",
+    "special",
+    "italic",
+    "title",
+    "capitals",
+    "cjk",
+    "cjk_jp",
+    "cjk_sc",
+    "cjk_tc",
+    "cjk_kr",
+    "ctl",
+    "nonelatin",
+    "full",
+    "outline",
+    "shadow",
+    "rounded",
+    "typewriter",
+    "script",
+    "handwriting",
+    "chancery",
+    "comic",
+    "brushscript",
+    "gothic",
+    "schoolbook",
+    "other"
+};
+
+namespace {
+
+struct enum_convert
+{
+    const char* pName;
+    int          nEnum;
+};
+
+}
+
+const enum_convert pWeightNames[] =
+{
+    { "normal", WEIGHT_NORMAL },
+    { "medium", WEIGHT_MEDIUM },
+    { "bold", WEIGHT_BOLD },
+    { "black", WEIGHT_BLACK },
+    { "semibold", WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD },
+    { "light", WEIGHT_LIGHT },
+    { "semilight", WEIGHT_SEMILIGHT },
+    { "ultrabold", WEIGHT_ULTRABOLD },
+    { "semi", WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD },
+    { "demi", WEIGHT_SEMIBOLD },
+    { "heavy", WEIGHT_BLACK },
+    { "unknown", WEIGHT_DONTKNOW },
+    { "thin", WEIGHT_THIN },
+    { "ultralight", WEIGHT_ULTRALIGHT }
+};
+
+const enum_convert pWidthNames[] =
+{
+    { "normal", WIDTH_NORMAL },
+    { "condensed", WIDTH_CONDENSED },
+    { "expanded", WIDTH_EXPANDED },
+    { "unknown", WIDTH_DONTKNOW },
+    { "ultracondensed", WIDTH_ULTRA_CONDENSED },
+    { "extracondensed", WIDTH_EXTRA_CONDENSED },
+    { "semicondensed", WIDTH_SEMI_CONDENSED },
+    { "semiexpanded", WIDTH_SEMI_EXPANDED },
+    { "extraexpanded", WIDTH_EXTRA_EXPANDED },
+    { "ultraexpanded", WIDTH_ULTRA_EXPANDED }
+};
+
+void FontSubstConfiguration::fillSubstVector( const css::uno::Reference< XNameAccess >& rFont,
+                                              const OUString& rType,
+                                              std::vector< OUString >& rSubstVector ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        Any aAny = rFont->getByName( rType );
+        if( auto pLine = o3tl::tryAccess<OUString>(aAny) )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nLength = pLine->getLength();
+            if( nLength )
+            {
+                const sal_Unicode* pStr = pLine->getStr();
+                sal_Int32 nTokens = 0;
+                // count tokens
+                while( nLength-- )
+                {
+                    if( *pStr++ == ';' )
+                        nTokens++;
+                }
+                rSubstVector.clear();
+                // optimize performance, heap fragmentation
+                rSubstVector.reserve( nTokens );
+                sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
+                while( nIndex != -1 )
+                {
+                    OUString aSubst( pLine->getToken( 0, ';', nIndex ) );
+                    if( !aSubst.isEmpty() )
+                    {
+                        auto itPair = maSubstHash.insert( aSubst );
+                        if (!itPair.second)
+                            aSubst = *itPair.first;
+                        rSubstVector.push_back( aSubst );
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+    {
+    }
+    catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+FontWeight FontSubstConfiguration::getSubstWeight( const css::uno::Reference< XNameAccess >& rFont,
+                                                   const OUString& rType ) const
+{
+    int weight = -1;
+    try
+    {
+        Any aAny = rFont->getByName( rType );
+        if( auto pLine = o3tl::tryAccess<OUString>(aAny) )
+        {
+            if( !pLine->isEmpty() )
+            {
+                for( weight=SAL_N_ELEMENTS(pWeightNames)-1; weight >= 0; weight-- )
+                    if( pLine->equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseAscii( pWeightNames[weight].pName ) )
+                        break;
+            }
+            SAL_WARN_IF(weight < 0, "unotools.config", "Error: invalid weight " << *pLine);
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+    {
+    }
+    catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+    {
+    }
+    return static_cast<FontWeight>( weight >= 0 ? pWeightNames[weight].nEnum : WEIGHT_DONTKNOW );
+}
+
+FontWidth FontSubstConfiguration::getSubstWidth( const css::uno::Reference< XNameAccess >& rFont,
+                                                 const OUString& rType ) const
+{
+    int width = -1;
+    try
+    {
+        Any aAny = rFont->getByName( rType );
+        if( auto pLine = o3tl::tryAccess<OUString>(aAny) )
+        {
+            if( !pLine->isEmpty() )
+            {
+                for( width=SAL_N_ELEMENTS(pWidthNames)-1; width >= 0; width-- )
+                    if( pLine->equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseAscii( pWidthNames[width].pName ) )
+                        break;
+            }
+            SAL_WARN_IF( width < 0, "unotools.config", "Error: invalid width " << *pLine);
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+    {
+    }
+    catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+    {
+    }
+    return static_cast<FontWidth>( width >= 0 ? pWidthNames[width].nEnum : WIDTH_DONTKNOW );
+}
+
+ImplFontAttrs FontSubstConfiguration::getSubstType( const css::uno::Reference< XNameAccess >& rFont,
+                                                    const OUString& rType ) const
+{
+    sal_uInt32 type = 0;
+    try
+    {
+        Any aAny = rFont->getByName( rType );
+        auto pLine = o3tl::tryAccess<OUString>(aAny);
+        if( !pLine )
+            return ImplFontAttrs::None;
+        if( pLine->isEmpty() )
+            return ImplFontAttrs::None;
+        sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
+        while( nIndex != -1 )
+        {
+            OUString aToken( pLine->getToken( 0, ',', nIndex ) );
+            for( int k = 0; k < 32; k++ )
+                if( aToken.equalsIgnoreAsciiCaseAscii( pAttribNames[k] ) )
+                {
+                    type |= sal_uInt32(1) << k;
+                    break;
+                }
+        }
+        assert(((type & ~o3tl::typed_flags<ImplFontAttrs>::mask) == 0) && "invalid font attributes");
+    }
+    catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+    {
+    }
+    catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return static_cast<ImplFontAttrs>(type);
+}
+
+void FontSubstConfiguration::readLocaleSubst( const OUString& rBcp47 ) const
+{
+    std::unordered_map< OUString, LocaleSubst >::const_iterator it = m_aSubst.find( rBcp47 );
+    if( it == m_aSubst.end() )
+        return;
+
+    if(  it->second.bConfigRead )
+        return;
+
+    it->second.bConfigRead = true;
+    Reference< XNameAccess > xNode;
+    try
+    {
+        Any aAny = m_xConfigAccess->getByName( it->second.aConfigLocaleString );
+        aAny >>= xNode;
+    }
+    catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+    {
+    }
+    catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+    {
+    }
+    if( !xNode.is() )
+        return;
+
+    const Sequence< OUString > aFonts = xNode->getElementNames();
+    int nFonts = aFonts.getLength();
+    // improve performance, heap fragmentation
+    it->second.aSubstAttributes.reserve( nFonts );
+
+    // strings for subst retrieval, construct only once
+    OUString const aSubstFontsStr     ( "SubstFonts" );
+    OUString const aSubstFontsMSStr   ( "SubstFontsMS" );
+    OUString const aSubstWeightStr    ( "FontWeight" );
+    OUString const aSubstWidthStr     ( "FontWidth" );
+    OUString const aSubstTypeStr      ( "FontType" );
+    for( const OUString& rFontName : aFonts )
+    {
+        Reference< XNameAccess > xFont;
+        try
+        {
+            Any aAny = xNode->getByName( rFontName );
+            aAny >>= xFont;
+        }
+        catch (const NoSuchElementException&)
+        {
+        }
+        catch (const WrappedTargetException&)
+        {
+        }
+        if( ! xFont.is() )
+        {
+            SAL_WARN("unotools.config", "did not get font attributes for " << rFontName);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        FontNameAttr aAttr;
+        // read subst attributes from config
+        aAttr.Name = rFontName;
+        fillSubstVector( xFont, aSubstFontsStr, aAttr.Substitutions );
+        fillSubstVector( xFont, aSubstFontsMSStr, aAttr.MSSubstitutions );
+        aAttr.Weight = getSubstWeight( xFont, aSubstWeightStr );
+        aAttr.Width = getSubstWidth( xFont, aSubstWidthStr );
+        aAttr.Type = getSubstType( xFont, aSubstTypeStr );
+
+        // finally insert this entry
+        it->second.aSubstAttributes.push_back( aAttr );
+    }
+    std::sort( it->second.aSubstAttributes.begin(), it->second.aSubstAttributes.end(), StrictStringSort() );
+}
+
+const FontNameAttr* FontSubstConfiguration::getSubstInfo( const OUString& rFontName ) const
+{
+    if( rFontName.isEmpty() )
+        return nullptr;
+
+    // search if a  (language dep.) replacement table for the given font exists
+    // fallback is english
+    OUString aSearchFont( rFontName.toAsciiLowerCase() );
+    FontNameAttr aSearchAttr;
+    aSearchAttr.Name = aSearchFont;
+
+    ::std::vector< OUString > aFallbacks( maLanguageTag.getFallbackStrings( true));
+    if (maLanguageTag.getLanguage() != "en")
+        aFallbacks.emplace_back("en");
+
+    for (const auto& rFallback : aFallbacks)
+    {
+        std::unordered_map< OUString, LocaleSubst >::const_iterator lang = m_aSubst.find( rFallback );
+        if( lang != m_aSubst.end() )
+        {
+            if( ! lang->second.bConfigRead )
+                readLocaleSubst( rFallback );
+            // try to find an exact match
+            // because the list is sorted this will also find fontnames of the form searchfontname*
+            std::vector< FontNameAttr >::const_iterator it = ::std::lower_bound( lang->second.aSubstAttributes.begin(), lang->second.aSubstAttributes.end(), aSearchAttr, StrictStringSort() );
+            if( it != lang->second.aSubstAttributes.end())
+            {
+                const FontNameAttr& rFoundAttr = *it;
+                // a search for "abcblack" may match with an entry for "abc"
+                // the reverse is not a good idea (e.g. #i112731# alba->albani)
+                if( rFoundAttr.Name.getLength() <= aSearchFont.getLength() )
+                    if( aSearchFont.startsWith( rFoundAttr.Name))
+                        return &rFoundAttr;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/historyoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/historyoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db5ef4087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/historyoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,442 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/historyoptions.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/configurationhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <optional>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+namespace {
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sItemList = u"ItemList";
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sOrderList = u"OrderList";
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sHistoryItemRef = u"HistoryItemRef";
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sFilter = u"Filter";
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sTitle = u"Title";
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sPassword = u"Password";
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sThumbnail = u"Thumbnail";
+    constexpr OUStringLiteral s_sReadOnly = u"ReadOnly";
+}
+
+static uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> GetConfig();
+static uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> GetCommonXCU();
+static uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> GetListAccess(
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> const & xCfg,
+        EHistoryType eHistory);
+static void TruncateList(
+        const uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>& xCfg,
+        const uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>& xList,
+        sal_uInt32 nSize);
+static sal_uInt32 GetCapacity(const uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>& xCommonXCU, EHistoryType eHistory);
+
+namespace SvtHistoryOptions
+{
+
+void Clear( EHistoryType eHistory )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xCfg = GetConfig();
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xListAccess(GetListAccess(xCfg, eHistory));
+
+        // clear ItemList
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameContainer> xNode;
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sItemList) >>= xNode;
+        Sequence<OUString> aStrings(xNode->getElementNames());
+
+        for (const auto& rString : std::as_const(aStrings))
+            xNode->removeByName(rString);
+
+        // clear OrderList
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sOrderList) >>= xNode;
+        aStrings = xNode->getElementNames();
+
+        for (const auto& rString : std::as_const(aStrings))
+            xNode->removeByName(rString);
+
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(xCfg);
+    }
+    catch(const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+    }
+}
+
+std::vector< HistoryItem > GetList( EHistoryType eHistory )
+{
+    std::vector< HistoryItem > aRet;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xCfg = GetConfig();
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xCommonXCU = GetCommonXCU();
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xListAccess(GetListAccess(xCfg, eHistory));
+
+        TruncateList(xCfg, xListAccess, GetCapacity(xCommonXCU, eHistory));
+
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xItemList;
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xOrderList;
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sItemList)  >>= xItemList;
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sOrderList) >>= xOrderList;
+
+        const sal_Int32 nLength = xOrderList->getElementNames().getLength();
+        aRet.reserve(nLength);
+
+        for (sal_Int32 nItem = 0; nItem < nLength; ++nItem)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                OUString sUrl;
+                uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xSet;
+                xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(nItem)) >>= xSet;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= sUrl;
+
+                xItemList->getByName(sUrl) >>= xSet;
+                HistoryItem aItem;
+                aItem.sURL = sUrl;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sFilter) >>= aItem.sFilter;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sTitle) >>= aItem.sTitle;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sPassword) >>= aItem.sPassword;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sThumbnail) >>= aItem.sThumbnail;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sReadOnly) >>= aItem.isReadOnly;
+                aRet.push_back(aItem);
+            }
+            catch(const uno::Exception&)
+            {
+                // <https://bugs.libreoffice.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46074>
+                // "FILEOPEN: No Recent Documents..." discusses a problem
+                // with corrupted /org.openoffice.Office/Histories/Histories
+                // configuration items; to work around that problem, simply
+                // ignore such corrupted individual items here, so that at
+                // least newly added items are successfully reported back
+                // from this function:
+                DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch(const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+    }
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+void AppendItem(EHistoryType eHistory,
+        const OUString& sURL, const OUString& sFilter, const OUString& sTitle,
+        const std::optional<OUString>& sThumbnail,
+        ::std::optional<bool> const oIsReadOnly)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xCfg = GetConfig();
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xCommonXCU = GetCommonXCU();
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xListAccess(GetListAccess(xCfg, eHistory));
+
+        TruncateList(xCfg, xListAccess, GetCapacity(xCommonXCU, eHistory));
+
+        sal_Int32 nMaxSize = GetCapacity(xCommonXCU, eHistory);
+        if (nMaxSize == 0)
+            return;
+
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameContainer> xItemList;
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameContainer> xOrderList;
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sItemList)  >>= xItemList;
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sOrderList) >>= xOrderList;
+        sal_Int32 nLength = xOrderList->getElementNames().getLength();
+
+        // The item to be appended already exists
+        if (xItemList->hasByName(sURL))
+        {
+            uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>       xSet;
+            xItemList->getByName(sURL) >>= xSet;
+            if (sThumbnail)
+            {
+                // update the thumbnail
+                xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sThumbnail, uno::Any(*sThumbnail));
+            }
+            if (oIsReadOnly)
+            {
+                xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sReadOnly, uno::Any(*oIsReadOnly));
+            }
+
+            for (sal_Int32 i=0; i<nLength; ++i)
+            {
+                OUString aItem;
+                xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(i)) >>= xSet;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= aItem;
+
+                if (aItem == sURL)
+                {
+                    for (sal_Int32 j = i - 1; j >= 0; --j)
+                    {
+                        uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xPrevSet;
+                        uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xNextSet;
+                        xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(j+1)) >>= xPrevSet;
+                        xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(j))   >>= xNextSet;
+
+                        OUString sTemp;
+                        xNextSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= sTemp;
+                        xPrevSet->setPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef, uno::Any(sTemp));
+                    }
+                    xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(0)) >>= xSet;
+                    xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef, uno::Any(aItem));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(xCfg);
+        }
+        else // The item to be appended does not exist yet
+        {
+            uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>       xSet;
+            uno::Reference<lang::XSingleServiceFactory> xFac;
+            uno::Reference<uno::XInterface>             xInst;
+            uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xPrevSet;
+            uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xNextSet;
+
+            // Append new item to OrderList.
+            if ( nLength == nMaxSize )
+            {
+                OUString sRemove;
+                xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(nLength-1)) >>= xSet;
+                xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= sRemove;
+                try
+                {
+                    xItemList->removeByName(sRemove);
+                }
+                catch (container::NoSuchElementException &)
+                {
+                    // <https://bugs.libreoffice.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46074>
+                    // "FILEOPEN: No Recent Documents..." discusses a problem
+                    // with corrupted /org.openoffice.Office/Histories/Histories
+                    // configuration items; to work around that problem, simply
+                    // ignore such corrupted individual items here, so that at
+                    // least newly added items are successfully added:
+                    if (!sRemove.isEmpty())
+                    {
+                        throw;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            if (nLength != nMaxSize)
+            {
+                xFac.set(xOrderList, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+                xInst = xFac->createInstance();
+                OUString sPush = OUString::number(nLength++);
+                xOrderList->insertByName(sPush, uno::Any(xInst));
+            }
+            for (sal_Int32 j=nLength-1; j>0; --j)
+            {
+                xOrderList->getByName( OUString::number(j) )   >>= xPrevSet;
+                xOrderList->getByName( OUString::number(j-1) ) >>= xNextSet;
+                OUString sTemp;
+                xNextSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= sTemp;
+                xPrevSet->setPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef, uno::Any(sTemp));
+            }
+            xOrderList->getByName( OUString::number(0) ) >>= xSet;
+            xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef, uno::Any(sURL));
+
+            // Append the item to ItemList.
+            xFac.set(xItemList, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+            xInst = xFac->createInstance();
+            xItemList->insertByName(sURL, uno::Any(xInst));
+
+            xSet.set(xInst, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+            xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sFilter, uno::Any(sFilter));
+            xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sTitle, uno::Any(sTitle));
+            xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sPassword, uno::Any(OUString()));
+            xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sThumbnail, uno::Any(sThumbnail.value_or(OUString())));
+            if (oIsReadOnly)
+            {
+                xSet->setPropertyValue(s_sReadOnly, uno::Any(*oIsReadOnly));
+            }
+
+            ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(xCfg);
+        }
+    }
+    catch(const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+    }
+}
+
+void DeleteItem(EHistoryType eHistory, const OUString& sURL)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xCfg = GetConfig();
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xListAccess(GetListAccess(xCfg, eHistory));
+
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameContainer> xItemList;
+        uno::Reference<container::XNameContainer> xOrderList;
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sItemList)  >>= xItemList;
+        xListAccess->getByName(s_sOrderList) >>= xOrderList;
+        sal_Int32 nLength = xOrderList->getElementNames().getLength();
+
+        // if it does not exist, nothing to do
+        if (!xItemList->hasByName(sURL))
+            return;
+
+        // it's the last one, just clear the lists
+        if (nLength == 1)
+        {
+            Clear(eHistory);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // find it in the OrderList
+        sal_Int32 nFromWhere = 0;
+        for (; nFromWhere < nLength - 1; ++nFromWhere)
+        {
+            uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>       xSet;
+            OUString aItem;
+            xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(nFromWhere)) >>= xSet;
+            xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= aItem;
+
+            if (aItem == sURL)
+                break;
+        }
+
+        // and shift the rest of the items in OrderList accordingly
+        for (sal_Int32 i = nFromWhere; i < nLength - 1; ++i)
+        {
+            uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xPrevSet;
+            uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xNextSet;
+            xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(i))     >>= xPrevSet;
+            xOrderList->getByName(OUString::number(i + 1)) >>= xNextSet;
+
+            OUString sTemp;
+            xNextSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= sTemp;
+            xPrevSet->setPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef, uno::Any(sTemp));
+        }
+        xOrderList->removeByName(OUString::number(nLength - 1));
+
+        // and finally remove it from the ItemList
+        xItemList->removeByName(sURL);
+
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(xCfg);
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+
+static uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> GetConfig()
+{
+    return uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>(
+            ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::openConfig(
+                ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(),
+                "org.openoffice.Office.Histories/Histories",
+                ::comphelper::EConfigurationModes::Standard),
+            uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+static uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> GetCommonXCU()
+{
+    return uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>(
+            ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::openConfig(
+                ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(),
+                "org.openoffice.Office.Common/History",
+                ::comphelper::EConfigurationModes::Standard),
+            uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+}
+
+static uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> GetListAccess(
+    const uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>& xCfg,
+    EHistoryType eHistory)
+{
+    uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> xListAccess;
+    switch (eHistory)
+    {
+    case EHistoryType::PickList:
+        xCfg->getByName("PickList") >>= xListAccess;
+        break;
+
+    case EHistoryType::HelpBookmarks:
+        xCfg->getByName("HelpBookmarks") >>= xListAccess;
+        break;
+    }
+    return xListAccess;
+}
+
+static void TruncateList(
+    const uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>& xCfg,
+    const uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>& xList,
+    sal_uInt32 nSize)
+{
+    uno::Reference<container::XNameContainer> xItemList;
+    uno::Reference<container::XNameContainer> xOrderList;
+    xList->getByName(s_sOrderList) >>= xOrderList;
+    xList->getByName(s_sItemList)  >>= xItemList;
+
+    const sal_uInt32 nLength = xOrderList->getElementNames().getLength();
+    if (nSize >= nLength)
+        return;
+
+    for (sal_uInt32 i=nLength-1; i>=nSize; --i)
+    {
+        uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>       xSet;
+        OUString sTmp;
+        const OUString sRemove = OUString::number(i);
+        xOrderList->getByName(sRemove) >>= xSet;
+        xSet->getPropertyValue(s_sHistoryItemRef) >>= sTmp;
+        xItemList->removeByName(sTmp);
+        xOrderList->removeByName(sRemove);
+    }
+
+    ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(xCfg);
+}
+
+
+
+static sal_uInt32 GetCapacity(const uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess>& xCommonXCU, EHistoryType eHistory)
+{
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xListAccess(xCommonXCU, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+
+    sal_uInt32 nSize = 0;
+
+    switch (eHistory)
+    {
+    case EHistoryType::PickList:
+        xListAccess->getPropertyValue("PickListSize") >>= nSize;
+        break;
+
+    case EHistoryType::HelpBookmarks:
+        xListAccess->getPropertyValue("HelpBookmarkSize") >>= nSize;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return nSize;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/itemholder1.cxx b/unotools/source/config/itemholder1.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88ab89449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/itemholder1.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/* -*- 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 "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/configuration/theDefaultProvider.hpp>
+
+#include <unotools/useroptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/cmdoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/compatibility.hxx>
+#include <unotools/lingucfg.hxx>
+#include <unotools/moduleoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/pathoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/options.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocaleoptions.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+ItemHolder1::ItemHolder1()
+{
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+        css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XComponent > xCfg(
+            css::configuration::theDefaultProvider::get( xContext ),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xCfg->addEventListener(static_cast< css::lang::XEventListener* >(this));
+    }
+#ifdef DBG_UTIL
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        static bool bMessage = true;
+        if(bMessage)
+        {
+            bMessage = false;
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "CreateInstance with arguments");
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    catch(css::uno::Exception&){}
+#endif
+}
+
+ItemHolder1::~ItemHolder1()
+{
+    impl_releaseAllItems();
+}
+
+void ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem eItem)
+{
+    static rtl::Reference<ItemHolder1> pHolder = new ItemHolder1();
+    pHolder->impl_addItem(eItem);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ItemHolder1::disposing(const css::lang::EventObject&)
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xSelfHold(static_cast< css::lang::XEventListener* >(this), css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    impl_releaseAllItems();
+}
+
+void ItemHolder1::impl_addItem(EItem eItem)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aLock(m_aLock);
+
+    for ( auto const & rInfo : m_lItems )
+    {
+        if (rInfo.eItem == eItem)
+            return;
+    }
+
+    TItemInfo aNewItem;
+    aNewItem.eItem = eItem;
+    impl_newItem(aNewItem);
+    if (aNewItem.pItem)
+        m_lItems.emplace_back(std::move(aNewItem));
+}
+
+void ItemHolder1::impl_releaseAllItems()
+{
+    std::vector< TItemInfo > items;
+    {
+        std::scoped_lock aLock(m_aLock);
+        items.swap(m_lItems);
+    }
+
+    // items will be freed when the block exits
+}
+
+void ItemHolder1::impl_newItem(TItemInfo& rItem)
+{
+    switch(rItem.eItem)
+    {
+        case EItem::CmdOptions :
+            rItem.pItem.reset( new SvtCommandOptions() );
+            break;
+
+        case EItem::Compatibility :
+            rItem.pItem.reset( new SvtCompatibilityOptions() );
+            break;
+
+        case EItem::EventConfig :
+            //rItem.pItem.reset( new GlobalEventConfig() );
+            break;
+
+        case EItem::LinguConfig :
+            rItem.pItem.reset( new SvtLinguConfig() );
+            break;
+
+        case EItem::ModuleOptions :
+            rItem.pItem.reset( new SvtModuleOptions() );
+            break;
+
+        case EItem::PathOptions :
+            rItem.pItem.reset( new SvtPathOptions() );
+            break;
+
+        case EItem::UserOptions :
+            rItem.pItem.reset( new SvtUserOptions() );
+            break;
+
+        case EItem::SysLocaleOptions :
+            rItem.pItem.reset( new SvtSysLocaleOptions() );
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            OSL_FAIL( "unknown item type" );
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/itemholder1.hxx b/unotools/source/config/itemholder1.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e61bb551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/itemholder1.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 .
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <unotools/itemholderbase.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XEventListener.hpp>
+#include <mutex>
+
+class ItemHolder1 : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::lang::XEventListener >
+{
+
+    // member
+    private:
+
+        std::mutex m_aLock;
+        std::vector<TItemInfo> m_lItems;
+
+    // c++ interface
+    public:
+
+        ItemHolder1();
+        virtual ~ItemHolder1() override;
+        static void holdConfigItem(EItem eItem);
+
+    // uno interface
+    public:
+
+        virtual void SAL_CALL disposing(const css::lang::EventObject& aEvent) override;
+
+    // helper
+    private:
+
+        void impl_addItem(EItem eItem);
+        void impl_releaseAllItems();
+        static void impl_newItem(TItemInfo& rItem);
+};
+
+// namespaces
+
+#undef css
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/lingucfg.cxx b/unotools/source/config/lingucfg.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a38fb51b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/lingucfg.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1180 @@
+/* -*- 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/Locale.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XMultiServiceFactory.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/util/XChangesBatch.hpp>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <i18nlangtag/mslangid.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <unotools/lingucfg.hxx>
+#include <unotools/linguprops.hxx>
+#include <sal/macros.h>
+#include <comphelper/getexpandeduri.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
+#include <mutex>
+
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FILE_PROTOCOL = u"file:///";
+
+namespace
+{
+    std::mutex& theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex()
+    {
+        static std::mutex SINGLETON;
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+}
+
+static bool lcl_SetLocale( LanguageType &rLanguage, const uno::Any &rVal )
+{
+    bool bSucc = false;
+
+    lang::Locale aNew;
+    if (rVal >>= aNew)  // conversion successful?
+    {
+        LanguageType nNew = LanguageTag::convertToLanguageType( aNew, false);
+        if (nNew != rLanguage)
+        {
+            rLanguage = nNew;
+            bSucc = true;
+        }
+    }
+    return bSucc;
+}
+
+static OUString lcl_LanguageToCfgLocaleStr( LanguageType nLanguage )
+{
+    OUString aRes;
+    if (LANGUAGE_SYSTEM != nLanguage)
+        aRes = LanguageTag::convertToBcp47( nLanguage );
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+static LanguageType lcl_CfgAnyToLanguage( const uno::Any &rVal )
+{
+    OUString aTmp;
+    rVal >>= aTmp;
+    return (aTmp.isEmpty()) ? LANGUAGE_SYSTEM : LanguageTag::convertToLanguageTypeWithFallback( aTmp );
+}
+
+SvtLinguOptions::SvtLinguOptions()
+    : bROActiveDics(false)
+    , bROActiveConvDics(false)
+    , nHyphMinLeading(2)
+    , nHyphMinTrailing(2)
+    , nHyphMinWordLength(0)
+    , bROHyphMinLeading(false)
+    , bROHyphMinTrailing(false)
+    , bROHyphMinWordLength(false)
+    , nDefaultLanguage(LANGUAGE_NONE)
+    , nDefaultLanguage_CJK(LANGUAGE_NONE)
+    , nDefaultLanguage_CTL(LANGUAGE_NONE)
+    , bRODefaultLanguage(false)
+    , bRODefaultLanguage_CJK(false)
+    , bRODefaultLanguage_CTL(false)
+    , bIsSpellSpecial(true)
+    , bIsSpellAuto(false)
+    , bIsSpellReverse(false)
+    , bROIsSpellSpecial(false)
+    , bROIsSpellAuto(false)
+    , bROIsSpellReverse(false)
+    , bIsHyphSpecial(true)
+    , bIsHyphAuto(false)
+    , bROIsHyphSpecial(false)
+    , bROIsHyphAuto(false)
+    , bIsUseDictionaryList(true)
+    , bIsIgnoreControlCharacters(true)
+    , bROIsUseDictionaryList(false)
+    , bROIsIgnoreControlCharacters(false)
+    , bIsSpellWithDigits(false)
+    , bIsSpellUpperCase(false)
+    , bIsSpellCapitalization(true)
+    , bROIsSpellWithDigits(false)
+    , bROIsSpellUpperCase(false)
+    , bROIsSpellCapitalization(false)
+    , bIsIgnorePostPositionalWord(true)
+    , bIsAutoCloseDialog(false)
+    , bIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst(false)
+    , bIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries(false)
+    , bIsDirectionToSimplified(true)
+    , bIsUseCharacterVariants(false)
+    , bIsTranslateCommonTerms(false)
+    , bIsReverseMapping(false)
+    , bROIsIgnorePostPositionalWord(false)
+    , bROIsAutoCloseDialog(false)
+    , bROIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst(false)
+    , bROIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries(false)
+    , bROIsDirectionToSimplified(false)
+    , bROIsUseCharacterVariants(false)
+    , bROIsTranslateCommonTerms(false)
+    , bROIsReverseMapping(false)
+    , nDataFilesChangedCheckValue(0)
+    , bRODataFilesChangedCheckValue(false)
+    , bIsGrammarAuto(false)
+    , bIsGrammarInteractive(false)
+    , bROIsGrammarAuto(false)
+    , bROIsGrammarInteractive(false)
+{
+}
+
+class SvtLinguConfigItem : public utl::ConfigItem
+{
+    SvtLinguOptions     aOpt;
+
+    static bool GetHdlByName( sal_Int32 &rnHdl, std::u16string_view rPropertyName, bool bFullPropName = false );
+    static uno::Sequence< OUString > GetPropertyNames();
+    void                LoadOptions( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rProperyNames );
+    bool                SaveOptions( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rProperyNames );
+
+    SvtLinguConfigItem(const SvtLinguConfigItem&) = delete;
+    SvtLinguConfigItem& operator=(const SvtLinguConfigItem&) = delete;
+    virtual void    ImplCommit() override;
+
+public:
+    SvtLinguConfigItem();
+
+    // utl::ConfigItem
+    virtual void    Notify( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString > &rPropertyNames ) override;
+
+    // make some protected functions of utl::ConfigItem public
+    using utl::ConfigItem::GetNodeNames;
+    using utl::ConfigItem::GetProperties;
+    //using utl::ConfigItem::PutProperties;
+    //using utl::ConfigItem::SetSetProperties;
+    using utl::ConfigItem::ReplaceSetProperties;
+    //using utl::ConfigItem::GetReadOnlyStates;
+
+    css::uno::Any
+            GetProperty( std::u16string_view rPropertyName ) const;
+    css::uno::Any
+            GetProperty( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle ) const;
+
+    bool    SetProperty( std::u16string_view rPropertyName,
+                         const css::uno::Any &rValue );
+    bool    SetProperty( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle,
+                         const css::uno::Any &rValue );
+
+    void GetOptions( SvtLinguOptions& ) const;
+
+    bool    IsReadOnly( std::u16string_view rPropertyName ) const;
+    bool    IsReadOnly( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle ) const;
+};
+
+SvtLinguConfigItem::SvtLinguConfigItem() :
+    utl::ConfigItem( "Office.Linguistic" )
+{
+    const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rPropertyNames = GetPropertyNames();
+    LoadOptions( rPropertyNames );
+    ClearModified();
+
+    // request notify events when properties change
+    EnableNotification( rPropertyNames );
+}
+
+void SvtLinguConfigItem::Notify( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rPropertyNames )
+{
+    {
+        std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+        LoadOptions( rPropertyNames );
+    }
+    NotifyListeners(ConfigurationHints::NONE);
+}
+
+void SvtLinguConfigItem::ImplCommit()
+{
+    SaveOptions( GetPropertyNames() );
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+struct NamesToHdl
+{
+    const char   *pFullPropName;      // full qualified name as used in configuration
+    OUString     aPropName;          // property name only (atom) of above
+    sal_Int32    nHdl;               // numeric handle representing the property
+};
+
+}
+
+NamesToHdl const aNamesToHdl[] =
+{
+{/*  0 */    "General/DefaultLocale",                         UPN_DEFAULT_LOCALE,                    UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE},
+{/*  1 */    "General/DictionaryList/ActiveDictionaries",     UPN_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES,               UPH_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES},
+{/*  2 */    "General/DictionaryList/IsUseDictionaryList",    UPN_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST,            UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST},
+{/*  3 */    "General/IsIgnoreControlCharacters",             UPN_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS,      UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS},
+{/*  5 */    "General/DefaultLocale_CJK",                     UPN_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK,                UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK},
+{/*  6 */    "General/DefaultLocale_CTL",                     UPN_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL,                UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL},
+
+{/*  7 */    "SpellChecking/IsSpellUpperCase",                UPN_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE,               UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE},
+{/*  8 */    "SpellChecking/IsSpellWithDigits",               UPN_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS,              UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS},
+{/*  9 */    "SpellChecking/IsSpellCapitalization",           UPN_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION,           UPH_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION},
+{/* 10 */    "SpellChecking/IsSpellAuto",                     UPN_IS_SPELL_AUTO,                     UPH_IS_SPELL_AUTO},
+{/* 11 */    "SpellChecking/IsSpellSpecial",                  UPN_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL,                  UPH_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL},
+{/* 14 */    "SpellChecking/IsReverseDirection",              UPN_IS_WRAP_REVERSE,                   UPH_IS_WRAP_REVERSE},
+
+{/* 15 */    "Hyphenation/MinLeading",                        UPN_HYPH_MIN_LEADING,                  UPH_HYPH_MIN_LEADING},
+{/* 16 */    "Hyphenation/MinTrailing",                       UPN_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING,                 UPH_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING},
+{/* 17 */    "Hyphenation/MinWordLength",                     UPN_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH,              UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH},
+{/* 18 */    "Hyphenation/IsHyphSpecial",                     UPN_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL,                   UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL},
+{/* 19 */    "Hyphenation/IsHyphAuto",                        UPN_IS_HYPH_AUTO,                      UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO},
+
+{/* 20 */    "TextConversion/ActiveConversionDictionaries",   UPN_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES,        UPH_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES},
+{/* 21 */    "TextConversion/IsIgnorePostPositionalWord",     UPN_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD,        UPH_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD},
+{/* 22 */    "TextConversion/IsAutoCloseDialog",              UPN_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG,                  UPH_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG},
+{/* 23 */    "TextConversion/IsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst", UPN_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST,   UPH_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST},
+{/* 24 */    "TextConversion/IsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries",     UPN_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES,        UPH_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES},
+{/* 25 */    "TextConversion/IsDirectionToSimplified",        UPN_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED,            UPH_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED},
+{/* 26 */    "TextConversion/IsUseCharacterVariants",         UPN_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS,             UPH_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS},
+{/* 27 */    "TextConversion/IsTranslateCommonTerms",         UPN_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS,             UPH_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS},
+{/* 28 */    "TextConversion/IsReverseMapping",               UPN_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING,                    UPH_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING},
+
+{/* 29 */    "ServiceManager/DataFilesChangedCheckValue",     UPN_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE,        UPH_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE},
+
+{/* 30 */    "GrammarChecking/IsAutoCheck",                   UPN_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO,                      UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO},
+{/* 31 */    "GrammarChecking/IsInteractiveCheck",            UPN_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE,               UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE},
+
+            /* similar to entry 0 (thus no own configuration entry) but with different property name and type */
+{            nullptr,                                         UPN_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,                      UPH_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE},
+
+{            nullptr,                                         "",                                      -1}
+};
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SvtLinguConfigItem::GetPropertyNames()
+{
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames;
+
+    sal_Int32 nMax = SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aNamesToHdl);
+
+    aNames.realloc( nMax );
+    OUString *pNames = aNames.getArray();
+    sal_Int32 nIdx = 0;
+    for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nMax;  ++i)
+    {
+        const char *pFullPropName = aNamesToHdl[i].pFullPropName;
+        if (pFullPropName)
+            pNames[ nIdx++ ] = OUString::createFromAscii( pFullPropName );
+    }
+    aNames.realloc( nIdx );
+
+    return aNames;
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfigItem::GetHdlByName(
+    sal_Int32 &rnHdl,
+    std::u16string_view rPropertyName,
+    bool bFullPropName )
+{
+    NamesToHdl const *pEntry = &aNamesToHdl[0];
+
+    if (bFullPropName)
+    {
+        while (pEntry && pEntry->pFullPropName != nullptr)
+        {
+            if (o3tl::equalsAscii(rPropertyName, pEntry->pFullPropName ))
+            {
+                rnHdl = pEntry->nHdl;
+                break;
+            }
+            ++pEntry;
+        }
+        return pEntry && pEntry->pFullPropName != nullptr;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        while (pEntry && pEntry->pFullPropName != nullptr)
+        {
+            if (rPropertyName == pEntry->aPropName )
+            {
+                rnHdl = pEntry->nHdl;
+                break;
+            }
+            ++pEntry;
+        }
+        return pEntry && pEntry->pFullPropName != nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+uno::Any SvtLinguConfigItem::GetProperty( std::u16string_view rPropertyName ) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 nHdl;
+    return GetHdlByName( nHdl, rPropertyName ) ? GetProperty( nHdl ) : uno::Any();
+}
+
+uno::Any SvtLinguConfigItem::GetProperty( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+
+    uno::Any aRes;
+
+    const sal_Int16 *pnVal = nullptr;
+    const LanguageType *plVal = nullptr;
+    const bool  *pbVal = nullptr;
+    const sal_Int32 *pnInt32Val = nullptr;
+
+    const SvtLinguOptions &rOpt = const_cast< SvtLinguConfigItem * >(this)->aOpt;
+    switch (nPropertyHandle)
+    {
+        case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST :   pbVal = &rOpt.bIsUseDictionaryList; break;
+        case UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS : pbVal = &rOpt.bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;   break;
+        case UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO :             pbVal = &rOpt.bIsHyphAuto;  break;
+        case UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL :          pbVal = &rOpt.bIsHyphSpecial;   break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_AUTO :            pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellAuto; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL :         pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellSpecial;  break;
+        case UPH_IS_WRAP_REVERSE :          pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellReverse;  break;
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE :         plVal = &rOpt.nDefaultLanguage; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION :  pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellCapitalization;       break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS :     pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellWithDigits;   break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE :      pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellUpperCase;        break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_LEADING :         pnVal = &rOpt.nHyphMinLeading;      break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING :        pnVal = &rOpt.nHyphMinTrailing; break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH :     pnVal = &rOpt.nHyphMinWordLength;   break;
+        case UPH_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES :
+        {
+            aRes <<= rOpt.aActiveDics;
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES :
+        {
+            aRes <<= rOpt.aActiveConvDics;
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE :
+        {
+            aRes <<= LanguageTag::convertToLocale( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage, false);
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK :
+        {
+            aRes <<= LanguageTag::convertToLocale( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CJK, false);
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL :
+        {
+            aRes <<= LanguageTag::convertToLocale( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CTL, false);
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD :       pbVal = &rOpt.bIsIgnorePostPositionalWord; break;
+        case UPH_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG :                 pbVal = &rOpt.bIsAutoCloseDialog; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST :  pbVal = &rOpt.bIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst; break;
+        case UPH_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES :       pbVal = &rOpt.bIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries; break;
+
+        case UPH_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED:            pbVal = &rOpt.bIsDirectionToSimplified; break;
+        case UPH_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS :            pbVal = &rOpt.bIsUseCharacterVariants; break;
+        case UPH_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS :            pbVal = &rOpt.bIsTranslateCommonTerms; break;
+        case UPH_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING :                   pbVal = &rOpt.bIsReverseMapping; break;
+
+        case UPH_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE :       pnInt32Val = &rOpt.nDataFilesChangedCheckValue; break;
+        case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO:                       pbVal = &rOpt.bIsGrammarAuto; break;
+        case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE:                pbVal = &rOpt.bIsGrammarInteractive; break;
+        default :
+            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "unexpected property handle" );
+    }
+
+    if (pbVal)
+        aRes <<= *pbVal;
+    else if (pnVal)
+        aRes <<= *pnVal;
+    else if (plVal)
+        aRes <<= static_cast<sal_Int16>(static_cast<sal_uInt16>(*plVal));
+    else if (pnInt32Val)
+        aRes <<= *pnInt32Val;
+
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfigItem::SetProperty( std::u16string_view rPropertyName, const uno::Any &rValue )
+{
+    bool bSucc = false;
+    sal_Int32 nHdl;
+    if (GetHdlByName( nHdl, rPropertyName ))
+        bSucc = SetProperty( nHdl, rValue );
+    return bSucc;
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfigItem::SetProperty( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle, const uno::Any &rValue )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+
+    bool bSucc = false;
+    if (!rValue.hasValue())
+        return bSucc;
+
+    bool bMod = false;
+
+    sal_Int16 *pnVal = nullptr;
+    LanguageType *plVal = nullptr;
+    bool  *pbVal = nullptr;
+    sal_Int32 *pnInt32Val = nullptr;
+
+    SvtLinguOptions &rOpt = aOpt;
+    switch (nPropertyHandle)
+    {
+        case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST :   pbVal = &rOpt.bIsUseDictionaryList;    break;
+        case UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS : pbVal = &rOpt.bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;  break;
+        case UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO :             pbVal = &rOpt.bIsHyphAuto; break;
+        case UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL :          pbVal = &rOpt.bIsHyphSpecial;  break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_AUTO :            pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellAuto;    break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL :         pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellSpecial; break;
+        case UPH_IS_WRAP_REVERSE :          pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellReverse; break;
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE :         plVal = &rOpt.nDefaultLanguage;    break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION :  pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellCapitalization;      break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS :     pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellWithDigits;  break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE :      pbVal = &rOpt.bIsSpellUpperCase;       break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_LEADING :         pnVal = &rOpt.nHyphMinLeading;     break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING :        pnVal = &rOpt.nHyphMinTrailing;    break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH :     pnVal = &rOpt.nHyphMinWordLength;  break;
+        case UPH_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES :
+        {
+            rValue >>= rOpt.aActiveDics;
+            bMod = true;
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES :
+        {
+            rValue >>= rOpt.aActiveConvDics;
+            bMod = true;
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE :
+        {
+            bSucc = lcl_SetLocale( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage, rValue );
+            bMod = bSucc;
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK :
+        {
+            bSucc = lcl_SetLocale( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CJK, rValue );
+            bMod = bSucc;
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL :
+        {
+            bSucc = lcl_SetLocale( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CTL, rValue );
+            bMod = bSucc;
+            break;
+        }
+        case UPH_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD :       pbVal = &rOpt.bIsIgnorePostPositionalWord; break;
+        case UPH_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG :                 pbVal = &rOpt.bIsAutoCloseDialog; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST :  pbVal = &rOpt.bIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst; break;
+        case UPH_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES :       pbVal = &rOpt.bIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries; break;
+
+        case UPH_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED :           pbVal = &rOpt.bIsDirectionToSimplified; break;
+        case UPH_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS :            pbVal = &rOpt.bIsUseCharacterVariants; break;
+        case UPH_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS :            pbVal = &rOpt.bIsTranslateCommonTerms; break;
+        case UPH_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING :                   pbVal = &rOpt.bIsReverseMapping; break;
+
+        case UPH_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE :       pnInt32Val = &rOpt.nDataFilesChangedCheckValue; break;
+        case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO:                       pbVal = &rOpt.bIsGrammarAuto; break;
+        case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE:                pbVal = &rOpt.bIsGrammarInteractive; break;
+        default :
+            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "unexpected property handle" );
+    }
+
+    if (pbVal)
+    {
+        bool bNew = bool();
+        if (rValue >>= bNew)
+        {
+            if (bNew != *pbVal)
+            {
+                *pbVal = bNew;
+                bMod = true;
+            }
+            bSucc = true;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (pnVal)
+    {
+        sal_Int16 nNew = sal_Int16();
+        if (rValue >>= nNew)
+        {
+            if (nNew != *pnVal)
+            {
+                *pnVal = nNew;
+                bMod = true;
+            }
+            bSucc = true;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (plVal)
+    {
+        sal_Int16 nNew = sal_Int16();
+        if (rValue >>= nNew)
+        {
+            if (nNew != static_cast<sal_uInt16>(*plVal))
+            {
+                *plVal = LanguageType(static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nNew));
+                bMod = true;
+            }
+            bSucc = true;
+        }
+    }
+    else if (pnInt32Val)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nNew = sal_Int32();
+        if (rValue >>= nNew)
+        {
+            if (nNew != *pnInt32Val)
+            {
+                *pnInt32Val = nNew;
+                bMod = true;
+            }
+            bSucc = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (bMod)
+        SetModified();
+
+    NotifyListeners(ConfigurationHints::NONE);
+    return bSucc;
+}
+
+void SvtLinguConfigItem::GetOptions(SvtLinguOptions &rOptions) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+    rOptions = aOpt;
+}
+
+void SvtLinguConfigItem::LoadOptions( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rProperyNames )
+{
+    bool bRes = false;
+
+    const OUString *pProperyNames = rProperyNames.getConstArray();
+    sal_Int32 nProps = rProperyNames.getLength();
+
+    const uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues = GetProperties( rProperyNames );
+    const uno::Sequence< sal_Bool > aROStates = GetReadOnlyStates( rProperyNames );
+
+    if (nProps  &&  aValues.getLength() == nProps &&  aROStates.getLength() == nProps)
+    {
+        SvtLinguOptions &rOpt = aOpt;
+
+        const uno::Any *pValue = aValues.getConstArray();
+        const sal_Bool *pROStates = aROStates.getConstArray();
+        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nProps;  ++i)
+        {
+            const uno::Any &rVal = pValue[i];
+            sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle(0);
+            GetHdlByName( nPropertyHandle, pProperyNames[i], true );
+            switch ( nPropertyHandle )
+            {
+                case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE :
+                    { rOpt.bRODefaultLanguage = pROStates[i]; rOpt.nDefaultLanguage = lcl_CfgAnyToLanguage( rVal ); } break;
+                case UPH_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES :
+                    { rOpt.bROActiveDics = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.aActiveDics;   } break;
+                case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsUseDictionaryList = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsUseDictionaryList;  } break;
+                case UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsIgnoreControlCharacters = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;    } break;
+                case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK :
+                    { rOpt.bRODefaultLanguage_CJK = pROStates[i]; rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CJK = lcl_CfgAnyToLanguage( rVal );    } break;
+                case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL :
+                    { rOpt.bRODefaultLanguage_CTL = pROStates[i]; rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CTL = lcl_CfgAnyToLanguage( rVal );    } break;
+
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsSpellUpperCase = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsSpellUpperCase; } break;
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsSpellWithDigits = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsSpellWithDigits;    } break;
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsSpellCapitalization = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsSpellCapitalization;    } break;
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_AUTO :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsSpellAuto = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsSpellAuto;  } break;
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsSpellSpecial = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsSpellSpecial;   } break;
+                case UPH_IS_WRAP_REVERSE :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsSpellReverse = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsSpellReverse;   } break;
+
+                case UPH_HYPH_MIN_LEADING :
+                    { rOpt.bROHyphMinLeading = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.nHyphMinLeading;   } break;
+                case UPH_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING :
+                    { rOpt.bROHyphMinTrailing = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.nHyphMinTrailing;  } break;
+                case UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH :
+                    { rOpt.bROHyphMinWordLength = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.nHyphMinWordLength;    } break;
+                case UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsHyphSpecial = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsHyphSpecial;    } break;
+                case UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsHyphAuto = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsHyphAuto;   } break;
+
+                case UPH_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES : { rOpt.bROActiveConvDics = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.aActiveConvDics;   } break;
+
+                case UPH_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsIgnorePostPositionalWord = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsIgnorePostPositionalWord;  } break;
+                case UPH_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsAutoCloseDialog = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsAutoCloseDialog;  } break;
+                case UPH_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst;  } break;
+                case UPH_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries;  } break;
+
+                case UPH_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED :
+                    {
+                        rOpt.bROIsDirectionToSimplified = pROStates[i];
+                        if( ! (rVal >>= rOpt.bIsDirectionToSimplified) )
+                        {
+                            //default is locale dependent:
+                            if (MsLangId::isTraditionalChinese(rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CJK))
+                            {
+                                rOpt.bIsDirectionToSimplified = false;
+                            }
+                            else
+                            {
+                                rOpt.bIsDirectionToSimplified = true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } break;
+                case UPH_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsUseCharacterVariants = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsUseCharacterVariants;  } break;
+                case UPH_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsTranslateCommonTerms = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsTranslateCommonTerms;  } break;
+                case UPH_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING :
+                    { rOpt.bROIsReverseMapping = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsReverseMapping;  } break;
+
+                case UPH_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE :
+                    { rOpt.bRODataFilesChangedCheckValue = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.nDataFilesChangedCheckValue;  } break;
+
+                case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO:
+                    { rOpt.bROIsGrammarAuto = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsGrammarAuto; }
+                break;
+                case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE:
+                    { rOpt.bROIsGrammarInteractive = pROStates[i]; rVal >>= rOpt.bIsGrammarInteractive; }
+                break;
+
+                default:
+                    SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "unexpected case" );
+            }
+        }
+
+        bRes = true;
+    }
+    DBG_ASSERT( bRes, "LoadOptions failed" );
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfigItem::SaveOptions( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rProperyNames )
+{
+    if (!IsModified())
+        return true;
+
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+
+    bool bRet = false;
+
+    sal_Int32 nProps = rProperyNames.getLength();
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( nProps );
+    uno::Any *pValue = aValues.getArray();
+
+    if (nProps  &&  aValues.getLength() == nProps)
+    {
+        const SvtLinguOptions &rOpt = aOpt;
+
+        OUString aTmp( lcl_LanguageToCfgLocaleStr( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage ) );
+        *pValue++ <<= aTmp;                               //   0
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.aActiveDics;                   //   1
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsUseDictionaryList;        //   2
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;  //   3
+        aTmp = lcl_LanguageToCfgLocaleStr( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CJK );
+        *pValue++ <<= aTmp;                               //   5
+        aTmp = lcl_LanguageToCfgLocaleStr( rOpt.nDefaultLanguage_CTL );
+        *pValue++ <<= aTmp;                               //   6
+
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsSpellUpperCase;          //   7
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsSpellWithDigits;         //   8
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsSpellCapitalization;     //   9
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsSpellAuto;               //  10
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsSpellSpecial;            //  11
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsSpellReverse;            //  14
+
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.nHyphMinLeading;            //  15
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.nHyphMinTrailing;           //  16
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.nHyphMinWordLength;         //  17
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsHyphSpecial;             //  18
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsHyphAuto;                //  19
+
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.aActiveConvDics;               //   20
+
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsIgnorePostPositionalWord; //  21
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsAutoCloseDialog;          //  22
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst; //  23
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries; //  24
+
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsDirectionToSimplified; //  25
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsUseCharacterVariants; //  26
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsTranslateCommonTerms; //  27
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsReverseMapping; //  28
+
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.nDataFilesChangedCheckValue; //  29
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsGrammarAuto; //  30
+        *pValue++ <<= rOpt.bIsGrammarInteractive; // 31
+
+        bRet |= PutProperties( rProperyNames, aValues );
+    }
+
+    if (bRet)
+        ClearModified();
+
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfigItem::IsReadOnly( std::u16string_view rPropertyName ) const
+{
+    bool bReadOnly = false;
+    sal_Int32 nHdl;
+    if (GetHdlByName( nHdl, rPropertyName ))
+        bReadOnly = IsReadOnly( nHdl );
+    return bReadOnly;
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfigItem::IsReadOnly( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+
+    bool bReadOnly = false;
+
+    const SvtLinguOptions &rOpt = const_cast< SvtLinguConfigItem * >(this)->aOpt;
+    switch(nPropertyHandle)
+    {
+        case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST         : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsUseDictionaryList; break;
+        case UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS   : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsIgnoreControlCharacters; break;
+        case UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO                   : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsHyphAuto; break;
+        case UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL                : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsHyphSpecial; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_AUTO                  : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsSpellAuto; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL               : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsSpellSpecial; break;
+        case UPH_IS_WRAP_REVERSE                : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsSpellReverse; break;
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE               : bReadOnly = rOpt.bRODefaultLanguage; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION        : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsSpellCapitalization; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS           : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsSpellWithDigits; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE            : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsSpellUpperCase; break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_LEADING               : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROHyphMinLeading; break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING              : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROHyphMinTrailing; break;
+        case UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH           : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROHyphMinWordLength; break;
+        case UPH_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES            : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROActiveDics; break;
+        case UPH_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROActiveConvDics; break;
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE                 : bReadOnly = rOpt.bRODefaultLanguage; break;
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK             : bReadOnly = rOpt.bRODefaultLanguage_CJK; break;
+        case UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL             : bReadOnly = rOpt.bRODefaultLanguage_CTL; break;
+        case UPH_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD :       bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsIgnorePostPositionalWord; break;
+        case UPH_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG :                 bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsAutoCloseDialog; break;
+        case UPH_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST :  bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsShowEntriesRecentlyUsedFirst; break;
+        case UPH_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES :       bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsAutoReplaceUniqueEntries; break;
+        case UPH_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsDirectionToSimplified; break;
+        case UPH_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsUseCharacterVariants; break;
+        case UPH_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS : bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsTranslateCommonTerms; break;
+        case UPH_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING :        bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsReverseMapping; break;
+        case UPH_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE :       bReadOnly = rOpt.bRODataFilesChangedCheckValue; break;
+        case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO:                       bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsGrammarAuto; break;
+        case UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE:                bReadOnly = rOpt.bROIsGrammarInteractive; break;
+        default :
+            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "unexpected property handle" );
+    }
+    return bReadOnly;
+}
+
+static SvtLinguConfigItem *pCfgItem = nullptr;
+static sal_Int32           nCfgItemRefCount = 0;
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral aG_Dictionaries = u"Dictionaries";
+
+SvtLinguConfig::SvtLinguConfig()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+    ++nCfgItemRefCount;
+}
+
+SvtLinguConfig::~SvtLinguConfig()
+{
+    if (pCfgItem && pCfgItem->IsModified())
+        pCfgItem->Commit();
+
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+
+    if (--nCfgItemRefCount <= 0)
+    {
+        delete pCfgItem;
+        pCfgItem = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+
+SvtLinguConfigItem & SvtLinguConfig::GetConfigItem()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(theSvtLinguConfigItemMutex());
+    if (!pCfgItem)
+    {
+        pCfgItem = new SvtLinguConfigItem;
+        aGuard.unlock();
+        ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem::LinguConfig);
+    }
+    return *pCfgItem;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SvtLinguConfig::GetNodeNames( const OUString &rNode ) const
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().GetNodeNames( rNode );
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< uno::Any > SvtLinguConfig::GetProperties( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rNames ) const
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().GetProperties(rNames);
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::ReplaceSetProperties(
+        const OUString &rNode, const uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue >& rValues )
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().ReplaceSetProperties( rNode, rValues );
+}
+
+uno::Any SvtLinguConfig::GetProperty( std::u16string_view rPropertyName ) const
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().GetProperty( rPropertyName );
+}
+
+uno::Any SvtLinguConfig::GetProperty( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle ) const
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().GetProperty( nPropertyHandle );
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::SetProperty( std::u16string_view rPropertyName, const uno::Any &rValue )
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().SetProperty( rPropertyName, rValue );
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::SetProperty( sal_Int32 nPropertyHandle, const uno::Any &rValue )
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().SetProperty( nPropertyHandle, rValue );
+}
+
+void SvtLinguConfig::GetOptions( SvtLinguOptions &rOptions ) const
+{
+    GetConfigItem().GetOptions(rOptions);
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::IsReadOnly( std::u16string_view rPropertyName ) const
+{
+    return GetConfigItem().IsReadOnly( rPropertyName );
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::GetElementNamesFor(
+     const OUString &rNodeName,
+     uno::Sequence< OUString > &rElementNames ) const
+{
+    bool bSuccess = false;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNA( GetMainUpdateAccess(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName("ServiceManager"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName( rNodeName ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        rElementNames = xNA->getElementNames();
+        bSuccess = true;
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception &)
+    {
+    }
+    return bSuccess;
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::GetSupportedDictionaryFormatsFor(
+    const OUString &rSetName,
+    const OUString &rSetEntry,
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > &rFormatList ) const
+{
+    if (rSetName.isEmpty() || rSetEntry.isEmpty())
+        return false;
+    bool bSuccess = false;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNA( GetMainUpdateAccess(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName("ServiceManager"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName( rSetName ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName( rSetEntry ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        if (xNA->getByName( "SupportedDictionaryFormats" ) >>= rFormatList)
+            bSuccess = true;
+        DBG_ASSERT( rFormatList.hasElements(), "supported dictionary format list is empty" );
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception &)
+    {
+    }
+    return bSuccess;
+}
+
+static bool lcl_GetFileUrlFromOrigin(
+    OUString /*out*/ &rFileUrl,
+    const OUString &rOrigin )
+{
+    OUString aURL(
+        comphelper::getExpandedUri(
+            comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(), rOrigin));
+    if (aURL.startsWith( FILE_PROTOCOL ))
+    {
+        rFileUrl = aURL;
+        return true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        SAL_WARN(
+            "unotools.config", "not a file URL, <" << aURL << ">" );
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::GetDictionaryEntry(
+    const OUString &rNodeName,
+    SvtLinguConfigDictionaryEntry &rDicEntry ) const
+{
+    if (rNodeName.isEmpty())
+        return false;
+    bool bSuccess = false;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNA( GetMainUpdateAccess(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName("ServiceManager"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName( aG_Dictionaries ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName( rNodeName ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        // read group data...
+        uno::Sequence< OUString >  aLocations;
+        OUString                   aFormatName;
+        uno::Sequence< OUString >  aLocaleNames;
+        bSuccess =  (xNA->getByName( "Locations" ) >>= aLocations)  &&
+                    (xNA->getByName( "Format" )    >>= aFormatName) &&
+                    (xNA->getByName( "Locales" )   >>= aLocaleNames);
+        DBG_ASSERT( aLocations.hasElements(), "Dictionary locations not set" );
+        DBG_ASSERT( !aFormatName.isEmpty(), "Dictionary format name not set" );
+        DBG_ASSERT( aLocaleNames.hasElements(), "No locales set for the dictionary" );
+
+        // if successful continue
+        if (bSuccess)
+        {
+            // get file URL's for the locations
+            for (OUString& rLocation : asNonConstRange(aLocations))
+            {
+                if (!lcl_GetFileUrlFromOrigin( rLocation, rLocation ))
+                    bSuccess = false;
+            }
+
+            // if everything was fine return the result
+            if (bSuccess)
+            {
+                rDicEntry.aLocations    = aLocations;
+                rDicEntry.aFormatName   = aFormatName;
+                rDicEntry.aLocaleNames  = aLocaleNames;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception &)
+    {
+    }
+    return bSuccess;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString > SvtLinguConfig::GetDisabledDictionaries() const
+{
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > aResult;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNA( GetMainUpdateAccess(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName("ServiceManager"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA->getByName( "DisabledDictionaries" ) >>= aResult;
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception &)
+    {
+    }
+    return aResult;
+}
+
+std::vector< SvtLinguConfigDictionaryEntry > SvtLinguConfig::GetActiveDictionariesByFormat(
+    std::u16string_view rFormatName ) const
+{
+    std::vector< SvtLinguConfigDictionaryEntry > aRes;
+    if (rFormatName.empty())
+        return aRes;
+
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Sequence< OUString > aElementNames;
+        GetElementNamesFor( aG_Dictionaries, aElementNames );
+
+        const uno::Sequence< OUString > aDisabledDics( GetDisabledDictionaries() );
+
+        SvtLinguConfigDictionaryEntry aDicEntry;
+        for (const OUString& rElementName : std::as_const(aElementNames))
+        {
+            // does dictionary match the format we are looking for?
+            if (GetDictionaryEntry( rElementName, aDicEntry ) &&
+                aDicEntry.aFormatName == rFormatName)
+            {
+                // check if it is active or not
+                bool bDicIsActive = std::none_of(aDisabledDics.begin(), aDisabledDics.end(),
+                    [&rElementName](const OUString& rDic) { return rDic == rElementName; });
+
+                if (bDicIsActive)
+                {
+                    DBG_ASSERT( !aDicEntry.aFormatName.isEmpty(),
+                            "FormatName not set" );
+                    DBG_ASSERT( aDicEntry.aLocations.hasElements(),
+                            "Locations not set" );
+                    DBG_ASSERT( aDicEntry.aLocaleNames.hasElements(),
+                            "Locales not set" );
+                    aRes.push_back( aDicEntry );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception &)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+uno::Reference< util::XChangesBatch > const & SvtLinguConfig::GetMainUpdateAccess() const
+{
+    if (!m_xMainUpdateAccess.is())
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // get configuration provider
+            uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext = comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+            uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigurationProvider =
+                    configuration::theDefaultProvider::get( xContext );
+
+            // get configuration update access
+            beans::PropertyValue aValue;
+            aValue.Name  = "nodepath";
+            aValue.Value <<= OUString("org.openoffice.Office.Linguistic");
+            uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aProps{ uno::Any(aValue) };
+            m_xMainUpdateAccess.set(
+                    xConfigurationProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
+                        "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess", aProps),
+                        uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        }
+        catch (uno::Exception &)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    return m_xMainUpdateAccess;
+}
+
+OUString SvtLinguConfig::GetVendorImageUrl_Impl(
+    const OUString &rServiceImplName,
+    const OUString &rImageName ) const
+{
+    OUString aRes;
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xImagesNA( GetMainUpdateAccess(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xImagesNA.set( xImagesNA->getByName("Images"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNA( xImagesNA->getByName("ServiceNameEntries"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName( rServiceImplName ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        uno::Any aAny(xNA->getByName("VendorImagesNode"));
+        OUString aVendorImagesNode;
+        if (aAny >>= aVendorImagesNode)
+        {
+            xNA = xImagesNA;
+            xNA.set( xNA->getByName("VendorImages"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            xNA.set( xNA->getByName( aVendorImagesNode ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+            aAny = xNA->getByName( rImageName );
+            OUString aTmp;
+            if (aAny >>= aTmp)
+            {
+                if (lcl_GetFileUrlFromOrigin( aTmp, aTmp ))
+                    aRes = aTmp;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception &)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+    }
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+OUString SvtLinguConfig::GetSpellAndGrammarContextSuggestionImage(
+    const OUString &rServiceImplName
+) const
+{
+    OUString   aRes;
+    if (!rServiceImplName.isEmpty())
+    {
+        aRes = GetVendorImageUrl_Impl( rServiceImplName, "SpellAndGrammarContextMenuSuggestionImage" );
+    }
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+OUString SvtLinguConfig::GetSpellAndGrammarContextDictionaryImage(
+    const OUString &rServiceImplName
+) const
+{
+    OUString   aRes;
+    if (!rServiceImplName.isEmpty())
+    {
+        aRes = GetVendorImageUrl_Impl( rServiceImplName, "SpellAndGrammarContextMenuDictionaryImage" );
+    }
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+OUString SvtLinguConfig::GetSynonymsContextImage(
+    const OUString &rServiceImplName
+) const
+{
+    OUString   aRes;
+    if (!rServiceImplName.isEmpty())
+    {
+        OUString aPath( GetVendorImageUrl_Impl( rServiceImplName, "SynonymsContextMenuImage" ) );
+        aRes = aPath;
+    }
+    return aRes;
+}
+
+bool SvtLinguConfig::HasGrammarChecker() const
+{
+    bool bRes = false;
+
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNA( GetMainUpdateAccess(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName("ServiceManager"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+        xNA.set( xNA->getByName("GrammarCheckerList"), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+        uno::Sequence< OUString > aElementNames( xNA->getElementNames() );
+        bRes = aElementNames.hasElements();
+    }
+    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return bRes;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/moduleoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/moduleoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..858d2d09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/moduleoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1117 @@
+/* -*- 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 <string_view>
+
+#include <unotools/moduleoptions.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequenceashashmap.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <o3tl/enumarray.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XModel.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/document/XTypeDetection.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/PathSubstitution.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XStringSubstitution.hpp>
+
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @descr          These values are used to define necessary keys from our configuration management to support
+                    all functionality of these implementation.
+                    It's a fast way to make changes if some keys change its name or location!
+
+                    Property handle are necessary to specify right position in return list of configuration
+                    for asked values. We ask it with a list of properties to get its values. The returned list
+                    has the same order like our given name list!
+                    e.g.:
+                            NAMELIST[ PROPERTYHANDLE_xxx ] => VALUELIST[ PROPERTYHANDLE_xxx ]
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+constexpr OUStringLiteral ROOTNODE_FACTORIES = u"Setup/Office/Factories";
+#define PATHSEPARATOR                       "/"
+
+// Attention: The property "ooSetupFactoryEmptyDocumentURL" is read from configuration but not used! There is
+//            special code that uses hard coded strings to return them.
+#define PROPERTYNAME_SHORTNAME              "ooSetupFactoryShortName"
+#define PROPERTYNAME_TEMPLATEFILE           "ooSetupFactoryTemplateFile"
+#define PROPERTYNAME_WINDOWATTRIBUTES       "ooSetupFactoryWindowAttributes"
+#define PROPERTYNAME_EMPTYDOCUMENTURL       "ooSetupFactoryEmptyDocumentURL"
+#define PROPERTYNAME_DEFAULTFILTER          "ooSetupFactoryDefaultFilter"
+#define PROPERTYNAME_ICON                   "ooSetupFactoryIcon"
+
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_SHORTNAME            0
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_TEMPLATEFILE         1
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_WINDOWATTRIBUTES     2
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_EMPTYDOCUMENTURL     3
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_DEFAULTFILTER        4
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_ICON                 5
+
+#define PROPERTYCOUNT                       6
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_WRITER = u"com.sun.star.text.TextDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_WRITERWEB = u"com.sun.star.text.WebDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_WRITERGLOBAL = u"com.sun.star.text.GlobalDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_CALC = u"com.sun.star.sheet.SpreadsheetDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_DRAW = u"com.sun.star.drawing.DrawingDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_IMPRESS = u"com.sun.star.presentation.PresentationDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_MATH = u"com.sun.star.formula.FormulaProperties";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_CHART = u"com.sun.star.chart2.ChartDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_DATABASE = u"com.sun.star.sdb.OfficeDatabaseDocument";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_STARTMODULE = u"com.sun.star.frame.StartModule";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral FACTORYNAME_BASIC = u"com.sun.star.script.BasicIDE";
+
+#define FACTORYCOUNT                        11
+
+namespace {
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @descr  This struct hold information about one factory. We declare a complete array which can hold infos
+            for all well known factories. Values of enum "EFactory" (see header!) are directly used as index!
+            So we can support a fast access on this information.
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+struct FactoryInfo
+{
+    public:
+
+        // initialize empty struct
+        FactoryInfo()
+        {
+            free();
+        }
+
+        // easy way to reset struct member!
+        void free()
+        {
+            bInstalled                  = false;
+            sFactory.clear();
+            sTemplateFile.clear();
+            sDefaultFilter.clear();
+            nIcon                       = 0;
+            bChangedTemplateFile        = false;
+            bChangedDefaultFilter       = false;
+            bDefaultFilterReadonly      = false;
+        }
+
+        // returns list of properties, which has changed only!
+        // We use given value of sNodeBase to build full qualified paths ...
+        // Last sign of it must be "/". because we use it directly, without any additional things!
+        css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > getChangedProperties( std::u16string_view sNodeBase )
+        {
+            // a) reserve memory for max. count of changed properties
+            // b) add names and values of changed ones only and count it
+            // c) resize return list by using count
+            css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > lProperties   ( 4 );
+            auto plProperties = lProperties.getArray();
+            sal_Int8                                        nRealyChanged = 0;
+
+            if( bChangedTemplateFile )
+            {
+                plProperties[nRealyChanged].Name
+                    = OUString::Concat(sNodeBase) + PROPERTYNAME_TEMPLATEFILE;
+
+                if ( !sTemplateFile.isEmpty() )
+                {
+                    plProperties[nRealyChanged].Value
+                        <<= getStringSubstitution()
+                            ->reSubstituteVariables( sTemplateFile );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    plProperties[nRealyChanged].Value <<= sTemplateFile;
+                }
+
+                ++nRealyChanged;
+            }
+            if( bChangedDefaultFilter )
+            {
+                plProperties[nRealyChanged].Name
+                    = OUString::Concat(sNodeBase) + PROPERTYNAME_DEFAULTFILTER;
+                plProperties[nRealyChanged].Value <<= sDefaultFilter;
+                ++nRealyChanged;
+            }
+
+            // Don't forget to reset changed flags! Otherwise we save it again and again and ...
+            bChangedTemplateFile        = false;
+            bChangedDefaultFilter       = false;
+
+            lProperties.realloc( nRealyChanged );
+            return lProperties;
+        }
+
+        // We must support setting AND marking of changed values.
+        // That's why we can't make our member public. We must use get/set/init methods
+        // to control access on it!
+        bool            getInstalled        () const { return bInstalled;         };
+        const OUString& getFactory          () const { return sFactory;           };
+        const OUString& getTemplateFile     () const { return sTemplateFile;      };
+        const OUString& getDefaultFilter    () const { return sDefaultFilter;     };
+        bool            isDefaultFilterReadonly() const { return bDefaultFilterReadonly; }
+        sal_Int32       getIcon             () const { return nIcon;              };
+
+        // If you call set-methods - we check for changes of values and mark it.
+        // But if you wish to set it without that... you must initialize it!
+        void initInstalled        ()                                       { bInstalled        = true; }
+        void initFactory          ( const OUString& sNewFactory          ) { sFactory          = sNewFactory; }
+        void initDefaultFilter    ( const OUString& sNewDefaultFilter    ) { sDefaultFilter    = sNewDefaultFilter; }
+        void setDefaultFilterReadonly( const bool bVal){bDefaultFilterReadonly = bVal;}
+        void initIcon             ( sal_Int32              nNewIcon             ) { nIcon             = nNewIcon; }
+
+        void initTemplateFile( const OUString& sNewTemplateFile )
+        {
+            if ( !sNewTemplateFile.isEmpty() )
+            {
+                sTemplateFile= getStringSubstitution()->substituteVariables( sNewTemplateFile, false );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                sTemplateFile = sNewTemplateFile;
+            }
+        }
+
+        void setTemplateFile( const OUString& sNewTemplateFile )
+        {
+            if( sTemplateFile != sNewTemplateFile )
+            {
+                sTemplateFile        = sNewTemplateFile;
+                bChangedTemplateFile = true;
+            }
+        };
+
+        void setDefaultFilter( const OUString& sNewDefaultFilter )
+        {
+            if( sDefaultFilter != sNewDefaultFilter )
+            {
+                sDefaultFilter       = sNewDefaultFilter;
+                bChangedDefaultFilter = true;
+            }
+        };
+
+    private:
+        css::uno::Reference< css::util::XStringSubstitution > const & getStringSubstitution()
+        {
+            if ( !xSubstVars.is() )
+            {
+                xSubstVars.set( css::util::PathSubstitution::create(::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext()) );
+            }
+            return xSubstVars;
+        }
+
+        bool         bInstalled;
+        OUString     sFactory;
+        OUString     sTemplateFile;
+        OUString     sDefaultFilter;
+        sal_Int32    nIcon;
+
+        bool            bChangedTemplateFile        :1;
+        bool            bChangedDefaultFilter       :1;
+        bool            bDefaultFilterReadonly      :1;
+
+        css::uno::Reference< css::util::XStringSubstitution >  xSubstVars;
+};
+
+}
+
+class SvtModuleOptions_Impl : public ::utl::ConfigItem
+{
+
+    //  public methods
+
+    public:
+
+        //  constructor / destructor
+
+         SvtModuleOptions_Impl();
+        virtual ~SvtModuleOptions_Impl() override;
+
+        //  override methods of baseclass
+
+        virtual void Notify( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& lPropertyNames ) override;
+
+        //  public interface
+
+        bool            IsModuleInstalled         (       SvtModuleOptions::EModule     eModule    ) const;
+        css::uno::Sequence < OUString > GetAllServiceNames();
+        OUString const & GetFactoryName           (       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory    eFactory   ) const;
+        OUString const & GetFactoryStandardTemplate(      SvtModuleOptions::EFactory    eFactory   ) const;
+        static OUString GetFactoryEmptyDocumentURL(       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory    eFactory   );
+        OUString const & GetFactoryDefaultFilter  (       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory    eFactory   ) const;
+        bool            IsDefaultFilterReadonly(          SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory      ) const;
+        sal_Int32       GetFactoryIcon            (       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory    eFactory   ) const;
+        static bool     ClassifyFactoryByName     ( std::u16string_view sName      ,
+                                                          SvtModuleOptions::EFactory&   eFactory   );
+        void            SetFactoryStandardTemplate(       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory    eFactory   ,
+                                                    const OUString&              sTemplate  );
+        void            SetFactoryDefaultFilter   (       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory    eFactory   ,
+                                                    const OUString&              sFilter    );
+        void            MakeReadonlyStatesAvailable();
+
+    //  private methods
+
+    private:
+        static css::uno::Sequence< OUString > impl_ExpandSetNames ( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& lSetNames );
+        void impl_Read ( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& lSetNames );
+
+        virtual void ImplCommit() override;
+
+    //  private member
+
+    private:
+        o3tl::enumarray<SvtModuleOptions::EFactory, FactoryInfo> m_lFactories;
+        bool            m_bReadOnlyStatesWellKnown;
+};
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short      default ctor
+    @descr      We open our configuration here and read all necessary values from it.
+                These values are cached till everyone call Commit(). Then we write changed ones back to cfg.
+
+    @seealso    baseclass ConfigItem
+    @seealso    method impl_Read()
+    @threadsafe no
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+SvtModuleOptions_Impl::SvtModuleOptions_Impl()
+    :   ::utl::ConfigItem( ROOTNODE_FACTORIES )
+    ,   m_bReadOnlyStatesWellKnown( false )
+{
+    // First initialize list of factory infos! Otherwise we couldn't guarantee right working of these class.
+    for( auto & rFactory : m_lFactories )
+        rFactory.free();
+
+    // Get name list of all existing set node names in configuration to read her properties in impl_Read().
+    // These list is a list of long names of our factories.
+    const css::uno::Sequence< OUString > lFactories = GetNodeNames( OUString() );
+    impl_Read( lFactories );
+
+    // Enable notification for changes by using configuration directly.
+    // So we can update our internal values immediately.
+    EnableNotification( lFactories );
+}
+
+SvtModuleOptions_Impl::~SvtModuleOptions_Impl()
+{
+    assert(!IsModified()); // should have been committed
+}
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short      called for notify of configmanager
+    @descr      This method is called from the ConfigManager before application ends or from the
+                PropertyChangeListener if the sub tree broadcasts changes. You must update our
+                internal values.
+
+    @attention  We are registered for pure set node names only. So we can use our internal method "impl_Read()" to
+                update our info list. Because - this method expand given name list to full qualified property list
+                and use it to read the values. These values are filled into our internal member list m_lFactories
+                at right position.
+
+    @seealso    method impl_Read()
+
+    @param      "lNames" is the list of set node entries which should be updated.
+    @threadsafe no
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+void SvtModuleOptions_Impl::Notify( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& )
+{
+    OSL_FAIL( "SvtModuleOptions_Impl::Notify() Not implemented yet!" );
+}
+
+/*-****************************************************************************************************
+    @short      write changes to configuration
+    @descr      This method writes the changed values into the sub tree
+                and should always called in our destructor to guarantee consistency of config data.
+
+    @attention  We clear complete set in configuration first and write it completely new! So we don't must
+                distinguish between existing, added or removed elements. Our internal cached values
+                are the only and right ones.
+
+    @seealso    baseclass ConfigItem
+    @threadsafe no
+*//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+void SvtModuleOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    // Reserve memory for ALL possible factory properties!
+    // Step over all factories and get her really changed values only.
+    // Build list of these ones and use it for commit.
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > lCommitProperties( FACTORYCOUNT*PROPERTYCOUNT );
+    sal_Int32                                       nRealCount       = 0;
+    OUString                                 sBasePath;
+    for( FactoryInfo & rInfo : m_lFactories )
+    {
+        // These path is used to build full qualified property names...
+        // See pInfo->getChangedProperties() for further information
+        sBasePath  = PATHSEPARATOR + rInfo.getFactory() + PATHSEPARATOR;
+
+        const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > lChangedProperties = rInfo.getChangedProperties ( sBasePath );
+        std::copy(lChangedProperties.begin(), lChangedProperties.end(), std::next(lCommitProperties.getArray(), nRealCount));
+        nRealCount += lChangedProperties.getLength();
+    }
+    // Resize commit list to real size.
+    // If nothing to do - suppress calling of configuration...
+    // It could be too expensive :-)
+    if( nRealCount > 0 )
+    {
+        lCommitProperties.realloc( nRealCount );
+        SetSetProperties( OUString(), lCommitProperties );
+    }
+}
+
+/*-****************************************************************************************************
+    @short      access method to get internal values
+    @descr      These methods implement easy access to our internal values.
+                You give us right enum value to specify which module interest you ... we return right information.
+
+    @attention  Some people use any value as enum ... but we support in header specified values only!
+                We use it directly as index in our internal list. If enum value isn't right - we crash with an
+                "index out of range"!!! Please use me right - otherwise there is no guarantee.
+    @param      "eModule"  , index in list - specify module
+    @return     Queried information.
+
+    @onerror    We return default values. (mostly "not installed"!)
+    @threadsafe no
+*//*-*****************************************************************************************************/
+bool SvtModuleOptions_Impl::IsModuleInstalled( SvtModuleOptions::EModule eModule ) const
+{
+    switch( eModule )
+    {
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::WRITER:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITER].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::WEB:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERWEB].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::GLOBAL:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERGLOBAL].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::CALC:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CALC].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::DRAW:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DRAW].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::IMPRESS:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::IMPRESS].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::MATH:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::MATH].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::CHART:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CHART].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::STARTMODULE:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::STARTMODULE].getInstalled();
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::BASIC:
+            return true; // Couldn't be deselected by setup yet!
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::DATABASE:
+            return m_lFactories[SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DATABASE].getInstalled();
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence < OUString > SvtModuleOptions_Impl::GetAllServiceNames()
+{
+    std::vector<OUString> aVec;
+
+    for( const auto & rFactory : m_lFactories )
+        if( rFactory.getInstalled() )
+            aVec.push_back( rFactory.getFactory() );
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aVec);
+}
+
+OUString const & SvtModuleOptions_Impl::GetFactoryName( SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    return m_lFactories[eFactory].getFactory();
+}
+
+OUString SvtModuleOptions::GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory)
+{
+    // Attention: Hard configured yet ... because it's not fine to make changes possible by xml file yet.
+    //            But it's good to plan further possibilities!
+
+    //return m_lFactories[eFactory].sShortName;
+
+    OUString sShortName;
+    switch( eFactory )
+    {
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITER   :  sShortName = "swriter";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERWEB:  sShortName = "swriter/web";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERGLOBAL:  sShortName = "swriter/GlobalDocument";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CALC     :  sShortName = "scalc";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DRAW     :  sShortName = "sdraw";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::IMPRESS  :  sShortName = "simpress";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::MATH     :  sShortName = "smath";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CHART    :  sShortName = "schart";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::BASIC    :  sShortName = "sbasic";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DATABASE :  sShortName = "sdatabase";
+                                                       break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::STARTMODULE :  sShortName = "startmodule";
+                                                       break;
+        default:
+            OSL_FAIL( "unknown factory" );
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return sShortName;
+}
+
+OUString const & SvtModuleOptions_Impl::GetFactoryStandardTemplate( SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    return m_lFactories[eFactory].getTemplateFile();
+}
+
+OUString SvtModuleOptions_Impl::GetFactoryEmptyDocumentURL( SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory )
+{
+    // Attention: Hard configured yet ... because it's not fine to make changes possible by xml file yet.
+    //            But it's good to plan further possibilities!
+
+    //return m_lFactories[eFactory].getEmptyDocumentURL();
+
+    OUString sURL;
+    switch( eFactory )
+    {
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITER        :  sURL = "private:factory/swriter";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERWEB     :  sURL = "private:factory/swriter/web";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERGLOBAL  :  sURL = "private:factory/swriter/GlobalDocument";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CALC          :  sURL = "private:factory/scalc";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DRAW          :  sURL = "private:factory/sdraw";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::IMPRESS       :  sURL = "private:factory/simpress?slot=6686";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::MATH          :  sURL = "private:factory/smath";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CHART         :  sURL = "private:factory/schart";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::BASIC         :  sURL = "private:factory/sbasic";
+                                                  break;
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DATABASE     :  sURL = "private:factory/sdatabase?Interactive";
+                                                  break;
+        default:
+            OSL_FAIL( "unknown factory" );
+            break;
+    }
+    return sURL;
+}
+
+OUString const & SvtModuleOptions_Impl::GetFactoryDefaultFilter( SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    return m_lFactories[eFactory].getDefaultFilter();
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions_Impl::IsDefaultFilterReadonly( SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory   ) const
+{
+    return m_lFactories[eFactory].isDefaultFilterReadonly();
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SvtModuleOptions_Impl::GetFactoryIcon( SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    return m_lFactories[eFactory].getIcon();
+}
+
+void SvtModuleOptions_Impl::SetFactoryStandardTemplate(       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory   ,
+                                                        const OUString&           sTemplate  )
+{
+    m_lFactories[eFactory].setTemplateFile( sTemplate );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+void SvtModuleOptions_Impl::SetFactoryDefaultFilter(       SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eFactory,
+                                                     const OUString&           sFilter )
+{
+    m_lFactories[eFactory].setDefaultFilter( sFilter );
+    SetModified();
+}
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short      return list of key names of our configuration management which represent our module tree
+    @descr      You give use a list of current existing set node names .. and we expand it for all
+                well known properties which are necessary for this implementation.
+                These full expanded list should be used to get values of this properties.
+
+    @seealso    ctor
+    @return     List of all relative addressed properties of given set entry names.
+
+    @onerror    List will be empty.
+    @threadsafe no
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SvtModuleOptions_Impl::impl_ExpandSetNames( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& lSetNames )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nCount     = lSetNames.getLength();
+    css::uno::Sequence< OUString > lPropNames ( nCount*PROPERTYCOUNT );
+    OUString* pPropNames = lPropNames.getArray();
+    sal_Int32 nPropStart = 0;
+
+    for( const auto& rSetName : lSetNames )
+    {
+        pPropNames[nPropStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_SHORTNAME       ] = rSetName + PATHSEPARATOR PROPERTYNAME_SHORTNAME;
+        pPropNames[nPropStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_TEMPLATEFILE    ] = rSetName + PATHSEPARATOR PROPERTYNAME_TEMPLATEFILE;
+        pPropNames[nPropStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_WINDOWATTRIBUTES] = rSetName + PATHSEPARATOR PROPERTYNAME_WINDOWATTRIBUTES;
+        pPropNames[nPropStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_EMPTYDOCUMENTURL] = rSetName + PATHSEPARATOR PROPERTYNAME_EMPTYDOCUMENTURL;
+        pPropNames[nPropStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_DEFAULTFILTER   ] = rSetName + PATHSEPARATOR PROPERTYNAME_DEFAULTFILTER;
+        pPropNames[nPropStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_ICON            ] = rSetName + PATHSEPARATOR PROPERTYNAME_ICON;
+        nPropStart += PROPERTYCOUNT;
+    }
+
+    return lPropNames;
+}
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short      helper to classify given factory by name
+    @descr      Every factory has its own long and short name. So we can match right enum value for internal using.
+
+    @attention  We change in/out parameter "eFactory" in every case! But you should use it only, if return value is sal_True!
+                Algorithm:  Set out-parameter to probably value ... and check the longname.
+                            If it matches with these factory - break operation and return true AND right set parameter.
+                            Otherwise try next one and so on. If no factory was found return false. Out parameter eFactory
+                            is set to last tried value but shouldn't be used! Because our return value is false!
+    @param      "sLongName" , long name of factory, which should be classified
+    @return     "eFactory"  , right enum value, which match given long name
+                and true for successfully classification, false otherwise
+
+    @onerror    We return false.
+    @threadsafe no
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+bool SvtModuleOptions_Impl::ClassifyFactoryByName( std::u16string_view sName, SvtModuleOptions::EFactory& eFactory )
+{
+    bool bState;
+
+    eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITER;
+    bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_WRITER );
+
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERWEB;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_WRITERWEB );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERGLOBAL;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_WRITERGLOBAL );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CALC;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_CALC );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DRAW;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_DRAW );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::IMPRESS;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_IMPRESS );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::MATH;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_MATH );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CHART;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_CHART );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DATABASE;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_DATABASE );
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::STARTMODULE;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_STARTMODULE);
+    }
+    // no else!
+    if( !bState )
+    {
+        eFactory = SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::BASIC;
+        bState   = ( sName == FACTORYNAME_BASIC);
+    }
+
+    return bState;
+}
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short      read factory configuration
+    @descr      Give us a list of pure factory names (long names!) which can be used as
+                direct set node names... and we read her property values and fill internal list.
+                These method can be used by initial reading at ctor and later updating by "Notify()".
+
+    @seealso    ctor
+    @seealso    method Notify()
+
+    @param      "lFactories" is the list of set node entries which should be read.
+    @onerror    We do nothing.
+    @threadsafe no
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+void SvtModuleOptions_Impl::impl_Read( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& lFactories )
+{
+    // Expand every set node name in lFactories to full qualified paths to its properties
+    // and get right values from configuration.
+    const css::uno::Sequence< OUString > lProperties = impl_ExpandSetNames( lFactories  );
+    const css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Any >   lValues     = GetProperties( lProperties );
+
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // We need values from ALL configuration keys.
+    // Follow assignment use order of values in relation to our list of key names!
+    OSL_ENSURE( !(lProperties.getLength()!=lValues.getLength()), "SvtModuleOptions_Impl::impl_Read()\nI miss some values of configuration keys!" );
+
+    // Algorithm:   We step over all given factory names and classify it. These enum value can be used as direct index
+    //              in our member list m_lFactories! VAriable nPropertyStart marks start position of every factory
+    //              and her properties in expanded property/value list. The defines PROPERTHANDLE_xxx are used as offset values
+    //              added to nPropertyStart. So we can address every property relative in these lists.
+    //              If we found any valid values ... we reset all existing information for corresponding m_lFactories-entry and
+    //              use a pointer to these struct in memory directly to set new values.
+    //              But we set it only, if bInstalled is true. Otherwise all other values of a factory can be undeclared .. They
+    //              shouldn't be used then.
+    // Attention:   If a propertyset of a factory will be ignored we must step to next start position of next factory infos!
+    //              see "nPropertyStart += PROPERTYCOUNT" ...
+
+    sal_Int32                   nPropertyStart  = 0;
+    FactoryInfo*                pInfo           = nullptr;
+    SvtModuleOptions::EFactory  eFactory;
+
+    for( const OUString& sFactoryName : lFactories )
+    {
+        if( ClassifyFactoryByName( sFactoryName, eFactory ) )
+        {
+            OUString sTemp;
+            sal_Int32       nTemp = 0;
+
+            pInfo = &(m_lFactories[eFactory]);
+            pInfo->free();
+
+            pInfo->initInstalled();
+            pInfo->initFactory  ( sFactoryName );
+
+            if (lValues[nPropertyStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_TEMPLATEFILE] >>= sTemp)
+                pInfo->initTemplateFile( sTemp );
+            if (lValues[nPropertyStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_DEFAULTFILTER   ] >>= sTemp)
+                pInfo->initDefaultFilter( sTemp );
+            if (lValues[nPropertyStart+PROPERTYHANDLE_ICON] >>= nTemp)
+                pInfo->initIcon( nTemp );
+        }
+        nPropertyStart += PROPERTYCOUNT;
+    }
+}
+
+void SvtModuleOptions_Impl::MakeReadonlyStatesAvailable()
+{
+    if (m_bReadOnlyStatesWellKnown)
+        return;
+
+    css::uno::Sequence< OUString > lFactories = GetNodeNames(OUString());
+    for (OUString& rFactory : asNonConstRange(lFactories))
+        rFactory += PATHSEPARATOR PROPERTYNAME_DEFAULTFILTER;
+
+    css::uno::Sequence< sal_Bool > lReadonlyStates = GetReadOnlyStates(lFactories);
+    sal_Int32 c = lFactories.getLength();
+    for (sal_Int32 i=0; i<c; ++i)
+    {
+        const OUString&            rFactoryName = std::as_const(lFactories)[i];
+        SvtModuleOptions::EFactory  eFactory;
+
+        if (!ClassifyFactoryByName(rFactoryName, eFactory))
+            continue;
+
+        FactoryInfo& rInfo = m_lFactories[eFactory];
+        rInfo.setDefaultFilterReadonly(lReadonlyStates[i]);
+    }
+
+    m_bReadOnlyStatesWellKnown = true;
+}
+
+namespace {
+    //global
+    std::weak_ptr<SvtModuleOptions_Impl> g_pModuleOptions;
+
+std::mutex& impl_GetOwnStaticMutex()
+{
+    static std::mutex s_Mutex;
+    return s_Mutex;
+}
+}
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short      standard constructor and destructor
+    @descr      This will initialize an instance with default values. We initialize/deinitialize our static data
+                container and create a static mutex, which is used for threadsafe code in further time of this object.
+
+    @seealso    method impl_GetOwnStaticMutex()
+    @threadsafe yes
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+SvtModuleOptions::SvtModuleOptions()
+{
+    // no need to take the mutex yet, shared_ptr/weak_ptr are thread-safe
+    m_pImpl = g_pModuleOptions.lock();
+    if( m_pImpl )
+        return;
+
+    // take the mutex, so we don't accidentally create more than one
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+
+    m_pImpl = g_pModuleOptions.lock();
+    if( !m_pImpl )
+    {
+        m_pImpl = std::make_shared<SvtModuleOptions_Impl>();
+        g_pModuleOptions = m_pImpl;
+        aGuard.unlock(); // because holdConfigItem will call this constructor
+        ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem::ModuleOptions);
+    }
+}
+
+SvtModuleOptions::~SvtModuleOptions()
+{
+    m_pImpl.reset();
+}
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short      access to configuration data
+    @descr      This methods allow read/write access to configuration values.
+                They are threadsafe. All calls are forwarded to impl-data-container. See there for further information!
+
+    @seealso    method impl_GetOwnStaticMutex()
+    @threadsafe yes
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsModuleInstalled( EModule eModule ) const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( eModule );
+}
+
+const OUString & SvtModuleOptions::GetFactoryName( EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->GetFactoryName( eFactory );
+}
+
+OUString SvtModuleOptions::GetFactoryStandardTemplate( EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->GetFactoryStandardTemplate( eFactory );
+}
+
+OUString SvtModuleOptions::GetFactoryEmptyDocumentURL( EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return SvtModuleOptions_Impl::GetFactoryEmptyDocumentURL( eFactory );
+}
+
+OUString SvtModuleOptions::GetFactoryDefaultFilter( EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->GetFactoryDefaultFilter( eFactory );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsDefaultFilterReadonly( EFactory eFactory   ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->MakeReadonlyStatesAvailable();
+    return m_pImpl->IsDefaultFilterReadonly( eFactory );
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SvtModuleOptions::GetFactoryIcon( EFactory eFactory ) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->GetFactoryIcon( eFactory );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByName( std::u16string_view sName    ,
+                                                        EFactory&        eFactory )
+{
+    // We don't need any mutex here ... because we don't use any member here!
+    return SvtModuleOptions_Impl::ClassifyFactoryByName( sName, eFactory );
+}
+
+void SvtModuleOptions::SetFactoryStandardTemplate(       EFactory         eFactory   ,
+                                                   const OUString& sTemplate  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->SetFactoryStandardTemplate( eFactory, sTemplate );
+}
+
+void SvtModuleOptions::SetFactoryDefaultFilter(       EFactory         eFactory,
+                                                const OUString& sFilter )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    m_pImpl->SetFactoryDefaultFilter( eFactory, sFilter );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsMath() const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( EModule::MATH );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsChart() const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( EModule::CHART );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsCalc() const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( EModule::CALC );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsDraw() const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( EModule::DRAW );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsWriter() const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( EModule::WRITER );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsImpress() const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( EModule::IMPRESS );
+}
+
+bool SvtModuleOptions::IsDataBase() const
+{
+    // doesn't need mutex, never modified
+    return m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled( EModule::DATABASE );
+}
+
+OUString SvtModuleOptions::GetModuleName( EModule eModule ) const
+{
+    switch( eModule )
+    {
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::WRITER    :   { return "Writer"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::WEB       :   { return "Web"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::GLOBAL    :   { return "Global"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::CALC      :   { return "Calc"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::DRAW      :   { return "Draw"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::IMPRESS   :   { return "Impress"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::MATH      :   { return "Math"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::CHART     :   { return "Chart"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::BASIC     :   { return "Basic"; }
+        case SvtModuleOptions::EModule::DATABASE  :   { return "Database"; }
+        default:
+            OSL_FAIL( "unknown module" );
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+SvtModuleOptions::EFactory SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByShortName(std::u16string_view sName)
+{
+    if ( sName == u"swriter" )
+        return EFactory::WRITER;
+    if (o3tl::equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(sName, u"swriter/Web")) // sometimes they are registered for swriter/web :-(
+        return EFactory::WRITERWEB;
+    if (o3tl::equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(sName, u"swriter/GlobalDocument")) // sometimes they are registered for swriter/globaldocument :-(
+        return EFactory::WRITERGLOBAL;
+    if ( sName == u"scalc" )
+        return EFactory::CALC;
+    if ( sName == u"sdraw" )
+        return EFactory::DRAW;
+    if ( sName == u"simpress" )
+        return EFactory::IMPRESS;
+    if ( sName == u"schart" )
+        return EFactory::CHART;
+    if ( sName == u"smath" )
+        return EFactory::MATH;
+    if ( sName == u"sbasic" )
+        return EFactory::BASIC;
+    if ( sName == u"sdatabase" )
+        return EFactory::DATABASE;
+
+    return EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY;
+}
+
+SvtModuleOptions::EFactory SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByServiceName(std::u16string_view sName)
+{
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_WRITERGLOBAL)
+        return EFactory::WRITERGLOBAL;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_WRITERWEB)
+        return EFactory::WRITERWEB;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_WRITER)
+        return EFactory::WRITER;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_CALC)
+        return EFactory::CALC;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_DRAW)
+        return EFactory::DRAW;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_IMPRESS)
+        return EFactory::IMPRESS;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_MATH)
+        return EFactory::MATH;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_CHART)
+        return EFactory::CHART;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_DATABASE)
+        return EFactory::DATABASE;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_STARTMODULE)
+        return EFactory::STARTMODULE;
+    if (sName == FACTORYNAME_BASIC)
+        return EFactory::BASIC;
+
+    return EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY;
+}
+
+SvtModuleOptions::EFactory SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByURL(const OUString&                                 sURL            ,
+                                                                  const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& lMediaDescriptor)
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xFilterCfg;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xTypeCfg;
+    try
+    {
+        xFilterCfg.set(
+            xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.document.FilterFactory", xContext), css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        xTypeCfg.set(
+            xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.document.TypeDetection", xContext), css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException&)
+        { throw; }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        { return EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY; }
+
+    ::comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap stlDesc(lMediaDescriptor);
+
+    // is there already a filter inside the descriptor?
+    OUString sFilterName = stlDesc.getUnpackedValueOrDefault("FilterName", OUString());
+    if (!sFilterName.isEmpty())
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            ::comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap stlFilterProps   (xFilterCfg->getByName(sFilterName));
+            OUString                 sDocumentService = stlFilterProps.getUnpackedValueOrDefault("DocumentService", OUString());
+            SvtModuleOptions::EFactory      eApp             = SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByServiceName(sDocumentService);
+
+            if (eApp != EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY)
+                return eApp;
+        }
+        catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException&)
+            { throw; }
+        catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+            { /* do nothing here ... may the following code can help!*/ }
+    }
+
+    // is there already a type inside the descriptor?
+    OUString sTypeName = stlDesc.getUnpackedValueOrDefault("TypeName", OUString());
+    if (sTypeName.isEmpty())
+    {
+        // no :-(
+        // start flat detection of URL
+        css::uno::Reference< css::document::XTypeDetection > xDetect(xTypeCfg, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        sTypeName = xDetect->queryTypeByURL(sURL);
+    }
+
+    if (sTypeName.isEmpty())
+        return EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY;
+
+    // yes - there is a type info
+    // Try to find the preferred filter.
+    try
+    {
+        ::comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap stlTypeProps     (xTypeCfg->getByName(sTypeName));
+        OUString                 sPreferredFilter = stlTypeProps.getUnpackedValueOrDefault("PreferredFilter", OUString());
+        ::comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap stlFilterProps   (xFilterCfg->getByName(sPreferredFilter));
+        OUString                 sDocumentService = stlFilterProps.getUnpackedValueOrDefault("DocumentService", OUString());
+        SvtModuleOptions::EFactory      eApp             = SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByServiceName(sDocumentService);
+
+        if (eApp != EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY)
+            return eApp;
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException&)
+        { throw; }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        { /* do nothing here ... may the following code can help!*/ }
+
+    // no filter/no type/no detection result => no fun :-)
+    return EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY;
+}
+
+SvtModuleOptions::EFactory SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByModel(const css::uno::Reference< css::frame::XModel >& xModel)
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XServiceInfo > xInfo(xModel, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    if (!xInfo.is())
+        return EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY;
+
+    const css::uno::Sequence< OUString > lServices = xInfo->getSupportedServiceNames();
+
+    for (const OUString& rService : lServices)
+    {
+        SvtModuleOptions::EFactory eApp = SvtModuleOptions::ClassifyFactoryByServiceName(rService);
+        if (eApp != EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY)
+            return eApp;
+    }
+
+    return EFactory::UNKNOWN_FACTORY;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence < OUString > SvtModuleOptions::GetAllServiceNames()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( impl_GetOwnStaticMutex() );
+    return m_pImpl->GetAllServiceNames();
+}
+
+OUString SvtModuleOptions::GetDefaultModuleName() const
+{
+    OUString aModule;
+    if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::WRITER))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITER);
+    else if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::CALC))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::CALC);
+    else if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::IMPRESS))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::IMPRESS);
+    else if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::DATABASE))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DATABASE);
+    else if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::DRAW))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::DRAW);
+    else if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::WEB))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERWEB);
+    else if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::GLOBAL))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::WRITERGLOBAL);
+    else if (m_pImpl->IsModuleInstalled(SvtModuleOptions::EModule::MATH))
+        aModule = GetFactoryShortName(SvtModuleOptions::EFactory::MATH);
+    return aModule;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/options.cxx b/unotools/source/config/options.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4da44fa27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/options.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 <sal/config.h>
+#include <unotools/options.hxx>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+using utl::detail::Options;
+using utl::ConfigurationBroadcaster;
+
+utl::ConfigurationListener::~ConfigurationListener() {}
+
+ConfigurationBroadcaster::ConfigurationBroadcaster()
+: m_nBroadcastBlocked( 0 )
+, m_nBlockedHint( ConfigurationHints::NONE )
+{
+}
+
+ConfigurationBroadcaster::ConfigurationBroadcaster(ConfigurationBroadcaster const & rSource)
+: mpList( rSource.mpList ? new IMPL_ConfigurationListenerList(*rSource.mpList) : nullptr )
+, m_nBroadcastBlocked( rSource.m_nBroadcastBlocked )
+, m_nBlockedHint( rSource.m_nBlockedHint )
+{
+}
+
+ConfigurationBroadcaster::~ConfigurationBroadcaster()
+{
+}
+
+ConfigurationBroadcaster & ConfigurationBroadcaster::operator =(
+    ConfigurationBroadcaster const & other)
+{
+    if (&other != this) {
+        mpList.reset(
+            other.mpList == nullptr ? nullptr : new IMPL_ConfigurationListenerList(*other.mpList));
+        m_nBroadcastBlocked = other.m_nBroadcastBlocked;
+        m_nBlockedHint = other.m_nBlockedHint;
+    }
+    return *this;
+}
+
+void ConfigurationBroadcaster::AddListener( utl::ConfigurationListener* pListener )
+{
+    if ( !mpList )
+        mpList.reset(new IMPL_ConfigurationListenerList);
+    mpList->push_back( pListener );
+}
+
+void ConfigurationBroadcaster::RemoveListener( utl::ConfigurationListener const * pListener )
+{
+    if ( mpList ) {
+        auto it = std::find(mpList->begin(), mpList->end(), pListener);
+        if ( it != mpList->end() )
+            mpList->erase( it );
+    }
+}
+
+void ConfigurationBroadcaster::NotifyListeners( ConfigurationHints nHint )
+{
+    if ( m_nBroadcastBlocked )
+        m_nBlockedHint |= nHint;
+    else
+    {
+        nHint |= m_nBlockedHint;
+        m_nBlockedHint = ConfigurationHints::NONE;
+        if ( mpList ) {
+            for ( size_t n = 0; n < mpList->size(); n++ )
+                (*mpList)[ n ]->ConfigurationChanged( this, nHint );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void ConfigurationBroadcaster::BlockBroadcasts( bool bBlock )
+{
+    if ( bBlock )
+        ++m_nBroadcastBlocked;
+    else if ( m_nBroadcastBlocked )
+    {
+        if ( --m_nBroadcastBlocked == 0 )
+            NotifyListeners( ConfigurationHints::NONE );
+    }
+}
+
+Options::Options()
+{
+}
+
+Options::~Options()
+{
+}
+
+void Options::ConfigurationChanged( ConfigurationBroadcaster*, ConfigurationHints nHint )
+{
+    NotifyListeners( nHint );
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/optionsdlg.cxx b/unotools/source/config/optionsdlg.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc5ee7a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/optionsdlg.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 <unotools/optionsdlg.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral ROOT_NODE = u"OptionsDialogGroups";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PAGES_NODE = u"Pages";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral OPTIONS_NODE = u"Options";
+
+namespace {
+    enum NodeType{ NT_Group, NT_Page, NT_Option };
+}
+constexpr OUStringLiteral g_sPathDelimiter = u"/";
+static void ReadNode(
+        const Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess>& xHierarchyAccess,
+        SvtOptionsDialogOptions::OptionNodeList & aOptionNodeList,
+        std::u16string_view _rNode, NodeType _eType );
+
+
+SvtOptionsDialogOptions::SvtOptionsDialogOptions()
+{
+    Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = utl::ConfigManager::acquireTree(u"Office.OptionsDialog");
+    const Sequence< OUString > aNodeSeq = utl::ConfigItem::GetNodeNames( xHierarchyAccess, ROOT_NODE, utl::ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath);
+    OUString sNode( ROOT_NODE + g_sPathDelimiter );
+    for ( const auto& rNode : aNodeSeq )
+    {
+        OUString sSubNode( sNode + rNode );
+        ReadNode( xHierarchyAccess, m_aOptionNodeList, sSubNode, NT_Group );
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void ReadNode(
+        const Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess>& xHierarchyAccess,
+        SvtOptionsDialogOptions::OptionNodeList & aOptionNodeList,
+        std::u16string_view _rNode, NodeType _eType )
+{
+    OUString sNode( _rNode + g_sPathDelimiter );
+    OUString sSet;
+    sal_Int32 nLen = 0;
+    switch ( _eType )
+    {
+        case NT_Group :
+        {
+            sSet = PAGES_NODE;
+            nLen = 2;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        case NT_Page :
+        {
+            sSet = OPTIONS_NODE;
+            nLen = 2;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        case NT_Option :
+        {
+            nLen = 1;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    assert(nLen > 0);
+
+    Sequence< OUString > lResult( nLen );
+    auto plResult = lResult.getArray();
+    plResult[0] = sNode + "Hide";
+    if ( _eType != NT_Option )
+        plResult[1] = sNode + sSet;
+
+    Sequence< Any > aValues = utl::ConfigItem::GetProperties( xHierarchyAccess, lResult, /*bAllLocales*/false );
+    bool bHide = false;
+    if ( aValues[0] >>= bHide )
+        aOptionNodeList.emplace( sNode, bHide );
+
+    if ( _eType != NT_Option )
+    {
+        OUString sNodes( sNode + sSet );
+        const Sequence< OUString > aNodes = utl::ConfigItem::GetNodeNames( xHierarchyAccess, sNodes, utl::ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath );
+        for ( const auto& rNode : aNodes )
+        {
+            OUString sSubNodeName( sNodes + g_sPathDelimiter + rNode );
+            ReadNode( xHierarchyAccess, aOptionNodeList, sSubNodeName, _eType == NT_Group ? NT_Page : NT_Option );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static OUString getGroupPath( std::u16string_view _rGroup )
+{
+    return OUString( OUString::Concat(ROOT_NODE) + "/" + _rGroup + "/" );
+}
+static OUString getPagePath( std::u16string_view _rPage )
+{
+    return OUString( OUString::Concat(PAGES_NODE) + "/" + _rPage + "/" );
+}
+static OUString getOptionPath( std::u16string_view _rOption )
+{
+    return OUString( OUString::Concat(OPTIONS_NODE) + "/" + _rOption + "/" );
+}
+
+bool SvtOptionsDialogOptions::IsHidden( const OUString& _rPath ) const
+{
+    bool bRet = false;
+    OptionNodeList::const_iterator pIter = m_aOptionNodeList.find( _rPath );
+    if ( pIter != m_aOptionNodeList.end() )
+        bRet = pIter->second;
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool SvtOptionsDialogOptions::IsGroupHidden( std::u16string_view _rGroup ) const
+{
+    return IsHidden( getGroupPath( _rGroup ) );
+}
+
+bool SvtOptionsDialogOptions::IsPageHidden( std::u16string_view _rPage, std::u16string_view _rGroup ) const
+{
+    return IsHidden( getGroupPath( _rGroup  ) + getPagePath( _rPage ) );
+}
+
+bool SvtOptionsDialogOptions::IsOptionHidden(
+    std::u16string_view _rOption, std::u16string_view _rPage, std::u16string_view _rGroup ) const
+{
+    return IsHidden( getGroupPath( _rGroup  ) + getPagePath( _rPage ) + getOptionPath( _rOption ) );
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/pathoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/pathoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1a536270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/pathoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,851 @@
+/* -*- 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 <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/pathoptions.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+
+#include <unotools/ucbhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/getexpandeduri.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XFastPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySetInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/thePathSettings.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/PathSubstitution.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XStringSubstitution.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/theMacroExpander.hpp>
+#include <o3tl/enumarray.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
+
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+#include <set>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+using namespace osl;
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace com::sun::star::util;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+
+#define SEARCHPATH_DELIMITER  ';'
+#define SIGN_STARTVARIABLE    "$("
+#define SIGN_ENDVARIABLE      ")"
+
+// Supported variables by the old SvtPathOptions implementation
+#define SUBSTITUTE_INSTPATH   "$(instpath)"
+#define SUBSTITUTE_PROGPATH   "$(progpath)"
+#define SUBSTITUTE_USERPATH   "$(userpath)"
+#define SUBSTITUTE_PATH       "$(path)"
+
+#define STRPOS_NOTFOUND       -1
+
+typedef std::unordered_map<OUString, sal_Int32> NameToHandleMap;
+
+typedef std::set<OUString> VarNameSet;
+
+// class SvtPathOptions_Impl ---------------------------------------------
+class SvtPathOptions_Impl
+{
+    private:
+        // Local variables to return const references
+        o3tl::enumarray< SvtPathOptions::Paths, OUString > m_aPathArray;
+        Reference< XFastPropertySet >       m_xPathSettings;
+        Reference< XStringSubstitution >    m_xSubstVariables;
+        Reference< XMacroExpander >         m_xMacroExpander;
+        mutable std::unordered_map<SvtPathOptions::Paths, sal_Int32>
+                                            m_aMapEnumToPropHandle;
+        VarNameSet                          m_aSystemPathVarNames;
+
+        OUString                            m_aEmptyString;
+        mutable std::mutex                  m_aMutex;
+
+    public:
+                        SvtPathOptions_Impl();
+
+        // get the paths, not const because of using a mutex
+        const OUString& GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths );
+        const OUString& GetAddinPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn ); }
+        const OUString& GetAutoCorrectPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoCorrect ); }
+        const OUString& GetAutoTextPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoText ); }
+        const OUString& GetBackupPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Backup ); }
+        const OUString& GetBasicPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Basic ); }
+        const OUString& GetBitmapPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Bitmap ); }
+        const OUString& GetConfigPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Config ); }
+        const OUString& GetDictionaryPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Dictionary ); }
+        const OUString& GetFavoritesPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Favorites ); }
+        const OUString& GetFilterPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter ); }
+        const OUString& GetGalleryPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Gallery ); }
+        const OUString& GetGraphicPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Graphic ); }
+        const OUString& GetHelpPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help ); }
+        const OUString& GetLinguisticPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Linguistic ); }
+        const OUString& GetModulePath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module ); }
+        const OUString& GetPalettePath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Palette ); }
+        const OUString& GetIconsetPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::IconSet); }
+        const OUString& GetPluginPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin ); }
+        const OUString& GetStoragePath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Storage ); }
+        const OUString& GetTempPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Temp ); }
+        const OUString& GetTemplatePath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Template ); }
+        const OUString& GetUserConfigPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::UserConfig ); }
+        const OUString& GetWorkPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Work ); }
+        const OUString& GetUIConfigPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::UIConfig ); }
+        const OUString& GetFingerprintPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Fingerprint ); }
+        const OUString& GetNumbertextPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::NumberText ); }
+        const OUString& GetClassificationPath() { return GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Classification ); }
+
+        // set the paths
+        void            SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths, const OUString& rNewPath );
+        void            SetAddinPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn, rPath ); }
+        void            SetAutoCorrectPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoCorrect, rPath ); }
+        void            SetAutoTextPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoText, rPath ); }
+        void            SetBackupPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Backup, rPath ); }
+        void            SetBasicPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Basic, rPath ); }
+        void            SetBitmapPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Bitmap, rPath ); }
+        void            SetConfigPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Config, rPath ); }
+        void            SetDictionaryPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Dictionary, rPath ); }
+        void            SetFavoritesPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Favorites, rPath ); }
+        void            SetFilterPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter, rPath ); }
+        void            SetGalleryPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Gallery, rPath ); }
+        void            SetGraphicPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Graphic, rPath ); }
+        void            SetHelpPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help, rPath ); }
+        void            SetLinguisticPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Linguistic, rPath ); }
+        void            SetModulePath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module, rPath ); }
+        void            SetPalettePath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Palette, rPath ); }
+        void            SetPluginPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin, rPath ); }
+        void            SetStoragePath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Storage, rPath ); }
+        void            SetTempPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Temp, rPath ); }
+        void            SetTemplatePath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Template, rPath ); }
+        void            SetUserConfigPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::UserConfig, rPath ); }
+        void            SetWorkPath( const OUString& rPath ) { SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths::Work, rPath ); }
+
+        OUString   SubstVar( const OUString& rVar ) const;
+        OUString   ExpandMacros( const OUString& rPath ) const;
+        OUString   UsePathVariables( const OUString& rPath ) const;
+};
+
+// global ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+static std::weak_ptr<SvtPathOptions_Impl> g_pOptions;
+
+namespace {
+
+// functions -------------------------------------------------------------
+struct PropertyStruct
+{
+    const char*             pPropName;  // The ascii name of the Office path
+    SvtPathOptions::Paths   ePath;      // The enum value used by SvtPathOptions
+};
+
+struct VarNameAttribute
+{
+    const char*             pVarName;       // The name of the path variable
+};
+
+}
+
+const PropertyStruct aPropNames[] =
+{
+    { "Addin",          SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn          },
+    { "AutoCorrect",    SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoCorrect    },
+    { "AutoText",       SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoText       },
+    { "Backup",         SvtPathOptions::Paths::Backup         },
+    { "Basic",          SvtPathOptions::Paths::Basic          },
+    { "Bitmap",         SvtPathOptions::Paths::Bitmap         },
+    { "Config",         SvtPathOptions::Paths::Config         },
+    { "Dictionary",     SvtPathOptions::Paths::Dictionary     },
+    { "Favorite",       SvtPathOptions::Paths::Favorites      },
+    { "Filter",         SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter         },
+    { "Gallery",        SvtPathOptions::Paths::Gallery        },
+    { "Graphic",        SvtPathOptions::Paths::Graphic        },
+    { "Help",           SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help           },
+    { "Iconset",        SvtPathOptions::Paths::IconSet        },
+    { "Linguistic",     SvtPathOptions::Paths::Linguistic     },
+    { "Module",         SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module         },
+    { "Palette",        SvtPathOptions::Paths::Palette        },
+    { "Plugin",         SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin         },
+    { "Storage",        SvtPathOptions::Paths::Storage        },
+    { "Temp",           SvtPathOptions::Paths::Temp           },
+    { "Template",       SvtPathOptions::Paths::Template       },
+    { "UserConfig",     SvtPathOptions::Paths::UserConfig     },
+    { "Work",           SvtPathOptions::Paths::Work           },
+    { "UIConfig",       SvtPathOptions::Paths::UIConfig       },
+    { "Fingerprint",    SvtPathOptions::Paths::Fingerprint    },
+    { "Numbertext",     SvtPathOptions::Paths::NumberText     },
+    { "Classification", SvtPathOptions::Paths::Classification }
+};
+
+const VarNameAttribute aVarNameAttribute[] =
+{
+    { SUBSTITUTE_INSTPATH },    // $(instpath)
+    { SUBSTITUTE_PROGPATH },    // $(progpath)
+    { SUBSTITUTE_USERPATH },    // $(userpath)
+    { SUBSTITUTE_PATH },    // $(path)
+};
+
+// class SvtPathOptions_Impl ---------------------------------------------
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions_Impl::GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths ePath )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    try
+    {
+        OUString    aPathValue;
+        sal_Int32   nHandle = m_aMapEnumToPropHandle[ePath];
+
+        // Substitution is done by the service itself using the substitution service
+        Any         a = m_xPathSettings->getFastPropertyValue( nHandle );
+        a >>= aPathValue;
+        if( ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn     ||
+            ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter    ||
+            ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help      ||
+            ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module    ||
+            ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin    ||
+            ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Storage
+          )
+        {
+            // These office paths have to be converted to system pates
+            OUString    aResult;
+            osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( aPathValue, aResult );
+            aPathValue = aResult;
+        }
+        else if (ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::Palette ||
+                 ePath == SvtPathOptions::Paths::IconSet)
+        {
+            auto ctx = comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+            OUStringBuffer buf(aPathValue.getLength()*2);
+            for (sal_Int32 i = 0;;)
+            {
+                buf.append(
+                    comphelper::getExpandedUri(
+                        ctx, aPathValue.getToken(0, ';', i)));
+                if (i == -1) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                buf.append(';');
+            }
+            aPathValue = buf.makeStringAndClear();
+        }
+
+        m_aPathArray[ ePath ] = aPathValue;
+        return m_aPathArray[ ePath ];
+    }
+    catch (UnknownPropertyException &)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return m_aEmptyString;
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions_Impl::SetPath( SvtPathOptions::Paths ePath, const OUString& rNewPath )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    OUString    aResult;
+    OUString    aNewValue;
+    Any         a;
+
+    switch ( ePath )
+    {
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn:
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter:
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help:
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module:
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin:
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Storage:
+        {
+            // These office paths have to be convert back to UCB-URL's
+            osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath( rNewPath, aResult );
+            aNewValue = aResult;
+        }
+        break;
+
+        default:
+            aNewValue = rNewPath;
+    }
+
+    // Resubstitution is done by the service itself using the substitution service
+    a <<= aNewValue;
+    try
+    {
+        m_xPathSettings->setFastPropertyValue( m_aMapEnumToPropHandle[ePath], a );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.config", "SetPath");
+    }
+}
+
+OUString SvtPathOptions_Impl::ExpandMacros( const OUString& rPath ) const
+{
+    OUString sExpanded( rPath );
+
+    const INetURLObject aParser( rPath );
+    if ( aParser.GetProtocol() == INetProtocol::VndSunStarExpand )
+        sExpanded = m_xMacroExpander->expandMacros( aParser.GetURLPath( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::WithCharset ) );
+
+    return sExpanded;
+}
+
+OUString SvtPathOptions_Impl::UsePathVariables( const OUString& rPath ) const
+{
+    return m_xSubstVariables->reSubstituteVariables( rPath );
+}
+
+OUString SvtPathOptions_Impl::SubstVar( const OUString& rVar ) const
+{
+    // Don't work at parameter-string directly. Copy it.
+    OUString aWorkText = rVar;
+
+    // Convert the returned path to system path!
+    bool bConvertLocal = false;
+
+    // Search for first occurrence of "$(...".
+    sal_Int32 nPosition = aWorkText.indexOf( SIGN_STARTVARIABLE );  // = first position of "$(" in string
+    sal_Int32 nLength   = 0;                                        // = count of letters from "$(" to ")" in string
+
+    // Have we found any variable like "$(...)"?
+    if ( nPosition != STRPOS_NOTFOUND )
+    {
+        // Yes; Get length of found variable.
+        // If no ")" was found - nLength is set to 0 by default! see before.
+        sal_Int32 nEndPosition = aWorkText.indexOf( SIGN_ENDVARIABLE, nPosition );
+        if ( nEndPosition != STRPOS_NOTFOUND )
+            nLength = nEndPosition - nPosition + 1;
+    }
+
+    // Is there another path variable?
+    while ( ( nPosition != STRPOS_NOTFOUND ) && ( nLength > 0 ) )
+    {
+        // YES; Get the next variable for replace.
+        OUString aSubString = aWorkText.copy( nPosition, nLength );
+        aSubString = aSubString.toAsciiLowerCase();
+
+        // Look for special variable that needs a system path.
+        VarNameSet::const_iterator pIter = m_aSystemPathVarNames.find( aSubString );
+        if ( pIter != m_aSystemPathVarNames.end() )
+            bConvertLocal = true;
+
+        nPosition += nLength;
+
+        // We must control index in string before call something at OUString!
+        // The OUString-implementation don't do it for us :-( but the result is not defined otherwise.
+        if ( nPosition + 1 > aWorkText.getLength() )
+        {
+            // Position is out of range. Break loop!
+            nPosition = STRPOS_NOTFOUND;
+            nLength = 0;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Else; Position is valid. Search for next variable.
+            nPosition = aWorkText.indexOf( SIGN_STARTVARIABLE, nPosition );
+            // Have we found any variable like "$(...)"?
+            if ( nPosition != STRPOS_NOTFOUND )
+            {
+                // Yes; Get length of found variable. If no ")" was found - nLength must set to 0!
+                nLength = 0;
+                sal_Int32 nEndPosition = aWorkText.indexOf( SIGN_ENDVARIABLE, nPosition );
+                if ( nEndPosition != STRPOS_NOTFOUND )
+                    nLength = nEndPosition - nPosition + 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    aWorkText = m_xSubstVariables->substituteVariables( rVar, false );
+
+    if ( bConvertLocal )
+    {
+        // Convert the URL to a system path for special path variables
+        OUString aReturn;
+        osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( aWorkText, aReturn );
+        return aReturn;
+    }
+
+    return aWorkText;
+}
+
+SvtPathOptions_Impl::SvtPathOptions_Impl()
+{
+    Reference< XComponentContext > xContext = comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+
+    // Create necessary services
+    Reference< XPathSettings > xPathSettings = thePathSettings::get(xContext);
+    m_xPathSettings.set( xPathSettings, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+    m_xSubstVariables.set( PathSubstitution::create(xContext) );
+    m_xMacroExpander = theMacroExpander::get(xContext);
+
+    // Create temporary hash map to have a mapping between property names and property handles
+    Reference< XPropertySetInfo > xPropSetInfo = xPathSettings->getPropertySetInfo();
+    const Sequence< Property > aPathPropSeq = xPropSetInfo->getProperties();
+
+    NameToHandleMap aTempHashMap;
+    for ( const css::beans::Property& aProperty : aPathPropSeq )
+    {
+        aTempHashMap.emplace(aProperty.Name, aProperty.Handle);
+    }
+
+    // Create mapping between internal enum (SvtPathOptions::Paths) and property handle
+    for ( auto const & p : aPropNames )
+    {
+        NameToHandleMap::const_iterator pIter =
+            aTempHashMap.find( OUString::createFromAscii( p.pPropName ));
+
+        if ( pIter != aTempHashMap.end() )
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nHandle   = pIter->second;
+            SvtPathOptions::Paths nEnum       = p.ePath;
+            m_aMapEnumToPropHandle.emplace( nEnum, nHandle );
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Create hash map for path variables that need a system path as a return value!
+    for ( auto const & i : aVarNameAttribute )
+    {
+        m_aSystemPathVarNames.insert( OUString::createFromAscii( i.pVarName ) );
+    }
+}
+
+// class SvtPathOptions --------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace
+{
+    std::mutex& lclMutex()
+    {
+        static std::mutex SINGLETON;
+        return SINGLETON;
+    }
+}
+
+SvtPathOptions::SvtPathOptions()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( lclMutex() );
+    pImpl = g_pOptions.lock();
+    if ( !pImpl )
+    {
+        pImpl = std::make_shared<SvtPathOptions_Impl>();
+        g_pOptions = pImpl;
+        aGuard.unlock(); // because holdConfigItem will call this constructor
+        ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem::PathOptions);
+    }
+}
+
+SvtPathOptions::~SvtPathOptions()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( lclMutex() );
+
+    pImpl.reset();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetAddinPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetAddinPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetAutoCorrectPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetAutoCorrectPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetAutoTextPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetAutoTextPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetBackupPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetBackupPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetBasicPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetBasicPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetBitmapPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetBitmapPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetConfigPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetConfigPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetDictionaryPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetDictionaryPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetFavoritesPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFavoritesPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetFilterPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFilterPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetGalleryPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetGalleryPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetGraphicPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetGraphicPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetHelpPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetHelpPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetLinguisticPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetLinguisticPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetFingerprintPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFingerprintPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetNumbertextPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetNumbertextPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetModulePath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetModulePath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetPalettePath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetPalettePath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetIconsetPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetIconsetPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetPluginPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetPluginPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetStoragePath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetStoragePath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetTempPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetTempPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetTemplatePath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetTemplatePath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetUserConfigPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetUserConfigPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetWorkPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetWorkPath();
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtPathOptions::GetClassificationPath() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetClassificationPath();
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetAddinPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetAddinPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetAutoCorrectPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetAutoCorrectPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetAutoTextPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetAutoTextPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetBackupPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetBackupPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetBasicPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetBasicPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetBitmapPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetBitmapPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetConfigPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetConfigPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetDictionaryPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetDictionaryPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetFavoritesPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFavoritesPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetFilterPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFilterPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetGalleryPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetGalleryPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetGraphicPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetGraphicPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetHelpPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetHelpPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetLinguisticPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetLinguisticPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetModulePath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetModulePath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetPalettePath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetPalettePath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetPluginPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetPluginPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetStoragePath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetStoragePath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetTempPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetTempPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetTemplatePath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetTemplatePath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetUserConfigPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetUserConfigPath( rPath );
+}
+
+void SvtPathOptions::SetWorkPath( const OUString& rPath )
+{
+    pImpl->SetWorkPath( rPath );
+}
+
+OUString SvtPathOptions::SubstituteVariable( const OUString& rVar ) const
+{
+    return pImpl->SubstVar( rVar );
+}
+
+OUString SvtPathOptions::ExpandMacros( const OUString& rPath ) const
+{
+    return pImpl->ExpandMacros( rPath );
+}
+
+OUString SvtPathOptions::UseVariable( const OUString& rPath ) const
+{
+    return pImpl->UsePathVariables( rPath );
+}
+
+bool SvtPathOptions::SearchFile( OUString& rIniFile, SvtPathOptions::Paths ePath )
+{
+    // check parameter: empty inifile name?
+    if ( rIniFile.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "SvtPathOptions::SearchFile(): invalid parameter" );
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    OUString aIniFile = pImpl->SubstVar( rIniFile );
+    bool bRet = false;
+
+    switch ( ePath )
+    {
+        case SvtPathOptions::Paths::UserConfig:
+        {
+            // path is a URL
+            bRet = true;
+            INetURLObject aObj( GetUserConfigPath() );
+
+            sal_Int32 nIniIndex = 0;
+            do
+            {
+                std::u16string_view aToken = o3tl::getToken(aIniFile, 0, '/', nIniIndex );
+                aObj.insertName(aToken);
+            }
+            while ( nIniIndex >= 0 );
+
+            if ( !::utl::UCBContentHelper::Exists( aObj.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE ) ) )
+            {
+                aObj.SetSmartURL( GetConfigPath() );
+                aObj.insertName( aIniFile );
+                bRet = ::utl::UCBContentHelper::Exists( aObj.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE ) );
+            }
+
+            if ( bRet )
+                rIniFile = aObj.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE );
+
+            break;
+        }
+
+        default:
+        {
+            OUString aPath;
+            switch ( ePath )
+            {
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::AddIn:        aPath = GetAddinPath();         break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoCorrect:  aPath = GetAutoCorrectPath();   break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::AutoText:     aPath = GetAutoTextPath();      break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Backup:       aPath = GetBackupPath();        break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Basic:        aPath = GetBasicPath();         break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Bitmap:       aPath = GetBitmapPath();        break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Config:       aPath = GetConfigPath();        break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Dictionary:   aPath = GetDictionaryPath();    break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Favorites:    aPath = GetFavoritesPath();     break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Filter:       aPath = GetFilterPath();        break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Gallery:      aPath = GetGalleryPath();       break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Graphic:      aPath = GetGraphicPath();       break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Help:         aPath = GetHelpPath();          break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Linguistic:   aPath = GetLinguisticPath();    break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Module:       aPath = GetModulePath();        break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Palette:      aPath = GetPalettePath();       break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::IconSet:      aPath = GetIconsetPath();       break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Plugin:       aPath = GetPluginPath();        break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Storage:      aPath = GetStoragePath();       break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Temp:         aPath = GetTempPath();          break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Template:     aPath = GetTemplatePath();      break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Work:         aPath = GetWorkPath();          break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::UIConfig:     aPath = pImpl->GetUIConfigPath(); break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Fingerprint:  aPath = GetFingerprintPath();   break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::NumberText:   aPath = GetNumbertextPath();    break;
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::Classification: aPath = GetClassificationPath(); break;
+                // coverity[dead_error_begin] - following conditions exist to avoid compiler warning
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::UserConfig:
+                case SvtPathOptions::Paths::LAST:
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            sal_Int32 nPathIndex = 0;
+            do
+            {
+                bool bIsURL = true;
+                OUString aPathToken( aPath.getToken( 0, SEARCHPATH_DELIMITER, nPathIndex ) );
+                INetURLObject aObj( aPathToken );
+                if ( aObj.HasError() )
+                {
+                    bIsURL = false;
+                    OUString aURL;
+                    if ( osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath( aPathToken, aURL )
+                         == osl::FileBase::E_None )
+                        aObj.SetURL( aURL );
+                }
+                if ( aObj.GetProtocol() == INetProtocol::VndSunStarExpand )
+                {
+                    Reference< XMacroExpander > xMacroExpander = theMacroExpander::get( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+                    const OUString sExpandedPath = xMacroExpander->expandMacros( aObj.GetURLPath( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::WithCharset ) );
+                    aObj.SetURL( sExpandedPath );
+                }
+
+                sal_Int32 nIniIndex = 0;
+                do
+                {
+                    std::u16string_view aToken = o3tl::getToken(aIniFile, 0, '/', nIniIndex );
+                    aObj.insertName(aToken);
+                }
+                while ( nIniIndex >= 0 );
+
+                bRet = ::utl::UCBContentHelper::Exists( aObj.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE ) );
+
+                if ( bRet )
+                {
+                    if ( !bIsURL )
+                    {
+                        OUString sTmp;
+                        osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL(
+                                            aObj.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE ), sTmp );
+                        rIniFile = sTmp;
+                    }
+                    else
+                        rIniFile = aObj.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE );
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            while ( nPathIndex >= 0 );
+        }
+    }
+
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/saveopt.cxx b/unotools/source/config/saveopt.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b91ba8639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/saveopt.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/* -*- 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 <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/saveopt.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+
+#include <officecfg/Office/Common.hxx>
+
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+
+void SetODFDefaultVersion( SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion eVersion, const std::shared_ptr<comphelper::ConfigurationChanges>& xChanges )
+{
+    sal_Int16 nTmp = (eVersion == SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_LATEST) ? sal_Int16( 3 ) : sal_Int16( eVersion );
+    officecfg::Office::Common::Save::ODF::DefaultVersion::set(nTmp, xChanges);
+}
+
+void SetODFDefaultVersion( SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion eVersion )
+{
+    auto xChanges = comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::create();
+    SetODFDefaultVersion(eVersion, xChanges);
+    xChanges->commit();
+}
+
+SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion GetODFDefaultVersion()
+{
+    SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion nRet;
+    sal_Int16 nTmp = officecfg::Office::Common::Save::ODF::DefaultVersion::get();
+    if( nTmp == 3 )
+        nRet = SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_LATEST;
+    else
+        nRet = SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion( nTmp );
+    SAL_WARN_IF(nRet == SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_UNKNOWN, "unotools.config", "DefaultVersion is ODFVER_UNKNOWN?");
+    return (nRet == SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_UNKNOWN) ? SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_LATEST : nRet;
+}
+
+SvtSaveOptions::ODFSaneDefaultVersion GetODFSaneDefaultVersion()
+{
+    SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion nRet;
+    sal_Int16 nTmp = officecfg::Office::Common::Save::ODF::DefaultVersion::get();
+    if( nTmp == 3 )
+        nRet = SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_LATEST;
+    else
+        nRet = SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion( nTmp );
+
+    return GetODFSaneDefaultVersion(nRet);
+}
+
+SvtSaveOptions::ODFSaneDefaultVersion GetODFSaneDefaultVersion(SvtSaveOptions::ODFDefaultVersion eODFDefaultVersion)
+{
+    switch (eODFDefaultVersion)
+    {
+        default:
+            assert(!"map new ODFDefaultVersion to ODFSaneDefaultVersion");
+            break;
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_UNKNOWN:
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_LATEST:
+            return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_LATEST_EXTENDED;
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_010:
+            return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_010;
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_011:
+            return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_011;
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_012:
+            return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_012;
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_012_EXT_COMPAT:
+            return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_012_EXT_COMPAT;
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_012_EXTENDED:
+            return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_012_EXTENDED;
+        case SvtSaveOptions::ODFVER_013:
+            return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_013;
+    }
+    return SvtSaveOptions::ODFSVER_LATEST_EXTENDED;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/searchopt.cxx b/unotools/source/config/searchopt.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23a2ae933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/searchopt.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,614 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/searchopt.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.h>
+#include <sal/macros.h>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <i18nutil/transliteration.hxx>
+
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+
+#define MAX_FLAGS_OFFSET    29
+
+class SvtSearchOptions_Impl : public ConfigItem
+{
+    sal_Int32   nFlags;
+    bool    bModified;
+
+    SvtSearchOptions_Impl(const SvtSearchOptions_Impl&) = delete;
+    SvtSearchOptions_Impl& operator=(const SvtSearchOptions_Impl&) = delete;
+
+    // ConfigItem
+    virtual void    ImplCommit() override;
+
+protected:
+    bool            IsModified() const { return bModified; }
+    using ConfigItem::SetModified;
+    void            SetModified( bool bVal );
+    void            Load();
+    bool            Save();
+
+    static Sequence< OUString >    GetPropertyNames();
+
+public:
+    SvtSearchOptions_Impl();
+    virtual ~SvtSearchOptions_Impl() override;
+
+    virtual void    Notify( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& aPropertyNames ) override;
+
+    bool            GetFlag( sal_uInt16 nOffset ) const;
+    void            SetFlag( sal_uInt16 nOffset, bool bVal );
+    void            SetSearchAlgorithm( sal_uInt16 nOffset, bool bVal );
+};
+
+SvtSearchOptions_Impl::SvtSearchOptions_Impl() :
+    ConfigItem( "Office.Common/SearchOptions" ),
+    nFlags(0x0003FFFF) // set all options values to 'true'
+
+{
+    Load();
+    SetModified( false );
+}
+
+SvtSearchOptions_Impl::~SvtSearchOptions_Impl()
+{
+    assert(!IsModified()); // should have been committed
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    if (IsModified())
+        Save();
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions_Impl::Notify( const Sequence< OUString >&  )
+{
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions_Impl::GetFlag( sal_uInt16 nOffset ) const
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT( nOffset <= MAX_FLAGS_OFFSET, "offset out of range");
+    return ((nFlags >> nOffset) & 0x01) != 0;
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions_Impl::SetFlag( sal_uInt16 nOffset, bool bVal )
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT( nOffset <= MAX_FLAGS_OFFSET, "offset out of range");
+    sal_Int32 nOldFlags = nFlags;
+    sal_Int32 nMask = (sal_Int32(1))  << nOffset;
+    if (bVal)
+        nFlags |= nMask;
+    else
+        nFlags &= ~nMask;
+    if (nFlags != nOldFlags)
+        SetModified( true );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions_Impl::SetModified( bool bVal )
+{
+    bModified = bVal;
+    if (bModified)
+    {
+        ConfigItem::SetModified();
+    }
+}
+
+Sequence< OUString > SvtSearchOptions_Impl::GetPropertyNames()
+{
+    static const char* aPropNames[ MAX_FLAGS_OFFSET + 1 ] =
+    {
+        "IsWholeWordsOnly",                     //  0
+        "IsBackwards",                          //  1
+        "IsUseRegularExpression",               //  2
+        //"IsCurrentSelectionOnly",             // interactively set or not...
+        "IsSearchForStyles",                    //  3
+        "IsSimilaritySearch",                   //  4
+        "IsUseAsianOptions",                    //  5
+        "IsMatchCase",                          //  6
+        "Japanese/IsMatchFullHalfWidthForms",   //  7
+        "Japanese/IsMatchHiraganaKatakana",     //  8
+        "Japanese/IsMatchContractions",         //  9
+        "Japanese/IsMatchMinusDashCho-on",      // 10
+        "Japanese/IsMatchRepeatCharMarks",      // 11
+        "Japanese/IsMatchVariantFormKanji",     // 12
+        "Japanese/IsMatchOldKanaForms",         // 13
+        "Japanese/IsMatch_DiZi_DuZu",           // 14
+        "Japanese/IsMatch_BaVa_HaFa",           // 15
+        "Japanese/IsMatch_TsiThiChi_DhiZi",     // 16
+        "Japanese/IsMatch_HyuIyu_ByuVyu",       // 17
+        "Japanese/IsMatch_SeShe_ZeJe",          // 18
+        "Japanese/IsMatch_IaIya",               // 19
+        "Japanese/IsMatch_KiKu",                // 20
+        "Japanese/IsIgnorePunctuation",         // 21
+        "Japanese/IsIgnoreWhitespace",          // 22
+        "Japanese/IsIgnoreProlongedSoundMark",  // 23
+        "Japanese/IsIgnoreMiddleDot",           // 24
+        "IsNotes",                              // 25
+        "IsIgnoreDiacritics_CTL",               // 26
+        "IsIgnoreKashida_CTL",                  // 27
+        "IsSearchFormatted",                    // 28
+        "IsUseWildcard"                         // 29
+    };
+
+    const int nCount = SAL_N_ELEMENTS( aPropNames );
+    Sequence< OUString > aNames( nCount );
+    OUString* pNames = aNames.getArray();
+    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nCount;  ++i)
+        pNames[i] = OUString::createFromAscii( aPropNames[i] );
+
+    return aNames;
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions_Impl::SetSearchAlgorithm( sal_uInt16 nOffset, bool bVal )
+{
+    if (bVal)
+    {
+        // Search algorithms are mutually exclusive.
+        if (nOffset != 2 && GetFlag(2))
+            SetFlag( 2, false );
+        if (nOffset != 4 && GetFlag(4))
+            SetFlag( 4, false );
+        if (nOffset != 29 && GetFlag(29))
+            SetFlag( 29, false );
+    }
+    SetFlag( nOffset, bVal );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions_Impl::Load()
+{
+    bool bSucc = false;
+
+    Sequence< OUString > aNames = GetPropertyNames();
+    sal_Int32 nProps = aNames.getLength();
+
+    const Sequence< Any > aValues = GetProperties( aNames );
+    DBG_ASSERT( aValues.getLength() == aNames.getLength(),
+            "GetProperties failed" );
+    //EnableNotification( aNames );
+
+    if (nProps  &&  aValues.getLength() == nProps)
+    {
+        bSucc = true;
+
+        const Any* pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
+        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nProps;  ++i)
+        {
+            const Any &rVal = pValues[i];
+            DBG_ASSERT( rVal.hasValue(), "property value missing" );
+            if (rVal.hasValue())
+            {
+                bool bVal = bool();
+                if (rVal >>= bVal)
+                {
+                    if (i <= MAX_FLAGS_OFFSET)
+                    {
+                        // use index in sequence as flag index
+                        SetFlag( i, bVal );
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        OSL_FAIL( "unexpected index" );
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    OSL_FAIL( "unexpected type" );
+                    bSucc = false;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                OSL_FAIL( "value missing" );
+                bSucc = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    DBG_ASSERT( bSucc, "LoadConfig failed" );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions_Impl::Save()
+{
+    bool bSucc = false;
+
+    const Sequence< OUString > aNames = GetPropertyNames();
+    sal_Int32 nProps = aNames.getLength();
+
+    Sequence< Any > aValues( nProps );
+    Any *pValue = aValues.getArray();
+
+    DBG_ASSERT( nProps == MAX_FLAGS_OFFSET + 1,
+            "unexpected size of index" );
+    if (nProps == MAX_FLAGS_OFFSET + 1)
+    {
+        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nProps;  ++i)
+            pValue[i] <<= GetFlag(i);
+        bSucc |= PutProperties( aNames, aValues );
+    }
+
+    if (bSucc)
+        SetModified( false );
+
+    return bSucc;
+}
+
+SvtSearchOptions::SvtSearchOptions()
+    : pImpl( new SvtSearchOptions_Impl )
+{
+}
+
+SvtSearchOptions::~SvtSearchOptions()
+{
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::Commit()
+{
+    pImpl->Commit();
+}
+
+TransliterationFlags SvtSearchOptions::GetTransliterationFlags() const
+{
+    TransliterationFlags nRes = TransliterationFlags::NONE;
+
+    if (!IsMatchCase()) // 'IsMatchCase' means act case sensitive
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::IGNORE_CASE;
+    if ( IsMatchFullHalfWidthForms())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::IGNORE_WIDTH;
+    if ( IsMatchHiraganaKatakana())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::IGNORE_KANA;
+    if ( IsMatchContractions())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreSize_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchMinusDashChoon())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreMinusSign_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchRepeatCharMarks())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreIterationMark_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchVariantFormKanji())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreTraditionalKanji_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchOldKanaForms())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreTraditionalKana_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchDiziDuzu())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreZiZu_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchBavaHafa())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreBaFa_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchTsithichiDhizi())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreTiJi_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchHyuiyuByuvyu())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreHyuByu_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchSesheZeje())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreSeZe_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchIaiya())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreIandEfollowedByYa_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsMatchKiku())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreKiKuFollowedBySa_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsIgnorePunctuation())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreSeparator_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsIgnoreWhitespace())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreSpace_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsIgnoreProlongedSoundMark())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreProlongedSoundMark_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsIgnoreMiddleDot())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::ignoreMiddleDot_ja_JP;
+    if ( IsIgnoreDiacritics_CTL())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::IGNORE_DIACRITICS_CTL;
+    if ( IsIgnoreKashida_CTL())
+        nRes |= TransliterationFlags::IGNORE_KASHIDA_CTL;
+    return nRes;
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsWholeWordsOnly() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 0 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetWholeWordsOnly( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 0, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsBackwards() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 1 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetBackwards( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 1, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsUseRegularExpression() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 2 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetUseRegularExpression( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetSearchAlgorithm( 2, bVal );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetSearchForStyles( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 3, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsSimilaritySearch() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 4 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetSimilaritySearch( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetSearchAlgorithm( 4, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsUseAsianOptions() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 5 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetUseAsianOptions( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 5, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchCase() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 6 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchCase( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 6, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchFullHalfWidthForms() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 7 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchFullHalfWidthForms( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 7, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchHiraganaKatakana() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 8 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchHiraganaKatakana( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 8, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchContractions() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 9 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchContractions( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 9, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchMinusDashChoon() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 10 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchMinusDashChoon( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 10, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchRepeatCharMarks() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 11 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchRepeatCharMarks( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 11, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchVariantFormKanji() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 12 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchVariantFormKanji( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 12, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchOldKanaForms() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 13 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchOldKanaForms( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 13, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchDiziDuzu() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 14 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchDiziDuzu( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 14, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchBavaHafa() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 15 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchBavaHafa( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 15, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchTsithichiDhizi() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 16 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchTsithichiDhizi( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 16, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchHyuiyuByuvyu() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 17 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchHyuiyuByuvyu( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 17, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchSesheZeje() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 18 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchSesheZeje( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 18, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchIaiya() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 19 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchIaiya( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 19, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsMatchKiku() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 20 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetMatchKiku( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 20, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsIgnorePunctuation() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 21 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetIgnorePunctuation( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 21, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsIgnoreWhitespace() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 22 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetIgnoreWhitespace( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 22, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsIgnoreProlongedSoundMark() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 23 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetIgnoreProlongedSoundMark( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 23, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsIgnoreMiddleDot() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 24 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetIgnoreMiddleDot( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 24, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsNotes() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 25 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetNotes( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 25, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsIgnoreDiacritics_CTL() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 26 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetIgnoreDiacritics_CTL( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 26, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsIgnoreKashida_CTL() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 27 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetIgnoreKashida_CTL( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 27, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsSearchFormatted() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 28 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetSearchFormatted( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetFlag( 28, bVal );
+}
+
+bool SvtSearchOptions::IsUseWildcard() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetFlag( 29 );
+}
+
+void SvtSearchOptions::SetUseWildcard( bool bVal )
+{
+    pImpl->SetSearchAlgorithm( 29, bVal );
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/securityoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/securityoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4749065fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/securityoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/securityoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <unotools/ucbhelper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
+
+#include <unotools/pathoptions.hxx>
+#include <officecfg/Office/Common.hxx>
+
+//  namespaces
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_MACRO_TRUSTEDAUTHORS = u"TrustedAuthors";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_SUBJECTNAME = u"SubjectName";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_SERIALNUMBER = u"SerialNumber";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_RAWDATA = u"RawData";
+
+
+namespace SvtSecurityOptions
+{
+
+bool IsReadOnly( EOption eOption )
+{
+    bool    bReadonly;
+    switch(eOption)
+    {
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::SecureUrls :
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::SecureURL::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnSaveOrSend:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnSaveOrSendDoc::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnSigning:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnSignDoc::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnPrint:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnPrintDoc::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnCreatePdf:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnCreatePDF::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnRemovePersonalInfo:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::RemovePersonalInfoOnSaving::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnRecommendPassword:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::RecommendPasswordProtection::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::MacroSecLevel:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::MacroSecurityLevel::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::MacroTrustedAuthors:
+            bReadonly = false; // TODO? officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::TrustedAuthors::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::CtrlClickHyperlink:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::HyperlinksWithCtrlClick::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::BlockUntrustedRefererLinks:
+            bReadonly = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::BlockUntrustedRefererLinks::isReadOnly();
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            assert(false);
+            bReadonly = true;
+    }
+
+    return bReadonly;
+}
+
+std::vector< OUString > GetSecureURLs()
+{
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return {};
+    std::vector<OUString> aRet = comphelper::sequenceToContainer<std::vector<OUString>>(
+            officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::SecureURL::get());
+    SvtPathOptions  aOpt;
+    std::transform(aRet.begin(), aRet.end(), aRet.begin(),
+        [&aOpt](const OUString& rUrl) -> OUString { return aOpt.SubstituteVariable( rUrl ); });
+    return aRet;
+}
+
+void SetSecureURLs( std::vector< OUString >&& urlList )
+{
+//    DBG_ASSERT(!officecfg::SecureURL::isReadOnly(), "SvtSecurityOptions_Impl::SetSecureURLs()\nYou tried to write on a readonly value!\n");
+//    if (officecfg::SecureURL::isReadOnly())
+//        return;
+    std::vector< OUString > lURLs( std::move(urlList) );
+    SvtPathOptions aOpt;
+    std::transform(lURLs.begin(), lURLs.end(), lURLs.begin(),
+        [&aOpt](const OUString& rUrl) -> OUString { return aOpt.UseVariable( rUrl ); });
+    std::shared_ptr<comphelper::ConfigurationChanges> xChanges = comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::create();
+    officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::SecureURL::set(comphelper::containerToSequence(lURLs), xChanges);
+    xChanges->commit();
+}
+
+bool isSecureMacroUri(
+    OUString const & uri, OUString const & referer)
+{
+    switch (INetURLObject(uri).GetProtocol()) {
+    case INetProtocol::Macro:
+        if (uri.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase("macro:///")) {
+            // Denotes an App-BASIC macro (see SfxMacroLoader::loadMacro), which
+            // is considered safe:
+            return true;
+        }
+        [[fallthrough]];
+    case INetProtocol::Slot:
+        return referer.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("private:user")
+            || isTrustedLocationUri(referer);
+    default:
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+bool isUntrustedReferer(OUString const & referer)
+{
+    return IsOptionSet(EOption::BlockUntrustedRefererLinks)
+        && !(referer.isEmpty() || referer.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase("private:")
+             || isTrustedLocationUri(referer));
+}
+
+bool isTrustedLocationUri(OUString const & uri)
+{
+    for (const auto & url : GetSecureURLs())
+    {
+        if (utl::UCBContentHelper::IsSubPath(url, uri))
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool isTrustedLocationUriForUpdatingLinks(OUString const & uri)
+{
+    return GetMacroSecurityLevel() == 0 || uri.isEmpty()
+        || uri.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase("private:")
+        || isTrustedLocationUri(uri);
+}
+
+sal_Int32 GetMacroSecurityLevel()
+{
+    return officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::MacroSecurityLevel::get();
+}
+
+void SetMacroSecurityLevel( sal_Int32 _nLevel )
+{
+    if( officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::MacroSecurityLevel::isReadOnly() )
+        return;
+
+    if( _nLevel > 3 || _nLevel < 0 )
+        _nLevel = 3;
+
+    std::shared_ptr<comphelper::ConfigurationChanges> xChanges = comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::create();
+    officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::MacroSecurityLevel::set(_nLevel, xChanges);
+    xChanges->commit();
+}
+
+bool IsMacroDisabled()
+{
+    return officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::DisableMacrosExecution::get();
+}
+
+std::vector< SvtSecurityOptions::Certificate > GetTrustedAuthors()
+{
+    Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = utl::ConfigManager::acquireTree(u"Office.Common/Security/Scripting");
+    const Sequence< OUString > lAuthors = utl::ConfigItem::GetNodeNames( xHierarchyAccess, PROPERTYNAME_MACRO_TRUSTEDAUTHORS, utl::ConfigNameFormat::LocalPath );
+    sal_Int32 c1 = lAuthors.getLength();
+    if( !c1 )
+        return {};
+
+    sal_Int32               c2 = c1 * 3;                // 3 Properties inside Struct TrustedAuthor
+    Sequence< OUString >    lAllAuthors( c2 );
+    auto plAllAuthors = lAllAuthors.getArray();
+    sal_Int32               i2 = 0;
+    OUString                aSep( "/" );
+    for( const auto& rAuthor : lAuthors )
+    {
+        plAllAuthors[ i2 ] = PROPERTYNAME_MACRO_TRUSTEDAUTHORS + aSep + rAuthor + aSep + PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_SUBJECTNAME;
+        ++i2;
+        plAllAuthors[ i2 ] = PROPERTYNAME_MACRO_TRUSTEDAUTHORS + aSep + rAuthor + aSep + PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_SERIALNUMBER;
+        ++i2;
+        plAllAuthors[ i2 ] = PROPERTYNAME_MACRO_TRUSTEDAUTHORS + aSep + rAuthor + aSep + PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_RAWDATA;
+        ++i2;
+    }
+
+    Sequence< Any >         lValues = utl::ConfigItem::GetProperties( xHierarchyAccess, lAllAuthors, /*bAllLocales*/false );
+    if( lValues.getLength() != c2 )
+        return {};
+
+    std::vector< SvtSecurityOptions::Certificate > aTrustedAuthors;
+    SvtSecurityOptions::Certificate aCert;
+    i2 = 0;
+    for( sal_Int32 i1 = 0; i1 < c1; ++i1 )
+    {
+        lValues[ i2 ] >>= aCert.SubjectName;
+        ++i2;
+        lValues[ i2 ] >>= aCert.SerialNumber;
+        ++i2;
+        lValues[ i2 ] >>= aCert.RawData;
+        ++i2;
+        // Filter out TrustedAuthor entries with empty RawData, which
+        // would cause an unexpected std::bad_alloc in
+        // SecurityEnvironment_NssImpl::createCertificateFromAscii and
+        // have been observed in the wild (fdo#55019):
+        if( !aCert.RawData.isEmpty() )
+        {
+            aTrustedAuthors.push_back( aCert );
+        }
+    }
+    return aTrustedAuthors;
+}
+
+void SetTrustedAuthors( const std::vector< Certificate >& rAuthors )
+{
+//    DBG_ASSERT(!m_bROTrustedAuthors, "SvtSecurityOptions_Impl::SetTrustedAuthors()\nYou tried to write on a readonly value!\n");
+//    if( m_bROTrustedAuthors )
+//        return;
+
+    Reference<css::container::XHierarchicalNameAccess> xHierarchyAccess = utl::ConfigManager::acquireTree(u"Office.Common/Security/Scripting");
+    sal_Int32   nCnt = rAuthors.size();
+    for( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCnt; ++i )
+    {
+        OUString aPrefix(
+            PROPERTYNAME_MACRO_TRUSTEDAUTHORS + "/a"
+            + OUString::number(i) + "/");
+        Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >    lPropertyValues{
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue(aPrefix + PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_SUBJECTNAME,
+                                          rAuthors[i].SubjectName),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue(aPrefix + PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_SERIALNUMBER,
+                                          rAuthors[i].SerialNumber),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue(aPrefix + PROPERTYNAME_TRUSTEDAUTHOR_RAWDATA,
+                                          rAuthors[i].RawData)
+        };
+
+        utl::ConfigItem::SetSetProperties( xHierarchyAccess, PROPERTYNAME_MACRO_TRUSTEDAUTHORS, lPropertyValues );
+    }
+}
+
+bool IsOptionSet( EOption eOption )
+{
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return false;
+    bool    bSet = false;
+    switch(eOption)
+    {
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnSaveOrSend:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnSaveOrSendDoc::get();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnSigning:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnSignDoc::get();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnPrint:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnPrintDoc::get();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnCreatePdf:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnCreatePDF::get();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnRemovePersonalInfo:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::RemovePersonalInfoOnSaving::get();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnRecommendPassword:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::RecommendPasswordProtection::get();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::CtrlClickHyperlink:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::HyperlinksWithCtrlClick::get();
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::BlockUntrustedRefererLinks:
+            bSet = officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::BlockUntrustedRefererLinks::get();
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            assert(false);
+    }
+
+    return bSet;
+}
+
+void SetOption( EOption eOption, bool bValue )
+{
+    std::shared_ptr<comphelper::ConfigurationChanges> xChanges = comphelper::ConfigurationChanges::create();
+    switch(eOption)
+    {
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnSaveOrSend:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnSaveOrSendDoc::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnSigning:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnSignDoc::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnPrint:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnPrintDoc::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnCreatePdf:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::WarnCreatePDF::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnRemovePersonalInfo:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::RemovePersonalInfoOnSaving::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::DocWarnRecommendPassword:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::RecommendPasswordProtection::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::CtrlClickHyperlink:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::HyperlinksWithCtrlClick::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+        case SvtSecurityOptions::EOption::BlockUntrustedRefererLinks:
+             officecfg::Office::Common::Security::Scripting::BlockUntrustedRefererLinks::set(bValue, xChanges);
+            break;
+
+        default:
+            assert(false);
+    }
+    xChanges->commit();
+}
+
+} // namespace SvtSecurityOptions
+
+
+// map personal info strings to 1, 2, ... to remove personal info
+size_t SvtSecurityMapPersonalInfo::GetInfoID( const OUString sPersonalInfo )
+{
+    auto aIter = aInfoIDs.find( sPersonalInfo );
+    if ( aIter == aInfoIDs.end() )
+    {
+        size_t nNewID = aInfoIDs.size() + 1;
+        aInfoIDs[sPersonalInfo] = nNewID;
+        return nNewID;
+    }
+
+    return aIter->second;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/syslocaleoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/syslocaleoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f08202a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/syslocaleoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,708 @@
+/* -*- 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/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/mslangid.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <tools/link.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocaleoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configitem.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+#define CFG_READONLY_DEFAULT    false
+
+using namespace osl;
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+
+namespace
+{
+    std::weak_ptr<SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl> g_pSysLocaleOptions;
+    Link<LinkParamNone*,void> g_CurrencyChangeLink;
+
+Mutex& GetMutex()
+{
+    // #i77768# Due to a static reference in the toolkit lib
+    // we need a mutex that lives longer than the svl library.
+    // Otherwise the dtor would use a destructed mutex!!
+    static Mutex* persistentMutex(new Mutex);
+
+    return *persistentMutex;
+}
+
+}
+
+class SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl : public utl::ConfigItem
+{
+        LanguageTag             m_aRealLocale;
+        LanguageTag             m_aRealUILocale;
+        OUString                m_aLocaleString;    // en-US or de-DE or empty for SYSTEM
+        OUString                m_aUILocaleString;    // en-US or de-DE or empty for SYSTEM
+        OUString                m_aCurrencyString;  // USD-en-US or EUR-de-DE
+        OUString                m_aDatePatternsString;  // "Y-M-D;M-D"
+        bool                    m_bDecimalSeparator; //use decimal separator same as locale
+        bool                    m_bIgnoreLanguageChange; //OS language change doesn't affect LO document language
+
+        bool                    m_bROLocale;
+        bool                    m_bROUILocale;
+        bool                    m_bROCurrency;
+        bool                    m_bRODatePatterns;
+        bool                    m_bRODecimalSeparator;
+        bool                    m_bROIgnoreLanguageChange;
+
+        static Sequence<OUString>  GetPropertyNames();
+        void                    MakeRealLocale();
+        void                    MakeRealUILocale();
+
+    virtual void                ImplCommit() override;
+
+public:
+                                SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl();
+    virtual                     ~SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl() override;
+
+    virtual void                Notify( const css::uno::Sequence< OUString >& aPropertyNames ) override;
+
+            const OUString&     GetLocaleString() const
+                                    { return m_aLocaleString; }
+            void                SetLocaleString( const OUString& rStr );
+
+            void                SetUILocaleString( const OUString& rStr );
+
+            const OUString&     GetCurrencyString() const
+                                    { return m_aCurrencyString; }
+            void                SetCurrencyString( const OUString& rStr );
+
+            const OUString&     GetDatePatternsString() const
+                                    { return m_aDatePatternsString; }
+            void                SetDatePatternsString( const OUString& rStr );
+
+            bool                IsDecimalSeparatorAsLocale() const { return m_bDecimalSeparator;}
+            void                SetDecimalSeparatorAsLocale( bool bSet);
+
+            bool                IsIgnoreLanguageChange() const { return m_bIgnoreLanguageChange;}
+            void                SetIgnoreLanguageChange( bool bSet);
+
+            bool                IsReadOnly( SvtSysLocaleOptions::EOption eOption ) const;
+            const LanguageTag&  GetRealLocale() const { return m_aRealLocale; }
+            const LanguageTag&  GetRealUILocale() const { return m_aRealUILocale; }
+};
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral ROOTNODE_SYSLOCALE = u"Setup/L10N";
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_LOCALE = u"ooSetupSystemLocale";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_UILOCALE = u"ooLocale";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_CURRENCY = u"ooSetupCurrency";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_DECIMALSEPARATOR = u"DecimalSeparatorAsLocale";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_DATEPATTERNS = u"DateAcceptancePatterns";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTYNAME_IGNORELANGCHANGE = u"IgnoreLanguageChange";
+
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_LOCALE           0
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_UILOCALE         1
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_CURRENCY         2
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_DECIMALSEPARATOR 3
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_DATEPATTERNS     4
+#define PROPERTYHANDLE_IGNORELANGCHANGE 5
+
+Sequence< OUString > SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::GetPropertyNames()
+{
+    return Sequence< OUString >
+    {
+        PROPERTYNAME_LOCALE,
+        PROPERTYNAME_UILOCALE,
+        PROPERTYNAME_CURRENCY,
+        PROPERTYNAME_DECIMALSEPARATOR,
+        PROPERTYNAME_DATEPATTERNS,
+        PROPERTYNAME_IGNORELANGCHANGE
+    };
+}
+
+SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl()
+    : ConfigItem( ROOTNODE_SYSLOCALE )
+    , m_aRealLocale( LANGUAGE_SYSTEM)
+    , m_aRealUILocale( LANGUAGE_SYSTEM)
+    , m_bDecimalSeparator( true )
+    , m_bIgnoreLanguageChange( false)
+    , m_bROLocale(CFG_READONLY_DEFAULT)
+    , m_bROUILocale(CFG_READONLY_DEFAULT)
+    , m_bROCurrency(CFG_READONLY_DEFAULT)
+    , m_bRODatePatterns(CFG_READONLY_DEFAULT)
+    , m_bRODecimalSeparator(false)
+    , m_bROIgnoreLanguageChange(false)
+
+{
+    const Sequence< OUString > aNames = GetPropertyNames();
+    Sequence< Any > aValues = GetProperties( aNames );
+    Sequence< sal_Bool > aROStates = GetReadOnlyStates( aNames );
+    const Any* pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
+    const sal_Bool* pROStates = aROStates.getConstArray();
+    DBG_ASSERT( aValues.getLength() == aNames.getLength(), "GetProperties failed" );
+    DBG_ASSERT( aROStates.getLength() == aNames.getLength(), "GetReadOnlyStates failed" );
+    if ( aValues.getLength() == aNames.getLength() && aROStates.getLength() == aNames.getLength() )
+    {
+        for ( sal_Int32 nProp = 0; nProp < aNames.getLength(); nProp++ )
+        {
+            if ( pValues[nProp].hasValue() )
+            {
+                switch ( nProp )
+                {
+                case PROPERTYHANDLE_LOCALE :
+                    {
+                        OUString aStr;
+                        if ( pValues[nProp] >>= aStr )
+                            m_aLocaleString = aStr;
+                        else
+                        {
+                            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "Wrong property type!" );
+                        }
+                        m_bROLocale = pROStates[nProp];
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case PROPERTYHANDLE_UILOCALE :
+                    {
+                        OUString aStr;
+                        if ( pValues[nProp] >>= aStr )
+                            m_aUILocaleString = aStr;
+                        else
+                        {
+                            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "Wrong property type!" );
+                        }
+                        m_bROUILocale = pROStates[nProp];
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case PROPERTYHANDLE_CURRENCY :
+                    {
+                        OUString aStr;
+                        if ( pValues[nProp] >>= aStr )
+                            m_aCurrencyString = aStr;
+                        else
+                        {
+                            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "Wrong property type!" );
+                        }
+                        m_bROCurrency = pROStates[nProp];
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case  PROPERTYHANDLE_DECIMALSEPARATOR:
+                    {
+                        bool bValue = false;
+                        if ( pValues[nProp] >>= bValue )
+                            m_bDecimalSeparator = bValue;
+                        else
+                        {
+                            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "Wrong property type!" );
+                        }
+                        m_bRODecimalSeparator = pROStates[nProp];
+                        }
+                    break;
+                case PROPERTYHANDLE_DATEPATTERNS :
+                    {
+                        OUString aStr;
+                        if ( pValues[nProp] >>= aStr )
+                            m_aDatePatternsString = aStr;
+                        else
+                        {
+                            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "Wrong property type!" );
+                        }
+                        m_bRODatePatterns = pROStates[nProp];
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case PROPERTYHANDLE_IGNORELANGCHANGE :
+                    {
+                        bool bValue = false;
+                        if ( pValues[nProp] >>= bValue )
+                            m_bIgnoreLanguageChange = bValue;
+                        else
+                        {
+                            SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "Wrong property type!" );
+                        }
+                        m_bROIgnoreLanguageChange = pROStates[nProp];
+                    }
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "Wrong property type!" );
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    EnableNotification( aNames );
+
+    MakeRealLocale();
+    MakeRealUILocale();
+}
+
+SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::~SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl()
+{
+    assert(!IsModified()); // should have been committed
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::MakeRealLocale()
+{
+    if (m_aLocaleString.isEmpty())
+    {
+        LanguageType nLang = MsLangId::getConfiguredSystemLanguage();
+        m_aRealLocale.reset( nLang).makeFallback();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_aRealLocale.reset( m_aLocaleString).makeFallback();
+    }
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::MakeRealUILocale()
+{
+    if (m_aUILocaleString.isEmpty())
+    {
+        LanguageType nLang = MsLangId::getConfiguredSystemUILanguage();
+        m_aRealUILocale.reset( nLang).makeFallback();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_aRealUILocale.reset( m_aUILocaleString).makeFallback();
+    }
+}
+
+bool SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::IsReadOnly( SvtSysLocaleOptions::EOption eOption ) const
+{
+    bool bReadOnly = CFG_READONLY_DEFAULT;
+    switch(eOption)
+    {
+        case SvtSysLocaleOptions::EOption::Locale :
+            {
+                bReadOnly = m_bROLocale;
+                break;
+            }
+        case SvtSysLocaleOptions::EOption::Currency :
+            {
+                bReadOnly = m_bROCurrency;
+                break;
+            }
+        case SvtSysLocaleOptions::EOption::DatePatterns :
+            {
+                bReadOnly = m_bRODatePatterns;
+                break;
+            }
+    }
+    return bReadOnly;
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::ImplCommit()
+{
+    const Sequence< OUString > aOrgNames = GetPropertyNames();
+    sal_Int32 nOrgCount = aOrgNames.getLength();
+
+    Sequence< OUString > aNames( nOrgCount );
+    Sequence< Any > aValues( nOrgCount );
+
+    OUString* pNames = aNames.getArray();
+    Any* pValues = aValues.getArray();
+    sal_Int32 nRealCount = 0;
+
+    for ( sal_Int32 nProp = 0; nProp < nOrgCount; nProp++ )
+    {
+        switch ( nProp )
+        {
+            case PROPERTYHANDLE_LOCALE :
+                {
+                    if (!m_bROLocale)
+                    {
+                        pNames[nRealCount] = aOrgNames[nProp];
+                        pValues[nRealCount] <<= m_aLocaleString;
+                        ++nRealCount;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            case PROPERTYHANDLE_UILOCALE :
+                {
+                    if (!m_bROUILocale)
+                    {
+                        pNames[nRealCount] = aOrgNames[nProp];
+                        pValues[nRealCount] <<= m_aUILocaleString;
+                        ++nRealCount;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            case PROPERTYHANDLE_CURRENCY :
+                {
+                    if (!m_bROCurrency)
+                    {
+                        pNames[nRealCount] = aOrgNames[nProp];
+                        pValues[nRealCount] <<= m_aCurrencyString;
+                        ++nRealCount;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            case PROPERTYHANDLE_DECIMALSEPARATOR:
+                if( !m_bRODecimalSeparator )
+                {
+                    pNames[nRealCount] = aOrgNames[nProp];
+                    pValues[nRealCount] <<= m_bDecimalSeparator;
+                    ++nRealCount;
+                }
+            break;
+            case PROPERTYHANDLE_DATEPATTERNS :
+                if (!m_bRODatePatterns)
+                {
+                    pNames[nRealCount] = aOrgNames[nProp];
+                    pValues[nRealCount] <<= m_aDatePatternsString;
+                    ++nRealCount;
+                }
+                break;
+            case PROPERTYHANDLE_IGNORELANGCHANGE :
+                if (!m_bROIgnoreLanguageChange)
+                {
+                    pNames[nRealCount] = aOrgNames[nProp];
+                    pValues[nRealCount] <<= m_bIgnoreLanguageChange;
+                    ++nRealCount;
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                SAL_WARN( "unotools.config", "invalid index to save a path" );
+        }
+    }
+    aNames.realloc(nRealCount);
+    aValues.realloc(nRealCount);
+    PutProperties( aNames, aValues );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::SetLocaleString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    ConfigurationHints nHint = ConfigurationHints::Locale;
+    {
+        MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+        if (m_bROLocale || rStr == m_aLocaleString )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        m_aLocaleString = rStr;
+        MakeRealLocale();
+        LanguageTag::setConfiguredSystemLanguage( m_aRealLocale.getLanguageType() );
+        SetModified();
+        if ( m_aCurrencyString.isEmpty() )
+            nHint |= ConfigurationHints::Currency;
+    }
+    NotifyListeners( nHint );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::SetUILocaleString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    {
+        MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+        if (m_bROUILocale || rStr == m_aUILocaleString )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        m_aUILocaleString = rStr;
+
+        // as we can't switch UILocale at runtime, we only store changes in the configuration
+        MakeRealUILocale();
+        SetModified();
+    }
+    NotifyListeners( ConfigurationHints::UiLocale );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::SetCurrencyString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    {
+        MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+        if (m_bROCurrency || rStr == m_aCurrencyString )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        m_aCurrencyString = rStr;
+        SetModified();
+    }
+    NotifyListeners( ConfigurationHints::Currency );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::SetDatePatternsString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    {
+        MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+        if (m_bRODatePatterns || rStr == m_aDatePatternsString )
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        m_aDatePatternsString = rStr;
+        SetModified();
+    }
+    NotifyListeners( ConfigurationHints::DatePatterns );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::SetDecimalSeparatorAsLocale( bool bSet)
+{
+    {
+        MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+        if(bSet == m_bDecimalSeparator)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        m_bDecimalSeparator = bSet;
+        SetModified();
+    }
+    NotifyListeners( ConfigurationHints::DecSep );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::SetIgnoreLanguageChange( bool bSet)
+{
+    {
+        MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+        if(bSet == m_bIgnoreLanguageChange)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        m_bIgnoreLanguageChange = bSet;
+        SetModified();
+    }
+    NotifyListeners( ConfigurationHints::IgnoreLang );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl::Notify( const Sequence< OUString >& seqPropertyNames )
+{
+    ConfigurationHints nHint = ConfigurationHints::NONE;
+    Sequence< Any > seqValues = GetProperties( seqPropertyNames );
+    Sequence< sal_Bool > seqROStates = GetReadOnlyStates( seqPropertyNames );
+    sal_Int32 nCount = seqPropertyNames.getLength();
+    for( sal_Int32 nProp = 0; nProp < nCount; ++nProp )
+    {
+        if( seqPropertyNames[nProp] == PROPERTYNAME_LOCALE )
+        {
+            DBG_ASSERT( seqValues[nProp].getValueTypeClass() == TypeClass_STRING, "Locale property type" );
+            seqValues[nProp] >>= m_aLocaleString;
+            m_bROLocale = seqROStates[nProp];
+            nHint |= ConfigurationHints::Locale;
+            if ( m_aCurrencyString.isEmpty() )
+                nHint |= ConfigurationHints::Currency;
+            MakeRealLocale();
+        }
+        if( seqPropertyNames[nProp] == PROPERTYNAME_UILOCALE )
+        {
+            DBG_ASSERT( seqValues[nProp].getValueTypeClass() == TypeClass_STRING, "Locale property type" );
+            seqValues[nProp] >>= m_aUILocaleString;
+            m_bROUILocale = seqROStates[nProp];
+            nHint |= ConfigurationHints::UiLocale;
+            MakeRealUILocale();
+        }
+        else if( seqPropertyNames[nProp] == PROPERTYNAME_CURRENCY )
+        {
+            DBG_ASSERT( seqValues[nProp].getValueTypeClass() == TypeClass_STRING, "Currency property type" );
+            seqValues[nProp] >>= m_aCurrencyString;
+            m_bROCurrency = seqROStates[nProp];
+            nHint |= ConfigurationHints::Currency;
+        }
+        else if( seqPropertyNames[nProp] == PROPERTYNAME_DECIMALSEPARATOR )
+        {
+            seqValues[nProp] >>= m_bDecimalSeparator;
+            m_bRODecimalSeparator = seqROStates[nProp];
+        }
+        else if( seqPropertyNames[nProp] == PROPERTYNAME_IGNORELANGCHANGE )
+        {
+            seqValues[nProp] >>= m_bIgnoreLanguageChange;
+            m_bROIgnoreLanguageChange = seqROStates[nProp];
+        }
+        else if( seqPropertyNames[nProp] == PROPERTYNAME_DATEPATTERNS )
+        {
+            DBG_ASSERT( seqValues[nProp].getValueTypeClass() == TypeClass_STRING, "DatePatterns property type" );
+            seqValues[nProp] >>= m_aDatePatternsString;
+            m_bRODatePatterns = seqROStates[nProp];
+            nHint |= ConfigurationHints::DatePatterns;
+        }
+    }
+    if ( nHint != ConfigurationHints::NONE )
+        NotifyListeners( nHint );
+}
+
+SvtSysLocaleOptions::SvtSysLocaleOptions()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    pImpl = g_pSysLocaleOptions.lock();
+    if ( !pImpl )
+    {
+        pImpl = std::make_shared<SvtSysLocaleOptions_Impl>();
+        g_pSysLocaleOptions = pImpl;
+        if (!utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+            ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem::SysLocaleOptions);
+    }
+    pImpl->AddListener(this);
+}
+
+SvtSysLocaleOptions::~SvtSysLocaleOptions()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    pImpl->RemoveListener(this);
+    pImpl.reset();
+}
+
+bool SvtSysLocaleOptions::IsModified() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return pImpl->IsModified();
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::Commit()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    pImpl->Commit();
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::BlockBroadcasts( bool bBlock )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    pImpl->BlockBroadcasts( bBlock );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetLocaleConfigString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    pImpl->SetLocaleString( rStr );
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetUILocaleConfigString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    pImpl->SetUILocaleString( rStr );
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtSysLocaleOptions::GetCurrencyConfigString() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return pImpl->GetCurrencyString();
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetCurrencyConfigString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    pImpl->SetCurrencyString( rStr );
+}
+
+const OUString& SvtSysLocaleOptions::GetDatePatternsConfigString() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return pImpl->GetDatePatternsString();
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetDatePatternsConfigString( const OUString& rStr )
+{
+    pImpl->SetDatePatternsString( rStr );
+}
+
+bool SvtSysLocaleOptions::IsDecimalSeparatorAsLocale() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return pImpl->IsDecimalSeparatorAsLocale();
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetDecimalSeparatorAsLocale( bool bSet)
+{
+    pImpl->SetDecimalSeparatorAsLocale(bSet);
+}
+
+bool SvtSysLocaleOptions::IsIgnoreLanguageChange() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return pImpl->IsIgnoreLanguageChange();
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetIgnoreLanguageChange( bool bSet)
+{
+    pImpl->SetIgnoreLanguageChange(bSet);
+}
+
+bool SvtSysLocaleOptions::IsReadOnly( EOption eOption ) const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return pImpl->IsReadOnly( eOption );
+}
+
+// static
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::GetCurrencyAbbrevAndLanguage( OUString& rAbbrev,
+                                                        LanguageType& eLang,
+                                                        const OUString& rConfigString )
+{
+    sal_Int32 nDelim = rConfigString.indexOf( '-' );
+    if ( nDelim >= 0 )
+    {
+        rAbbrev = rConfigString.copy( 0, nDelim );
+        OUString aIsoStr( rConfigString.copy( nDelim+1 ) );
+        eLang = LanguageTag::convertToLanguageTypeWithFallback( aIsoStr );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        rAbbrev = rConfigString;
+        eLang = (rAbbrev.isEmpty() ? LANGUAGE_SYSTEM : LANGUAGE_NONE);
+    }
+}
+
+// static
+OUString SvtSysLocaleOptions::CreateCurrencyConfigString(
+        const OUString& rAbbrev, LanguageType eLang )
+{
+    OUString aIsoStr( LanguageTag::convertToBcp47( eLang ) );
+    if ( !aIsoStr.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        return rAbbrev + "-" + aIsoStr;
+    }
+    else
+        return rAbbrev;
+}
+
+// static
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetCurrencyChangeLink( const Link<LinkParamNone*,void>& rLink )
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    DBG_ASSERT( !g_CurrencyChangeLink.IsSet(), "SvtSysLocaleOptions::SetCurrencyChangeLink: already set" );
+    g_CurrencyChangeLink = rLink;
+}
+
+// static
+const Link<LinkParamNone*,void>& SvtSysLocaleOptions::GetCurrencyChangeLink()
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return g_CurrencyChangeLink;
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocaleOptions::ConfigurationChanged( utl::ConfigurationBroadcaster* p, ConfigurationHints nHint  )
+{
+    if ( nHint & ConfigurationHints::Currency )
+    {
+        const Link<LinkParamNone*,void>& rLink = GetCurrencyChangeLink();
+        rLink.Call( nullptr );
+    }
+
+    ::utl::detail::Options::ConfigurationChanged( p, nHint );
+}
+
+LanguageTag SvtSysLocaleOptions::GetLanguageTag() const
+{
+    MutexGuard aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    return LanguageTag( pImpl->GetLocaleString() );
+}
+
+const LanguageTag & SvtSysLocaleOptions::GetRealLanguageTag() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetRealLocale();
+}
+
+const LanguageTag & SvtSysLocaleOptions::GetRealUILanguageTag() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetRealUILocale();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/useroptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/useroptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb8b24d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/useroptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/useroptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocale.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include "itemholder1.hxx"
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/Property.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesNotifier.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/ChangesEvent.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/configurationhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/mslangid.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/enumarray.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+// vOptionNames[] -- names of the user option entries
+// The order must correspond to the enum class UserOptToken in useroptions.hxx.
+static o3tl::enumarray<UserOptToken, char const *> vOptionNames = {
+    "l",                         // UserOptToken::City
+    "o",                         // UserOptToken::Company
+    "c",                         // UserOptToken::Country
+    "mail",                      // UserOptToken::Email
+    "facsimiletelephonenumber",  // UserOptToken::Fax
+    "givenname",                 // UserOptToken::FirstName
+    "sn",                        // UserOptToken::LastName
+    "position",                  // UserOptToken::Position
+    "st",                        // UserOptToken::State
+    "street",                    // UserOptToken::Street
+    "homephone",                 // UserOptToken::TelephoneHome
+    "telephonenumber",           // UserOptToken::TelephoneWork
+    "title",                     // UserOptToken::Title
+    "initials",                  // UserOptToken::ID
+    "postalcode",                // UserOptToken::Zip
+    "fathersname",               // UserOptToken::FathersName
+    "apartment",                 // UserOptToken::Apartment
+    "signingkey",                // UserOptToken::SigningKey
+    "encryptionkey",             // UserOptToken::EncryptionKey
+    "encrypttoself"              // UserOptToken::EncryptToSelf
+};
+
+std::weak_ptr<SvtUserOptions::Impl> SvtUserOptions::xSharedImpl;
+
+class SvtUserOptions::ChangeListener : public cppu::WeakImplHelper<util::XChangesListener>
+{
+public:
+    explicit ChangeListener (Impl& rParent): m_rParent(rParent) { }
+
+    // XChangesListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL changesOccurred (util::ChangesEvent const& Event) override;
+    // XEventListener
+    virtual void SAL_CALL disposing (lang::EventObject const& Source) override;
+
+private:
+    Impl& m_rParent;
+};
+
+class SvtUserOptions::Impl : public utl::ConfigurationBroadcaster
+{
+public:
+    Impl ();
+
+    OUString GetFullName () const;
+
+    bool IsTokenReadonly (UserOptToken nToken) const;
+    OUString GetToken (UserOptToken nToken) const;
+    void     SetToken (UserOptToken nToken, OUString const& rNewToken);
+    bool     GetBoolValue (UserOptToken nToken) const;
+    void     SetBoolValue (UserOptToken nToken, bool bNewValue);
+    void     Notify ();
+
+private:
+    uno::Reference<util::XChangesListener> m_xChangeListener;
+    uno::Reference<container::XNameAccess> m_xCfg;
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet>    m_xData;
+
+    template < typename ValueType >
+    ValueType GetValue_Impl( UserOptToken nToken ) const;
+    template < typename ValueType >
+    void SetValue_Impl( UserOptToken nToken, ValueType const& rNewValue );
+};
+
+void SvtUserOptions::ChangeListener::changesOccurred (util::ChangesEvent const& rEvent)
+{
+    if (rEvent.Changes.hasElements())
+        m_rParent.Notify();
+}
+
+void SvtUserOptions::ChangeListener::disposing (lang::EventObject const& rSource)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        uno::Reference<util::XChangesNotifier> xChgNot(rSource.Source, uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xChgNot->removeChangesListener(this);
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+SvtUserOptions::Impl::Impl() :
+    m_xChangeListener( new ChangeListener(*this) )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        m_xCfg.set(
+            comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::openConfig(
+                comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(),
+                "org.openoffice.UserProfile/Data",
+                comphelper::EConfigurationModes::Standard
+            ),
+            uno::UNO_QUERY
+        );
+
+        m_xData.set(m_xCfg, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        uno::Reference<util::XChangesNotifier> xChgNot(m_xCfg, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        try
+        {
+            xChgNot->addChangesListener(m_xChangeListener);
+        }
+        catch (uno::RuntimeException&)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const&)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+        m_xCfg.clear();
+    }
+}
+
+template < typename ValueType >
+ValueType SvtUserOptions::Impl::GetValue_Impl (UserOptToken nToken) const
+{
+    ValueType sToken = ValueType();
+    try
+    {
+        if (m_xData.is())
+            m_xData->getPropertyValue(OUString::createFromAscii(vOptionNames[nToken])) >>= sToken;
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const&)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+    }
+    return sToken;
+}
+
+template < typename ValueType >
+void SvtUserOptions::Impl::SetValue_Impl (UserOptToken nToken, ValueType const& sToken)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (m_xData.is())
+             m_xData->setPropertyValue(OUString::createFromAscii(vOptionNames[nToken]), uno::Any(sToken));
+        comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(m_xCfg);
+    }
+    catch (uno::Exception const&)
+    {
+        DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools.config");
+    }
+}
+
+OUString SvtUserOptions::Impl::GetToken (UserOptToken nToken) const
+{
+    return GetValue_Impl<OUString>( nToken );
+}
+
+void SvtUserOptions::Impl::SetToken (UserOptToken nToken, OUString const& sToken)
+{
+    SetValue_Impl<OUString>( nToken, sToken );
+}
+
+bool SvtUserOptions::Impl::GetBoolValue (UserOptToken nToken) const
+{
+    return GetValue_Impl<bool>( nToken );
+}
+
+void SvtUserOptions::Impl::SetBoolValue (UserOptToken nToken, bool bNewValue)
+{
+    SetValue_Impl<bool>( nToken, bNewValue );
+}
+
+OUString SvtUserOptions::Impl::GetFullName () const
+{
+    OUString sFullName;
+    LanguageType const eLang = SvtSysLocale().GetUILanguageTag().getLanguageType();
+    if (eLang == LANGUAGE_RUSSIAN)
+    {
+        sFullName = GetToken(UserOptToken::FirstName).trim();
+        if (!sFullName.isEmpty())
+            sFullName += " ";
+        sFullName += o3tl::trim(GetToken(UserOptToken::FathersName));
+        if (!sFullName.isEmpty())
+            sFullName += " ";
+        sFullName += o3tl::trim(GetToken(UserOptToken::LastName));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (MsLangId::isFamilyNameFirst(eLang))
+        {
+            sFullName = GetToken(UserOptToken::LastName).trim();
+            if (!sFullName.isEmpty())
+                sFullName += " ";
+            sFullName += o3tl::trim(GetToken(UserOptToken::FirstName));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            sFullName = GetToken(UserOptToken::FirstName).trim();
+            if (!sFullName.isEmpty())
+                sFullName += " ";
+            sFullName += o3tl::trim(GetToken(UserOptToken::LastName));
+        }
+    }
+    sFullName = sFullName.trim();
+
+    return sFullName;
+}
+
+void SvtUserOptions::Impl::Notify ()
+{
+    NotifyListeners(ConfigurationHints::NONE);
+}
+
+bool SvtUserOptions::Impl::IsTokenReadonly (UserOptToken nToken) const
+{
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xData(m_xCfg, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySetInfo> xInfo = xData->getPropertySetInfo();
+    beans::Property aProp = xInfo->getPropertyByName(OUString::createFromAscii(vOptionNames[nToken]));
+    return ((aProp.Attributes & beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY) ==
+            beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY);
+}
+
+static std::recursive_mutex& GetInitMutex()
+{
+    static std::recursive_mutex gMutex;
+    return gMutex;
+}
+
+
+SvtUserOptions::SvtUserOptions ()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(GetInitMutex());
+
+    xImpl = xSharedImpl.lock();
+    if (!xImpl)
+    {
+        xImpl = std::make_shared<Impl>();
+        xSharedImpl = xImpl;
+        aGuard.unlock(); // because holdConfigItem will call this constructor
+        ItemHolder1::holdConfigItem(EItem::UserOptions);
+    }
+    xImpl->AddListener(this);
+}
+
+SvtUserOptions::~SvtUserOptions()
+{
+    // Global access, must be guarded (multithreading)
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetInitMutex() );
+    xImpl->RemoveListener(this);
+}
+
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetCompany        () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Company); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetFirstName      () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::FirstName); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetLastName       () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::LastName); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetID             () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::ID); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetStreet         () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Street); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetCity           () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::City); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetState          () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::State); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetZip            () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Zip); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetCountry        () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Country); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetPosition       () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Position); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetTitle          () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Title); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetTelephoneHome  () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::TelephoneHome); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetTelephoneWork  () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::TelephoneWork); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetFax            () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Fax); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetEmail          () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::Email); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetSigningKey     () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::SigningKey); }
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetEncryptionKey  () const { return GetToken(UserOptToken::EncryptionKey); }
+
+bool SvtUserOptions::IsTokenReadonly (UserOptToken nToken) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(GetInitMutex());
+    return xImpl->IsTokenReadonly(nToken);
+}
+
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetToken (UserOptToken nToken) const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(GetInitMutex());
+    return xImpl->GetToken(nToken);
+}
+
+void SvtUserOptions::SetToken (UserOptToken nToken, OUString const& rNewToken)
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(GetInitMutex());
+    xImpl->SetToken(nToken, rNewToken);
+}
+
+void SvtUserOptions::SetBoolValue (UserOptToken nToken, bool bNewValue)
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(GetInitMutex());
+    xImpl->SetBoolValue(nToken, bNewValue);
+}
+
+bool SvtUserOptions::GetEncryptToSelf() const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(GetInitMutex());
+    return xImpl->GetBoolValue(UserOptToken::EncryptToSelf);
+}
+
+OUString SvtUserOptions::GetFullName () const
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard(GetInitMutex());
+    return xImpl->GetFullName();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/config/viewoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/viewoptions.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..173ccdc10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/config/viewoptions.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/viewoptions.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/configurationhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <utility>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PACKAGE_VIEWS = u"org.openoffice.Office.Views";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTY_WINDOWSTATE = u"WindowState";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTY_PAGEID = u"PageID";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTY_VISIBLE = u"Visible";
+constexpr OUStringLiteral PROPERTY_USERDATA = u"UserData";
+
+
+SvtViewOptions::SvtViewOptions( EViewType eType, OUString sViewName )
+    :   m_eViewType ( eType     )
+    ,   m_sViewName (std::move( sViewName ))
+{
+    (void)m_eViewType; // so the release build does not complain, since we only use it in assert
+    // we must know, which view type we must support
+    switch( eType )
+    {
+        case EViewType::Dialog: m_sListName = "Dialogs"; break;
+        case EViewType::TabDialog: m_sListName = "TabDialogs"; break;
+        case EViewType::TabPage: m_sListName = "TabPages"; break;
+        case EViewType::Window: m_sListName = "Windows"; break;
+        default: assert(false);
+    }
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return;
+
+    try
+    {
+        m_xRoot.set( ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::openConfig(
+                            ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(),
+                            PACKAGE_VIEWS,
+                            ::comphelper::EConfigurationModes::Standard),
+                     css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (m_xRoot.is())
+            m_xRoot->getByName(m_sListName) >>= m_xSet;
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+            m_xRoot.clear();
+            m_xSet.clear();
+        }
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short          checks for already existing entries
+    @descr          If user don't know, if an entry already exist - he can get this information by calling this method.
+
+    @seealso        member m_aList
+
+    @param          "sName", name of entry to check exist state
+    @return         true , if item exist
+                    false, otherwise
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+bool SvtViewOptions::Exists() const
+{
+    bool bExists = false;
+
+    try
+    {
+        if (m_xSet.is())
+            bExists = m_xSet->hasByName(m_sViewName);
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+            bExists = false;
+        }
+
+    return bExists;
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short          delete entry
+    @descr          Use it to delete set entry by given name.
+
+    @seealso        member m_aList
+
+    @param          "sName", name of entry to delete it
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+void SvtViewOptions::Delete()
+{
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer > xSet(m_xSet, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xSet->removeByName(m_sViewName);
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(m_xRoot);
+    }
+    catch(const css::container::NoSuchElementException&)
+        { }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short          read/write access to cache view items and her properties
+    @descr          Follow methods support read/write access to all cache view items.
+
+    @seealso        member m_sList
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+OUString SvtViewOptions::GetWindowState() const
+{
+    OUString sWindowState;
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, false),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xNode.is())
+            xNode->getPropertyValue(PROPERTY_WINDOWSTATE) >>= sWindowState;
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+            sWindowState.clear();
+        }
+
+    return sWindowState;
+}
+
+
+//  public method
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short          ctor
+    @descr          We use it to open right configuration file and let configuration objects fill her caches.
+                    Then we read all existing entries from right list and cached it inside our object too.
+                    Normally we should enable notifications for changes on these values too ... but these feature
+                    isn't full implemented in the moment.
+
+    @seealso        baseclass ::utl::ConfigItem
+    @seealso        method Notify()
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+void SvtViewOptions::SetWindowState( const OUString& sState )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, true),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xNode->setPropertyValue(PROPERTY_WINDOWSTATE, css::uno::Any(sState));
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(m_xRoot);
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+OString SvtViewOptions::GetPageID() const
+{
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // These call isn't allowed for dialogs, tab-pages or windows!
+    assert( m_eViewType == EViewType::TabDialog && "SvtViewOptions::GetPageID()\nCall not allowed for Dialogs, TabPages or Windows! I do nothing!" );
+
+    OUString sID;
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, false),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xNode.is())
+            xNode->getPropertyValue(PROPERTY_PAGEID) >>= sID;
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+
+    return sID.toUtf8();
+}
+
+
+//  public method
+
+void SvtViewOptions::SetPageID(std::string_view rID)
+{
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // These call isn't allowed for dialogs, tab-pages or windows!
+    assert( m_eViewType == EViewType::TabDialog && "SvtViewOptions::SetPageID()\nCall not allowed for Dialogs, TabPages or Windows! I do nothing!" );
+
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, true),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xNode->setPropertyValue(PROPERTY_PAGEID, css::uno::Any(OUString::fromUtf8(rID)));
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(m_xRoot);
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+}
+
+
+//  public method
+
+bool SvtViewOptions::IsVisible() const
+{
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // These call isn't allowed for dialogs, tab-dialogs or tab-pages!
+    assert( m_eViewType == EViewType::Window && "SvtViewOptions::IsVisible()\nCall not allowed for Dialogs, TabDialogs or TabPages! I do nothing!" );
+
+    return GetVisible() == STATE_TRUE;
+}
+
+SvtViewOptions::State SvtViewOptions::GetVisible() const
+{
+    State eState = STATE_NONE;
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, false),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        if (xNode.is())
+        {
+            bool bVisible = false;
+            if (xNode->getPropertyValue(PROPERTY_VISIBLE) >>= bVisible)
+            {
+                eState = bVisible ? STATE_TRUE : STATE_FALSE;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+    return eState;
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+void SvtViewOptions::SetVisible( bool bVisible )
+{
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // These call isn't allowed for dialogs, tab-dialogs or tab-pages!
+    assert(m_eViewType == EViewType::Window && "SvtViewOptions::SetVisible()\nCall not allowed for Dialogs, TabDialogs or TabPages! I do nothing!" );
+
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySet > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, true),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        xNode->setPropertyValue(PROPERTY_VISIBLE, css::uno::Any(bVisible));
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(m_xRoot);
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+}
+
+//  public method
+
+bool SvtViewOptions::HasVisible() const
+{
+    // Safe impossible cases.
+    // These call isn't allowed for dialogs, tab-dialogs or tab-pages!
+    assert( m_eViewType == EViewType::Window && "SvtViewOptions::IsVisible()\nCall not allowed for Dialogs, TabDialogs or TabPages! I do nothing!" );
+
+    return GetVisible() != STATE_NONE;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > SvtViewOptions::GetUserData() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, false),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY); // no _THROW ! because we don't create missing items here. So we have to live with zero references .-)
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xUserData;
+        if (xNode.is())
+            xNode->getByName(PROPERTY_USERDATA) >>= xUserData;
+        if (xUserData.is())
+        {
+            const css::uno::Sequence<OUString> lNames = xUserData->getElementNames();
+            sal_Int32 c = lNames.getLength();
+            css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > lUserData(c);
+
+            std::transform(lNames.begin(), lNames.end(), lUserData.getArray(),
+                [&xUserData](const OUString& rName) -> css::beans::NamedValue {
+                    return { rName, xUserData->getByName(rName) }; });
+
+            return lUserData;
+        }
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+
+    return css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >();
+}
+
+void SvtViewOptions::SetUserData( const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >& lData )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, true),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer > xUserData;
+        xNode->getByName(PROPERTY_USERDATA) >>= xUserData;
+        if (xUserData.is())
+        {
+            for (const css::beans::NamedValue& rData : lData)
+            {
+                if (xUserData->hasByName(rData.Name))
+                    xUserData->replaceByName(rData.Name, rData.Value);
+                else
+                    xUserData->insertByName(rData.Name, rData.Value);
+            }
+        }
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(m_xRoot);
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+}
+
+css::uno::Any SvtViewOptions::GetUserItem( const OUString& sItemName ) const
+{
+    css::uno::Any aItem;
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, false),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xUserData;
+        if (xNode.is())
+            xNode->getByName(PROPERTY_USERDATA) >>= xUserData;
+        if (xUserData.is())
+            aItem = xUserData->getByName(sItemName);
+    }
+    catch(const css::container::NoSuchElementException&)
+        { aItem.clear(); }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+            aItem.clear();
+        }
+
+    return aItem;
+}
+
+void SvtViewOptions::SetUserItem( const OUString& sItemName  ,
+                                  const css::uno::Any&   aValue )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameAccess > xNode(
+            impl_getSetNode(m_sViewName, true),
+            css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        css::uno::Reference< css::container::XNameContainer > xUserData;
+        xNode->getByName(PROPERTY_USERDATA) >>= xUserData;
+        if (xUserData.is())
+        {
+            if (xUserData->hasByName(sItemName))
+                xUserData->replaceByName(sItemName, aValue);
+            else
+                xUserData->insertByName(sItemName, aValue);
+        }
+        ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::flush(m_xRoot);
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+        }
+}
+
+
+
+/*-************************************************************************************************************
+    @short          create new set node with default values on disk
+    @descr          To create a new UserData item - the super node of these property must already exist!
+                    You can call this method to create these new entry with default values and change UserData then.
+
+    @seealso        method impl_writeDirectProp()
+
+    @param          "sNode", name of new entry
+*//*-*************************************************************************************************************/
+css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > SvtViewOptions::impl_getSetNode( const OUString& sNode           ,
+                                                                                            bool         bCreateIfMissing) const
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > xNode;
+
+    try
+    {
+        if (bCreateIfMissing)
+            xNode = ::comphelper::ConfigurationHelper::makeSureSetNodeExists(m_xRoot, m_sListName, sNode);
+        else
+        {
+            if (m_xSet.is() && m_xSet->hasByName(sNode) )
+                m_xSet->getByName(sNode) >>= xNode;
+        }
+    }
+    catch(const css::container::NoSuchElementException&)
+        { xNode.clear(); }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools", "Unexpected exception");
+            xNode.clear();
+        }
+
+    return xNode;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/calendarwrapper.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/calendarwrapper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd5d166fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/calendarwrapper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+/* -*- 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/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/calendarwrapper.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/LocaleCalendar2.hpp>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::i18n;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+
+CalendarWrapper::CalendarWrapper(
+            const Reference< uno::XComponentContext > & rxContext
+            )
+        :
+        aEpochStart( Date( 1, 1, 1970 ) )
+{
+    xC = LocaleCalendar2::create(rxContext);
+}
+
+CalendarWrapper::~CalendarWrapper()
+{
+}
+
+void CalendarWrapper::loadDefaultCalendar( const css::lang::Locale& rLocale, bool bTimeZoneUTC )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            xC->loadDefaultCalendarTZ( rLocale, (bTimeZoneUTC ? "UTC" : OUString()));
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "loadDefaultCalendar" );
+    }
+}
+
+void CalendarWrapper::loadCalendar( const OUString& rUniqueID, const css::lang::Locale& rLocale, bool bTimeZoneUTC )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            xC->loadCalendarTZ( rUniqueID, rLocale, (bTimeZoneUTC ? "UTC" : OUString()));
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "loadCalendar: "
+            << rUniqueID << "   Locale: " << LanguageTag::convertToBcp47(rLocale) );
+    }
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > CalendarWrapper::getAllCalendars( const css::lang::Locale& rLocale ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getAllCalendars( rLocale );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getAllCalendars" );
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+
+OUString CalendarWrapper::getUniqueID() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getUniqueID();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getUniqueID" );
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+void CalendarWrapper::setDateTime( double fTimeInDays )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            xC->setDateTime( fTimeInDays );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "setDateTime" );
+    }
+}
+
+double CalendarWrapper::getDateTime() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getDateTime();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getDateTime" );
+    }
+    return 0.0;
+}
+
+void CalendarWrapper::setLocalDateTime( double fTimeInDays )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+        {
+            xC->setLocalDateTime( fTimeInDays );
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n",  "setLocalDateTime" );
+    }
+}
+
+double CalendarWrapper::getLocalDateTime() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+        {
+            return xC->getLocalDateTime();
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n",  "getLocalDateTime" );
+    }
+    return 0.0;
+}
+
+void CalendarWrapper::setValue( sal_Int16 nFieldIndex, sal_Int16 nValue )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            xC->setValue( nFieldIndex, nValue );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n",  "setValue" );
+    }
+}
+
+bool CalendarWrapper::isValid() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->isValid();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n",  "isValid" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+sal_Int16 CalendarWrapper::getValue( sal_Int16 nFieldIndex ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getValue( nFieldIndex );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getValue" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sal_Int16 CalendarWrapper::getFirstDayOfWeek() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getFirstDayOfWeek();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getFirstDayOfWeek" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sal_Int16 CalendarWrapper::getNumberOfMonthsInYear() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getNumberOfMonthsInYear();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getNumberOfMonthsInYear" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sal_Int16 CalendarWrapper::getNumberOfDaysInWeek() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getNumberOfDaysInWeek();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getNumberOfDaysInWeek" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::CalendarItem2 > CalendarWrapper::getMonths() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getMonths2();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getMonths" );
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::CalendarItem2 > CalendarWrapper::getDays() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getDays2();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getDays" );
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+OUString CalendarWrapper::getDisplayName( sal_Int16 nCalendarDisplayIndex, sal_Int16 nIdx, sal_Int16 nNameType ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getDisplayName( nCalendarDisplayIndex, nIdx, nNameType );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getDisplayName" );
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+// --- XExtendedCalendar -----------------------------------------------------
+
+OUString CalendarWrapper::getDisplayString( sal_Int32 nCalendarDisplayCode, sal_Int16 nNativeNumberMode ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getDisplayString( nCalendarDisplayCode, nNativeNumberMode );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getDisplayString" );
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+// --- XCalendar3 ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+css::i18n::Calendar2 CalendarWrapper::getLoadedCalendar() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getLoadedCalendar2();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getLoadedCalendar2" );
+    }
+    return css::i18n::Calendar2();
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::CalendarItem2 > CalendarWrapper::getGenitiveMonths() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getGenitiveMonths2();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getGenitiveMonths" );
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::CalendarItem2 > CalendarWrapper::getPartitiveMonths() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xC.is() )
+            return xC->getPartitiveMonths2();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getPartitiveMonths" );
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/caserotate.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/caserotate.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a242b855e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/caserotate.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/caserotate.hxx>
+#include <i18nutil/transliteration.hxx>
+
+//TODO Use XCharacterClassification::getStringType to determine the current
+//(possibly mixed) case type and rotate to the next one
+
+TransliterationFlags RotateTransliteration::getNextMode()
+{
+    TransliterationFlags nMode = TransliterationFlags::NONE;
+
+    switch (nF3ShiftCounter)
+    {
+        case 0:
+            nMode = TransliterationFlags::TITLE_CASE;
+            break;
+        case 1: //tdf#116315
+            nMode = TransliterationFlags::SENTENCE_CASE;
+            break;
+        case 2:
+            nMode = TransliterationFlags::LOWERCASE_UPPERCASE;
+            break;
+        default:
+        case 3:
+            nMode = TransliterationFlags::UPPERCASE_LOWERCASE;
+            nF3ShiftCounter = -1;
+            break;
+    }
+
+    nF3ShiftCounter++;
+
+    return nMode;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/charclass.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/charclass.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b577d2577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/charclass.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+/* -*- 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/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <unotools/charclass.hxx>
+#include <rtl/character.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/CharacterClassification.hpp>
+#include <utility>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::i18n;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+
+CharClass::CharClass(
+            const Reference< uno::XComponentContext > & rxContext,
+            LanguageTag aLanguageTag
+            )
+    : maLanguageTag(std::move( aLanguageTag))
+{
+    xCC = CharacterClassification::create( rxContext );
+}
+
+CharClass::CharClass( LanguageTag aLanguageTag )
+    : maLanguageTag(std::move( aLanguageTag))
+{
+    xCC = CharacterClassification::create( comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+}
+
+CharClass::~CharClass()
+{
+}
+
+const LanguageTag& CharClass::getLanguageTag() const
+{
+    return maLanguageTag;
+}
+
+const css::lang::Locale& CharClass::getMyLocale() const
+{
+    return maLanguageTag.getLocale();
+}
+
+// static
+bool CharClass::isAsciiNumeric( std::u16string_view rStr )
+{
+    if ( rStr.empty() )
+        return false;
+    const sal_Unicode* p = rStr.data();
+    const sal_Unicode* const pStop = p + rStr.size();
+
+    do
+    {
+        if ( !rtl::isAsciiDigit( *p ) )
+            return false;
+    }
+    while ( ++p < pStop );
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+// static
+bool CharClass::isAsciiAlpha( std::u16string_view rStr )
+{
+    if ( rStr.empty() )
+        return false;
+    const sal_Unicode* p = rStr.data();
+    const sal_Unicode* const pStop = p + rStr.size();
+
+    do
+    {
+        if ( !rtl::isAsciiAlpha( *p ) )
+            return false;
+    }
+    while ( ++p < pStop );
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isAlpha( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    sal_Unicode c = rStr[nPos];
+    if ( c < 128 )
+        return rtl::isAsciiAlpha( c );
+
+    try
+    {
+        return  (xCC->getCharacterType( rStr, nPos, getMyLocale() ) &
+                 nCharClassAlphaType) != 0;
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isLetter( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    sal_Unicode c = rStr[nPos];
+    if ( c < 128 )
+        return rtl::isAsciiAlpha( c );
+
+    try
+    {
+        return  (xCC->getCharacterType( rStr, nPos, getMyLocale() ) &
+                 nCharClassLetterType) != 0;
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isLetter( const OUString& rStr ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return isLetterType( xCC->getStringType( rStr, 0, rStr.getLength(), getMyLocale() ) );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isDigit( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    sal_Unicode c = rStr[ nPos ];
+    if ( c < 128 )
+        return rtl::isAsciiDigit( c );
+
+    try
+    {
+        return  (xCC->getCharacterType( rStr, nPos, getMyLocale() ) &
+                 KCharacterType::DIGIT) != 0;
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isNumeric( const OUString& rStr ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return isNumericType( xCC->getStringType( rStr, 0, rStr.getLength(), getMyLocale() ) );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isAlphaNumeric( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    sal_Unicode c = rStr[nPos];
+    if ( c < 128 )
+        return rtl::isAsciiAlphanumeric( c );
+
+    try
+    {
+        return  (xCC->getCharacterType( rStr, nPos, getMyLocale() ) &
+                (nCharClassAlphaType | KCharacterType::DIGIT)) != 0;
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isLetterNumeric( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    sal_Unicode c = rStr[nPos];
+    if ( c < 128 )
+        return rtl::isAsciiAlphanumeric( c );
+
+    try
+    {
+        return  (xCC->getCharacterType( rStr, nPos, getMyLocale() ) &
+                (nCharClassLetterType | KCharacterType::DIGIT)) != 0;
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool CharClass::isLetterNumeric( const OUString& rStr ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return isLetterNumericType( xCC->getStringType( rStr, 0, rStr.getLength(), getMyLocale() ) );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+OUString CharClass::titlecase(const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos, sal_Int32 nCount) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->toTitle( rStr, nPos, nCount, getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return rStr.copy( nPos, nCount );
+}
+
+OUString CharClass::uppercase( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos, sal_Int32 nCount ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->toUpper( rStr, nPos, nCount, getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return rStr.copy( nPos, nCount );
+}
+
+OUString CharClass::lowercase( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos, sal_Int32 nCount ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->toLower( rStr, nPos, nCount, getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return rStr.copy( nPos, nCount );
+}
+
+sal_Int16 CharClass::getType( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->getType( rStr, nPos );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+css::i18n::DirectionProperty CharClass::getCharacterDirection( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return static_cast<css::i18n::DirectionProperty>(xCC->getCharacterDirection( rStr, nPos ));
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return css::i18n::DirectionProperty_LEFT_TO_RIGHT;
+}
+
+css::i18n::UnicodeScript CharClass::getScript( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return static_cast<css::i18n::UnicodeScript>(xCC->getScript( rStr, nPos ));
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return UnicodeScript_kBasicLatin;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 CharClass::getCharacterType( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->getCharacterType( rStr, nPos, getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 CharClass::getStringType( const OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nPos, sal_Int32 nCount ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->getStringType( rStr, nPos, nCount, getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+css::i18n::ParseResult CharClass::parseAnyToken(
+            const OUString& rStr,
+            sal_Int32 nPos,
+            sal_Int32 nStartCharFlags,
+            const OUString& userDefinedCharactersStart,
+            sal_Int32 nContCharFlags,
+            const OUString& userDefinedCharactersCont ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->parseAnyToken( rStr, nPos, getMyLocale(),
+                nStartCharFlags, userDefinedCharactersStart,
+                nContCharFlags, userDefinedCharactersCont );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "parseAnyToken" );
+    }
+    return ParseResult();
+}
+
+css::i18n::ParseResult CharClass::parsePredefinedToken(
+            sal_Int32 nTokenType,
+            const OUString& rStr,
+            sal_Int32 nPos,
+            sal_Int32 nStartCharFlags,
+            const OUString& userDefinedCharactersStart,
+            sal_Int32 nContCharFlags,
+            const OUString& userDefinedCharactersCont ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xCC->parsePredefinedToken( nTokenType, rStr, nPos, getMyLocale(),
+                nStartCharFlags, userDefinedCharactersStart,
+                nContCharFlags, userDefinedCharactersCont );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "parsePredefinedToken" );
+    }
+    return ParseResult();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/collatorwrapper.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/collatorwrapper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4da1398e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/collatorwrapper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/* -*- 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 <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/collatorwrapper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/Collator.hpp>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+CollatorWrapper::CollatorWrapper ( const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > &rxContext )
+{
+    mxInternationalCollator = i18n::Collator::create( rxContext );
+}
+
+sal_Int32
+CollatorWrapper::compareString (const OUString& s1, const OUString& s2) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (mxInternationalCollator.is())
+            return mxInternationalCollator->compareString (s1, s2);
+    }
+    catch (const uno::RuntimeException&)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "unotools.i18n","CollatorWrapper: compareString failed");
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+uno::Sequence< OUString >
+CollatorWrapper::listCollatorAlgorithms (const lang::Locale& rLocale) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (mxInternationalCollator.is())
+            return mxInternationalCollator->listCollatorAlgorithms (rLocale);
+    }
+    catch (const uno::RuntimeException&)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "unotools.i18n","CollatorWrapper: listCollatorAlgorithms failed");
+    }
+
+    return uno::Sequence< OUString > ();
+}
+
+sal_Int32
+CollatorWrapper::loadDefaultCollator (const lang::Locale& rLocale, sal_Int32 nOptions)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (mxInternationalCollator.is())
+            return mxInternationalCollator->loadDefaultCollator (rLocale, nOptions);
+    }
+    catch (const uno::RuntimeException&)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "unotools.i18n","CollatorWrapper: loadDefaultCollator failed");
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void
+CollatorWrapper::loadCollatorAlgorithm (const OUString& rAlgorithm,
+        const lang::Locale& rLocale, sal_Int32 nOptions)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (mxInternationalCollator.is())
+            mxInternationalCollator->loadCollatorAlgorithm (
+                                                        rAlgorithm, rLocale, nOptions);
+    }
+    catch (const uno::RuntimeException&)
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "unotools.i18n","CollatorWrapper: loadCollatorAlgorithm failed");
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/intlwrapper.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/intlwrapper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4c21ea94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/intlwrapper.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 <unotools/intlwrapper.hxx>
+#include <unotools/collatorwrapper.hxx>
+#include <unotools/localedatawrapper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/CollatorOptions.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <utility>
+
+IntlWrapper::IntlWrapper( LanguageTag aLanguageTag )
+        :
+        maLanguageTag(std::move( aLanguageTag )),
+        m_xContext( comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() )
+{
+}
+
+IntlWrapper::~IntlWrapper()
+{
+}
+
+void IntlWrapper::ImplNewLocaleData() const
+{
+    const_cast<IntlWrapper*>(this)->pLocaleData.reset( new LocaleDataWrapper( m_xContext, maLanguageTag ) );
+}
+
+void IntlWrapper::ImplNewCollator( bool bCaseSensitive ) const
+{
+    CollatorWrapper* p = new CollatorWrapper( m_xContext );
+    if ( bCaseSensitive )
+    {
+        p->loadDefaultCollator( maLanguageTag.getLocale(), 0 );
+        const_cast<IntlWrapper*>(this)->pCaseCollator.reset(p);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        p->loadDefaultCollator( maLanguageTag.getLocale(),
+                css::i18n::CollatorOptions::CollatorOptions_IGNORE_CASE );
+        const_cast<IntlWrapper*>(this)->pCollator.reset(p);
+    }
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/localedatawrapper.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/localedatawrapper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25a3fc2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/localedatawrapper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1562 @@
+/* -*- 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 <limits>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/localedatawrapper.hxx>
+#include <unotools/digitgroupingiterator.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/KNumberFormatUsage.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/KNumberFormatType.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/LocaleData2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/NumberFormatIndex.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/NumberFormatMapper.hpp>
+
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <tools/date.hxx>
+#include <tools/time.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
+#include <utility>
+
+const sal_uInt16 nCurrFormatDefault = 0;
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::i18n;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+
+namespace
+{
+    uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > gInstalledLocales;
+    std::vector< LanguageType > gInstalledLanguageTypes;
+}
+
+sal_uInt8 LocaleDataWrapper::nLocaleDataChecking = 0;
+
+LocaleDataWrapper::LocaleDataWrapper(
+            const Reference< uno::XComponentContext > & rxContext,
+            LanguageTag aLanguageTag
+            )
+        :
+        m_xContext( rxContext ),
+        xLD( LocaleData2::create(rxContext) ),
+        maLanguageTag(std::move( aLanguageTag ))
+{
+    loadData();
+    loadDateAcceptancePatterns({});
+}
+
+LocaleDataWrapper::LocaleDataWrapper(
+            LanguageTag aLanguageTag,
+            const std::vector<OUString> & rOverrideDateAcceptancePatterns
+            )
+        :
+        m_xContext( comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() ),
+        xLD( LocaleData2::create(m_xContext) ),
+        maLanguageTag(std::move( aLanguageTag ))
+{
+    loadData();
+    loadDateAcceptancePatterns(rOverrideDateAcceptancePatterns);
+}
+
+LocaleDataWrapper::~LocaleDataWrapper()
+{
+}
+
+const LanguageTag& LocaleDataWrapper::getLanguageTag() const
+{
+    return maLanguageTag;
+}
+
+const css::lang::Locale& LocaleDataWrapper::getMyLocale() const
+{
+    return maLanguageTag.getLocale();
+}
+
+void LocaleDataWrapper::loadData()
+{
+    const css::lang::Locale& rMyLocale = maLanguageTag.getLocale();
+
+    {
+        const Sequence< Currency2 > aCurrSeq = getAllCurrencies();
+        if ( !aCurrSeq.hasElements() )
+        {
+            if (areChecksEnabled())
+                outputCheckMessage("LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrSymbolsImpl: no currency at all, using ShellsAndPebbles");
+            aCurrSymbol = "ShellsAndPebbles";
+            aCurrBankSymbol = aCurrSymbol;
+            nCurrPositiveFormat = nCurrNegativeFormat = nCurrFormatDefault;
+            nCurrDigits = 2;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            auto pCurr = std::find_if(aCurrSeq.begin(), aCurrSeq.end(),
+                [](const Currency2& rCurr) { return rCurr.Default; });
+            if ( pCurr == aCurrSeq.end() )
+            {
+                if (areChecksEnabled())
+                {
+                    outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrSymbolsImpl: no default currency" ) );
+                }
+                pCurr = aCurrSeq.begin();
+            }
+            aCurrSymbol = pCurr->Symbol;
+            aCurrBankSymbol = pCurr->BankSymbol;
+            nCurrDigits = pCurr->DecimalPlaces;
+        }
+    }
+
+    loadCurrencyFormats();
+
+    {
+        xDefaultCalendar.reset();
+        xSecondaryCalendar.reset();
+        const Sequence< Calendar2 > xCals = getAllCalendars();
+        if (xCals.getLength() > 1)
+        {
+            auto pCal = std::find_if(xCals.begin(), xCals.end(),
+                [](const Calendar2& rCal) { return !rCal.Default; });
+            if (pCal != xCals.end())
+                xSecondaryCalendar = std::make_shared<Calendar2>( *pCal);
+        }
+        auto pCal = xCals.begin();
+        if (xCals.getLength() > 1)
+        {
+            pCal = std::find_if(xCals.begin(), xCals.end(),
+                [](const Calendar2& rCal) { return rCal.Default; });
+            if (pCal == xCals.end())
+                pCal = xCals.begin();
+        }
+        xDefaultCalendar = std::make_shared<Calendar2>( *pCal);
+    }
+
+    loadDateOrders();
+
+    try
+    {
+        aDateAcceptancePatterns = xLD->getDateAcceptancePatterns( rMyLocale );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getDateAcceptancePatterns" );
+        aDateAcceptancePatterns = {};
+    }
+
+
+    loadDigitGrouping();
+
+    try
+    {
+        aReservedWords = comphelper::sequenceToContainer<std::vector<OUString>>(xLD->getReservedWord( rMyLocale ));
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getReservedWord" );
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        aLocaleDataItem = xLD->getLocaleItem2( rMyLocale );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getLocaleItem" );
+        static const css::i18n::LocaleDataItem2 aEmptyItem;
+        aLocaleDataItem = aEmptyItem;
+    }
+
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::DATE_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.dateSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::THOUSAND_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.thousandSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::DECIMAL_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::TIME_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.timeSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::TIME_100SEC_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.time100SecSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::LIST_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.listSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::SINGLE_QUOTATION_START] = aLocaleDataItem.quotationStart;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::SINGLE_QUOTATION_END] = aLocaleDataItem.quotationEnd;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::DOUBLE_QUOTATION_START] = aLocaleDataItem.doubleQuotationStart;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::DOUBLE_QUOTATION_END] = aLocaleDataItem.doubleQuotationEnd;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::MEASUREMENT_SYSTEM] = aLocaleDataItem.measurementSystem;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::TIME_AM] = aLocaleDataItem.timeAM;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::TIME_PM] = aLocaleDataItem.timePM;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::LONG_DATE_DAY_OF_WEEK_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.LongDateDayOfWeekSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::LONG_DATE_DAY_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.LongDateDaySeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::LONG_DATE_MONTH_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.LongDateMonthSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::LONG_DATE_YEAR_SEPARATOR] = aLocaleDataItem.LongDateYearSeparator;
+    aLocaleItem[LocaleItem::DECIMAL_SEPARATOR_ALTERNATIVE] = aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparatorAlternative;
+}
+
+/* FIXME-BCP47: locale data should provide a language tag instead that could be
+ * passed on. */
+css::i18n::LanguageCountryInfo LocaleDataWrapper::getLanguageCountryInfo() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xLD->getLanguageCountryInfo( getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getLanguageCountryInfo" );
+    }
+    return css::i18n::LanguageCountryInfo();
+}
+
+const css::i18n::LocaleDataItem2& LocaleDataWrapper::getLocaleItem() const
+{
+    return aLocaleDataItem;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::Currency2 > LocaleDataWrapper::getAllCurrencies() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xLD->getAllCurrencies2( getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getAllCurrencies" );
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::FormatElement > LocaleDataWrapper::getAllFormats() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xLD->getAllFormats( getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getAllFormats" );
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+css::i18n::ForbiddenCharacters LocaleDataWrapper::getForbiddenCharacters() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xLD->getForbiddenCharacters( getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getForbiddenCharacters" );
+    }
+    return css::i18n::ForbiddenCharacters();
+}
+
+const css::uno::Sequence< css::lang::Locale > & LocaleDataWrapper::getAllInstalledLocaleNames() const
+{
+    uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > &rInstalledLocales = gInstalledLocales;
+
+    if ( rInstalledLocales.hasElements() )
+        return rInstalledLocales;
+
+    try
+    {
+        rInstalledLocales = xLD->getAllInstalledLocaleNames();
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getAllInstalledLocaleNames" );
+    }
+    return rInstalledLocales;
+}
+
+// --- Impl and helpers ----------------------------------------------------
+
+// static
+const css::uno::Sequence< css::lang::Locale >& LocaleDataWrapper::getInstalledLocaleNames()
+{
+    const uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > &rInstalledLocales = gInstalledLocales;
+
+    if ( !rInstalledLocales.hasElements() )
+    {
+        LocaleDataWrapper aLDW( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(), LanguageTag( LANGUAGE_SYSTEM) );
+        aLDW.getAllInstalledLocaleNames();
+    }
+    return rInstalledLocales;
+}
+
+// static
+const std::vector< LanguageType >& LocaleDataWrapper::getInstalledLanguageTypes()
+{
+    std::vector< LanguageType > &rInstalledLanguageTypes = gInstalledLanguageTypes;
+
+    if ( !rInstalledLanguageTypes.empty() )
+        return rInstalledLanguageTypes;
+
+    const css::uno::Sequence< css::lang::Locale > xLoc =  getInstalledLocaleNames();
+    sal_Int32 nCount = xLoc.getLength();
+    std::vector< LanguageType > xLang;
+    xLang.reserve(nCount);
+    for ( const auto& rLoc : xLoc )
+    {
+        LanguageTag aLanguageTag( rLoc );
+        OUString aDebugLocale;
+        if (areChecksEnabled())
+        {
+            aDebugLocale = aLanguageTag.getBcp47( false);
+        }
+
+        LanguageType eLang = aLanguageTag.getLanguageType( false);
+        if (areChecksEnabled() && eLang == LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW)
+        {
+            OUString aMsg = "ConvertIsoNamesToLanguage: unknown MS-LCID for locale\n" +
+                aDebugLocale;
+            outputCheckMessage(aMsg);
+        }
+
+        if ( eLang == LANGUAGE_NORWEGIAN)       // no_NO, not Bokmal (nb_NO), not Nynorsk (nn_NO)
+            eLang = LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW;  // don't offer "Unknown" language
+        if ( eLang != LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW )
+        {
+            LanguageTag aBackLanguageTag( eLang);
+            if ( aLanguageTag != aBackLanguageTag )
+            {
+                // In checks, exclude known problems because no MS-LCID defined
+                // and default for Language found.
+                if ( areChecksEnabled()
+                        && aDebugLocale != "ar-SD"  // Sudan/ar
+                        && aDebugLocale != "en-CB"  // Caribbean is not a country
+//                      && aDebugLocale != "en-BG"  // ?!? Bulgaria/en
+//                      && aDebugLocale != "es-BR"  // ?!? Brazil/es
+                    )
+                {
+                    OUStringBuffer aMsg("ConvertIsoNamesToLanguage/ConvertLanguageToIsoNames: ambiguous locale (MS-LCID?)\n");
+                    aMsg.append(aDebugLocale);
+                    aMsg.append("  ->  0x");
+                    aMsg.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(static_cast<sal_uInt16>(eLang)), 16);
+                    aMsg.append("  ->  ");
+                    aMsg.append(aBackLanguageTag.getBcp47());
+                    outputCheckMessage( aMsg.makeStringAndClear() );
+                }
+                eLang = LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW;
+            }
+        }
+        if ( eLang != LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW )
+            xLang.push_back(eLang);
+    }
+    rInstalledLanguageTypes = xLang;
+
+    return rInstalledLanguageTypes;
+}
+
+const OUString& LocaleDataWrapper::getOneLocaleItem( sal_Int16 nItem ) const
+{
+    if ( nItem >= LocaleItem::COUNT2 )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "unotools.i18n", "getOneLocaleItem: bounds" );
+        return aLocaleItem[0];
+    }
+    return aLocaleItem[nItem];
+}
+
+const OUString& LocaleDataWrapper::getOneReservedWord( sal_Int16 nWord ) const
+{
+    if ( nWord < 0 || o3tl::make_unsigned(nWord) >= aReservedWords.size() )
+    {
+        SAL_WARN( "unotools.i18n", "getOneReservedWord: bounds" );
+        static const OUString EMPTY;
+        return EMPTY;
+    }
+    return aReservedWords[nWord];
+}
+
+MeasurementSystem LocaleDataWrapper::mapMeasurementStringToEnum( std::u16string_view rMS ) const
+{
+//! TODO: could be cached too
+    if ( o3tl::equalsIgnoreAsciiCase( rMS, u"metric" ) )
+        return MeasurementSystem::Metric;
+//! TODO: other measurement systems? => extend enum MeasurementSystem
+    return MeasurementSystem::US;
+}
+
+bool LocaleDataWrapper::doesSecondaryCalendarUseEC( std::u16string_view rName ) const
+{
+    if (rName.empty())
+        return false;
+
+    // Check language tag first to avoid loading all calendars of this locale.
+    LanguageTag aLoaded( getLoadedLanguageTag());
+    const OUString& aBcp47( aLoaded.getBcp47());
+    // So far determine only by locale, we know for a few.
+    /* TODO: check date format codes? or add to locale data? */
+    if (    aBcp47 != "ja-JP" &&
+            aBcp47 != "lo-LA" &&
+            aBcp47 != "zh-TW")
+        return false;
+
+    if (!xSecondaryCalendar)
+        return false;
+    if (!xSecondaryCalendar->Name.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase( rName))
+        return false;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+const std::shared_ptr< css::i18n::Calendar2 >& LocaleDataWrapper::getDefaultCalendar() const
+{
+    return xDefaultCalendar;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::CalendarItem2 > const & LocaleDataWrapper::getDefaultCalendarDays() const
+{
+    return getDefaultCalendar()->Days;
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::CalendarItem2 > const & LocaleDataWrapper::getDefaultCalendarMonths() const
+{
+    return getDefaultCalendar()->Months;
+}
+
+// --- currencies -----------------------------------------------------
+
+const OUString& LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrSymbol() const
+{
+    return aCurrSymbol;
+}
+
+const OUString& LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrBankSymbol() const
+{
+    return aCurrBankSymbol;
+}
+
+sal_uInt16 LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrPositiveFormat() const
+{
+    return nCurrPositiveFormat;
+}
+
+sal_uInt16 LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrNegativeFormat() const
+{
+    return nCurrNegativeFormat;
+}
+
+sal_uInt16 LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrDigits() const
+{
+    return nCurrDigits;
+}
+
+void LocaleDataWrapper::scanCurrFormatImpl( std::u16string_view rCode,
+        sal_Int32 nStart, sal_Int32& nSign, sal_Int32& nPar,
+        sal_Int32& nNum, sal_Int32& nBlank, sal_Int32& nSym ) const
+{
+    nSign = nPar = nNum = nBlank = nSym = -1;
+    const sal_Unicode* const pStr = rCode.data();
+    const sal_Unicode* const pStop = pStr + rCode.size();
+    const sal_Unicode* p = pStr + nStart;
+    int nInSection = 0;
+    bool bQuote = false;
+    while ( p < pStop )
+    {
+        if ( bQuote )
+        {
+            if ( *p == '"' && *(p-1) != '\\' )
+                bQuote = false;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            switch ( *p )
+            {
+                case '"' :
+                    if ( pStr == p || *(p-1) != '\\' )
+                        bQuote = true;
+                break;
+                case '-' :
+                    if (!nInSection && nSign == -1)
+                        nSign = p - pStr;
+                break;
+                case '(' :
+                    if (!nInSection && nPar == -1)
+                        nPar = p - pStr;
+                break;
+                case '0' :
+                case '#' :
+                    if (!nInSection && nNum == -1)
+                        nNum = p - pStr;
+                break;
+                case '[' :
+                    nInSection++;
+                break;
+                case ']' :
+                    if ( nInSection )
+                    {
+                        nInSection--;
+                        if (!nInSection && nBlank == -1
+                          && nSym != -1 && p < pStop-1 && *(p+1) == ' ' )
+                            nBlank = p - pStr + 1;
+                    }
+                break;
+                case '$' :
+                    if (nSym == -1 && nInSection && *(p-1) == '[')
+                    {
+                        nSym = p - pStr + 1;
+                        if (nNum != -1 && *(p-2) == ' ')
+                            nBlank = p - pStr - 2;
+                    }
+                break;
+                case ';' :
+                    if ( !nInSection )
+                        p = pStop;
+                break;
+                default:
+                    if (!nInSection && nSym == -1 && o3tl::starts_with(rCode.substr(static_cast<sal_Int32>(p - pStr)), aCurrSymbol))
+                    {   // currency symbol not surrounded by [$...]
+                        nSym = p - pStr;
+                        if (nBlank == -1 && pStr < p && *(p-1) == ' ')
+                            nBlank = p - pStr - 1;
+                        p += aCurrSymbol.getLength() - 1;
+                        if (nBlank == -1 && p < pStop-2 && *(p+2) == ' ')
+                            nBlank = p - pStr + 2;
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+        p++;
+    }
+}
+
+void LocaleDataWrapper::loadCurrencyFormats()
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::i18n::XNumberFormatCode > xNFC = i18n::NumberFormatMapper::create( m_xContext );
+    uno::Sequence< NumberFormatCode > aFormatSeq = xNFC->getAllFormatCode( KNumberFormatUsage::CURRENCY, maLanguageTag.getLocale() );
+    sal_Int32 nCnt = aFormatSeq.getLength();
+    if ( !nCnt )
+    {   // bad luck
+        if (areChecksEnabled())
+        {
+            outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrFormatsImpl: no currency formats" ) );
+        }
+        nCurrPositiveFormat = nCurrNegativeFormat = nCurrFormatDefault;
+        return;
+    }
+    // find a negative code (medium preferred) and a default (medium preferred) (not necessarily the same)
+    NumberFormatCode const * const pFormatArr = aFormatSeq.getArray();
+    sal_Int32 nElem, nDef, nNeg, nMedium;
+    nDef = nNeg = nMedium = -1;
+    for ( nElem = 0; nElem < nCnt; nElem++ )
+    {
+        if ( pFormatArr[nElem].Type == KNumberFormatType::MEDIUM )
+        {
+            if ( pFormatArr[nElem].Default )
+            {
+                nDef = nElem;
+                nMedium = nElem;
+                if ( pFormatArr[nElem].Code.indexOf( ';' ) >= 0 )
+                    nNeg = nElem;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if ( (nNeg == -1 || nMedium == -1) && pFormatArr[nElem].Code.indexOf( ';' ) >= 0 )
+                    nNeg = nElem;
+                if ( nMedium == -1 )
+                    nMedium = nElem;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if ( nDef == -1 && pFormatArr[nElem].Default )
+                nDef = nElem;
+            if ( nNeg == -1 && pFormatArr[nElem].Code.indexOf( ';' ) >= 0 )
+                nNeg = nElem;
+        }
+    }
+
+    sal_Int32 nSign, nPar, nNum, nBlank, nSym;
+
+    // positive format
+    nElem = (nDef >= 0 ? nDef : (nNeg >= 0 ? nNeg : 0));
+    scanCurrFormatImpl( pFormatArr[nElem].Code, 0, nSign, nPar, nNum, nBlank, nSym );
+    if (areChecksEnabled() && (nNum == -1 || nSym == -1))
+    {
+        outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrFormatsImpl: CurrPositiveFormat?" ) );
+    }
+    if (nBlank == -1)
+    {
+        if ( nSym < nNum )
+            nCurrPositiveFormat = 0;    // $1
+        else
+            nCurrPositiveFormat = 1;    // 1$
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if ( nSym < nNum )
+            nCurrPositiveFormat = 2;    // $ 1
+        else
+            nCurrPositiveFormat = 3;    // 1 $
+    }
+
+    // negative format
+    if ( nNeg < 0 )
+        nCurrNegativeFormat = nCurrFormatDefault;
+    else
+    {
+        const OUString& rCode = pFormatArr[nNeg].Code;
+        sal_Int32 nDelim = rCode.indexOf(';');
+        scanCurrFormatImpl( rCode, nDelim+1, nSign, nPar, nNum, nBlank, nSym );
+        if (areChecksEnabled() && (nNum == -1 || nSym == -1 || (nPar == -1 && nSign == -1)))
+        {
+            outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::getCurrFormatsImpl: CurrNegativeFormat?" ) );
+        }
+        // NOTE: one of nPar or nSign are allowed to be -1
+        if (nBlank == -1)
+        {
+            if ( nSym < nNum )
+            {
+                if ( -1 < nPar && nPar < nSym )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 0;    // ($1)
+                else if ( -1 < nSign && nSign < nSym )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 1;    // -$1
+                else if ( nNum < nSign )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 3;    // $1-
+                else
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 2;    // $-1
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if ( -1 < nPar && nPar < nNum )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 4;    // (1$)
+                else if ( -1 < nSign && nSign < nNum )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 5;    // -1$
+                else if ( nSym < nSign )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 7;    // 1$-
+                else
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 6;    // 1-$
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if ( nSym < nNum )
+            {
+                if ( -1 < nPar && nPar < nSym )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 14;   // ($ 1)
+                else if ( -1 < nSign && nSign < nSym )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 9;    // -$ 1
+                else if ( nNum < nSign )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 12;   // $ 1-
+                else
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 11;   // $ -1
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if ( -1 < nPar && nPar < nNum )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 15;   // (1 $)
+                else if ( -1 < nSign && nSign < nNum )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 8;    // -1 $
+                else if ( nSym < nSign )
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 10;   // 1 $-
+                else
+                    nCurrNegativeFormat = 13;   // 1- $
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// --- date -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+DateOrder LocaleDataWrapper::getDateOrder() const
+{
+    return nDateOrder;
+}
+
+LongDateOrder LocaleDataWrapper::getLongDateOrder() const
+{
+    return nLongDateOrder;
+}
+
+LongDateOrder LocaleDataWrapper::scanDateOrderImpl( std::u16string_view rCode ) const
+{
+    // Only some european versions were translated, the ones with different
+    // keyword combinations are:
+    // English DMY, German TMJ, Spanish DMA, French JMA, Italian GMA,
+    // Dutch DMJ, Finnish PKV
+
+    // default is English keywords for every other language
+    size_t nDay = rCode.find('D');
+    size_t nMonth = rCode.find('M');
+    size_t nYear = rCode.find('Y');
+    if (nDay == std::u16string_view::npos || nMonth == std::u16string_view::npos || nYear == std::u16string_view::npos)
+    {   // This algorithm assumes that all three parts (DMY) are present
+        if (nMonth == std::u16string_view::npos)
+        {   // only Finnish has something else than 'M' for month
+            nMonth = rCode.find('K');
+            if (nMonth != std::u16string_view::npos)
+            {
+                nDay = rCode.find('P');
+                nYear = rCode.find('V');
+            }
+        }
+        else if (nDay == std::u16string_view::npos)
+        {   // We have a month 'M' if we reach this branch.
+            // Possible languages containing 'M' but no 'D':
+            // German, French, Italian
+            nDay = rCode.find('T');         // German
+            if (nDay != std::u16string_view::npos)
+                nYear = rCode.find('J');
+            else
+            {
+                nYear = rCode.find('A');    // French, Italian
+                if (nYear != std::u16string_view::npos)
+                {
+                    nDay = rCode.find('J'); // French
+                    if (nDay == std::u16string_view::npos)
+                        nDay = rCode.find('G'); // Italian
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {   // We have a month 'M' and a day 'D'.
+            // Possible languages containing 'D' and 'M' but not 'Y':
+            // Spanish, Dutch
+            nYear = rCode.find('A');        // Spanish
+            if (nYear == std::u16string_view::npos)
+                nYear = rCode.find('J');    // Dutch
+        }
+        if (nDay == std::u16string_view::npos || nMonth == std::u16string_view::npos || nYear == std::u16string_view::npos)
+        {
+            if (areChecksEnabled())
+            {
+                outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::scanDateOrder: not all DMY present" ) );
+            }
+            if (nDay == std::u16string_view::npos)
+                nDay = rCode.size();
+            if (nMonth == std::u16string_view::npos)
+                nMonth = rCode.size();
+            if (nYear == std::u16string_view::npos)
+                nYear = rCode.size();
+        }
+    }
+    // compare with <= because each position may equal rCode.getLength()
+    if ( nDay <= nMonth && nMonth <= nYear )
+        return LongDateOrder::DMY;     // also if every position equals rCode.getLength()
+    else if ( nMonth <= nDay && nDay <= nYear )
+        return LongDateOrder::MDY;
+    else if ( nYear <= nMonth && nMonth <= nDay )
+        return LongDateOrder::YMD;
+    else if ( nYear <= nDay && nDay <= nMonth )
+        return LongDateOrder::YDM;
+    else
+    {
+        if (areChecksEnabled())
+        {
+            outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::scanDateOrder: no magic applicable" ) );
+        }
+        return LongDateOrder::DMY;
+    }
+}
+
+static DateOrder getDateOrderFromLongDateOrder( LongDateOrder eLong )
+{
+    switch (eLong)
+    {
+        case LongDateOrder::YMD:
+            return DateOrder::YMD;
+        break;
+        case LongDateOrder::DMY:
+            return DateOrder::DMY;
+        break;
+        case LongDateOrder::MDY:
+            return DateOrder::MDY;
+        break;
+        case LongDateOrder::YDM:
+        default:
+            assert(!"unhandled LongDateOrder to DateOrder");
+            return DateOrder::DMY;
+    }
+}
+
+void LocaleDataWrapper::loadDateOrders()
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::i18n::XNumberFormatCode > xNFC = i18n::NumberFormatMapper::create( m_xContext );
+    uno::Sequence< NumberFormatCode > aFormatSeq = xNFC->getAllFormatCode( KNumberFormatUsage::DATE, maLanguageTag.getLocale() );
+    sal_Int32 nCnt = aFormatSeq.getLength();
+    if ( !nCnt )
+    {   // bad luck
+        if (areChecksEnabled())
+        {
+            outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::getDateOrdersImpl: no date formats" ) );
+        }
+        nDateOrder = DateOrder::DMY;
+        nLongDateOrder = LongDateOrder::DMY;
+        return;
+    }
+    // find the edit (21), a default (medium preferred),
+    // a medium (default preferred), and a long (default preferred)
+    NumberFormatCode const * const pFormatArr = aFormatSeq.getArray();
+    sal_Int32 nEdit, nDef, nMedium, nLong;
+    nEdit = nDef = nMedium = nLong = -1;
+    for ( sal_Int32 nElem = 0; nElem < nCnt; nElem++ )
+    {
+        if ( nEdit == -1 && pFormatArr[nElem].Index == NumberFormatIndex::DATE_SYS_DDMMYYYY )
+            nEdit = nElem;
+        if ( nDef == -1 && pFormatArr[nElem].Default )
+            nDef = nElem;
+        switch ( pFormatArr[nElem].Type )
+        {
+            case KNumberFormatType::MEDIUM :
+            {
+                if ( pFormatArr[nElem].Default )
+                {
+                    nDef = nElem;
+                    nMedium = nElem;
+                }
+                else if ( nMedium == -1 )
+                    nMedium = nElem;
+            }
+            break;
+            case KNumberFormatType::LONG :
+            {
+                if ( pFormatArr[nElem].Default )
+                    nLong = nElem;
+                else if ( nLong == -1 )
+                    nLong = nElem;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    if ( nEdit == -1 )
+    {
+        if (areChecksEnabled())
+        {
+            outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::getDateOrdersImpl: no edit" ) );
+        }
+        if ( nDef == -1 )
+        {
+            if (areChecksEnabled())
+            {
+                outputCheckMessage( appendLocaleInfo( u"LocaleDataWrapper::getDateOrdersImpl: no default" ) );
+            }
+            if ( nMedium != -1 )
+                nDef = nMedium;
+            else if ( nLong != -1 )
+                nDef = nLong;
+            else
+                nDef = 0;
+        }
+        nEdit = nDef;
+    }
+    LongDateOrder nDO = scanDateOrderImpl( pFormatArr[nEdit].Code );
+    if ( pFormatArr[nEdit].Type == KNumberFormatType::LONG )
+    {   // normally this is not the case
+        nLongDateOrder = nDO;
+        nDateOrder = getDateOrderFromLongDateOrder(nDO);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // YDM should not occur in a short/medium date (i.e. no locale has
+        // that) and is nowhere handled.
+        nDateOrder = getDateOrderFromLongDateOrder(nDO);
+        if ( nLong == -1 )
+            nLongDateOrder = nDO;
+        else
+            nLongDateOrder = scanDateOrderImpl( pFormatArr[nLong].Code );
+    }
+}
+
+// --- digit grouping -------------------------------------------------
+
+void LocaleDataWrapper::loadDigitGrouping()
+{
+    /* TODO: This is a very simplified grouping setup that only serves its
+     * current purpose for Indian locales. A free-form flexible one would
+     * obtain grouping from locale data where it could be specified using, for
+     * example, codes like #,### and #,##,### that would generate the integer
+     * sequence. Needed additional API and a locale data element.
+     */
+
+    if (aGrouping.hasElements() && aGrouping[0])
+        return;
+
+    i18n::LanguageCountryInfo aLCInfo( getLanguageCountryInfo());
+    if (aLCInfo.Country.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("IN") || // India
+        aLCInfo.Country.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("BT") )  // Bhutan
+    {
+        aGrouping = { 3, 2, 0 };
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        aGrouping = { 3, 0, 0 };
+    }
+}
+
+const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int32 >& LocaleDataWrapper::getDigitGrouping() const
+{
+    return aGrouping;
+}
+
+// --- simple number formatting helpers -------------------------------
+
+// The ImplAdd... methods are taken from class International and modified to
+// suit the needs.
+
+static void ImplAddUNum( OUStringBuffer& rBuf, sal_uInt64 nNumber )
+{
+    // fill temp buffer with digits
+    sal_Unicode aTempBuf[64];
+    sal_Unicode* pTempBuf = aTempBuf;
+    do
+    {
+        *pTempBuf = static_cast<sal_Unicode>(nNumber % 10) + '0';
+        pTempBuf++;
+        nNumber /= 10;
+    }
+    while ( nNumber );
+
+    // copy temp buffer to buffer passed
+    do
+    {
+        pTempBuf--;
+        rBuf.append(*pTempBuf);
+    }
+    while ( pTempBuf != aTempBuf );
+}
+
+static void ImplAddUNum( OUStringBuffer& rBuf, sal_uInt64 nNumber, int nMinLen )
+{
+    // fill temp buffer with digits
+    sal_Unicode aTempBuf[64];
+    sal_Unicode* pTempBuf = aTempBuf;
+    do
+    {
+        *pTempBuf = static_cast<sal_Unicode>(nNumber % 10) + '0';
+        pTempBuf++;
+        nNumber /= 10;
+        nMinLen--;
+    }
+    while ( nNumber );
+
+    // fill with zeros up to the minimal length
+    while ( nMinLen > 0 )
+    {
+        rBuf.append('0');
+        nMinLen--;
+    }
+
+    // copy temp buffer to real buffer
+    do
+    {
+        pTempBuf--;
+        rBuf.append(*pTempBuf);
+    }
+    while ( pTempBuf != aTempBuf );
+}
+
+static void ImplAddNum( OUStringBuffer& rBuf, sal_Int64 nNumber, int nMinLen )
+{
+    if (nNumber < 0)
+    {
+        rBuf.append('-');
+        nNumber = -nNumber;
+    }
+    return ImplAddUNum( rBuf, nNumber, nMinLen);
+}
+
+static void ImplAdd2UNum( OUStringBuffer& rBuf, sal_uInt16 nNumber )
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT( nNumber < 100, "ImplAdd2UNum() - Number >= 100" );
+
+    if ( nNumber < 10 )
+    {
+        rBuf.append('0');
+        rBuf.append(static_cast<char>(nNumber + '0'));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        sal_uInt16 nTemp = nNumber % 10;
+        nNumber /= 10;
+        rBuf.append(static_cast<char>(nNumber + '0'));
+        rBuf.append(static_cast<char>(nTemp + '0'));
+    }
+}
+
+static void ImplAdd9UNum( OUStringBuffer& rBuf, sal_uInt32 nNumber )
+{
+    DBG_ASSERT( nNumber < 1000000000, "ImplAdd9UNum() - Number >= 1000000000" );
+
+    std::ostringstream ostr;
+    ostr.fill('0');
+    ostr.width(9);
+    ostr << nNumber;
+    std::string aStr = ostr.str();
+    rBuf.appendAscii(aStr.c_str(), aStr.size());
+}
+
+void LocaleDataWrapper::ImplAddFormatNum( OUStringBuffer& rBuf,
+        sal_Int64 nNumber, sal_uInt16 nDecimals, bool bUseThousandSep,
+        bool bTrailingZeros ) const
+{
+    OUStringBuffer aNumBuf(64);
+    sal_uInt16  nNumLen;
+
+    // negative number
+    sal_uInt64 abs;
+    if ( nNumber < 0 )
+    {
+        // Avoid overflow, map -2^63 -> 2^63 explicitly:
+        abs = nNumber == std::numeric_limits<sal_Int64>::min()
+            ? static_cast<sal_uInt64>(std::numeric_limits<sal_Int64>::min()) : nNumber * -1;
+        rBuf.append('-');
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        abs = nNumber;
+    }
+
+    // convert number
+    ImplAddUNum( aNumBuf, abs );
+    nNumLen = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(aNumBuf.getLength());
+
+    if ( nNumLen <= nDecimals )
+    {
+        // strip .0 in decimals?
+        if ( !nNumber && !bTrailingZeros )
+        {
+            rBuf.append('0');
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // LeadingZero, insert 0
+            if ( isNumLeadingZero() )
+            {
+                rBuf.append('0');
+            }
+
+            // append decimal separator
+            rBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparator );
+
+            // fill with zeros
+            sal_uInt16 i = 0;
+            while ( i < (nDecimals-nNumLen) )
+            {
+                rBuf.append('0');
+                i++;
+            }
+
+            // append decimals
+            rBuf.append(aNumBuf);
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        const OUString& rThoSep = aLocaleDataItem.thousandSeparator;
+
+        // copy number to buffer (excluding decimals)
+        sal_uInt16 nNumLen2 = nNumLen-nDecimals;
+        uno::Sequence< sal_Bool > aGroupPos;
+        if (bUseThousandSep)
+            aGroupPos = utl::DigitGroupingIterator::createForwardSequence(
+                    nNumLen2, getDigitGrouping());
+        sal_uInt16 i = 0;
+        for (; i < nNumLen2; ++i )
+        {
+            rBuf.append(aNumBuf[i]);
+
+            // add thousand separator?
+            if ( bUseThousandSep && aGroupPos[i] )
+                rBuf.append( rThoSep );
+        }
+
+        // append decimals
+        if ( nDecimals )
+        {
+            rBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparator );
+
+            bool bNullEnd = true;
+            while ( i < nNumLen )
+            {
+                if ( aNumBuf[i] != '0' )
+                    bNullEnd = false;
+
+                rBuf.append(aNumBuf[i]);
+                i++;
+            }
+
+            // strip .0 in decimals?
+            if ( bNullEnd && !bTrailingZeros )
+                rBuf.setLength( rBuf.getLength() - (nDecimals + 1) );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// --- simple date and time formatting --------------------------------
+
+OUString LocaleDataWrapper::getDate( const Date& rDate ) const
+{
+//!TODO: leading zeros et al
+    OUStringBuffer aBuf(128);
+    sal_uInt16  nDay    = rDate.GetDay();
+    sal_uInt16  nMonth  = rDate.GetMonth();
+    sal_Int16   nYear   = rDate.GetYear();
+    sal_uInt16  nYearLen;
+
+    if ( (true) /* IsDateCentury() */ )
+        nYearLen = 4;
+    else
+    {
+        nYearLen = 2;
+        nYear %= 100;
+    }
+
+    switch ( getDateOrder() )
+    {
+        case DateOrder::DMY :
+            ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, nDay );
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.dateSeparator );
+            ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, nMonth );
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.dateSeparator );
+            ImplAddNum( aBuf, nYear, nYearLen );
+        break;
+        case DateOrder::MDY :
+            ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, nMonth );
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.dateSeparator );
+            ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, nDay );
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.dateSeparator );
+            ImplAddNum( aBuf, nYear, nYearLen );
+        break;
+        default:
+            ImplAddNum( aBuf, nYear, nYearLen );
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.dateSeparator );
+            ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, nMonth );
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.dateSeparator );
+            ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, nDay );
+    }
+
+    return aBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+OUString LocaleDataWrapper::getTime( const tools::Time& rTime, bool bSec, bool b100Sec ) const
+{
+//!TODO: leading zeros et al
+    OUStringBuffer aBuf(128);
+    sal_uInt16  nHour = rTime.GetHour();
+
+    nHour %= 24;
+
+    ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, nHour );
+    aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.timeSeparator );
+    ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, rTime.GetMin() );
+    if ( bSec )
+    {
+        aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.timeSeparator );
+        ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, rTime.GetSec() );
+
+        if ( b100Sec )
+        {
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.time100SecSeparator );
+            ImplAdd9UNum( aBuf, rTime.GetNanoSec() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+OUString LocaleDataWrapper::getDuration( const tools::Time& rTime, bool bSec, bool b100Sec ) const
+{
+    OUStringBuffer aBuf(128);
+
+    if ( rTime < tools::Time( 0 ) )
+        aBuf.append(' ' );
+
+    if ( (true) /* IsTimeLeadingZero() */ )
+        ImplAddUNum( aBuf, rTime.GetHour(), 2 );
+    else
+        ImplAddUNum( aBuf, rTime.GetHour() );
+    aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.timeSeparator );
+    ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, rTime.GetMin() );
+    if ( bSec )
+    {
+        aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.timeSeparator );
+        ImplAdd2UNum( aBuf, rTime.GetSec() );
+
+        if ( b100Sec )
+        {
+            aBuf.append( aLocaleDataItem.time100SecSeparator );
+            ImplAdd9UNum( aBuf, rTime.GetNanoSec() );
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+// --- simple number formatting ---------------------------------------
+
+static size_t ImplGetNumberStringLengthGuess( const css::i18n::LocaleDataItem2& rLocaleDataItem, sal_uInt16 nDecimals )
+{
+    // approximately 3.2 bits per digit
+    const size_t nDig = ((sizeof(sal_Int64) * 8) / 3) + 1;
+    // digits, separators (pessimized for insane "every digit may be grouped"), leading zero, sign
+    size_t nGuess = ((nDecimals < nDig) ?
+        (((nDig - nDecimals) * rLocaleDataItem.thousandSeparator.getLength()) + nDig) :
+        nDecimals) + rLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparator.getLength() + 3;
+    return nGuess;
+}
+
+OUString LocaleDataWrapper::getNum( sal_Int64 nNumber, sal_uInt16 nDecimals,
+        bool bUseThousandSep, bool bTrailingZeros ) const
+{
+    // check if digits and separators will fit into fixed buffer or allocate
+    size_t nGuess = ImplGetNumberStringLengthGuess( aLocaleDataItem, nDecimals );
+    OUStringBuffer aBuf(int(nGuess + 16));
+
+    ImplAddFormatNum( aBuf, nNumber, nDecimals,
+        bUseThousandSep, bTrailingZeros );
+
+    return aBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+OUString LocaleDataWrapper::getCurr( sal_Int64 nNumber, sal_uInt16 nDecimals,
+        std::u16string_view rCurrencySymbol, bool bUseThousandSep ) const
+{
+    sal_Unicode cZeroChar = getCurrZeroChar();
+
+    // check if digits and separators will fit into fixed buffer or allocate
+    size_t nGuess = ImplGetNumberStringLengthGuess( aLocaleDataItem, nDecimals );
+    OUStringBuffer aNumBuf(int(nGuess + 16));
+    OUStringBuffer aBuf(int(rCurrencySymbol.size() + nGuess + 20 ));
+
+    bool bNeg;
+    if ( nNumber < 0 )
+    {
+        bNeg = true;
+        nNumber *= -1;
+    }
+    else
+        bNeg = false;
+
+    // convert number
+    ImplAddFormatNum( aNumBuf, nNumber, nDecimals,
+        bUseThousandSep, true );
+    const sal_Int32 nNumLen = aNumBuf.getLength();
+
+    // replace zeros with zero character
+    if ( (cZeroChar != '0') && nDecimals /* && IsNumTrailingZeros() */ )
+    {
+        sal_uInt16  i;
+        bool    bZero = true;
+
+        sal_uInt16 nNumBufIndex = nNumLen-nDecimals;
+        i = 0;
+        do
+        {
+            if ( aNumBuf[nNumBufIndex] != '0' )
+            {
+                bZero = false;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            nNumBufIndex++;
+            i++;
+        }
+        while ( i < nDecimals );
+
+        if ( bZero )
+        {
+            nNumBufIndex = nNumLen-nDecimals;
+            i = 0;
+            do
+            {
+                aNumBuf[nNumBufIndex] = cZeroChar;
+                nNumBufIndex++;
+                i++;
+            }
+            while ( i < nDecimals );
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( !bNeg )
+    {
+        switch( getCurrPositiveFormat() )
+        {
+            case 0:
+                aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                break;
+            case 1:
+                aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        switch( getCurrNegativeFormat() )
+        {
+            case 0:
+                 aBuf.append( '(' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( ')' );
+                break;
+            case 1:
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                break;
+            case 4:
+                 aBuf.append( '(' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( ')' );
+                break;
+            case 5:
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                break;
+            case 6:
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                break;
+            case 7:
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                break;
+            case 8:
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                break;
+            case 9:
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                break;
+            case 10:
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                break;
+            case 11:
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                break;
+            case 12:
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                break;
+            case 13:
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( '-' );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                break;
+            case 14:
+                 aBuf.append( '(' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( ')' );
+                break;
+            case 15:
+                 aBuf.append( '(' );
+                 aBuf.append( aNumBuf );
+                 aBuf.append( ' ' );
+                 aBuf.append( rCurrencySymbol );
+                 aBuf.append( ')' );
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return aBuf.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+// --- number parsing -------------------------------------------------
+
+double LocaleDataWrapper::stringToDouble( std::u16string_view aString, bool bUseGroupSep,
+        rtl_math_ConversionStatus* pStatus, sal_Int32* pParseEnd ) const
+{
+    const sal_Unicode* pParseEndChar;
+    double fValue = stringToDouble(aString.data(), aString.data() + aString.size(), bUseGroupSep, pStatus, &pParseEndChar);
+    if (pParseEnd)
+        *pParseEnd = pParseEndChar - aString.data();
+    return fValue;
+}
+
+double LocaleDataWrapper::stringToDouble( const sal_Unicode* pBegin, const sal_Unicode* pEnd, bool bUseGroupSep,
+        rtl_math_ConversionStatus* pStatus, const sal_Unicode** ppParseEnd ) const
+{
+    const sal_Unicode cGroupSep = (bUseGroupSep ? aLocaleDataItem.thousandSeparator[0] : 0);
+    rtl_math_ConversionStatus eStatus = rtl_math_ConversionStatus_Ok;
+    const sal_Unicode* pParseEnd = nullptr;
+    double fValue = rtl_math_uStringToDouble( pBegin, pEnd, aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparator[0], cGroupSep, &eStatus, &pParseEnd);
+    bool bTryAlt = (pParseEnd < pEnd && !aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparatorAlternative.isEmpty() &&
+            *pParseEnd == aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparatorAlternative.toChar());
+    // Try re-parsing with alternative if that was the reason to stop.
+    if (bTryAlt)
+        fValue = rtl_math_uStringToDouble( pBegin, pEnd, aLocaleDataItem.decimalSeparatorAlternative.toChar(), cGroupSep, &eStatus, &pParseEnd);
+    if (pStatus)
+        *pStatus = eStatus;
+    if (ppParseEnd)
+        *ppParseEnd = pParseEnd;
+    return fValue;
+}
+
+// --- mixed ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+LanguageTag LocaleDataWrapper::getLoadedLanguageTag() const
+{
+    LanguageCountryInfo aLCInfo = getLanguageCountryInfo();
+    return LanguageTag( lang::Locale( aLCInfo.Language, aLCInfo.Country, aLCInfo.Variant ));
+}
+
+OUString LocaleDataWrapper::appendLocaleInfo(std::u16string_view rDebugMsg) const
+{
+    LanguageTag aLoaded = getLoadedLanguageTag();
+    return OUString::Concat(rDebugMsg) + "\n" + maLanguageTag.getBcp47() + " requested\n"
+        + aLoaded.getBcp47() + " loaded";
+}
+
+// static
+void LocaleDataWrapper::outputCheckMessage( std::u16string_view rMsg )
+{
+    outputCheckMessage(OUStringToOString(rMsg, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8).getStr());
+}
+
+// static
+void LocaleDataWrapper::outputCheckMessage( const char* pStr )
+{
+    fprintf( stderr, "\n%s\n", pStr);
+    fflush( stderr);
+    SAL_WARN("unotools.i18n", pStr);
+}
+
+// static
+void LocaleDataWrapper::evaluateLocaleDataChecking()
+{
+    // Using the rtl_Instance template here wouldn't solve all threaded write
+    // accesses, since we want to assign the result to the static member
+    // variable and would need to dereference the pointer returned and assign
+    // the value unguarded. This is the same pattern manually coded.
+    sal_uInt8 nCheck = nLocaleDataChecking;
+    if (!nCheck)
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex());
+        nCheck = nLocaleDataChecking;
+        if (!nCheck)
+        {
+#ifdef DBG_UTIL
+            nCheck = 1;
+#else
+            const char* pEnv = getenv( "OOO_ENABLE_LOCALE_DATA_CHECKS");
+            if (pEnv && (pEnv[0] == 'Y' || pEnv[0] == 'y' || pEnv[0] == '1'))
+                nCheck = 1;
+            else
+                nCheck = 2;
+#endif
+            OSL_DOUBLE_CHECKED_LOCKING_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+            nLocaleDataChecking = nCheck;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        OSL_DOUBLE_CHECKED_LOCKING_MEMORY_BARRIER();
+    }
+}
+
+// --- XLocaleData3 ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::i18n::Calendar2 > LocaleDataWrapper::getAllCalendars() const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        return xLD->getAllCalendars2( getMyLocale() );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "getAllCalendars" );
+    }
+    return {};
+}
+
+// --- XLocaleData4 ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+const css::uno::Sequence< OUString > & LocaleDataWrapper::getDateAcceptancePatterns() const
+{
+    return aDateAcceptancePatterns;
+}
+
+// --- Override layer --------------------------------------------------------
+
+void LocaleDataWrapper::loadDateAcceptancePatterns(
+        const std::vector<OUString> & rPatterns )
+{
+    if (!aDateAcceptancePatterns.hasElements() || rPatterns.empty())
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            aDateAcceptancePatterns = xLD->getDateAcceptancePatterns( maLanguageTag.getLocale() );
+        }
+        catch (const Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "setDateAcceptancePatterns" );
+        }
+        if (rPatterns.empty())
+            return;     // just a reset
+        if (!aDateAcceptancePatterns.hasElements())
+        {
+            aDateAcceptancePatterns = comphelper::containerToSequence(rPatterns);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Earlier versions checked for presence of the full date pattern with
+    // aDateAcceptancePatterns[0] == rPatterns[0] and prepended that if not.
+    // This lead to confusion if the patterns were intentionally specified
+    // without, giving entirely a different DMY order, see tdf#150288.
+    // Not checking this and accepting the given patterns as is may result in
+    // the user shooting themself in the foot, but we can't have both.
+    aDateAcceptancePatterns = comphelper::containerToSequence(rPatterns);
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/nativenumberwrapper.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/nativenumberwrapper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c7b7d422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/nativenumberwrapper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/nativenumberwrapper.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/NativeNumberSupplier2.hpp>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star;
+
+NativeNumberWrapper::NativeNumberWrapper(
+            const uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > & rxContext
+            )
+{
+    xNNS = i18n::NativeNumberSupplier2::create(rxContext);
+}
+
+NativeNumberWrapper::~NativeNumberWrapper()
+{
+}
+
+OUString
+NativeNumberWrapper::getNativeNumberString(
+                    const OUString& rNumberString,
+                    const css::lang::Locale& rLocale,
+                    sal_Int16 nNativeNumberMode) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xNNS.is() )
+            return xNNS->getNativeNumberString(rNumberString, rLocale, nNativeNumberMode);
+    }
+    catch ( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+OUString
+NativeNumberWrapper::getNativeNumberStringParams(
+                    const OUString& rNumberString,
+                    const css::lang::Locale& rLocale,
+                    sal_Int16 nNativeNumberMode,
+                    const OUString& rNativeNumberParams) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xNNS.is() )
+            return xNNS->getNativeNumberStringParams(rNumberString, rLocale, nNativeNumberMode,
+                                                     rNativeNumberParams);
+    }
+    catch ( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+i18n::NativeNumberXmlAttributes
+NativeNumberWrapper::convertToXmlAttributes(
+                    const css::lang::Locale& rLocale,
+                    sal_Int16 nNativeNumberMode ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xNNS.is() )
+            return xNNS->convertToXmlAttributes( rLocale, nNativeNumberMode );
+    }
+    catch ( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return i18n::NativeNumberXmlAttributes();
+}
+
+sal_Int16
+NativeNumberWrapper::convertFromXmlAttributes(
+                    const i18n::NativeNumberXmlAttributes& rAttr ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xNNS.is() )
+            return xNNS->convertFromXmlAttributes( rAttr );
+    }
+    catch ( const uno::Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/resmgr.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/resmgr.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..641fa61be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/resmgr.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+/* -*- 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 <boost/version.hpp>
+#if BOOST_VERSION < 106700
+// Needed when #include <boost/locale.hpp> below includes Boost 1.65.1
+// workdir/UnpackedTarball/boost/boost/locale/format.hpp using "std::auto_ptr<data> d;", but must
+// come very early here in case <memory> is already (indirectly) included earlier:
+#include <config_libcxx.h>
+#if HAVE_LIBCPP
+#define _LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX17_REMOVED_AUTO_PTR
+#elif defined _MSC_VER
+#define _HAS_AUTO_PTR_ETC 1
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#if defined UNX && !defined MACOSX && !defined IOS && !defined ANDROID
+#   include <libintl.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <comphelper/lok.hxx>
+#include <unotools/resmgr.hxx>
+#include <osl/thread.h>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <rtl/crc.h>
+#include <rtl/bootstrap.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+
+#include <boost/locale.hpp>
+#include <boost/locale/gnu_gettext.hpp>
+
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#ifdef ANDROID
+#include <osl/detail/android-bootstrap.h>
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(DBG_UTIL)
+#include <o3tl/char16_t2wchar_t.hxx>
+#include <prewin.h>
+#include <crtdbg.h>
+#include <postwin.h>
+#endif
+
+namespace
+{
+    OUString createFromUtf8(const char* data, size_t size)
+    {
+        OUString aTarget;
+        bool bSuccess = rtl_convertStringToUString(&aTarget.pData,
+                                                   data,
+                                                   size,
+                                                   RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8,
+                                                   RTL_TEXTTOUNICODE_FLAGS_UNDEFINED_ERROR|RTL_TEXTTOUNICODE_FLAGS_MBUNDEFINED_ERROR|RTL_TEXTTOUNICODE_FLAGS_INVALID_ERROR);
+        (void) bSuccess;
+        assert(bSuccess);
+        return aTarget;
+    }
+
+    OString genKeyId(const OString& rGenerator)
+    {
+        sal_uInt32 nCRC = rtl_crc32(0, rGenerator.getStr(), rGenerator.getLength());
+        // Use simple ASCII characters, exclude I, l, 1 and O, 0 to avoid confusing IDs
+        static const char sSymbols[] =
+            "ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz23456789";
+        char sKeyId[6];
+        for (short nKeyInd = 0; nKeyInd < 5; ++nKeyInd)
+        {
+            sKeyId[nKeyInd] = sSymbols[(nCRC & 63) % strlen(sSymbols)];
+            nCRC >>= 6;
+        }
+        sKeyId[5] = '\0';
+        return OString(sKeyId);
+    }
+}
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(DBG_UTIL)
+static int IgnoringCrtReportHook(int reportType, wchar_t *message, int * /* returnValue */)
+{
+    OUString sType;
+    if (reportType == _CRT_WARN)
+        sType = "WARN";
+    else if (reportType == _CRT_ERROR)
+        sType = "ERROR";
+    else if (reportType == _CRT_ASSERT)
+        sType = "ASSERT";
+    else
+        sType = "?(" + OUString::number(reportType) + ")";
+
+    SAL_WARN("unotools.i18n", "CRT Report Hook: " << sType << ": " << OUString(o3tl::toU(message)));
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+#endif
+
+
+namespace Translate
+{
+    std::locale Create(std::string_view aPrefixName, const LanguageTag& rLocale)
+    {
+        static std::unordered_map<OString, std::locale> aCache;
+        OString sIdentifier = rLocale.getGlibcLocaleString(u".UTF-8").toUtf8();
+        OString sUnique = sIdentifier + aPrefixName;
+        auto aFind = aCache.find(sUnique);
+        if (aFind != aCache.end())
+            return aFind->second;
+        boost::locale::generator gen;
+        gen.characters(boost::locale::char_facet);
+        gen.categories(boost::locale::message_facet | boost::locale::information_facet);
+#if defined(ANDROID)
+        OString sPath(OString(lo_get_app_data_dir()) + "/program/resource");
+#else
+        OUString uri("$BRAND_BASE_DIR/$BRAND_SHARE_RESOURCE_SUBDIR/");
+        rtl::Bootstrap::expandMacros(uri);
+        OUString path;
+        osl::File::getSystemPathFromFileURL(uri, path);
+#if defined _WIN32
+        // add_messages_path is documented to treat path string in the *created* locale's encoding
+        // on Windows; creating an UTF-8 encoding, we're lucky to have Unicode path support here.
+        constexpr rtl_TextEncoding eEncoding = RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8;
+#else
+        const rtl_TextEncoding eEncoding = osl_getThreadTextEncoding();
+#endif
+        OString sPath(OUStringToOString(path, eEncoding));
+#endif
+        gen.add_messages_path(sPath.getStr());
+#if defined UNX && !defined MACOSX && !defined IOS && !defined ANDROID
+        // allow gettext to find these .mo files e.g. so gtk dialogs can use them
+        bindtextdomain(aPrefixName.data(), sPath.getStr());
+        // tdf#131069 gtk, and anything sane, always wants utf-8 strings as output
+        bind_textdomain_codeset(aPrefixName.data(), "UTF-8");
+#endif
+        gen.add_messages_domain(aPrefixName.data());
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(DBG_UTIL)
+        // With a newer C++ debug runtime (in an --enable-dbgutil build), passing an invalid locale
+        // name causes an attempt to display an error dialog. Which does not even show up, at least
+        // for me, but instead the process (gengal, at least) just hangs. Which is far from ideal.
+
+        // Passing a POSIX-style locale name to the std::locale constructor on Windows is a bit odd,
+        // but apparently in the normal C++ runtime it "just" causes an exception to be thrown, that
+        // boost catches (see the loadable(std::string name) in boost's
+        // libs\locale\src\std\std_backend.cpp), and then instead uses the Windows style locale name
+        // it knows how to construct. (Why does it even try the POSIX style name I can't
+        // understand.)
+
+        // Actually it isn't just the locale name part "en_US" of a locale like "en_US.UTF-8" that
+        // is problematic, but also the encoding part, "UTF-8". The Microsoft C/C++ library does not
+        // support UTF-8 locales. The error message that our own report hook catches says:
+        // "f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\stdcpp\xmbtowc.c(89) : Assertion failed: ploc->_Mbcurmax == 1
+        // || ploc->_Mbcurmax == 2". Clearly in a UTF-8 locale (perhaps one that boost internally
+        // constructs?) the maximum bytes per character will be more than 2.
+
+        // With a debug C++ runtime, we need to avoid the error dialog, and just ignore the error.
+
+        struct CrtSetReportHook
+        {
+            int mnCrtSetReportHookSucceeded;
+
+            CrtSetReportHook()
+            {
+                mnCrtSetReportHookSucceeded = _CrtSetReportHookW2(_CRT_RPTHOOK_INSTALL, IgnoringCrtReportHook);
+            }
+
+            ~CrtSetReportHook()
+            {
+                if (mnCrtSetReportHookSucceeded >= 0)
+                    _CrtSetReportHookW2(_CRT_RPTHOOK_REMOVE, IgnoringCrtReportHook);
+            }
+        } aHook;
+
+#endif
+
+        std::locale aRet(gen(sIdentifier.getStr()));
+
+        aCache[sUnique] = aRet;
+        return aRet;
+    }
+
+    OUString get(TranslateId sContextAndId, const std::locale &loc)
+    {
+        assert(!strchr(sContextAndId.mpId, '\004') && "should be using nget, not get");
+
+        //if it's a key id locale, generate it here
+        if (std::use_facet<boost::locale::info>(loc).language() == "qtz")
+        {
+            OString sKeyId(genKeyId(OString::Concat(sContextAndId.mpContext) + "|" + std::string_view(sContextAndId.mpId)));
+            return OUString::fromUtf8(sKeyId) + u"\u2016" + createFromUtf8(sContextAndId.mpId, strlen(sContextAndId.mpId));
+        }
+
+        //otherwise translate it
+        const std::string ret = boost::locale::pgettext(sContextAndId.mpContext, sContextAndId.mpId, loc);
+        OUString result(ExpandVariables(createFromUtf8(ret.data(), ret.size())));
+
+        if (comphelper::LibreOfficeKit::isActive())
+        {
+            // If it is de-CH, change sharp s to double s.
+            if (std::use_facet<boost::locale::info>(loc).country() == "CH" &&
+                std::use_facet<boost::locale::info>(loc).language() == "de")
+                result = result.replaceAll(OUString::fromUtf8("\xC3\x9F"), "ss");
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    OUString nget(TranslateNId aContextSingularPlural, int n, const std::locale &loc)
+    {
+        //if it's a key id locale, generate it here
+        if (std::use_facet<boost::locale::info>(loc).language() == "qtz")
+        {
+            OString sKeyId(genKeyId(OString::Concat(aContextSingularPlural.mpContext) + "|" + aContextSingularPlural.mpSingular));
+            const char* pForm = n == 0 ? aContextSingularPlural.mpSingular : aContextSingularPlural.mpPlural;
+            return OUString::fromUtf8(sKeyId) + u"\u2016" + createFromUtf8(pForm, strlen(pForm));
+        }
+
+        //otherwise translate it
+        const std::string ret = boost::locale::npgettext(aContextSingularPlural.mpContext, aContextSingularPlural.mpSingular, aContextSingularPlural.mpPlural, n, loc);
+        OUString result(ExpandVariables(createFromUtf8(ret.data(), ret.size())));
+
+        if (comphelper::LibreOfficeKit::isActive())
+        {
+            if (std::use_facet<boost::locale::info>(loc).country() == "CH" &&
+                std::use_facet<boost::locale::info>(loc).language() == "de")
+                result = result.replaceAll(OUString::fromUtf8("\xC3\x9F"), "ss");
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static ResHookProc pImplResHookProc = nullptr;
+
+    OUString ExpandVariables(const OUString& rString)
+    {
+        if (pImplResHookProc)
+            return pImplResHookProc(rString);
+        return rString;
+    }
+
+    void SetReadStringHook( ResHookProc pProc )
+    {
+        pImplResHookProc = pProc;
+    }
+
+    ResHookProc GetReadStringHook()
+    {
+        return pImplResHookProc;
+    }
+}
+
+bool TranslateId::operator==(const TranslateId& other) const
+{
+    if (mpContext == nullptr || other.mpContext == nullptr)
+    {
+        if (mpContext != other.mpContext)
+            return false;
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(mpContext, other.mpContext) != 0)
+        return false;
+
+    if (mpId == nullptr || other.mpId == nullptr)
+    {
+        return mpId == other.mpId;
+    }
+    return strcmp(mpId,other.mpId) == 0;
+}
+
+bool TranslateNId::operator==(const TranslateNId& other) const
+{
+    if (mpContext == nullptr || other.mpContext == nullptr)
+    {
+        if (mpContext != other.mpContext)
+            return false;
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(mpContext, other.mpContext) != 0)
+        return false;
+
+    if (mpSingular == nullptr || other.mpSingular == nullptr)
+    {
+        if (mpSingular != other.mpSingular)
+            return false;
+    }
+    else if (strcmp(mpSingular, other.mpSingular) != 0)
+        return false;
+
+    if (mpPlural == nullptr || other.mpPlural == nullptr)
+    {
+        return mpPlural == other.mpPlural;
+    }
+    return strcmp(mpPlural,other.mpPlural) == 0;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/textsearch.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/textsearch.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79d5cc68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/textsearch.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,398 @@
+/* -*- 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 <cstdlib>
+#include <string_view>
+
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <i18nutil/searchopt.hxx>
+#include <i18nutil/transliteration.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/TextSearch2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/SearchAlgorithms2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/SearchFlags.hpp>
+#include <unotools/charclass.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <unotools/textsearch.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <mutex>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::util;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+SearchParam::SearchParam( const OUString &rText,
+                                SearchType eType,
+                                bool bCaseSensitive,
+                                sal_uInt32 cWildEscChar,
+                                bool bWildMatchSel )
+{
+    sSrchStr        = rText;
+    m_eSrchType     = eType;
+
+    m_cWildEscChar  = cWildEscChar;
+
+    m_bCaseSense    = bCaseSensitive;
+    m_bWildMatchSel = bWildMatchSel;
+}
+
+SearchParam::SearchParam( const SearchParam& rParam )
+{
+    sSrchStr        = rParam.sSrchStr;
+    m_eSrchType     = rParam.m_eSrchType;
+
+    m_cWildEscChar  = rParam.m_cWildEscChar;
+
+    m_bCaseSense    = rParam.m_bCaseSense;
+    m_bWildMatchSel = rParam.m_bWildMatchSel;
+}
+
+SearchParam::~SearchParam() {}
+
+static bool lcl_Equals( const i18nutil::SearchOptions2& rSO1, const i18nutil::SearchOptions2& rSO2 )
+{
+    return
+        rSO1.AlgorithmType2 == rSO2.AlgorithmType2 &&
+        rSO1.WildcardEscapeCharacter == rSO2.WildcardEscapeCharacter &&
+        rSO1.algorithmType == rSO2.algorithmType &&
+        rSO1.searchFlag == rSO2.searchFlag &&
+        rSO1.searchString == rSO2.searchString &&
+        rSO1.replaceString == rSO2.replaceString &&
+        rSO1.changedChars == rSO2.changedChars &&
+        rSO1.deletedChars == rSO2.deletedChars &&
+        rSO1.insertedChars == rSO2.insertedChars &&
+        rSO1.Locale.Language == rSO2.Locale.Language &&
+        rSO1.Locale.Country == rSO2.Locale.Country &&
+        rSO1.Locale.Variant == rSO2.Locale.Variant &&
+        rSO1.transliterateFlags == rSO2.transliterateFlags;
+}
+
+namespace
+{
+    struct CachedTextSearch
+    {
+        std::mutex mutex;
+        i18nutil::SearchOptions2 Options;
+        css::uno::Reference< css::util::XTextSearch2 > xTextSearch;
+    };
+}
+
+Reference<XTextSearch2> TextSearch::getXTextSearch( const i18nutil::SearchOptions2& rPara )
+{
+    static CachedTextSearch theCachedTextSearch;
+
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard(theCachedTextSearch.mutex);
+
+    if ( lcl_Equals(theCachedTextSearch.Options, rPara) )
+        return theCachedTextSearch.xTextSearch;
+
+    Reference< XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+    theCachedTextSearch.xTextSearch.set( ::TextSearch2::create(xContext) );
+    theCachedTextSearch.xTextSearch->setOptions2( rPara.toUnoSearchOptions2() );
+    theCachedTextSearch.Options = rPara;
+
+    return theCachedTextSearch.xTextSearch;
+}
+
+TextSearch::TextSearch(const SearchParam & rParam, LanguageType eLang )
+{
+    if( LANGUAGE_NONE == eLang )
+        eLang = LANGUAGE_SYSTEM;
+    css::lang::Locale aLocale( LanguageTag::convertToLocale( eLang ) );
+
+    Init( rParam, aLocale);
+}
+
+TextSearch::TextSearch(const SearchParam & rParam, const CharClass& rCClass )
+{
+    Init( rParam, rCClass.getLanguageTag().getLocale() );
+}
+
+TextSearch::TextSearch( const i18nutil::SearchOptions2& rPara )
+{
+    xTextSearch = getXTextSearch( rPara );
+}
+
+i18nutil::SearchOptions2 TextSearch::UpgradeToSearchOptions2( const i18nutil::SearchOptions& rOptions )
+{
+    sal_Int16 nAlgorithmType2;
+    switch (rOptions.algorithmType)
+    {
+        case SearchAlgorithms_REGEXP:
+            nAlgorithmType2 = SearchAlgorithms2::REGEXP;
+            break;
+        case SearchAlgorithms_APPROXIMATE:
+            nAlgorithmType2 = SearchAlgorithms2::APPROXIMATE;
+            break;
+        case SearchAlgorithms_ABSOLUTE:
+            nAlgorithmType2 = SearchAlgorithms2::ABSOLUTE;
+            break;
+        default:
+            for (;;) std::abort();
+    }
+    // It would be nice if an inherited struct had a ctor that takes an
+    // instance of the object the struct derived from...
+    i18nutil::SearchOptions2 aOptions2(
+            rOptions.algorithmType,
+            rOptions.searchFlag,
+            rOptions.searchString,
+            rOptions.replaceString,
+            rOptions.Locale,
+            rOptions.changedChars,
+            rOptions.deletedChars,
+            rOptions.insertedChars,
+            rOptions.transliterateFlags,
+            nAlgorithmType2,
+            0       // no wildcard search, no escape character...
+            );
+    return aOptions2;
+}
+
+void TextSearch::Init( const SearchParam & rParam,
+                        const css::lang::Locale& rLocale )
+{
+    // convert SearchParam to the UNO SearchOptions2
+    i18nutil::SearchOptions2 aSOpt;
+
+    switch( rParam.GetSrchType() )
+    {
+    case SearchParam::SearchType::Wildcard:
+        aSOpt.AlgorithmType2 = SearchAlgorithms2::WILDCARD;
+        aSOpt.algorithmType = SearchAlgorithms::SearchAlgorithms_MAKE_FIXED_SIZE;    // no old enum for that
+        aSOpt.WildcardEscapeCharacter = rParam.GetWildEscChar();
+        if (rParam.IsWildMatchSel())
+            aSOpt.searchFlag |= SearchFlags::WILD_MATCH_SELECTION;
+        break;
+
+    case SearchParam::SearchType::Regexp:
+        aSOpt.AlgorithmType2 = SearchAlgorithms2::REGEXP;
+        aSOpt.algorithmType = SearchAlgorithms_REGEXP;
+        break;
+
+    case SearchParam::SearchType::Normal:
+        aSOpt.AlgorithmType2 = SearchAlgorithms2::ABSOLUTE;
+        aSOpt.algorithmType = SearchAlgorithms_ABSOLUTE;
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        for (;;) std::abort();
+    }
+    aSOpt.searchString = rParam.GetSrchStr();
+    aSOpt.replaceString = "";
+    aSOpt.Locale = rLocale;
+    aSOpt.transliterateFlags = TransliterationFlags::NONE;
+    if( !rParam.IsCaseSensitive() )
+    {
+        aSOpt.searchFlag |= SearchFlags::ALL_IGNORE_CASE;
+        aSOpt.transliterateFlags |= TransliterationFlags::IGNORE_CASE;
+    }
+
+    xTextSearch = getXTextSearch( aSOpt );
+}
+
+void TextSearch::SetLocale( const i18nutil::SearchOptions2& rOptions,
+                            const css::lang::Locale& rLocale )
+{
+    i18nutil::SearchOptions2 aSOpt( rOptions );
+    aSOpt.Locale = rLocale;
+
+    xTextSearch = getXTextSearch( aSOpt );
+}
+
+TextSearch::~TextSearch()
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * General search methods. These methods will call the respective
+ * methods, such as ordinary string searching or regular expression
+ * matching, using the method pointer.
+ */
+bool TextSearch::SearchForward( const OUString &rStr,
+                    sal_Int32* pStart, sal_Int32* pEnd,
+                    css::util::SearchResult* pRes)
+{
+    bool bRet = false;
+    try
+    {
+        if( xTextSearch.is() )
+        {
+            SearchResult aRet( xTextSearch->searchForward( rStr, *pStart, *pEnd ));
+            if( aRet.subRegExpressions > 0 )
+            {
+                bRet = true;
+                // the XTextsearch returns in startOffset the higher position
+                // and the endposition is always exclusive.
+                // The caller of this function will have in startPos the
+                // lower pos. and end
+                *pStart = aRet.startOffset[ 0 ];
+                *pEnd = aRet.endOffset[ 0 ];
+                if( pRes )
+                    *pRes = aRet;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch ( Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+bool TextSearch::searchForward( const OUString &rStr )
+{
+    sal_Int32 pStart = 0;
+    sal_Int32 pEnd = rStr.getLength();
+
+    bool bResult = SearchForward(rStr, &pStart, &pEnd);
+
+    return bResult;
+}
+
+bool TextSearch::SearchBackward( const OUString & rStr, sal_Int32* pStart,
+                                sal_Int32* pEnd, SearchResult* pRes )
+{
+    bool bRet = false;
+    try
+    {
+        if( xTextSearch.is() )
+        {
+            SearchResult aRet( xTextSearch->searchBackward( rStr, *pStart, *pEnd ));
+            if( aRet.subRegExpressions )
+            {
+                bRet = true;
+                // the XTextsearch returns in startOffset the higher position
+                // and the endposition is always exclusive.
+                // The caller of this function will have in startPos the
+                // lower pos. and end
+                *pEnd = aRet.startOffset[ 0 ];
+                *pStart = aRet.endOffset[ 0 ];
+                if( pRes )
+                    *pRes = aRet;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch ( Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+    }
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+void TextSearch::ReplaceBackReferences( OUString& rReplaceStr, std::u16string_view rStr, const SearchResult& rResult ) const
+{
+    if( rResult.subRegExpressions <= 0 )
+        return;
+
+    sal_Unicode sFndChar;
+    sal_Int32 i;
+    OUStringBuffer sBuff(rReplaceStr.getLength()*4);
+    for(i = 0; i < rReplaceStr.getLength(); i++)
+    {
+        if( rReplaceStr[i] == '&')
+        {
+            sal_Int32 nStart = rResult.startOffset[0];
+            sal_Int32 nLength = rResult.endOffset[0] - rResult.startOffset[0];
+            sBuff.append(rStr.substr(nStart, nLength));
+        }
+        else if((i < rReplaceStr.getLength() - 1) && rReplaceStr[i] == '$')
+        {
+            sFndChar = rReplaceStr[ i + 1 ];
+            switch(sFndChar)
+            {   // placeholder for a backward reference?
+            case '0':
+            case '1':
+            case '2':
+            case '3':
+            case '4':
+            case '5':
+            case '6':
+            case '7':
+            case '8':
+            case '9':
+                {
+                    int j = sFndChar - '0'; // index
+                    if(j < rResult.subRegExpressions)
+                    {
+                        sal_Int32 nSttReg = rResult.startOffset[j];
+                        sal_Int32 nRegLen = rResult.endOffset[j];
+                        if (nSttReg < 0 || nRegLen < 0) // A "not found" optional capture
+                        {
+                            nSttReg = nRegLen = 0; // Copy empty string
+                        }
+                        else if (nRegLen >= nSttReg)
+                        {
+                            nRegLen = nRegLen - nSttReg;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            nRegLen = nSttReg - nRegLen;
+                            nSttReg = rResult.endOffset[j];
+                        }
+                        // Copy reference from found string
+                        sBuff.append(rStr.substr(nSttReg, nRegLen));
+                    }
+                    i += 1;
+                }
+                break;
+            default:
+                sBuff.append(rReplaceStr[i]);
+                sBuff.append(rReplaceStr[i+1]);
+                i += 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        else if((i < rReplaceStr.getLength() - 1) && rReplaceStr[i] == '\\')
+        {
+            sFndChar = rReplaceStr[ i+1 ];
+            switch(sFndChar)
+            {
+            case '\\':
+            case '&':
+            case '$':
+                sBuff.append(sFndChar);
+                i+=1;
+                break;
+            case 't':
+                sBuff.append('\t');
+                i += 1;
+                break;
+            default:
+                sBuff.append(rReplaceStr[i]);
+                sBuff.append(rReplaceStr[i+1]);
+                i += 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            sBuff.append(rReplaceStr[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    rReplaceStr = sBuff.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+}   // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/i18n/transliterationwrapper.cxx b/unotools/source/i18n/transliterationwrapper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..904ec82dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/i18n/transliterationwrapper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/transliterationwrapper.hxx>
+#include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
+#include <i18nutil/transliteration.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/i18n/Transliteration.hpp>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::i18n;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::utl;
+
+TransliterationWrapper::TransliterationWrapper(
+                    const Reference< XComponentContext > & rxContext,
+                    TransliterationFlags nTyp )
+    : xTrans( Transliteration::create(rxContext) ),
+      aLanguageTag( LANGUAGE_SYSTEM ), nType( nTyp ), bFirstCall( true )
+{
+}
+
+TransliterationWrapper::~TransliterationWrapper()
+{
+}
+
+OUString TransliterationWrapper::transliterate(const OUString& rStr, LanguageType nLang,
+                                               sal_Int32 nStart, sal_Int32 nLen,
+                                               Sequence <sal_Int32>* pOffset )
+{
+    OUString sRet;
+    if( xTrans.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            loadModuleIfNeeded( nLang );
+
+            if ( pOffset )
+                sRet = xTrans->transliterate( rStr, nStart, nLen, *pOffset );
+            else
+                sRet = xTrans->transliterateString2String( rStr, nStart, nLen);
+        }
+        catch( Exception&  )
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+        }
+    }
+    return sRet;
+}
+
+OUString TransliterationWrapper::transliterate( const OUString& rStr,
+                                                sal_Int32 nStart, sal_Int32 nLen ) const
+{
+    OUString sRet( rStr );
+    if( xTrans.is() )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            sRet = xTrans->transliterateString2String( rStr, nStart, nLen);
+        }
+        catch( Exception&  )
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.i18n", "" );
+        }
+    }
+    return sRet;
+}
+
+bool TransliterationWrapper::needLanguageForTheMode() const
+{
+    return TransliterationFlags::UPPERCASE_LOWERCASE == nType ||
+           TransliterationFlags::LOWERCASE_UPPERCASE == nType ||
+           TransliterationFlags::IGNORE_CASE == nType ||
+           TransliterationFlags::SENTENCE_CASE == nType ||
+           TransliterationFlags::TITLE_CASE    == nType ||
+           TransliterationFlags::TOGGLE_CASE   == nType;
+}
+
+void TransliterationWrapper::setLanguageLocaleImpl( LanguageType nLang )
+{
+    if( LANGUAGE_NONE == nLang )
+        nLang = LANGUAGE_SYSTEM;
+    aLanguageTag.reset( nLang);
+}
+
+void TransliterationWrapper::loadModuleIfNeeded( LanguageType nLang )
+{
+    bool bLoad = bFirstCall;
+    bFirstCall = false;
+
+    if( nType == TransliterationFlags::SENTENCE_CASE )
+    {
+        if( bLoad )
+            loadModuleByImplName("SENTENCE_CASE", nLang);
+    }
+    else if( nType == TransliterationFlags::TITLE_CASE )
+    {
+        if( bLoad )
+            loadModuleByImplName("TITLE_CASE", nLang);
+    }
+    else if( nType == TransliterationFlags::TOGGLE_CASE )
+    {
+        if( bLoad )
+            loadModuleByImplName("TOGGLE_CASE", nLang);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if( aLanguageTag.getLanguageType() != nLang )
+        {
+            setLanguageLocaleImpl( nLang );
+            if( !bLoad )
+                bLoad = needLanguageForTheMode();
+        }
+        if( bLoad )
+            loadModuleImpl();
+    }
+}
+
+void TransliterationWrapper::loadModuleImpl() const
+{
+    if ( bFirstCall )
+        const_cast<TransliterationWrapper*>(this)->setLanguageLocaleImpl( LANGUAGE_SYSTEM );
+
+    try
+    {
+        if ( xTrans.is() )
+            xTrans->loadModule( static_cast<TransliterationModules>(nType), aLanguageTag.getLocale() );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "loadModuleImpl" );
+    }
+
+    bFirstCall = false;
+}
+
+void TransliterationWrapper::loadModuleByImplName(const OUString& rModuleName,
+                                                  LanguageType nLang )
+{
+    try
+    {
+        setLanguageLocaleImpl( nLang );
+        css::lang::Locale aLocale( aLanguageTag.getLocale());
+        // Reset LanguageTag, so the next call to loadModuleIfNeeded() forces
+        // new settings.
+        aLanguageTag.reset( LANGUAGE_DONTKNOW);
+        if ( xTrans.is() )
+            xTrans->loadModuleByImplName( rModuleName, aLocale );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "loadModuleByImplName" );
+    }
+
+    bFirstCall = false;
+}
+
+bool TransliterationWrapper::equals(
+    const OUString& rStr1, sal_Int32 nPos1, sal_Int32 nCount1, sal_Int32& nMatch1,
+    const OUString& rStr2, sal_Int32 nPos2, sal_Int32 nCount2, sal_Int32& nMatch2 ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if( bFirstCall )
+            loadModuleImpl();
+        if ( xTrans.is() )
+            return xTrans->equals( rStr1, nPos1, nCount1, nMatch1, rStr2, nPos2, nCount2, nMatch2 );
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "equals" );
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 TransliterationWrapper::compareString( const OUString& rStr1, const OUString& rStr2 ) const
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if( bFirstCall )
+            loadModuleImpl();
+        if ( xTrans.is() )
+            return xTrans->compareString( rStr1, rStr2 );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools.i18n", "compareString" );
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// --- helpers --------------------------------------------------------
+
+bool TransliterationWrapper::isEqual( const OUString& rStr1, const OUString& rStr2 ) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 nMatch1(0), nMatch2(0);
+    bool bMatch = equals(
+        rStr1, 0, rStr1.getLength(), nMatch1,
+        rStr2, 0, rStr2.getLength(), nMatch2 );
+    return bMatch;
+}
+
+bool TransliterationWrapper::isMatch( const OUString& rStr1, const OUString& rStr2 ) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 nMatch1(0), nMatch2(0);
+    equals(
+        rStr1, 0, rStr1.getLength(), nMatch1,
+        rStr2, 0, rStr2.getLength(), nMatch2 );
+    return (nMatch1 <= nMatch2) && (nMatch1 == rStr1.getLength());
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/ServiceDocumenter.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/ServiceDocumenter.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bf1ce9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/ServiceDocumenter.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/* -*- 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 "ServiceDocumenter.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/system/SystemShellExecuteFlags.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/system/XSystemShellExecute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+using uno::Reference;
+using lang::XServiceInfo;
+using lang::XTypeProvider;
+
+void unotools::misc::ServiceDocumenter::showCoreDocs(const Reference<XServiceInfo>& xService)
+{
+    if(!xService.is())
+        return;
+    auto xMSF(m_xContext->getServiceManager());
+    Reference<system::XSystemShellExecute> xShell(xMSF->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.system.SystemShellExecute", m_xContext), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    xShell->execute(
+        m_sCoreBaseUrl + xService->getImplementationName() + ".html", "",
+        css::system::SystemShellExecuteFlags::URIS_ONLY);
+}
+
+void unotools::misc::ServiceDocumenter::showInterfaceDocs(const Reference<XTypeProvider>& xTypeProvider)
+{
+    if(!xTypeProvider.is())
+        return;
+    auto xMSF(m_xContext->getServiceManager());
+    Reference<system::XSystemShellExecute> xShell(xMSF->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.system.SystemShellExecute", m_xContext), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    const css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Type> aTypes = xTypeProvider->getTypes();
+    for(const auto& aType : aTypes)
+    {
+        auto sUrl = aType.getTypeName();
+        sal_Int32 nIdx = 0;
+        while(nIdx != -1)
+            sUrl = sUrl.replaceFirst(".", "_1_1", &nIdx);
+        xShell->execute(
+            m_sServiceBaseUrl + "/interface" + sUrl + ".html", "",
+            css::system::SystemShellExecuteFlags::URIS_ONLY);
+    }
+}
+
+void unotools::misc::ServiceDocumenter::showServiceDocs(const Reference<XServiceInfo>& xService)
+{
+    if(!xService.is())
+        return;
+    auto xMSF(m_xContext->getServiceManager());
+    Reference<system::XSystemShellExecute> xShell(xMSF->createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.system.SystemShellExecute", m_xContext), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    const css::uno::Sequence<OUString> aServiceNames = xService->getSupportedServiceNames();
+    for(const auto& sService : aServiceNames)
+    {
+        auto sUrl = sService;
+        sal_Int32 nIdx = 0;
+        while(nIdx != -1)
+            sUrl = sUrl.replaceFirst(".", "_1_1", &nIdx);
+        xShell->execute(
+            m_sServiceBaseUrl + "/service" + sUrl + ".html", "",
+            css::system::SystemShellExecuteFlags::URIS_ONLY);
+    }
+}
+
+//  XServiceInfo
+sal_Bool unotools::misc::ServiceDocumenter::supportsService(const OUString& sServiceName)
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, sServiceName);
+}
+OUString unotools::misc::ServiceDocumenter::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.comp.unotools.misc.ServiceDocumenter";
+}
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > unotools::misc::ServiceDocumenter::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.script.ServiceDocumenter" };
+}
+
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface*
+unotools_ServiceDocument_get_implementation(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext* context , css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const&)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new unotools::misc::ServiceDocumenter(context));
+}
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/ServiceDocumenter.hxx b/unotools/source/misc/ServiceDocumenter.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c94b5ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/ServiceDocumenter.hxx
@@ -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/.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/script/XServiceDocumenter.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+namespace unotools::misc {
+
+class ServiceDocumenter : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<
+    css::script::XServiceDocumenter, css::lang::XServiceInfo>
+{
+    public:
+        ServiceDocumenter(css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext> xContext)
+            : m_xContext(std::move(xContext))
+            , m_sCoreBaseUrl("http://example.com")
+            , m_sServiceBaseUrl("https://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref")
+            {};
+
+        //  XServiceInfo
+        virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService(const OUString& sServiceName) override;
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+        virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+        // XServiceDocumenter
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getCoreBaseUrl() override
+            { return m_sCoreBaseUrl; };
+        virtual void SAL_CALL setCoreBaseUrl( const OUString& sCoreBaseUrl ) override
+            { m_sCoreBaseUrl = sCoreBaseUrl; };
+        virtual OUString SAL_CALL getServiceBaseUrl() override
+            { return m_sServiceBaseUrl; };
+        virtual void SAL_CALL setServiceBaseUrl( const OUString& sServiceBaseUrl ) override
+            { m_sServiceBaseUrl = sServiceBaseUrl; };
+        virtual void SAL_CALL showServiceDocs( const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::lang::XServiceInfo >& xService) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL showInterfaceDocs( const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::lang::XTypeProvider >& xTypeProvider ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL showCoreDocs( const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::lang::XServiceInfo >& xService) override;
+    protected:
+        virtual ~ServiceDocumenter() override
+            {};
+    private:
+        css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext> m_xContext;
+        OUString m_sCoreBaseUrl;
+        OUString m_sServiceBaseUrl;
+};
+
+}
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/ZipPackageHelper.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/ZipPackageHelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c66db0127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/ZipPackageHelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+/* -*- 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/io/XActiveDataSink.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/NamedValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNamed.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XChild.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XNameContainer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XChangesBatch.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XUnoTunnel.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/container/XHierarchicalNameAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XSingleServiceFactory.hpp>
+
+#include <unotools/ZipPackageHelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/storagehelper.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <unotools/streamwrap.hxx>
+#include <tools/stream.hxx>
+#include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
+
+#include <rtl/uri.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::io { class XInputStream; }
+
+using namespace utl;
+using namespace osl;
+using namespace comphelper;
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+using namespace com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace com::sun::star::util;
+using namespace com::sun::star::container;
+using namespace com::sun::star::beans;
+using namespace com::sun::star::io;
+
+using ::rtl::Uri;
+
+ZipPackageHelper::ZipPackageHelper(
+    const Reference< XComponentContext >& rxContext,
+    const OUString& sPackageURL)
+: mxContext( rxContext )
+{
+    // create the package zip file
+    Sequence< Any > aArguments{
+        Any(sPackageURL),
+        // let ZipPackage be used
+        Any(beans::NamedValue("StorageFormat", Any(OUString(ZIP_STORAGE_FORMAT_STRING))))
+    };
+
+    Reference< XHierarchicalNameAccess > xHNameAccess(
+        mxContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
+            "com.sun.star.packages.comp.ZipPackage",
+            aArguments, mxContext ), UNO_QUERY);
+    mxHNameAccess = xHNameAccess;
+
+    if( !mxHNameAccess.is() )
+        return;
+
+    Reference<XSingleServiceFactory> xFactory(mxHNameAccess, UNO_QUERY);
+    mxFactory = xFactory;
+
+    // get root zip folder
+    mxHNameAccess->getByHierarchicalName( "/" ) >>= mxRootFolder;
+}
+
+static OUString encodeZipUri( const OUString& rURI )
+{
+    return Uri::encode( rURI, rtl_UriCharClassUric, rtl_UriEncodeCheckEscapes, RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
+}
+
+Reference< XInterface >& ZipPackageHelper::getRootFolder()
+{
+    return mxRootFolder;
+}
+
+Reference< XInterface > ZipPackageHelper::addFolder( Reference< XInterface > const & xRootFolder,
+                                                     const OUString& rName )
+{
+    if ( rName == ".." || rName == "." )
+        throw lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    Reference< XInterface > xFolder( mxFactory->createInstanceWithArguments({ Any(true) } ));
+    Reference< XNamed > xNamed( xFolder, UNO_QUERY );
+    Reference< XChild > xChild( xFolder, UNO_QUERY );
+
+    if( xNamed.is() && xChild.is() )
+    {
+        OUString aName( encodeZipUri( rName ) );
+        xNamed->setName( aName );
+        xChild->setParent( xRootFolder );
+    }
+
+    return xFolder;
+}
+
+void ZipPackageHelper::addFolderWithContent( Reference< XInterface > const & xRootFolder, const OUString& rDirURL )
+{
+    if (rDirURL.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    osl::Directory aDirectory(rDirURL);
+
+    if (aDirectory.open() != osl::FileBase::E_None)
+        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())
+                {
+                    Reference<XInterface> folder(addFolder(xRootFolder, aFileName));
+                    addFolderWithContent(folder, aFileStatus.getFileURL());
+                }
+            }
+            else if (aFileStatus.isRegular())
+            {
+                addFile(xRootFolder, aFileStatus.getFileURL());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void ZipPackageHelper::addFile( css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface > const & xRootFolder,
+                                const OUString& rSourceFileURL )
+{
+    INetURLObject aURL( rSourceFileURL );
+    OUString aName( aURL.getName() );
+
+    SvFileStream* pStream = new SvFileStream(rSourceFileURL, StreamMode::READ );
+    Reference< XInputStream > xInput(  new utl::OSeekableInputStreamWrapper( pStream, true ) );
+    Reference< XActiveDataSink > xSink( mxFactory->createInstance(), UNO_QUERY );
+    Reference< XUnoTunnel > xTunnel( xSink, UNO_QUERY );
+    if( !xSink.is() || !xTunnel.is())
+        return;
+
+    Reference< XNameContainer > xNameContainer(xRootFolder, UNO_QUERY );
+    xNameContainer->insertByName(encodeZipUri( aName ), Any(xTunnel));
+    xSink->setInputStream( xInput );
+}
+
+void ZipPackageHelper::savePackage()
+{
+    Reference< XChangesBatch > xBatch( mxHNameAccess, UNO_QUERY );
+    if( xBatch.is() )
+        xBatch->commitChanges();
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/closeveto.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/closeveto.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02e5dc5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/closeveto.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/closeveto.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/util/CloseVetoException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XCloseable.hpp>
+
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::UNO_QUERY;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Exception;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::XCloseable;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::XCloseListener;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::CloseVetoException;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::EventObject;
+
+    //= CloseListener_Impl
+
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakImplHelper <   XCloseListener
+                                    >   CloseListener_Base;
+
+    namespace {
+
+    class CloseListener_Impl : public CloseListener_Base
+    {
+    public:
+        explicit CloseListener_Impl(bool const bHasOwnership)
+            : m_bHasOwnership(bHasOwnership)
+        {
+        }
+
+        // XCloseListener
+        virtual void SAL_CALL queryClosing( const EventObject& Source, sal_Bool GetsOwnership ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL notifyClosing( const EventObject& Source ) override;
+
+        // XEventListener
+        virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const EventObject& Source) override;
+
+        bool hasOwnership() const { return m_bHasOwnership; }
+
+    protected:
+        virtual ~CloseListener_Impl() override
+        {
+        }
+
+    private:
+        bool    m_bHasOwnership;
+    };
+
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL CloseListener_Impl::queryClosing( const EventObject&, sal_Bool i_deliverOwnership )
+    {
+        if ( !m_bHasOwnership )
+            m_bHasOwnership = i_deliverOwnership;
+
+        throw CloseVetoException();
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL CloseListener_Impl::notifyClosing( const EventObject& ) {}
+
+    void SAL_CALL CloseListener_Impl::disposing( const EventObject& ) {}
+
+    //= CloseVeto_Data
+
+    struct CloseVeto_Data
+    {
+        Reference< XCloseable >                 xCloseable;
+        ::rtl::Reference< CloseListener_Impl >  pListener;
+    };
+
+    //= operations
+
+    namespace
+    {
+
+        void lcl_init( CloseVeto_Data& i_data, const Reference< XInterface >& i_closeable,
+                bool const hasOwnership)
+        {
+            i_data.xCloseable.set( i_closeable, UNO_QUERY );
+            ENSURE_OR_RETURN_VOID( i_data.xCloseable.is(), "CloseVeto: the component is not closeable!" );
+
+            i_data.pListener = new CloseListener_Impl(hasOwnership);
+            i_data.xCloseable->addCloseListener( i_data.pListener );
+        }
+
+        void lcl_deinit( CloseVeto_Data const & i_data )
+        {
+            if ( !i_data.xCloseable.is() )
+                return;
+
+            i_data.xCloseable->removeCloseListener( i_data.pListener );
+            if ( i_data.pListener->hasOwnership() )
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    i_data.xCloseable->close( true );
+                }
+                catch( const CloseVetoException& ) { }
+                catch( const Exception& )
+                {
+                    DBG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION("unotools");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    //= CloseVeto
+    CloseVeto::CloseVeto(const Reference< XInterface >& i_closeable,
+            bool const hasOwnership)
+        : m_xData(new CloseVeto_Data)
+    {
+        lcl_init(*m_xData, i_closeable, hasOwnership);
+    }
+
+    CloseVeto::~CloseVeto()
+    {
+        lcl_deinit(*m_xData);
+    }
+
+} // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/datetime.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/datetime.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c620307a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/datetime.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,529 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/datetime.hxx>
+#include <unotools/localedatawrapper.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocale.hxx>
+#include <tools/date.hxx>
+#include <tools/time.hxx>
+#include <tools/datetime.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <rtl/math.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <comphelper/string.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/string_view.hxx>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace
+{
+    bool checkAllNumber(std::u16string_view rString)
+    {
+        sal_Int32 nPos = 0;
+        sal_Int32 nLen = rString.size();
+
+        // skip white space
+        while( nPos < nLen && ' ' == rString[nPos] )
+            nPos++;
+
+        if( nPos < nLen && '-' == rString[nPos] )
+            nPos++;
+
+        // get number
+        while( nPos < nLen &&
+               '0' <= rString[nPos] &&
+               '9' >= rString[nPos] )
+        {
+            nPos++;
+        }
+
+        return nPos == nLen;
+    }
+
+    /** convert string to number with optional min and max values */
+    bool convertNumber32(sal_Int32& rValue,
+                         std::u16string_view rString,
+                         sal_Int32 /*nMin*/ = -1, sal_Int32 /*nMax*/ = -1)
+    {
+        if (!checkAllNumber(rString))
+        {
+            rValue = 0;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        rValue = o3tl::toInt32(rString);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool convertNumber64(sal_Int64& rValue,
+                         std::u16string_view rString,
+                         sal_Int64 /*nMin*/ = -1, sal_Int64 /*nMax*/ = -1)
+    {
+        if (!checkAllNumber(rString))
+        {
+            rValue = 0;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        rValue = o3tl::toInt64(rString);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // although the standard calls for fixed-length (zero-padded) tokens
+    // (in their integer part), we are here liberal and allow shorter tokens
+    // (when there are separators, else it is ambiguous).
+    // Note that:
+    //   the token separator is OPTIONAL
+    //   empty string is a valid token! (to recognise hh or hhmm or hh:mm formats)
+    // returns: success / failure
+    // in case of failure, no reference argument is changed
+    // arguments:
+    //   i_str: string to extract token from
+    //   index: index in i_str where to start tokenizing
+    //          after return, start of *next* token (if any)
+    //          if this was the last token, then the value is UNDEFINED
+    //   o_strInt:    output; integer part of token
+    //   o_bFraction: output; was there a fractional part?
+    //   o_strFrac:   output; fractional part of token
+    bool impl_getISO8601TimeToken(std::u16string_view i_str, std::size_t &nPos, OUString &resInt, bool &bFraction, OUString &resFrac)
+    {
+        bFraction = false;
+        // all tokens are of length 2
+        const std::size_t nEndPos = nPos + 2;
+        const sal_Unicode c0 = '0';
+        const sal_Unicode c9 = '9';
+        const sal_Unicode sep = ':';
+        for (;nPos < nEndPos && nPos < i_str.size(); ++nPos)
+        {
+            const sal_Unicode c = i_str[nPos];
+            if (c == sep)
+                return true;
+            if (c < c0 || c > c9)
+                return false;
+            resInt += OUStringChar(c);
+        }
+        if (nPos == 0)
+            return false;
+        if (nPos == i_str.size() || i_str[nPos] == sep)
+            return true;
+        if (i_str[nPos] == ',' || i_str[nPos] == '.')
+        {
+            bFraction = true;
+            ++nPos;
+            for (; nPos < i_str.size(); ++nPos)
+            {
+                const sal_Unicode c = i_str[nPos];
+                if (c == 'Z' || c == '+' || c == '-')
+                {
+                    --nPos; // we don't want to skip the tz separator
+                    return true;
+                }
+                if (c == sep)
+                    // fractional part allowed only in *last* token
+                    return false;
+                if (c < c0 || c > c9)
+                    return false;
+                resFrac += OUStringChar(c);
+            }
+            OSL_ENSURE(nPos == i_str.size(), "impl_getISO8601TimeToken internal error; expected to be at end of string");
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (i_str[nPos] == 'Z' || i_str[nPos] == '+' || i_str[nPos] == '-')
+        {
+            --nPos; // we don't want to skip the tz separator
+            return true;
+        }
+        else
+            return false;
+    }
+    bool getISO8601TimeToken(std::u16string_view i_str, std::size_t &io_index, OUString &o_strInt, bool &o_bFraction, OUString &o_strFrac)
+    {
+        OUString resInt;
+        OUString resFrac;
+        bool bFraction = false;
+        std::size_t index = io_index;
+        if(!impl_getISO8601TimeToken(i_str, index, resInt, bFraction, resFrac))
+            return false;
+        else
+        {
+            io_index = index+1;
+            o_strInt = resInt;
+            o_strFrac = resFrac;
+            o_bFraction = bFraction;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    bool getISO8601TimeZoneToken(std::u16string_view i_str, std::size_t &io_index, OUString &o_strInt)
+    {
+        const sal_Unicode c0 = '0';
+        const sal_Unicode c9 = '9';
+        const sal_Unicode sep = ':';
+        if (i_str[io_index] == 'Z') // UTC timezone indicator
+        {
+            ++io_index;
+            o_strInt = "Z";
+            return true;
+        }
+        else if (i_str[io_index] == '+' || i_str[io_index] == '-') // other timezones indicator
+        {
+            ++io_index;
+            o_strInt.clear();
+            for (; io_index < i_str.size(); ++io_index)
+            {
+                const sal_Unicode c = i_str[io_index];
+                if ((c < c0 || c > c9) && c != sep)
+                    return false;
+                o_strInt += OUStringChar(c);
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        else
+            return false;
+    }
+}
+
+namespace utl
+{
+const LocaleDataWrapper& GetLocaleData()
+{
+    static SvtSysLocale ourSysLocale;
+    return ourSysLocale.GetLocaleData();
+}
+
+DateTime GetDateTime(const css::util::DateTime& _rDT) { return DateTime(_rDT); }
+
+OUString GetDateTimeString(const css::util::DateTime& _rDT)
+{
+    // String with date and time information (#i20172#)
+    DateTime aDT(GetDateTime(_rDT));
+    const LocaleDataWrapper& rLoDa = GetLocaleData();
+
+    return rLoDa.getDate(aDT) + " " + rLoDa.getTime(aDT);
+}
+
+OUString GetDateTimeString(sal_Int32 _nDate, sal_Int32 _nTime)
+{
+    const LocaleDataWrapper& rLoDa = GetLocaleData();
+
+    Date aDate(_nDate);
+    tools::Time aTime(_nTime * tools::Time::nanoPerCenti);
+    return rLoDa.getDate(aDate) + ", " + rLoDa.getTime(aTime);
+}
+
+OUString GetDateString(const css::util::DateTime& _rDT)
+{
+    return GetLocaleData().getDate(GetDateTime(_rDT));
+}
+
+void typeConvert(const Date& _rDate, css::util::Date& _rOut)
+{
+    _rOut.Day = _rDate.GetDay();
+    _rOut.Month = _rDate.GetMonth();
+    _rOut.Year = _rDate.GetYear();
+}
+
+void typeConvert(const css::util::Date& _rDate, Date& _rOut)
+{
+    _rOut = Date(_rDate.Day, _rDate.Month, _rDate.Year);
+}
+
+void typeConvert(const DateTime& _rDateTime, css::util::DateTime& _rOut)
+{
+    _rOut.Year = _rDateTime.GetYear();
+    _rOut.Month = _rDateTime.GetMonth();
+    _rOut.Day = _rDateTime.GetDay();
+    _rOut.Hours = _rDateTime.GetHour();
+    _rOut.Minutes = _rDateTime.GetMin();
+    _rOut.Seconds = _rDateTime.GetSec();
+    _rOut.NanoSeconds = _rDateTime.GetNanoSec();
+}
+
+void typeConvert(const css::util::DateTime& _rDateTime, DateTime& _rOut)
+{
+    Date aDate(_rDateTime.Day, _rDateTime.Month, _rDateTime.Year);
+    tools::Time aTime(_rDateTime.Hours, _rDateTime.Minutes, _rDateTime.Seconds, _rDateTime.NanoSeconds);
+    _rOut = DateTime(aDate, aTime);
+}
+
+OUString toISO8601(const css::util::DateTime& rDateTime)
+{
+    OUStringBuffer rBuffer(32);
+    rBuffer.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rDateTime.Year));
+    rBuffer.append('-');
+    if( rDateTime.Month < 10 )
+        rBuffer.append('0');
+    rBuffer.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rDateTime.Month));
+    rBuffer.append('-');
+    if( rDateTime.Day < 10 )
+        rBuffer.append('0');
+    rBuffer.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rDateTime.Day));
+
+    if( rDateTime.NanoSeconds != 0 ||
+        rDateTime.Seconds     != 0 ||
+        rDateTime.Minutes     != 0 ||
+        rDateTime.Hours       != 0 )
+    {
+        rBuffer.append('T');
+        if( rDateTime.Hours < 10 )
+            rBuffer.append('0');
+        rBuffer.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rDateTime.Hours));
+        rBuffer.append(':');
+        if( rDateTime.Minutes < 10 )
+            rBuffer.append('0');
+        rBuffer.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rDateTime.Minutes));
+        rBuffer.append(':');
+        if( rDateTime.Seconds < 10 )
+            rBuffer.append('0');
+        rBuffer.append(static_cast<sal_Int32>(rDateTime.Seconds));
+        if ( rDateTime.NanoSeconds > 0)
+        {
+            OSL_ENSURE(rDateTime.NanoSeconds < 1000000000,"NanoSeconds cannot be more than 999 999 999");
+            rBuffer.append(',');
+            std::ostringstream ostr;
+            ostr.fill('0');
+            ostr.width(9);
+            ostr << rDateTime.NanoSeconds;
+            rBuffer.append(OUString::createFromAscii(ostr.str().c_str()));
+        }
+    }
+    return rBuffer.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+/** convert ISO8601 DateTime String to util::DateTime */
+bool ISO8601parseDateTime(std::u16string_view rString, css::util::DateTime& rDateTime)
+{
+    bool bSuccess = true;
+
+    std::u16string_view aDateStr, aTimeStr;
+    css::util::Date aDate;
+    css::util::Time aTime;
+    size_t nPos = rString.find( 'T' );
+    if ( nPos != std::u16string_view::npos )
+    {
+        aDateStr = rString.substr( 0, nPos );
+        aTimeStr = rString.substr( nPos + 1 );
+    }
+    else
+        aDateStr = rString;         // no separator: only date part
+
+    bSuccess = ISO8601parseDate(aDateStr, aDate);
+
+    if ( bSuccess && !aTimeStr.empty() )           // time is optional
+    {
+        bSuccess = ISO8601parseTime(aTimeStr, aTime);
+    }
+
+    if (bSuccess)
+    {
+        rDateTime = css::util::DateTime(aTime.NanoSeconds, aTime.Seconds, aTime.Minutes, aTime.Hours,
+               aDate.Day, aDate.Month, aDate.Year, false);
+    }
+
+    return bSuccess;
+}
+
+/** convert ISO8601 Date String to util::Date */
+// TODO: supports only calendar dates YYYY-MM-DD
+// MISSING: calendar dates YYYYMMDD YYYY-MM
+//          year, week date, ordinal date
+bool ISO8601parseDate(std::u16string_view aDateStr, css::util::Date& rDate)
+{
+    const sal_Int32 nDateTokens {comphelper::string::getTokenCount(aDateStr, '-')};
+
+    if (nDateTokens<1 || nDateTokens>3)
+        return false;
+
+    sal_Int32 nYear    = 1899;
+    sal_Int32 nMonth   = 12;
+    sal_Int32 nDay     = 30;
+
+    sal_Int32 nIdx {0};
+    if ( !convertNumber32( nYear, o3tl::getToken(aDateStr, 0, '-', nIdx ), 0, 9999 ) )
+        return false;
+    if ( nDateTokens >= 2 )
+        if ( !convertNumber32( nMonth, o3tl::getToken(aDateStr, 0, '-', nIdx ), 0, 12 ) )
+            return false;
+    if ( nDateTokens >= 3 )
+        if ( !convertNumber32( nDay, o3tl::getToken(aDateStr, 0, '-', nIdx ), 0, 31 ) )
+            return false;
+
+    rDate.Year = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nYear);
+    rDate.Month = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nMonth);
+    rDate.Day = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nDay);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+/** convert ISO8601 Time String to util::Time */
+bool ISO8601parseTime(std::u16string_view aTimeStr, css::util::Time& rTime)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nHour    = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nMin     = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nSec     = 0;
+    sal_Int32 nNanoSec = 0;
+
+    std::size_t n = 0;
+    OUString tokInt;
+    OUString tokFrac;
+    OUString tokTz;
+    bool bFrac = false;
+    // hours
+    bool bSuccess = getISO8601TimeToken(aTimeStr, n, tokInt, bFrac, tokFrac);
+    if (!bSuccess)
+        return false;
+
+    if ( bFrac && n < aTimeStr.size())
+    {
+        // is it junk or the timezone?
+        bSuccess = getISO8601TimeZoneToken(aTimeStr, n, tokTz);
+        if (!bSuccess)
+            return false;
+    }
+    bSuccess = convertNumber32( nHour, tokInt, 0, 23 );
+    if (!bSuccess)
+        return false;
+
+    if (bFrac)
+    {
+        sal_Int64 fracNumerator;
+        bSuccess = convertNumber64(fracNumerator, tokFrac);
+        if ( bSuccess )
+        {
+            double frac = static_cast<double>(fracNumerator) / pow(static_cast<double>(10), static_cast<double>(tokFrac.getLength()));
+             // minutes
+            OSL_ENSURE(frac < 1 && frac >= 0, "ISO8601parse internal error frac hours (of hours) not between 0 and 1");
+            frac *= 60;
+            nMin = floor(frac);
+            frac -=  nMin;
+            // seconds
+            OSL_ENSURE(frac < 1 && frac >= 0, "ISO8601parse internal error frac minutes (of hours) not between 0 and 1");
+            frac *= 60;
+            nSec = floor(frac);
+            frac -=  nSec;
+            // nanoseconds
+            OSL_ENSURE(frac < 1 && frac >= 0, "ISO8601parse internal error frac seconds (of hours) not between 0 and 1");
+            frac *= 1000000000;
+            nNanoSec = ::rtl::math::round(frac);
+        }
+        goto end;
+    }
+    if(n >= aTimeStr.size())
+        goto end;
+
+    // minutes
+    bSuccess = getISO8601TimeToken(aTimeStr, n, tokInt, bFrac, tokFrac);
+    if (!bSuccess)
+        return false;
+    if ( bFrac && n < aTimeStr.size())
+    {
+        // is it junk or the timezone?
+        bSuccess = getISO8601TimeZoneToken(aTimeStr, n, tokTz);
+        if (!bSuccess)
+            return false;
+    }
+    bSuccess = convertNumber32( nMin, tokInt, 0, 59 );
+    if (!bSuccess)
+        return false;
+    if (bFrac)
+    {
+        sal_Int64 fracNumerator;
+        bSuccess = convertNumber64(fracNumerator, tokFrac);
+        if ( bSuccess )
+        {
+            double frac = static_cast<double>(fracNumerator) / pow(static_cast<double>(10), static_cast<double>(tokFrac.getLength()));
+            // seconds
+            OSL_ENSURE(frac < 1 && frac >= 0, "ISO8601parse internal error frac minutes (of minutes) not between 0 and 1");
+            frac *= 60;
+            nSec = floor(frac);
+            frac -=  nSec;
+            // nanoseconds
+            OSL_ENSURE(frac < 1 && frac >= 0, "ISO8601parse internal error frac seconds (of minutes) not between 0 and 1");
+            frac *= 1000000000;
+            nNanoSec = ::rtl::math::round(frac);
+        }
+        goto end;
+    }
+    if(n >= aTimeStr.size())
+        goto end;
+
+    // seconds
+    bSuccess = getISO8601TimeToken(aTimeStr, n, tokInt, bFrac, tokFrac);
+    if (!bSuccess)
+        return false;
+    if (n < aTimeStr.size())
+    {
+        // is it junk or the timezone?
+        bSuccess = getISO8601TimeZoneToken(aTimeStr, n, tokTz);
+        if (!bSuccess)
+            return false;
+    }
+    // max 60 for leap seconds
+    bSuccess = convertNumber32( nSec, tokInt, 0, 60 );
+    if (!bSuccess)
+        return false;
+    if (bFrac)
+    {
+        sal_Int64 fracNumerator;
+        bSuccess = convertNumber64(fracNumerator, tokFrac);
+        if ( bSuccess )
+        {
+            double frac = static_cast<double>(fracNumerator) / pow(static_cast<double>(10), static_cast<double>(tokFrac.getLength()));
+            // nanoseconds
+            OSL_ENSURE(frac < 1 && frac >= 0, "ISO8601parse internal error frac seconds (of seconds) not between 0 and 1");
+            frac *= 1000000000;
+            nNanoSec = ::rtl::math::round(frac);
+        }
+        goto end;
+    }
+
+    end:
+    if (bSuccess)
+    {
+        // normalise time
+        const int secondsOverflow = (nSec == 60) ? 61 : 60;
+        if (nNanoSec == 1000000000)
+        {
+            nNanoSec = 0;
+            ++nSec;
+        }
+        if(nSec == secondsOverflow)
+        {
+            nSec = 0;
+            ++nMin;
+        }
+        if(nMin == 60)
+        {
+            nMin = 0;
+            ++nHour;
+        }
+        if(!tokTz.isEmpty())
+            rTime.IsUTC = (tokTz == "Z");
+
+        rTime.Hours = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nHour);
+        rTime.Minutes = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nMin);
+        rTime.Seconds = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(nSec);
+        rTime.NanoSeconds = nNanoSec;
+    }
+
+    return bSuccess;
+}
+
+}   // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/defaultencoding.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/defaultencoding.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..552f3b8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/defaultencoding.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/defaultencoding.hxx>
+#include <officecfg/Office/Linguistic.hxx>
+#include <officecfg/Setup.hxx>
+#include <officecfg/System.hxx>
+
+OUString utl_getLocaleForGlobalDefaultEncoding()
+{
+    if (utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing())
+        return "en-US";
+    // First try document default language
+    OUString result(officecfg::Office::Linguistic::General::DefaultLocale::get());
+    // Fallback to LO locale
+    if (result.isEmpty())
+        result = officecfg::Setup::L10N::ooSetupSystemLocale::get();
+    // Fallback to system locale
+    if (result.isEmpty())
+        result = officecfg::System::L10N::Locale::get();
+    return result;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/desktopterminationobserver.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/desktopterminationobserver.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5ea04bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/desktopterminationobserver.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/desktopterminationobserver.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/TerminationVetoException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/XTerminateListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/frame/Desktop.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::frame;
+
+    namespace
+    {
+
+        typedef ::std::vector< ITerminationListener* > Listeners;
+
+        struct ListenerAdminData
+        {
+            Listeners   aListeners;
+            bool        bAlreadyTerminated;
+            bool        bCreatedAdapter;
+
+            ListenerAdminData() : bAlreadyTerminated( false ), bCreatedAdapter( false ) { }
+        };
+
+        ListenerAdminData& getListenerAdminData()
+        {
+            static ListenerAdminData s_aData;
+            return s_aData;
+        }
+
+        //= OObserverImpl
+
+        class OObserverImpl : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XTerminateListener >
+        {
+        public:
+            static void ensureObservation();
+
+        private:
+            OObserverImpl();
+            virtual ~OObserverImpl() override;
+
+            // XTerminateListener
+            virtual void SAL_CALL queryTermination( const EventObject& Event ) override;
+            virtual void SAL_CALL notifyTermination( const EventObject& Event ) override;
+
+            // XEventListener
+            virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const css::lang::EventObject& Source ) override;
+        };
+
+        OObserverImpl::OObserverImpl()
+        {
+        }
+
+        OObserverImpl::~OObserverImpl()
+        {
+        }
+
+        void OObserverImpl::ensureObservation()
+        {
+            {
+                if ( getListenerAdminData().bCreatedAdapter )
+                    return;
+                ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+                if ( getListenerAdminData().bCreatedAdapter )
+                    return;
+
+                getListenerAdminData().bCreatedAdapter = true;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                Reference< XDesktop2 > xDesktop = Desktop::create( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+                xDesktop->addTerminateListener( new OObserverImpl );
+            }
+            catch( const Exception& )
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "OObserverImpl::ensureObservation" );
+            }
+        }
+
+        void SAL_CALL OObserverImpl::queryTermination( const EventObject& /*Event*/ )
+        {
+            Listeners aToNotify;
+            {
+                ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+                aToNotify = getListenerAdminData().aListeners;
+            }
+
+            for (auto const& listener : aToNotify)
+            {
+                if ( !listener->queryTermination() )
+                    throw TerminationVetoException();
+            }
+        }
+
+        void SAL_CALL OObserverImpl::notifyTermination( const EventObject& /*Event*/ )
+        {
+            // get the listeners
+            Listeners aToNotify;
+            {
+                ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+                OSL_ENSURE( !getListenerAdminData().bAlreadyTerminated, "OObserverImpl::notifyTermination: terminated twice?" );
+                aToNotify = getListenerAdminData().aListeners;
+                getListenerAdminData().bAlreadyTerminated = true;
+            }
+
+            // notify the listeners
+            for (auto const& listener : aToNotify)
+            {
+                listener->notifyTermination();
+            }
+
+            // clear the listener container
+            {
+                ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+                getListenerAdminData().aListeners.clear();
+            }
+        }
+
+        void SAL_CALL OObserverImpl::disposing( const EventObject& /*Event*/ )
+        {
+#if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+            OSL_ENSURE( getListenerAdminData().bAlreadyTerminated, "OObserverImpl::disposing: disposing without terminated?" );
+#endif
+            // not interested in
+        }
+    }
+
+    //= DesktopTerminationObserver
+
+    void DesktopTerminationObserver::registerTerminationListener( ITerminationListener* _pListener )
+    {
+        if ( !_pListener )
+            return;
+
+        {
+            ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+            if ( getListenerAdminData().bAlreadyTerminated )
+            {
+                _pListener->notifyTermination();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            getListenerAdminData().aListeners.push_back( _pListener );
+        }
+
+        OObserverImpl::ensureObservation();
+    }
+
+    void DesktopTerminationObserver::revokeTerminationListener( ITerminationListener const * _pListener )
+    {
+        ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( ::osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex() );
+        Listeners& rListeners = getListenerAdminData().aListeners;
+        rListeners.erase(std::remove(rListeners.begin(), rListeners.end(), _pListener), rListeners.end());
+    }
+
+} // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/eventlisteneradapter.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/eventlisteneradapter.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b899db5c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/eventlisteneradapter.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/* -*- 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 <vector>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <unotools/eventlisteneradapter.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+    using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+    //= OEventListenerImpl
+
+    class OEventListenerImpl : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XEventListener >
+    {
+    protected:
+        OEventListenerAdapter*          m_pAdapter;
+        Reference< XEventListener >     m_xKeepMeAlive;
+            // imagine an implementation of XComponent which holds it's listeners with a weak reference ...
+            // would be very bad if we don't hold ourself
+        Reference< XComponent >         m_xComponent;
+
+    public:
+        OEventListenerImpl( OEventListenerAdapter* _pAdapter, const Reference< XComponent >& _rxComp );
+
+        void                            dispose();
+        const Reference< XComponent >&  getComponent() const { return m_xComponent; }
+
+    protected:
+        virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const EventObject& _rSource ) override;
+    };
+
+    OEventListenerImpl::OEventListenerImpl( OEventListenerAdapter* _pAdapter, const Reference< XComponent >& _rxComp )
+        :m_pAdapter(_pAdapter)
+    {
+        OSL_ENSURE(m_pAdapter, "OEventListenerImpl::OEventListenerImpl: invalid adapter!");
+        // no checks of _rxComp !!
+        // (OEventListenerAdapter is responsible for this)
+
+        // just in case addEventListener throws an exception ... don't initialize m_xKeepMeAlive before this
+        // is done
+        Reference< XEventListener > xMeMyselfAndI = this;
+        _rxComp->addEventListener(xMeMyselfAndI);
+
+        m_xComponent = _rxComp;
+        m_xKeepMeAlive = xMeMyselfAndI;
+    }
+
+    void OEventListenerImpl::dispose()
+    {
+        if (m_xComponent.is())
+        {
+            if (m_xKeepMeAlive.is())
+                m_xComponent->removeEventListener(m_xKeepMeAlive);
+            m_xComponent.clear();
+            m_xKeepMeAlive.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL OEventListenerImpl::disposing( const EventObject& _rSource )
+    {
+        Reference< XEventListener > xDeleteUponLeaving = m_xKeepMeAlive;
+        m_xKeepMeAlive.clear();
+
+        m_pAdapter->_disposing(_rSource);
+    }
+
+    //= OEventListenerAdapterImpl
+
+    struct OEventListenerAdapterImpl
+    {
+    public:
+        std::vector< rtl::Reference<OEventListenerImpl> >  aListeners;
+    };
+
+    //= OEventListenerAdapter
+
+    OEventListenerAdapter::OEventListenerAdapter()
+        :m_pImpl(new OEventListenerAdapterImpl)
+    {
+    }
+
+    OEventListenerAdapter::~OEventListenerAdapter()
+    {
+        stopAllComponentListening( );
+    }
+
+    void OEventListenerAdapter::stopComponentListening( const css::uno::Reference< css::lang::XComponent >& _rxComp )
+    {
+        if ( m_pImpl->aListeners.empty() )
+            return;
+
+        auto it = m_pImpl->aListeners.begin();
+        do
+        {
+            rtl::Reference<OEventListenerImpl>& pListenerImpl = *it;
+            if ((pListenerImpl->getComponent().get() == _rxComp.get()) || (pListenerImpl->getComponent() == _rxComp))
+            {
+                pListenerImpl->dispose();
+                it = m_pImpl->aListeners.erase( it );
+            }
+            else
+                ++it;
+        }
+        while ( it != m_pImpl->aListeners.end() );
+    }
+
+    void OEventListenerAdapter::stopAllComponentListening(  )
+    {
+        for ( const auto & i : m_pImpl->aListeners )
+        {
+            i->dispose();
+        }
+        m_pImpl->aListeners.clear();
+    }
+
+    void OEventListenerAdapter::startComponentListening( const Reference< XComponent >& _rxComp )
+    {
+        if (!_rxComp.is())
+        {
+            OSL_FAIL("OEventListenerAdapter::startComponentListening: invalid component!");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        rtl::Reference<OEventListenerImpl> pListenerImpl = new OEventListenerImpl(this, _rxComp);
+        m_pImpl->aListeners.emplace_back(pListenerImpl);
+    }
+
+}   // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/fontcvt.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/fontcvt.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15ea8f2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/fontcvt.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1444 @@
+/* -*- 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/ustrbuf.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/fontcvt.hxx>
+#include <unotools/fontdefs.hxx>
+#include <sal/macros.h>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+
+//These conversion tables were designed for StarSymbol. OpenSymbol
+//originally didn't have the same code points as StarSymbol, and
+//then gained some extra code points, but there are still potentially
+//various holes in OpenSymbol which were filled by StarSymbol, i.e.
+//destination mapping points which are empty in OpenSymbol
+
+// note: the character mappings that are only approximations
+//       are marked (with an empty comment)
+
+const sal_Unicode aStarBatsTab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0x263a,    0x25cf,    0x274d,
+        0x25a0,    0x25a1,    0xE000,    0x2751,
+        0x2752,    0xE001,    0xE002,    0xE003,
+        0x2756,    0xE004,    0xE005,    0x27a2,
+    // F030
+        0xE006,    0x2794,    0x2713,    0x2612,
+        0x2611,    0x27b2,    0x261b,    0x270d,
+        0x270e,    0xE007,    0x2714,    0xE008,
+        0xE009,    0xE00A,    0x274f,    0x2750,
+    // F040
+        0xE00B,    0xE00C,    0xE00D,    0xE00E,
+        0x2722,    0x2723,    0x2724,    0x2725,
+        0x2733,    0x2734,    0x2735,    0x2736,
+        0x2737,    0x2738,    0x2739,    0x2717,
+    // F050
+        0x2718,    0x2719,    0x271a,    0x271b,
+        0x271c,    0x272b,    0x272c,    0x272d,
+        0x272e,    0x272f,    0x2730,         0,
+        0xE00F,    0x278a,    0x278b,    0x278c,
+    // F060
+        0x278d,    0x278e,    0x278f,    0x2790,
+        0x2791,    0x2792,    0x2793,    0xE010,
+        0x2780,    0x2781,    0x2782,    0x2783,
+        0x2784,    0x2785,    0x2786,    0x2787,
+    // F070
+        0x2788,    0x2789,    0xE011,    0xE012,
+        0x260e,    0xE013,    0xE014,    0xE015,
+        0xE016,    0xE017,    0xE018,    0xE019,
+        0xE01A,    0x261e,    0xE01B,         0,
+    // F080
+        0x20ac,         0,    0x201a,    0x0192,
+        0x201e,    0x2026,    0x2020,    0x2021,
+        0xE01c,    0x2030,    0x0160,    0x2039,
+        0x0152,         0,    0x017d,         0,
+    // F090
+             0,    0x2018,    0x2019,    0x201c,
+        0x201d,    0x2022,    0x2013,    0x2014,
+        0xE01d,    0x2122,    0x0161,    0x203a,
+        0x0153,         0,    0x017e,    0x0178,
+    // F0A0
+             0,    0x21e7,    0x21e8,    0x21e9,
+        0x21e6,    0xE01e,    0xE01f,    0x00a7,
+        0xE020,    0xE021,    0xE022,    0x00ab,
+        0xE023,    0x2639,    0xE024,    0xE025,
+    // F0B0
+        0xE026,    0xE027,    0xE028,    0x21e5,
+        0x21e4,    0x2192,    0x2193,    0x2190,
+        0x2191,    0xE029,    0xE02a,    0x00bb,
+        0xE02b,    0xE02c,    0xE02d,    0xE02e,
+    // F0C0
+        0xE02f,    0xE030,    0xE031,    0xE032,
+        0x25be,    0x25b4,    0x25bf,    0x25b5,
+        0xE033,    0xE034,    0xE035,    0x2702,
+        0x2708,    0x2721,    0x273f,    0x2744,
+    // F0D0
+        0x25d7,    0x2759,    0xE036,    0xE037,
+        0x2762,    0x2663,    0x2665,    0x2660,
+        0x2194,    0x2195,    0x2798,    0x279a,
+        0x27b8,         0,    0x00b6,         0,
+    // F0E0
+        0x00a2,    0x00a4,    0x00a5,    0xE038,
+        0x20a1,    0x20a2,    0x20a3,    0x20a4,
+        0x20a9,    0x20ab,    0x20a8,    0xE039,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F0F0
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,    0xE03a
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aStarMathTab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0x0021,    0x0022,    0x0023,
+        0xE080,    0x0025,    0x0026,    0x221e,
+        0x0028,    0x0029,    0x002a,    0x002b,
+        0x002c,    0x002d,    0x002e,    0x002f,
+    // F030
+        0x2224,    0x21d2,    0x21d0,    0x21d4,
+        0xE081,    0xE082,    0x00b0,         0,
+             0,         0,    0x003a,    0x003b,
+        0x003c,    0x003d,    0x003e,    0x00bf,
+    // F040
+        0x2260,    0xE083,    0x2212,    0x2217,
+        0x00d7,    0x22c5,    0x00f7,    0x00b1,
+        0x2213,    0x2295,    0x2296,    0x2297,
+        0x2298,    0x2299,    0x222a,    0x2229,
+    // F050
+        0xE084,    0xE085,    0x2264,    0x2265,
+        0xE086,    0xE087,    0x226a,    0x226b,
+        0x007e,    0x2243,    0x2248,    0x225d,
+        0x2261,    0x221d,    0x2202,    0x2282,
+    // F060
+        0x2283,    0x2286,    0x2287,    0x2284,
+        0x2285,    0x2288,    0x2289,    0x2208,
+        0x2209,    0xE089,    0x2203,    0x220d,
+        0x2135,    0x2111,    0x211c,    0x2118,
+    // F070
+        0xE08a,    0x2221,    0x2222,    0x2223,
+        0x2225,    0x22a5,    0xE08b,    0x22ef,
+        0x22ee,    0x22f0,    0x22f1,    0x22b6,
+        0x22b7,    0xE08c,    0x2216,    0x00ac,
+    // F080
+        0x222b,    0x222c,    0x222d,    0x222e,
+        0x222f,    0x2230,    0x221a,    0xE08d,
+        0xE08e,    0xE08f,    0x2210,    0x220f,
+        0x2211,    0x2207,    0x2200,    0xE090,
+    // F090
+        0xE091,    0xE092,    0xE093,    0xE094,
+        0xE095,    0xE096,    0xE097,    0xE098,
+        0x02d9,    0x00a8,    0xE09b,    0x02da,
+        0x2227,    0x2228,    0x220b,    0x2205,
+    // F0A0
+        0x007b,    0x007d,    0xe09e,    0xe09f,
+        0x2329,    0x232a,    0x005b,    0x005d,
+        0xE0a0,    0x22be,    0xE0a1,    0x2259,
+        0x2254,    0x2255,    0x21b3,    0x2197,
+    // F0B0
+        0x2198,    0x2245,    0x301a,    0x301b,
+        0x2373,    0xE0a5,    0xE0a6,    0x22a4,
+        0x2112,    0x2130,    0x2131,         0,
+        0xE0a7,    0xE0a8,    0xE0a9,    0xE0aa,
+    // F0C0
+        0x2308,    0x230a,    0x2309,    0x230b,
+             0,    0xe0ab,    0xe0ac,    0xe0ad,
+        0xe0ae,    0xe0af,    0xe0b0,    0xe0b1,
+        0xe0b2,    0xe0b3,    0xe0b4,    0xe0b5,
+    // F0D0
+        0xe0b6,    0xe0b7,    0xe0b8,    0xe0b9,
+        0xe0ba,    0xe0bb,    0xe0bc,    0xe0bd,
+        0xe0be,    0xe0bf,    0xe0c0,    0xe0c1,
+        0xe0c2,    0xe0c3,    0xe0c4,    0xe0c5,
+    // F0E0
+        0xe0c6,    0xe0c7,    0xe0c8,    0xe0c9,
+        0xe0ca,    0xe0cb,    0xe0cc,    0xe0cd,
+        0xe0ce,    0xe0cf,    0xe0d0,    0xe0d1,
+        0x03f1,    0xe0d3,    0xe0d4,    0xe0d5,
+    // F0F0
+        0x2113,     0xe0d6,   0x2107,    0x2127,
+        0x210a,     0xe0d9,   0x210f,    0x019b,
+        0xe0db,     0xe0dc,   0xe0dd,    0x2115,
+        0x2124,     0x211a,   0x211d,    0x2102
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aWingDingsTab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0xe400,    0xe401,    0xe402,
+        0xe403,    0xe404,    0xe405,    0xe406,
+        0xe407,    0xe408,    0xe409,    0xe40a,
+        0xe40b,    0xe40c,    0xe40d,    0xe40e,
+    // F030
+        0xe40f,    0xe410,    0xe411,    0xe412,
+        0xe413,    0xe414,    0xe415,    0xe416,
+        0xe417,    0xe418,    0xe419,    0xe41a,
+        0xe41b,    0xe41c,    0x2707,    0xe41d,
+    // F040
+        0xe41e,    0xe41f,    0xe420,    0xe421,
+        0x261c,    0xe423,    0x261d,    0x261f,
+        0x261f,    0xe424,    0xe425,    0xe426,
+        0xe427,    0xe428,    0xe429,    0xe42a,
+    // F050
+        0xe42b,    0xe42c,    0x263c,    0xe42d,
+        0xe42e,    0xe42f,    0xe430,    0xe431,
+        0xe432,    0xe433,    0x262a,    0x262f,
+        0x0950,    0xe434,    0x2648,    0x2649,
+    // F060
+        0x264a,    0x264b,    0x264c,    0x264d,
+        0x264e,    0x264f,    0x2650,    0x2651,
+        0x2652,    0x2653,    0xe435,    0xe436,
+        0xe437,    0xe438,    0xe439,    0xe43a,
+    // F070
+        0xe43b,    0xe43c,    0xe43d,    0xe43e,
+        0xe43f,    0xe440,    0xe441,    0xe442,
+        0xe443,    0x2353,    0x2318,    0xe444,
+        0xe445,    0xe446,    0xe447,         0,
+    // F080
+        0xe448,    0xe449,    0xe44a,    0xe44b,
+        0xe44c,    0xe44d,    0xe44e,    0xe44f,
+        0xe450,    0xe451,    0xe452,    0xe453,
+        0xe454,    0xe455,    0xe456,    0xe457,
+    // F090
+        0xe458,    0xe459,    0xe45a,    0xe45b,
+        0xe45c,    0xe45d,    0xe45e,    0xe45f,
+        0xe460,    0xe461,    0xe462,    0xe463,
+        0xe464,    0xe465,    0xe466,    0xe467,
+    // F0a0
+        0xe468,    0xe469,    0xe46a,    0xe46b,
+        0xe46c,    0xe46d,    0xe46e,    0xe46f,
+        0xe470,    0xe471,    0xe472,    0xe473,
+        0xe474,    0xe475,    0xe476,    0xe477,
+    // F0b0
+        0xe478,    0xe479,    0xe47a,    0xe47b,
+        0xe47c,    0xe47d,    0xe47e,    0xe47f,
+        0xe480,    0xe481,    0xe482,    0xe483,
+        0xe484,    0xe485,    0xe486,    0xe487,
+    // F0c0
+        0xe488,    0xe489,    0xe48a,    0xe48b,
+        0xe48c,    0xe48d,    0xe48e,    0xe48f,
+        0xe490,    0xe491,    0xe492,    0xe493,
+        0xe494,    0xe495,    0xe496,    0xe497,
+    // F0d0
+        0xe498,    0xe499,    0xe49a,    0xe49b,
+        0xe49c,    0x232b,    0x2326,    0xe49d,
+        0xe49e,    0xe49f,    0xe4a0,    0xe4a1,
+        0xe4a2,    0xe4a3,    0xe4a4,    0xe4a5,
+    // F0e0
+        0xe4a6,    0xe4a7,    0xe4a8,    0xe4a9,
+        0xe4aa,    0xe4ab,    0xe4ac,    0xe4ad,
+        0xe4ae,    0xe4af,    0xe4b0,    0xe4b1,
+        0xe4b2,    0xe4b3,    0xe4b4,    0xe4b5,
+    // F0f0
+        0xe4b6,    0xe4b7,    0xe4b8,    0xe4b9,
+        0xe4ba,    0xe4bb,    0xe4bc,    0xe4bd,
+        0xe4be,    0xe4bf,    0xe4c0,    0xe4c1,
+        0xe4c2,    0xe4c3,    0xe4c4,    0xe4c5
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aWingDings2Tab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0xe500,    0xe501,    0xe502,
+        0xe503,    0xe504,    0xe505,    0xe506,
+        0xe507,    0xe508,    0xe509,    0xe50a,
+        0xe50b,    0xe50c,    0xe50d,    0xe50e,
+    // F030
+        0xe50f,    0xe510,    0xe511,    0xe512,
+        0xe513,    0xe514,    0xe515,    0xe516,
+        0xe517,    0xe518,    0xe519,    0xe51a,
+        0xe51b,    0xe51c,    0xe51d,    0xe51e,
+    // F040
+        0xe51f,    0xe520,    0xe521,    0xe522,
+        0xe523,    0xe524,    0xe525,    0xe526,
+        0xe527,    0xe528,    0xe529,    0xe52a,
+        0xe52b,    0xe52c,    0xe52d,    0xe52e,
+    // F050
+        0xe52f,    0xe530,    0xe531,    0xe532,
+        0xe533,    0xe534,    0xe535,    0xe536,
+        0xe537,    0x203D,    0x203D,    0x203D,
+        0xe53b,    0xe53c,    0xe53d,    0xe53e,
+    // F060
+        0xe53f,    0xe540,    0xe541,    0xe542,
+        0xe543,    0xe544,    0xe545,    0xe546,
+        0xe547,    0x24EA,    0x2460,    0x2461,
+        0x2462,    0x2463,    0x2464,    0x2465,
+    // F070
+        0x2466,    0x2467,    0x2468,    0x2469,
+        0xE453,    0x278A,    0x278B,    0x278C,
+        0x278D,    0x278E,    0x278F,    0x2790,
+        0x2791,    0x2792,    0x2793,         0,
+    // F080
+        0x2609,    0x25cb,    0x263d,    0x263e,
+        0xe55d,    0xe55e,    0xe55f,    0xe560,
+        0xe561,    0xe562,    0xe563,    0xe564,
+        0xe565,    0xe566,    0xe567,    0xe568,
+    // F090
+        0xe569,    0xe56a,    0xe56b,    0xe56c,
+        0xe56d,    0xe56e,    0xe56f,    0xe570,
+        0xe571,    0xe572,    0xe573,    0xe574,
+        0xe575,         0,         0,    0xe578,
+    // F0a0
+        0xe579,    0xe57a,    0xe57b,    0xe57c,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,    0xe584,
+        0xe585,         0,    0xe586,         0,
+    // F0b0
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+        0xe58d,    0xe58e,    0xe58f,    0xe590,
+             0,         0,    0xe593,    0xe594,
+             0,         0,         0,    0xe587,
+    // F0c0
+        0xe599,    0xe59a,    0xe59b,    0xe59c,
+        0xe59d,    0xe59e,    0xe59f,    0xe5a0,
+        0xe5a1,    0xe5a2,    0xe5a3,    0xe5a4,
+        0xe5a5,    0xe5a6,    0xe5a7,    0xe5a8,
+    // F0d0
+        0xe5a9,    0xe5aa,    0xe5ab,    0xe5ac,
+        0xe5ad,    0xe5ae,    0xe5af,    0xe5b0,
+        0xe5b1,    0xe5b2,    0xe5b3,    0xe5b4,
+        0xe5b5,    0xe5b6,    0xe5b7,    0xe5b8,
+    // F0e0
+        0xe5b9,    0xe5ba,    0xe5bb,    0xe5bc,
+        0xe5bd,    0xe5be,    0xe5bf,    0xe5c0,
+        0xe5c1,    0xe5c2,    0xe5c3,    0xe5c4,
+        0xe5c5,    0xe5c6,    0xe5c7,    0xe5c8,
+    // F0f0
+        0xe5c9,    0,         0xe5cb,    0xe477,
+        0xe5cd,    0xe5ce,    0xe5cf,    0xe5d0,
+        0x203b,    0x2042,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aWingDings3Tab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0xe600,    0xe601,    0xe602,
+        0xe603,    0x2196,    0xe604,    0x2199,
+        0xe605,    0xe606,    0xe607,    0xe608,
+        0xe609,    0xe60a,    0xe60b,    0x21de,
+    // F030
+        0x21df,    0xe60c,    0xe60d,    0xe60e,
+        0x21e2,    0x21e1,    0x21e3,    0x21af,
+        0x21b5,    0xe60f,    0xe610,    0xe611,
+        0xe612,    0xe613,    0xe614,    0xe615,
+    // F040
+        0xe616,    0xe617,    0xe618,    0xe619,
+        0x21c4,    0x21c5,    0xe61a,    0xe61b,
+        0x21c7,    0x21c9,    0x21c8,    0x21ca,
+        0x21b6,    0x21b7,    0xe61c,    0xe61d,
+    // F050
+        0x21bb,    0x21ba,    0xe61e,    0x2324,
+        0x2303,    0x2325,    0x2334,    0xe61f,
+        0x21ea,    0xe620,    0xe621,    0xe622,
+        0xe623,    0xe624,    0xe625,    0xe626,
+    // F060
+        0xe627,    0xe628,    0xe629,    0xe62a,
+        0xe62b,    0xe62c,    0xe62d,    0xe62e,
+        0xe62f,    0xe630,    0xe631,    0xe632,
+        0xe633,    0xe634,    0xe635,    0xe636,
+    // F070
+        0xe637,    0xe638,    0x25b3,    0x25bd,
+        0x25c0,    0x25b6,    0x25c1,    0x25b7,
+        0x25e3,    0xe639,    0x25e4,    0x25e5,
+        0x25c2,    0x25b8,    0xe63a,         0,
+    // F080
+        0xe63b,    0xe63c,    0xe63d,    0xe63e,
+        0xe63f,    0xe640,    0xe641,    0xe642,
+        0xe643,    0xe644,    0xe645,    0xe646,
+        0xe647,    0xe648,    0xe649,    0xe64a,
+    // F090
+        0xe64b,    0xe64c,    0xe64d,    0xe64e,
+        0xe64f,    0xe650,    0xe651,    0xe652,
+        0xe653,    0xe654,    0xe655,    0xe656,
+        0xe657,    0xe658,    0xe659,    0xe65a,
+    // F0a0
+        0xe65b,    0xe65c,    0xe65d,    0xe65e,
+        0xe65f,    0xe660,    0xe661,    0xe662,
+        0xe663,    0xe664,    0xe665,    0xe666,
+        0xe667,    0xe668,    0xe669,    0xe66a,
+    // F0b0
+        0xe66b,    0xe66c,    0xe66d,    0xe66e,
+        0xe66f,    0xe670,    0xe671,    0xe672,
+        0xe673,    0xe674,    0xe675,    0xe676,
+        0xe677,    0xe678,    0xe679,    0xe67a,
+    // F0c0
+        0xe67b,    0xe67c,    0xe67d,    0xe67e,
+        0xe67f,    0xe680,    0xe681,    0xe682,
+        0xe683,    0xe684,    0xe685,    0xe686,
+        0xe687,    0xe688,    0xe689,    0xe68a,
+    // F0d0
+        0xe68b,    0xe68c,    0xe68d,    0xe68e,
+        0xe68f,    0xe690,    0xe691,    0xe692,
+        0xe693,    0xe694,    0xe695,    0xe696,
+        0xe697,    0xe698,    0xe699,    0xe69a,
+    // F0e0
+        0xe69b,    0xe69c,    0xe69d,    0xe69e,
+        0xe69f,    0xe6a0,    0xe6a1,    0xe6a2,
+        0xe6a3,    0xe6a4,    0xe6a5,    0xe6a6,
+        0xe6a7,    0xe6a8,    0xe6a9,    0xe6aa,
+    // F0f0
+        0xe6ab,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aWebDingsTab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0xe300,    0xe301,    0xe302,
+        0xe303,    0xe304,    0xe305,    0xe306,
+        0xe307,    0xe308,    0xe309,    0xe30a,
+        0xe30b,    0xe30c,    0xe30d,    0xe30e,
+    // F030
+        0xe30f,    0xe310,    0xe311,    0xe312,
+        0xe313,    0xe314,    0xe315,    0xe316,
+        0xe317,    0xe318,    0xe319,    0xe31a,
+        0xe31b,    0xe31c,    0xe31d,    0xe31e,
+    // F040
+        0xe31f,    0xe320,    0xe321,    0xe322,
+        0xe323,    0xe324,    0xe325,    0xe326,
+        0xe327,    0xe328,    0xe329,    0xe32a,
+        0xe32b,    0xe32c,    0xe32d,    0xe32e,
+    // F050
+        0xe32f,    0xe330,    0xe331,    0xe332,
+        0xe333,    0xe334,    0xe335,    0xe336,
+        0xe337,    0xe338,    0xe339,    0xe33a,
+        0xe33b,    0xe33c,    0xe33d,    0xe33e,
+    // F060
+        0xe33f,    0xe340,    0xe341,    0xe342,
+        0xe343,    0xe344,    0xe345,    0xe346,
+        0xe347,    0xe348,    0xe349,    0xe34a,
+        0xe34b,    0xe34c,    0xe34d,    0xe34e,
+    // F070
+        0xe34f,    0xe350,    0xe351,    0xe352,
+        0xe353,    0xe354,    0xe355,    0xe356,
+        0xe357,    0xe358,    0xe359,    0xe35a,
+        0xe35b,    0xe35c,    0xe35d,         0,
+    // F080
+        0xe35e,    0xe35f,    0xe360,    0xe361,
+        0xe362,    0xe363,    0xe364,    0xe365,
+        0xe366,    0xe367,    0xe368,    0xe369,
+        0xe36a,    0xe36b,    0xe36c,    0xe36d,
+    // F090
+        0xe36e,    0xe36f,    0xe370,    0xe371,
+        0xe372,    0xe373,    0xe374,    0xe375,
+        0xe376,    0xe377,    0xe378,    0xe379,
+        0xe37a,    0xe37b,    0xe37c,    0xe37d,
+    // F0a0
+        0xe37e,    0xe37f,    0xe380,    0xe381,
+        0xe382,    0xe383,    0xe384,    0xe385,
+        0xe386,    0xe387,    0xe388,    0xe389,
+        0xe38a,    0xe38b,    0xe38c,    0xe38d,
+    // F0b0
+        0xe38e,    0xe38f,    0xe390,    0xe391,
+        0xe392,    0xe393,    0xe394,    0xe395,
+        0xe396,    0xe397,    0xe398,    0xe399,
+        0xe39a,    0xe39b,    0xe39c,    0xe39d,
+    // F0c0
+        0xe39e,    0xe39f,    0xe3a0,    0xe3a1,
+        0xe3a2,    0xe3a3,    0xe3a4,    0xe3a5,
+        0xe3a6,    0xe3a7,    0xe3a8,    0xe3a9,
+        0xe3aa,    0xe3ab,    0xe3ac,    0xe3ad,
+    // F0d0
+        0xe3ae,    0xe3af,    0xe3b0,    0xe3b1,
+        0xe3b2,    0xe3b3,    0xe3b4,    0xe3b5,
+        0xe3b6,    0xe3b7,    0xe3b8,    0xe3b9,
+        0xe3ba,    0xe3bb,    0xe3bc,    0xe3bd,
+    // F0e0
+        0xe3be,    0xe3bf,    0xe3c0,    0xe3c1,
+        0xe3c2,    0xe3c3,    0xe3c4,    0xe3c5,
+        0xe3c6,    0xe3c7,    0xe3c8,    0xe3c9,
+        0xe3ca,    0xe3cb,    0xe3cd,    0xe3ce,
+    // F0f0
+        0xe3cf,    0xe3d0,    0xe3d1,    0xe3d2,
+        0xe3d3,    0xe3d4,    0xe3d5,    0xe3d6,
+        0xe3d7,    0xe3d8,    0xe3d9,    0xe3da,
+        0xe3db,    0xe3dc,    0xe3dd,    0xe3de
+};
+
+// See http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets/character-sets.xml
+// See ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/ADOBE/symbol.txt
+
+const sal_Unicode aAdobeSymbolTab[224] =
+{
+//TODO:
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0xe100,    0xe101,    0xe102,
+        0xe103,    0xe104,    0xe16a,    0xe105,
+        0xe106,    0xe107,    0xe108,    0xe109,
+        0xe10a,    0xe10b,    0xe10c,    0xe10d,
+    // F030
+        0x0030,    0x0031,    0x0032,    0x0033,
+        0x0034,    0x0035,    0x0036,    0x0037,
+        0x0038,    0x0039,    0xe10e,    0xe10f,
+        0xe110,    0xe111,    0xe112,    0x003f,
+    // F040
+        0xe113,    0x0391,    0x0392,    0x03a7,
+        0x0394,    0x0395,    0x03a6,    0x0393,
+        0x0397,    0x0399,    0x03d1,    0x039a,
+        0x039b,    0x039c,    0x039d,    0x039f,
+    // F050
+        0x03a0,    0x0398,    0x03a1,    0x03a3,
+        0x03a4,    0x03a5,    0x03c2,    0x03a9,
+        0x039e,    0x03a8,    0x0396,    0xe114,
+        0x2234,    0xe115,    0xe116,    0x005f,
+    // F060
+        0x00af,    0x03b1,    0x03b2,    0x03c7,
+        0x03b4,    0x03b5,    0x03d5,    0x03b3,
+        0x03b7,    0x03b9,    0x03c6,    0x03ba,
+        0x03bb,    0x03bc,    0x03bd,    0x03bf,
+    // F070
+        0x03c0,    0x03b8,    0x03c1,    0x03c3,
+        0x03c4,    0x03c5,    0x03d6,    0x03c9,
+        0x03be,    0x03c8,    0x03b6,    0xe117,
+        0x007c,    0xe118,    0xe119,         0,
+    // F080
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F090
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F0a0
+        0xe11a,    0x03d2,    0x2032,    0xe11b,
+        0x2215,    0xe11c,    0xe11d,    0xe11e,
+        0x2666,    0xe11f,    0xe120,    0xe121,
+        0xe122,    0xe123,    0xe124,    0xe125,
+    // F0b0
+        0xe126,    0xe127,    0x2033,    0xe128,
+        0xe129,    0xe12a,    0xe12b,    0xe12c,
+        0xe12d,    0xe12e,    0xe12f,    0xe130,
+        0xe131,    0x2502,    0x2500,    0x21b2,
+    // F0c0
+        0xe132,    0xe133,    0xe134,    0xe135,
+        0xe136,    0xe137,    0xe138,    0xe139,
+        0xe13a,    0xe13b,    0xe13c,    0xe13d,
+        0xe13e,    0xe13f,    0xe140,    0xe141,
+    // F0d0
+        0x2220,    0xe142,    0x00ae,    0x00a9,
+        0xe143,    0xe144,    0xe145,    0xe146,
+        0xe147,    0xe148,    0xe149,    0xe14a,
+        0xe14b,    0x21d1,    0xe14c,    0x21d3,
+    // F0e0
+        0x25ca,    0xe14d,    0xe14e,    0xe14f,
+        0xe150,    0xe151,    0xf8eb,    0xf8ec,
+        0xf8ed,    0xf8ee,    0xf8ef,    0xf8f0,
+        0xf8f1,    0xf8f2,    0xf8f3,    0xf8f4,
+    // F0f0
+             0,    0x232a,    0x222b,    0x2320,
+        0xf8f5,    0x2321,    0xf8f6,    0xf8f7,
+        0xf8f8,    0xf8f9,    0xf8fa,    0xf8fb,
+        0xf8fc,    0xf8fd,    0xf8fe,         0,
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aMonotypeSortsTab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0x2701,    0xe200,    0x2703,
+        0x2704,    0xe201,    0x2706,    0xe202,
+        0xe203,    0xe203,    0xe204,    0xe205,
+        0x270c,    0xe206,    0xe207,    0xe208,
+    // F030
+        0x2710,    0x2711,    0x2712,    0xe209,
+        0xe20a,    0x2715,    0x2716,    0xe20b,
+        0xe20c,    0xe20d,    0xe20e,    0xe20f,
+        0xe210,    0x271d,    0x271e,    0x271f,
+    // F040
+        0x2720,    0xe211,    0xe212,    0xe213,
+        0xe214,    0xe215,    0x2726,    0x2727,
+        0x2605,    0x2729,    0x272a,    0xe216,
+        0xe217,    0xe218,    0xe219,    0xe21a,
+    // F050
+        0xe21b,    0xe21c,    0x2732,    0xe21d,
+        0xe21e,    0xe21f,    0xe220,    0xe221,
+        0xe222,    0xe223,    0x273a,    0x273b,
+        0x273c,    0x273d,    0x273e,    0xe224,
+    // F060
+        0x2740,    0x2741,    0x2742,    0x2743,
+        0xe225,    0x2745,    0x2746,    0x2747,
+        0x2748,    0x2749,    0x274a,    0x274b,
+        0xe226,    0xe227,    0xe228,    0xe229,
+    // F070
+        0xe22a,    0xe22b,    0xe22c,    0x25b2,
+        0x25bc,    0xe22d,    0xe22e,    0xe22f,
+        0x2758,    0xe230,    0x275a,    0x275b,
+        0x275c,    0x275d,    0x275e,         0,
+    // F080
+        0xe231,    0xe232,    0xe233,    0xe234,
+        0xe235,    0xe236,    0xe237,    0xe238,
+        0xe239,    0xe23a,    0xe23b,    0xe23c,
+        0xe23d,    0xe23e,         0,         0,
+    // F090
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F0a0
+             0,    0xe23f,    0xe240,    0x2763,
+        0x2764,    0x2765,    0x2766,    0x2767,
+        0xe241,    0xe242,    0xe243,    0xe244,
+        0x2460,    0x2461,    0x2462,    0x2463,
+    // F0b0
+        0x2464,    0x2465,    0x2466,    0x2467,
+        0x2468,    0x2469,    0x2776,    0x2777,
+        0x2778,    0x2779,    0x277a,    0x277b,
+        0x277c,    0x277d,    0x277e,    0x277f,
+    // F0c0
+        0xe245,    0xe246,    0xe247,    0xe248,
+        0xe249,    0xe24a,    0xe24b,    0xe24c,
+        0xe24d,    0xe24e,    0xe24f,    0xe250,
+        0xe251,    0xe252,    0xe253,    0xe254,
+    // F0d0
+        0xe255,    0xe256,    0xe257,    0xe258,
+        0xe259,    0xe25a,    0xe25b,    0xe25c,
+        0xe25d,    0x2799,    0xe25e,    0x279b,
+        0x279c,    0x279d,    0x279e,    0x279f,
+    // F0e0
+        0x27a0,    0x27a1,    0xe25f,    0x27a3,
+        0x27a4,    0x27a5,    0x27a6,    0x27a7,
+        0x27a8,    0x27a9,    0x27aa,    0x27ab,
+        0x27ac,    0x27ad,    0x27ae,    0x27af,
+    // F0f0
+             0,    0x27b1,    0xe260,    0x27b3,
+        0x27b4,    0x27b5,    0x27b6,    0x27b7,
+        0xe261,    0x27b9,    0x27ba,    0x27bb,
+        0x27bc,    0x27bd,    0x27be,         0,
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aMTExtraTab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,         0,         0,    0x0300,
+        0x0302,    0x0303,    0x0307,         0,
+        0x2323,    0x2322,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F030
+             0,    0xEC00,    0xEC01,    0xEC02,
+        0xEC03,    0xEC0B,    0xEC04,    0xEC05,
+        0xEC06,         0,    0x223C,    0x2243,
+        0x22B2,    0x226A,    0x22B3,    0x226B,
+    // F040
+        0x225C,    0x2259,    0x2250,    0x2210,
+        0x019B,    0xEC0E,    0xEC0F,    0xEC10,
+        0xEC11,    0x2229,    0x2127,    0x2026,
+        0x22EF,    0x22EE,    0x22F0,    0x22F1,
+    // F050
+        0x2225,    0x2235,    0x2221,    0x2222,
+             0,    0x222A,    0x25B3,    0x25A1,
+        0x25AD,    0x25B1,    0x2197,    0x2199,
+        0xEB05,    0x2198,    0x2196,    0xEB06,
+    // F060
+        0x2035,    0x21A6,    0x2195,    0x21D5,
+        0x25CB,    0x2299,    0x227B,    0xE98F,
+        0x210F,    0xEE00,    0xEE01,         0,
+        0x2113,    0x2213,    0xFFFD,    0x2218,
+    // F070
+        0x227A,    0xEB1A,    0x20D7,    0x20D6,
+        0x20E1,    0xEB00,    0x20D1,    0x20D0,
+        0xEB19,         0,         0,    0xFE38,
+        0xEC0C,    0xFE37,    0xEC0D,         0,
+    // F080
+        0x21C4,    0xEB01,    0xEB02,    0x21CC,
+        0xEB03,    0xEB04,    0x21C0,    0x21BD,
+        0xF8E7,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F090
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F0a0
+             0,    0x211D,    0x2124,    0x2102,
+        0x211A,    0x2115,         0,    0x301A,
+        0x301B,    0xEC22,    0xEC23,    0xEC24,
+        0xEC25,    0xEC26,    0xEC27,         0,
+    // F0b0
+        0xEE04,    0xEE05,    0xEE06,         0,
+             0,    0xEE07,    0xEE08,    0xEE09,
+             0,         0,    0xEE0A,    0xEE0B,
+        0xEE0C,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F0c0
+        0xEE0D,    0xEE0E,    0xEE0F,    0xEE10,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F0d0
+             0,    0xEE11,    0xEE12,    0xEE13,
+             0,    0xEE15,    0xEE16,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+    // F0e0
+             0,         0,         0,         0,
+             0,         0,         0,    0xF8FF,
+        0x0160,    0x00DD,    0x00DE,    0x00D0,
+        0x0161,    0x00FD,    0x00FE,    0x00F0,
+    // F0f0
+        0xFB01,    0xFB02,    0x0131,    0x00B9,
+        0x00B2,    0x00B3,    0x00BD,    0x00BC,
+        0x00BE,    0x2044,    0x00A6,    0x02DD,
+        0x02D8,    0x02C7,    0x02DA,    0x02DB,
+};
+
+const sal_Unicode aAdobeSymbolToAppleSymbolTab[224] =
+{
+    // F020
+        0x0020,    0x0021,    0x2200,    0x0023,
+        0x2203,    0x0025,    0x0026,    0x220D,
+        0x0028,    0x0029,    0x2217,    0x002B,
+        0x002C,    0x2212,    0x002E,    0x002F,
+    // F030
+        0x0030,    0x0031,    0x0032,    0x0033,
+        0x0034,    0x0035,    0x0036,    0x0037,
+        0x0038,    0x0039,    0x003A,    0x003B,
+        0x003C,    0x003D,    0x003E,    0x003F,
+    // F040
+        0x2245,    0x0391,    0x0392,    0x03A7,
+        0x0394,    0x0395,    0x03A6,    0x0393,
+        0x0397,    0x0399,    0x03D1,    0x039A,
+        0x039B,    0x039C,    0x039D,    0x039F,
+    // F050
+        0x03A0,    0x0398,    0x03A1,    0x03A3,
+        0x03A4,    0x03A5,    0x03C2,    0x03A9,
+        0x039E,    0x03A8,    0x0396,    0x005B,
+        0x2234,    0x005D,    0x22A5,    0x005F,
+    // F060
+        0xF8E5,    0x03B1,    0x03B2,    0x03C7,
+        0x03B4,    0x03B5,    0x03C6,    0x03B3,
+        0x03B7,    0x03B9,    0x03D5,    0x03BA,
+        0x03BB,    0x03BC,    0x03BD,    0x03BF,
+    // F070
+        0x03C0,    0x03B8,    0x03C1,    0x03C3,
+        0x03C4,    0x03C5,    0x03D6,    0x03C9,
+        0x03BE,    0x03C8,    0x03B6,    0x007B,
+        0x007C,    0x007D,    0x223C,    0x007F,
+    // F080
+        0x0080,    0x0081,    0x0082,    0x0083,
+        0x0084,    0x0085,    0x0086,    0x0087,
+        0x0088,    0x0089,    0x008A,    0x008B,
+        0x008C,    0x008D,    0x008E,    0x008F,
+    // F090
+        0x0090,    0x0091,    0x0092,    0x0093,
+        0x0094,    0x0095,    0x0096,    0x0097,
+        0x0098,    0x0099,    0x009A,    0x009B,
+        0x009C,    0x009D,    0x009E,    0x009F,
+    // F0a0
+        0x20AC,    0x03D2,    0x2032,    0x2264,
+        0x2044,    0x221E,    0x0192,    0x2663,
+        0x2666,    0x2665,    0x2660,    0x2194,
+        0x2190,    0x2191,    0x2192,    0x2193,
+    // F0b0
+        0x00B0,    0x00B1,    0x2033,    0x2065,
+        0x00D7,    0x221D,    0x2202,    0x2022,
+        0x00F7,    0x2260,    0x2261,    0x2248,
+        0x2026,    0x23D0,    0x23AF,    0x21B5,
+    // F0c0
+        0x2135,    0x2111,    0x211C,    0x2118,
+        0x2297,    0x2295,    0x2205,    0x2229,
+        0x222A,    0x2283,    0x2287,    0x2284,
+        0x2282,    0x2286,    0x2208,    0x2209,
+    // F0d0
+        0x2220,    0x2207,    0x00AE,    0x00A9,
+        0x2122,    0x220F,    0x221A,    0x22C5,
+        0x00AC,    0x2227,    0x2228,    0x21D4,
+        0x21D0,    0x21D1,    0x21D2,    0x21D3,
+    // F0e0
+        0x25CA,    0x3008,    0x00AE,    0x00A9,
+        0x2122,    0x2211,    0x239B,    0x239C,
+        0x239D,    0x23A1,    0x23A2,    0x23A3,
+        0x23A7,    0x23A8,    0x23A9,    0x23AA,
+    // F0f0
+        0xF8FF,    0x3009,    0x222B,    0x2320,
+        0x23AE,    0x2321,    0x239E,    0x239F,
+        0x23A0,    0x23A4,    0x23A5,    0x23A6,
+        0x23AB,    0x23AC,    0x23AD,    0x00FF
+};
+
+static sal_Unicode ImplStarSymbolToStarBats( sal_Unicode c )
+{
+    switch ( c )
+    {
+        case 0x00A2: c = 0xF0E0; break;
+        case 0x00A4: c = 0xF0E1; break;
+        case 0x00A5: c = 0xF0E2; break;
+        case 0x00A7: c = 0xF0A7; break;
+        case 0x00AB: c = 0xF0AB; break;
+        case 0x00B6: c = 0xF0DE; break;
+        case 0x00BB: c = 0xF0BB; break;
+
+        case 0x0152: c = 0xF08C; break;
+        case 0x0153: c = 0xF09C; break;
+        case 0x0160: c = 0xF08A; break;
+        case 0x0161: c = 0xF09A; break;
+        case 0x0178: c = 0xF09F; break;
+        case 0x017D: c = 0xF08E; break;
+        case 0x017E: c = 0xF09E; break;
+
+        case 0x0192: c = 0xF083; break;
+        case 0x02C6: c = 0xF088; break;
+        case 0x02DC: c = 0xF098; break;
+        case 0x2013: c = 0xF096; break;
+        case 0x2014: c = 0xF097; break;
+        case 0x2018: c = 0xF091; break;
+
+        case 0x2019: c = 0xF092; break;
+        case 0x201A: c = 0xF082; break;
+        case 0x201C: c = 0xF093; break;
+        case 0x201D: c = 0xF094; break;
+        case 0x201E: c = 0xF084; break;
+        case 0x2020: c = 0xF086; break;
+
+        case 0x2021: c = 0xF087; break;
+        case 0x2022: c = 0xF095; break;
+        case 0x2026: c = 0xF085; break;
+        case 0x2030: c = 0xF089; break;
+        case 0x2039: c = 0xF08B; break;
+        case 0x203A: c = 0xF09B; break;
+
+        case 0x20A1: c = 0xF0E4; break;
+        case 0x20A2: c = 0xF0E5; break;
+        case 0x20A3: c = 0xF0E6; break;
+        case 0x20A4: c = 0xF0E7; break;
+        case 0x20A8: c = 0xF0EA; break;
+        case 0x20A9: c = 0xF0E8; break;
+        case 0x20AB: c = 0xF0E9; break;
+        case 0x20AC: c = 0xF080; break;
+
+        case 0x2122: c = 0xF099; break;
+        case 0x2190: c = 0xF0B7; break;
+        case 0x2191: c = 0xF0B8; break;
+        case 0x2192: c = 0xF0B5; break;
+        case 0x2193: c = 0xF0B6; break;
+        case 0x2194: c = 0xF0D8; break;
+        case 0x2195: c = 0xF0D9; break;
+
+        case 0x21E4: c = 0xF0B4; break;
+        case 0x21E5: c = 0xF0B3; break;
+        case 0x21E6: c = 0xF0A4; break;
+        case 0x21E7: c = 0xF0B2; break;
+        case 0x21E8: c = 0xF0AF; break;
+        case 0x21E9: c = 0xF0A3; break;
+
+        case 0x25A0: c = 0xF024; break;
+        case 0x25A1: c = 0xF025; break;
+        case 0x25B4: c = 0xF0C5; break;
+        case 0x25B5: c = 0xF0C7; break;
+        case 0x25BE: c = 0xF0C4; break;
+        case 0x25BF: c = 0xF0C6; break;
+        case 0x25C6: c = 0xF043; break;
+        case 0x25CF: c = 0xF022; break;
+        case 0x25D7: c = 0xF0D0; break;
+
+        case 0x260E: c = 0xF074; break;
+        case 0x2611: c = 0xF034; break;
+        case 0x2612: c = 0xF033; break;
+        case 0x261B: c = 0xF036; break;
+        case 0x261E: c = 0xF07D; break;
+        case 0x2639: c = 0xF0AD; break;
+        case 0x263A: c = 0xF021; break;
+
+        case 0x2702: c = 0xF0CB; break;
+        case 0x2708: c = 0xF0CC; break;
+        case 0x270D: c = 0xF07E; break;
+        case 0x270E: c = 0xF038; break;
+
+        case 0x2713: c = 0xF039; break;
+        case 0x2714: c = 0xF03A; break;
+        case 0x2717: c = 0xF04F; break;
+        case 0x2718: c = 0xF050; break;
+        case 0x2719: c = 0xF051; break;
+        case 0x271A: c = 0xF052; break;
+        case 0x271B: c = 0xF053; break;
+        case 0x271C: c = 0xF054; break;
+
+        case 0x2721: c = 0xF0CD; break;
+        case 0x2722: c = 0xF044; break;
+        case 0x2723: c = 0xF045; break;
+        case 0x2724: c = 0xF046; break;
+        case 0x2725: c = 0xF047; break;
+        case 0x272B: c = 0xF055; break;
+        case 0x272C: c = 0xF056; break;
+        case 0x272D: c = 0xF057; break;
+        case 0x272E: c = 0xF058; break;
+        case 0x272F: c = 0xF059; break;
+
+        case 0x2730: c = 0xF05A; break;
+        case 0x2733: c = 0xF048; break;
+        case 0x2734: c = 0xF049; break;
+        case 0x2735: c = 0xF04A; break;
+        case 0x2736: c = 0xF04B; break;
+        case 0x2737: c = 0xF04C; break;
+        case 0x2738: c = 0xF04D; break;
+        case 0x2739: c = 0xF04E; break;
+        case 0x273F: c = 0xF0CE; break;
+
+        case 0x2744: c = 0xF0CF; break;
+        case 0x274D: c = 0xF023; break;
+        case 0x274F: c = 0xF03E; break;
+        case 0x2750: c = 0xF03F; break;
+        case 0x2751: c = 0xF027; break;
+        case 0x2752: c = 0xF028; break;
+        case 0x2756: c = 0xF02C; break;
+        case 0x2759: c = 0xF0D1; break;
+        case 0x2762: c = 0xF0D4; break;
+
+        case 0x2780: c = 0xF068; break;
+        case 0x2781: c = 0xF069; break;
+        case 0x2782: c = 0xF06A; break;
+        case 0x2783: c = 0xF06B; break;
+        case 0x2784: c = 0xF06C; break;
+        case 0x2785: c = 0xF06D; break;
+        case 0x2786: c = 0xF06E; break;
+        case 0x2787: c = 0xF06F; break;
+        case 0x2788: c = 0xF070; break;
+        case 0x2789: c = 0xF071; break;
+        case 0x278A: c = 0xF05D; break;
+        case 0x278B: c = 0xF05E; break;
+        case 0x278C: c = 0xF05F; break;
+        case 0x278D: c = 0xF060; break;
+        case 0x278E: c = 0xF061; break;
+        case 0x278F: c = 0xF062; break;
+
+        case 0x2790: c = 0xF063; break;
+        case 0x2791: c = 0xF064; break;
+        case 0x2792: c = 0xF065; break;
+        case 0x2793: c = 0xF066; break;
+        case 0x2794: c = 0xF031; break;
+        case 0x2798: c = 0xF0DA; break;
+        case 0x279A: c = 0xF0DB; break;
+
+        case 0x27A2: c = 0xF02F; break;
+        case 0x27B2: c = 0xF035; break;
+        case 0x27B8: c = 0xF0DC; break;
+
+        case 0xE000: c = 0xF000+38; break;
+        case 0xE001: c = 0xF000+41; break;
+        case 0xE002: c = 0xF000+42; break;
+        case 0xE003: c = 0xF000+43; break;
+        case 0xE004: c = 0xF000+45; break;
+        case 0xE005: c = 0xF000+46; break;
+        case 0xE006: c = 0xF000+48; break;
+        case 0xE007: c = 0xF000+57; break;
+
+        case 0xE008: c = 0xF000+59; break;
+        case 0xE009: c = 0xF000+60; break;
+        case 0xE00a: c = 0xF000+61; break;
+        case 0xE00b: c = 0xF000+64; break;
+        case 0xE00c: c = 0xF000+65; break;
+        case 0xE00d: c = 0xF000+66; break;
+        case 0xE00e: c = 0xF000+67; break;
+        case 0xE00f: c = 0xF000+92; break;
+
+        case 0xE010: c = 0xF000+103; break;
+        case 0xE011: c = 0xF000+114; break;
+        case 0xE012: c = 0xF000+115; break;
+        case 0xE013: c = 0xF000+117; break;
+        case 0xE014: c = 0xF000+118; break;
+        case 0xE015: c = 0xF000+119; break;
+        case 0xE016: c = 0xF000+120; break;
+        case 0xE017: c = 0xF000+121; break;
+
+        case 0xE018: c = 0xF000+122; break;
+        case 0xE019: c = 0xF000+123; break;
+        case 0xE01a: c = 0xF000+124; break;
+        case 0xE01b: c = 0xF000+126; break;
+        case 0xE01c: c = 0xF000+136; break;
+        case 0xE01d: c = 0xF000+155; break;
+        case 0xE01e: c = 0xF000+165; break;
+        case 0xE01f: c = 0xF000+166; break;
+
+        case 0xE020: c = 0xF000+168; break;
+        case 0xE021: c = 0xF000+169; break;
+        case 0xE022: c = 0xF000+170; break;
+        case 0xE023: c = 0xF000+172; break;
+        case 0xE024: c = 0xF000+174; break;
+        case 0xE025: c = 0xF000+175; break;
+        case 0xE026: c = 0xF000+176; break;
+        case 0xE027: c = 0xF000+177; break;
+
+        case 0xE028: c = 0xF000+178; break;
+        case 0xE029: c = 0xF000+185; break;
+        case 0xE02a: c = 0xF000+186; break;
+        case 0xE02b: c = 0xF000+188; break;
+        case 0xE02c: c = 0xF000+189; break;
+        case 0xE02d: c = 0xF000+190; break;
+        case 0xE02e: c = 0xF000+191; break;
+        case 0xE02f: c = 0xF000+192; break;
+
+        case 0xE030: c = 0xF000+193; break;
+        case 0xE031: c = 0xF000+194; break;
+        case 0xE032: c = 0xF000+195; break;
+        case 0xE033: c = 0xF000+200; break;
+        case 0xE034: c = 0xF000+201; break;
+        case 0xE035: c = 0xF000+202; break;
+        case 0xE036: c = 0xF000+210; break;
+        case 0xE037: c = 0xF000+211; break;
+
+        case 0xE038: c = 0xF000+227; break;
+        case 0xE039: c = 0xF000+235; break;
+        case 0xE03a: c = 0xF000+255; break;
+
+        default: c = 0; break;
+    }
+
+    return c;
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+enum SymbolFont
+{
+    Symbol=1, Wingdings=2, MonotypeSorts=4, Webdings=8, Wingdings2=16,
+    Wingdings3=32, MTExtra=64, TimesNewRoman=128
+};
+
+}
+
+const char * const aSymbolNames[] =
+{
+    "Symbol", "Wingdings", "Monotype Sorts", "Webdings", "Wingdings 2",
+    "Wingdings 3", "MT Extra", "Times New Roman"
+};
+
+namespace {
+
+struct SymbolEntry
+{
+    sal_uInt8 cIndex;
+    enum SymbolFont eFont;
+};
+
+class StarSymbolToMSMultiFontImpl : public StarSymbolToMSMultiFont
+{
+private:
+    ::std::multimap<sal_Unicode, SymbolEntry> maMagicMap;
+public:
+    explicit StarSymbolToMSMultiFontImpl();
+    OUString ConvertChar(sal_Unicode &rChar) override;
+};
+
+struct ExtraTable { sal_Unicode cStar; sal_uInt8 cMS;};
+
+}
+
+ExtraTable const aWingDingsExtraTab[] =
+{
+    {0x25cf, 0x6C}, {0x2714, 0xFC}, {0x2717, 0xFB}, {0x2794, 0xE8},
+    {0x27a2, 0xD8}, {0xe000, 0x6F}, {0xe001, 0x73}, {0xe002, 0x74},
+    {0xe003, 0x75}, {0xe004, 0x77}, {0xe005, 0xA6}, {0xe006, 0xE0},
+    {0xe007, 0xFC}, {0xe008, 0x6C}, {0xe009, 0x6D}, {0xe00a, 0x6E},
+    {0xe00b, 0x72}, {0xe00c, 0x75}, {0xe00d, 0x76}, {0xe00e, 0x74},
+    {0xe00f, 0x8B}, {0xe010, 0x80}, {0xe011, 0x2B}, {0xe012, 0x3A},
+    {0xe013, 0x5D}, {0xe014, 0x29}, {0xe015, 0x3A}, {0xe016, 0x3C},
+    {0xe017, 0x38}, {0xe018, 0x3A}, {0xe019, 0x2A}, {0xe01a, 0x2B},
+    {0xe01b, 0x3F}, {0xe01c, 0x9F}, {0xe01d, 0x80}, {0xe01e, 0x8B},
+    {0xe023, 0x4A}, {0xe025, 0xF0}, {0xe026, 0xF2}, {0xe027, 0xEF},
+    {0xe028, 0xF1}, {0xe029, 0x52}, {0xe02a, 0x29}, {0xe02b, 0xE0},
+    {0xe02c, 0xE2}, {0xe02d, 0xDF}, {0xe02e, 0xE1}, {0xe02f, 0xAC},
+    {0xe030, 0xAD}, {0xe031, 0xAE}, {0xe032, 0x7C}, {0xe033, 0x43},
+    {0xe034, 0x4D}, {0xe0aa, 0x71}, {0xe422, 0x44}
+};
+
+ExtraTable const aSymbolExtraTab2[] =
+{
+    {0x0020, 0x20}, {0x00A0, 0x20}, {0x0021, 0x21}, {0x2200, 0x22},
+    {0x0023, 0x23}, {0x2203, 0x24}, {0x0025, 0x25}, {0x0026, 0x26},
+    {0x220B, 0x27}, {0x0028, 0x28}, {0x0029, 0x29}, {0x2217, 0x2A},
+    {0x002B, 0x2B}, {0x002C, 0x2C}, {0x2212, 0x2D}, {0x002E, 0x2E},
+    {0x002F, 0x2F}, {0x003A, 0x3A}, {0x003B, 0x3B}, {0x003C, 0x3C},
+    {0x003D, 0x3D}, {0x003E, 0x3E}, {0x2245, 0x40}, {0x2206, 0x44},
+    {0x2126, 0x57}, {0x005B, 0x5B}, {0x005D, 0x5D}, {0x22A5, 0x5E},
+    {0x03C6, 0x66}, {0x03D5, 0x6A}, {0x00B5, 0x6D}, {0x007B, 0x7B},
+    {0x007C, 0x7C}, {0x007D, 0x7D}, {0x223C, 0x7E}, {0x20AC, 0xA0},
+    {0x2032, 0xA2}, {0x2264, 0xA3}, {0x2044, 0xA4}, {0x221E, 0xA5},
+    {0x0192, 0xA6}, {0x2663, 0xA7}, {0x2665, 0xA9}, {0x2660, 0xAA},
+    {0x2194, 0xAB}, {0x2190, 0xAC}, {0x2191, 0xAD}, {0x2192, 0xAE},
+    {0x2193, 0xAF}, {0x00B0, 0xB0}, {0x00B1, 0xB1}, {0x2265, 0xB3},
+    {0x00D7, 0xB4}, {0x221D, 0xB5}, {0x2202, 0xB6}, {0x2022, 0xB7},
+    {0x00F7, 0xB8}, {0x2260, 0xB9}, {0x2261, 0xBA}, {0x2248, 0xBB},
+    {0x2026, 0xBC}, {0x21B5, 0xBF}, {0x2135, 0xC0}, {0x2111, 0xC1},
+    {0x211C, 0xC2}, {0x2118, 0xC3}, {0x2297, 0xC4}, {0x2295, 0xC5},
+    {0x2205, 0xC6}, {0x2229, 0xC7}, {0x222A, 0xC8}, {0x2283, 0xC9},
+    {0x2287, 0xCA}, {0x2284, 0xCB}, {0x2282, 0xCC}, {0x2286, 0xCD},
+    {0x2208, 0xCE}, {0x2209, 0xCF}, {0x2207, 0xD1}, {0x220F, 0xD5},
+    {0x221A, 0xD6}, {0x22C5, 0xD7}, {0x00AC, 0xD8}, {0x2227, 0xD9},
+    {0x2228, 0xDA}, {0x21D4, 0xDB}, {0x21D0, 0xDC}, {0x21D2, 0xDE},
+    {0x2329, 0xE1}, {0x2211, 0xE5}, {0x232A, 0xF1}, {0x222B, 0xF2},
+    {0x2320, 0xF3}, {0x2321, 0xF5}, {0x2013, 0x2D}
+};
+
+ExtraTable const aSymbolExtraTab[] =
+{
+    {0xe021, 0xD3}, {0xe024, 0xD2}, {0xe035, 0x20}, {0xe036, 0x28},
+    {0xe037, 0x29}, {0xe039, 0x20}, {0xe083, 0x2B}, {0xe084, 0x3C},
+    {0xe085, 0x3E}, {0xe086, 0xA3}, {0xe087, 0xB3}, {0xe089, 0xCE},
+    {0xe08a, 0xA6}, {0xe08c, 0xAE}, {0xe08d, 0xD6}, {0xe08e, 0xD6},
+    {0xe08f, 0xD6}, {0xe094, 0xA2}, {0xe09e, 0x28}, {0xe09f, 0x29},
+    {0xe0a0, 0xD0}, {0xe0a6, 0xA2}, {0xe0a7, 0x7C}, {0xe0a8, 0x2F},
+    {0xe0ab, 0x7C}, {0xe0ac, 0x47}, {0xe0ad, 0x44}, {0xe0ae, 0x51},
+    {0xe0af, 0x4C}, {0xe0b0, 0x58}, {0xe0b1, 0x50}, {0xe0b2, 0x53},
+    {0xe0b3, 0x55}, {0xe0b4, 0x46}, {0xe0b5, 0x59}, {0xe0b6, 0x57},
+    {0xe0b7, 0x61}, {0xe0b8, 0x62}, {0xe0b9, 0x67}, {0xe0ba, 0x64},
+    {0xe0bb, 0x65}, {0xe0bc, 0x7A}, {0xe0bd, 0x68}, {0xe0be, 0x71},
+    {0xe0bf, 0x69}, {0xe0c0, 0x6B}, {0xe0c1, 0x6C}, {0xe0c2, 0x6D},
+    {0xe0c3, 0x6E}, {0xe0c4, 0x78}, {0xe0c5, 0x6F}, {0xe0c6, 0x70},
+    {0xe0c7, 0x72}, {0xe0c8, 0x73}, {0xe0c9, 0x74}, {0xe0ca, 0x75},
+    {0xe0cb, 0x66}, {0xe0cc, 0x63}, {0xe0cd, 0x79}, {0xe0ce, 0x77},
+    {0xe0cf, 0x65}, {0xe0d0, 0x4A}, {0xe0d1, 0x76}, {0xe0d3, 0x56},
+    {0xe0d4, 0x6A}, {0xe0d5, 0xB6}, {0xe0d6, 0x69}, {0xe0db, 0xAC},
+    {0xe0dc, 0xAD}, {0xe0dd, 0xAF}
+};
+
+ExtraTable const aTNRExtraTab[] =
+{
+    {0xe021, 0xA9},
+    {0xe022, 0x40},
+    {0xe024, 0xAE},
+    {0xe035, 0x20},
+    {0xe036, '('},
+    {0xe037, ')'},
+    {0xe039, 0x20},
+    {0xe03a, 0x80},
+    {0xe080, 0x89},
+    {0xe083, '+'},
+    {0xe084, '<'},
+    {0xe085, '>'},
+    {0xe0a9, '\\'}
+};
+
+StarSymbolToMSMultiFontImpl::StarSymbolToMSMultiFontImpl()
+{
+    struct ConvertTable
+    {
+        enum SymbolFont meFont;
+        const sal_Unicode* pTab;
+    };
+
+    //In order of preference
+    static const ConvertTable aConservativeTable[] =
+    {
+        {Symbol,         aAdobeSymbolTab},
+        {Wingdings,      aWingDingsTab},
+        {MonotypeSorts,  aMonotypeSortsTab},
+        {Webdings,       aWebDingsTab},
+        {Wingdings2,     aWingDings2Tab},
+        {Wingdings3,     aWingDings3Tab},
+        {MTExtra,        aMTExtraTab}
+    };
+
+    struct ExtendedConvertTable
+    {
+        enum SymbolFont meFont;
+        const ExtraTable *mpTable;
+        size_t mnSize;
+        ExtendedConvertTable(SymbolFont eFont, const ExtraTable *pTable,
+            size_t nSize)
+            : meFont(eFont), mpTable(pTable), mnSize(nSize) {}
+    };
+
+    //Reverse map from a given starsymbol char to exact matches in ms symbol
+    //fonts.
+    int nEntries = SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aConservativeTable);
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i < nEntries; ++i)
+    {
+        const ConvertTable& r = aConservativeTable[i];
+        SymbolEntry aEntry;
+        aEntry.eFont = r.meFont;
+        for (aEntry.cIndex = 0xFF; aEntry.cIndex >= 0x20; --aEntry.cIndex)
+        {
+            if (sal_Unicode cChar = r.pTab[aEntry.cIndex-0x20])
+                maMagicMap.emplace(cChar, aEntry);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //In order of preference
+    static const ExtendedConvertTable aAggressiveTable[] =
+    {
+        ExtendedConvertTable(Symbol, aSymbolExtraTab2,
+            sizeof(aSymbolExtraTab2)),
+        ExtendedConvertTable(Symbol, aSymbolExtraTab,
+            sizeof(aSymbolExtraTab)),
+        ExtendedConvertTable(Wingdings, aWingDingsExtraTab,
+            sizeof(aWingDingsExtraTab)),
+        ExtendedConvertTable(TimesNewRoman, aTNRExtraTab,
+            sizeof(aTNRExtraTab))
+    };
+
+     //Allow extra conversions that are not perfect, but "good enough"
+    nEntries = SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aAggressiveTable);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nEntries; ++i)
+    {
+        const ExtendedConvertTable& r = aAggressiveTable[i];
+        SymbolEntry aEntry;
+        aEntry.eFont = r.meFont;
+        for (int j = r.mnSize / sizeof(r.mpTable[0]) - 1; j >=0; --j)
+        {
+            aEntry.cIndex = r.mpTable[j].cMS;
+            maMagicMap.emplace(r.mpTable[j].cStar, aEntry);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static const char *SymbolFontToString(int nResult)
+{
+    const char * const *ppName = aSymbolNames;
+    int nI = Symbol;
+    while (nI <= nResult)
+    {
+        if (!(nI & nResult))
+            nI = nI << 1;
+        else
+            break;
+        ppName++;
+    }
+    return *ppName;
+}
+
+OUString StarSymbolToMSMultiFontImpl::ConvertChar(sal_Unicode &rChar)
+{
+    OUString sRet;
+
+    ::std::multimap<sal_Unicode, SymbolEntry>::const_iterator aResult =
+        maMagicMap.find(rChar);
+
+    if (aResult != maMagicMap.end())
+    {
+        const SymbolEntry &rEntry = (*aResult).second;
+        const char* pc = SymbolFontToString(rEntry.eFont);
+        sRet = OUString(pc, strlen(pc), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+        rChar = rEntry.cIndex;
+    }
+
+    return sRet;
+}
+
+StarSymbolToMSMultiFont *CreateStarSymbolToMSMultiFont()
+{
+    return new StarSymbolToMSMultiFontImpl;
+}
+
+sal_Unicode ConvertChar::RecodeChar( sal_Unicode cChar ) const
+{
+    sal_Unicode cRetVal = 0;
+    if( mpCvtFunc )
+    {
+        // use a conversion function for recoding
+        cRetVal = mpCvtFunc( cChar );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // use a conversion table for recoding
+        sal_Unicode cIndex = cChar;
+        // allow symbol aliasing
+        if( cIndex & 0xFF00 )
+            cIndex -= 0xF000;
+        // recode the symbol
+        if( cIndex>=0x0020 && cIndex<=0x00FF )
+        {
+            cRetVal = mpCvtTab[ cIndex - 0x0020 ];
+
+            if (!cRetVal && mpSubsFontName)
+            {
+                if ( IsStarSymbol( OUString::createFromAscii(mpSubsFontName) ) )
+                {
+                    cRetVal = 0xE12C;
+                    SAL_WARN( "unotools.misc", "Forcing a bullet substitution from 0x" <<
+                        OString::number(cChar, 16) << " to 0x" <<
+                        OString::number(cRetVal, 16));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return cRetVal ? cRetVal : cChar;
+}
+
+// recode the string assuming the character codes are symbol codes
+// from a traditional symbol font (i.e. U+F020..U+F0FF)
+void ConvertChar::RecodeString( OUString& rStr, sal_Int32 nIndex, sal_Int32 nLen ) const
+{
+    sal_Int32 nLastIndex = nIndex + nLen;
+    OUStringBuffer    aTmpStr(rStr);
+
+    if( nLastIndex > aTmpStr.getLength() )
+        nLastIndex = aTmpStr.getLength();
+
+    for(; nIndex < nLastIndex; ++nIndex )
+    {
+        sal_Unicode cOrig = rStr[ nIndex ];
+        // only recode symbols and their U+00xx aliases
+        if( ((cOrig < 0x0020) || (cOrig > 0x00FF))
+        &&  ((cOrig < 0xF020) || (cOrig > 0xF0FF)) )
+            continue;
+
+        // recode a symbol
+        sal_Unicode cNew = RecodeChar( cOrig );
+        if( cOrig != cNew )
+            aTmpStr[ nIndex ] = cNew;
+    }
+    rStr = aTmpStr.makeStringAndClear();
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+struct RecodeTable { const char* pOrgName; ConvertChar aCvt;};
+
+}
+
+const RecodeTable aStarSymbolRecodeTable[] =
+{
+    // the first two entries must be StarMath and StarBats; do not reorder!
+    // reason: see CreateFontToSubsFontConverter method
+    {"starbats",        {aStarBatsTab,  "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"starmath",        {aStarMathTab,  "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+
+    {"symbol",          {aAdobeSymbolTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"standardsymbols", {aAdobeSymbolTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"standardsymbolsl",{aAdobeSymbolTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+
+    {"monotypesorts",   {aMonotypeSortsTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+//  {"monotypesorts2",  {aMonotypeSorts2Tab, "StarSymbol", NULL}}
+    {"zapfdingbats",    {aMonotypeSortsTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},  //ZapfDingbats=MonotypeSorts-X?
+    {"itczapfdingbats", {aMonotypeSortsTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"dingbats",        {aMonotypeSortsTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+
+    {"webdings",        {aWebDingsTab,   "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"wingdings",       {aWingDingsTab,  "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"wingdings2",      {aWingDings2Tab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"wingdings3",      {aWingDings3Tab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}},
+    {"mtextra",         {aMTExtraTab, "StarSymbol", nullptr}}
+};
+
+const RecodeTable aAppleSymbolRecodeTable[] = {
+    {"symbol",         {aAdobeSymbolToAppleSymbolTab, "AppleSymbol", nullptr}}
+};
+
+static ConvertChar aImplStarSymbolCvt = { nullptr, "StarBats", ImplStarSymbolToStarBats };
+
+const ConvertChar* ConvertChar::GetRecodeData( std::u16string_view rOrgFontName, std::u16string_view rMapFontName )
+{
+    const ConvertChar* pCvt = nullptr;
+
+    // clean up and lowercase font name
+    OUString aOrgName( GetEnglishSearchFontName( rOrgFontName ) );
+    OUString aMapName( GetEnglishSearchFontName( rMapFontName ) );
+
+    if( aMapName == "starsymbol"
+     || aMapName == "opensymbol" )
+    {
+        for( std::size_t i = 0; i < SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aStarSymbolRecodeTable); ++i)
+        {
+            const RecodeTable& r = aStarSymbolRecodeTable[i];
+            if( aOrgName.equalsAscii( r.pOrgName ) )
+            {
+                pCvt = &r.aCvt;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    //It's plausible that it's better to implement this
+    //as an additional encoding alongside the existing
+    //adobe-symbol to unicode conversion in rtl instead
+    else if( aMapName == "applesymbol" )
+    {
+        for( std::size_t i = 0; i < SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aAppleSymbolRecodeTable); ++i)
+        {
+            const RecodeTable& r = aAppleSymbolRecodeTable[i];
+            if( aOrgName.equalsAscii( r.pOrgName ) )
+            {
+                pCvt = &r.aCvt;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if( aMapName == "starbats" )
+    {
+        if( aOrgName == "starsymbol" )
+            pCvt = &aImplStarSymbolCvt;
+        else if( aOrgName == "opensymbol" )
+            pCvt = &aImplStarSymbolCvt;
+    }
+
+    return pCvt;
+}
+
+FontToSubsFontConverter CreateFontToSubsFontConverter( std::u16string_view rOrgName, FontToSubsFontFlags nFlags )
+{
+    const ConvertChar* pCvt = nullptr;
+
+    OUString aName = GetEnglishSearchFontName( rOrgName );
+
+    if ( nFlags == FontToSubsFontFlags::IMPORT )
+    {
+        const std::size_t nEntries = 2; // only StarMath+StarBats
+        for( std::size_t i = 0; i < nEntries; ++i )
+        {
+            const RecodeTable& r = aStarSymbolRecodeTable[i];
+            if( aName.equalsAscii( r.pOrgName ) )
+            {
+                pCvt = &r.aCvt;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // TODO: only StarMath+StarBats
+        if( aName == "starsymbol" )
+            pCvt = &aImplStarSymbolCvt;
+        else if( aName == "opensymbol" )
+            pCvt = &aImplStarSymbolCvt;
+    }
+
+    return const_cast<ConvertChar *>(pCvt);
+}
+
+sal_Unicode ConvertFontToSubsFontChar(
+    FontToSubsFontConverter hConverter, sal_Unicode cChar )
+{
+    if ( hConverter )
+        return static_cast<ConvertChar*>(hConverter)->RecodeChar( cChar );
+    else
+        return cChar;
+}
+
+OUString GetFontToSubsFontName( FontToSubsFontConverter hConverter )
+{
+    if ( !hConverter )
+        return OUString();
+
+    const char* pName = static_cast<ConvertChar*>(hConverter)->mpSubsFontName;
+    return OUString::createFromAscii( pName );
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/fontdefs.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/fontdefs.cxx
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/unotools/source/misc/fontdefs.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,575 @@
+/* -*- 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 <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+#include <unotools/fontdefs.hxx>
+#include <unotools/fontcfg.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustrbuf.hxx>
+
+#include <string_view>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+sal_Unicode const aBatang[] = { 0xBC14, 0xD0D5, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aBatangChe[] = { 0xBC14, 0xD0D5, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aGungsuh[] = { 0xAD81, 0xC11C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aGungsuhChe[] = { 0xAD81, 0xC11C, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aGulim[] = { 0xAD74, 0xB9BC, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aGulimChe[] = { 0xAD74, 0xB9BC, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aDotum[] = { 0xB3CB, 0xC6C0, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aDotumChe[] = { 0xB3CB, 0xC6C0, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSimSun[] = { 0x5B8B, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aNSimSun[] = { 0x65B0, 0x5B8B, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSimHei[] = { 0x9ED1, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSimKai[] = { 0x6977, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const azycjkSun[] = { 0x4E2D, 0x6613, 0x5B8B, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const azycjkHei[] = { 0x4E2D, 0x6613, 0x9ED1, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const azycjkKai[] = { 0x4E2D, 0x6613, 0x6977, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFZHei[] = { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x9ED1, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFZKai[] = { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x6977, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFZSongYI[] = { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x5B8B, 0x4E00, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFZShuSong[] = { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x4E66, 0x5B8B, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFZFangSong[] = { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x4EFF, 0x5B8B, 0 };
+// Attention: this fonts includes the wrong encoding vector - so we double the names with correct and wrong encoding
+// First one is the GB-Encoding (we think the correct one), second is the big5 encoded name
+sal_Unicode const aMHei1[] = { 'm', 0x7B80, 0x9ED1, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMHei2[] = { 'm', 0x6F60, 0x7AAA, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMKai1[] = { 'm', 0x7B80, 0x6977, 0x566C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMKai2[] = { 'm', 0x6F60, 0x7FF1, 0x628E, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSong1[] = { 'm', 0x7B80, 0x5B8B, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSong2[] = { 'm', 0x6F60, 0x51BC, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aCFangSong1[] = { 'm', 0x7B80, 0x592B, 0x5B8B, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aCFangSong2[] = { 'm', 0x6F60, 0x6E98, 0x51BC, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMingLiU[] = { 0x7D30, 0x660E, 0x9AD4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aPMingLiU[] = { 0x65B0, 0x7D30, 0x660E, 0x9AD4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHei[] = { 0x6865, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aKai[] = { 0x6B61, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMing[] = { 0x6D69, 0x6E67, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSGothic[] = { 'm','s',       0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSPGothic[] = { 'm','s','p',  0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSMincho[] = { 'm', 's',      0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSPMincho[] = { 'm','s','p',  0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSYaHei[] = { 0x5FAE, 0x8F6F, 0x96C5, 0x9ED1, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMSJhengHei[] = { 0x5FAE, 0x8EDF, 0x6B63, 0x9ED1, 0x9AD4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMeiryo[]    = { 0x30e1, 0x30a4, 0x30ea, 0x30aa, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGMinchoL[] = { 'h','g',      0x660E, 0x671D, 'l', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGGothicB[] = { 'h','g',      0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 'b', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPMinchoL[] = { 'h','g','p', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'l', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPGothicB[] = { 'h','g','p', 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 'b', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGMinchoLSun[] = { 'h','g',   0x660E, 0x671D, 'l', 's', 'u', 'n', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPMinchoLSun[] = { 'h','g','p', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'l', 's', 'u', 'n', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGGothicBSun[] = { 'h', 'g', 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 'b', 's', 'u', 'n', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPGothicBSun[] = { 'h', 'g', 'p', 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 'b', 's', 'u', 'n', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGHeiseiMin1[] = { 'h', 'g', 0x5E73, 0x6210, 0x660E, 0x671D, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGHeiseiMin2[] = { 'h', 'g', 0x5E73, 0x6210, 0x660E, 0x671D, 0x4F53, 'w', '3', 'x', '1', '2', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aIPAMincho[] =  { 'i', 'p', 'a', 0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aIPAPMincho[] = { 'i', 'p', 'a', 'p', 0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aIPAGothic[] =  { 'i', 'p', 'a',  0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aIPAPGothic[] =  { 'i', 'p', 'a', 'p', 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aIPAUIGothic[] =  { 'i', 'p', 'a', 'u', 'i', 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aTakaoMincho[] =  { 't', 'a', 'k', 'a', 'o', 0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aTakaoPMincho[] = { 't', 'a', 'k', 'a', 'o', 'p', 0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aTakaoGothic[] =  { 't', 'a', 'k', 'a', 'o',  0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aTakaoPGothic[] =  { 't', 'a', 'k', 'a', 'o', 'p', 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSazanamiMincho[] = { 0x3055, 0x3056, 0x306A, 0x307F, 0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSazanamiGothic[] = { 0x3055, 0x3056, 0x306A, 0x307F, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aKochiMincho[] = { 0x6771, 0x98A8, 0x660E, 0x671D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aKochiGothic[] = { 0x6771, 0x98A8, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunDotum[] = { 0xC36C, 0xB3CB, 0xC6C0, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunGulim[] = { 0xC36C, 0xAD74, 0xB9BC, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunBatang[] = { 0xC36C, 0xBC14, 0xD0D5, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aBaekmukDotum[] = { 0xBC31, 0xBB35, 0xB3CB, 0xC6C0, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aBaekmukGulim[] = { 0xBC31, 0xBB35, 0xAD74, 0xB9BC, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aBaekmukBatang[] = { 0xBC31, 0xBB35, 0xBC14, 0xD0D5, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFzMingTi[] = { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x660E, 0x9AD4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFzHeiTiTW[]= { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x9ED1, 0x9AD4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFzKaiTiTW[]= { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x6977, 0x9AD4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFzHeiTiCN[]= { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x9ED1, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFzKaiTiCN[]= { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x6977, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aFzSongTi[] = { 0x65B9, 0x6B63, 0x5B8B, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYMyeongJoExtra[]         = { 'h', 'y', 0xACAC, 0xBA85, 0xC870, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYSinMyeongJoMedium[]     = { 'h', 'y', 0xC2E0, 0xBA85, 0xC870, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYGothicMedium[]          = { 'h', 'y', 0xC911, 0xACE0, 0xB515, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYGraphicMedium[]         = { 'h', 'y', 0xADF8, 0xB798, 0xD53D, 'm', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYGraphic[]               = { 'h', 'y', 0xADF8, 0xB798, 0xD53D, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aNewGulim[]                = { 0xC0C8, 0xAD74, 0xB9BC, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunGungseo[]              = { 0xC36C, 0xAD81, 0xC11C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYGungSoBold[]            = { 'h','y', 0xAD81, 0xC11C, 'b', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYGungSo[]                 = { 'h','y', 0xAD81, 0xC11C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunHeadLine[]             = { 0xC36C, 0xD5E4, 0xB4DC, 0xB77C, 0xC778, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYHeadLineMedium[]        = { 'h', 'y', 0xD5E4, 0xB4DC, 0xB77C, 0xC778, 'm', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYHeadLine[]              = { 'h', 'y', 0xD5E4, 0xB4DC, 0xB77C, 0xC778, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aYetR[]                    = { 0xD734, 0xBA3C, 0xC61B, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYGothicExtra[]           = { 'h', 'y', 0xACAC, 0xACE0, 0xB515, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunMokPan[]               = { 0xC36C, 0xBAA9, 0xD310, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunYeopseo[]              = { 0xC36C, 0xC5FD, 0xC11C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunBaekSong[]              = { 0xC36C, 0xBC31, 0xC1A1, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYPostLight[]             = { 'h', 'y', 0xC5FD, 0xC11C, 'l', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYPost[]                  = { 'h', 'y', 0xC5FD, 0xC11C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMagicR[]                  = { 0xD734, 0xBA3C, 0xB9E4, 0xC9C1, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunCrystal[]              = { 0xC36C, 0xD06C, 0xB9AC, 0xC2A4, 0xD0C8, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aSunSaemmul[]              = { 0xC36C, 0xC0D8, 0xBB3C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHaansoftBatang[]          = { 0xD55C, 0xCEF4, 0xBC14, 0xD0D5, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHaansoftDotum[]           = { 0xD55C, 0xCEF4, 0xB3CB, 0xC6C0, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHyhaeseo[]                = { 0xD55C, 0xC591, 0xD574, 0xC11C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMDSol[]                   = { 'm', 'd', 0xC194, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMDGaesung[]               = { 'm', 'd', 0xAC1C, 0xC131, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMDArt[]                   = { 'm', 'd', 0xC544, 0xD2B8, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMDAlong[]                 = { 'm', 'd', 0xC544, 0xB871, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aMDEasop[]                 = { 'm', 'd', 0xC774, 0xC19D, 0xCCB4, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYShortSamulMedium[]      = { 'h', 'y', 0xC595, 0xC740, 0xC0D8, 0xBB3C, 'm', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHYShortSamul[]            = { 'h', 'y', 0xC595, 0xC740, 0xC0D8, 0xBB3C, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGGothicE[]               = { 'h','g', 0xFF7A, 0xFF9E, 0xFF7C, 0xFF6F, 0xFF78, 'e', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPGothicE[]              = { 'h','g','p', 0xFF7A, 0xFF9E, 0xFF7C, 0xFF6F, 0xFF78, 'e', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGSGothicE[]              = { 'h','g','s', 0xFF7A, 0xFF9E, 0xFF7C, 0xFF6F, 0xFF78, 'e', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGGothicM[]               = { 'h','g', 0xFF7A, 0xFF9E, 0xFF7C, 0xFF6F, 0xFF78, 'm', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPGothicM[]              = { 'h','g','p', 0xFF7A, 0xFF9E, 0xFF7C, 0xFF6F, 0xFF78, 'm', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGSGothicM[]              = { 'h','g','s', 0xFF7A, 0xFF9E, 0xFF7C, 0xFF6F, 0xFF78, 'm', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGGyoshotai[]             = { 'h','g', 0x884C, 0x66F8, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPGyoshotai[]            = { 'h','g','p', 0x884C, 0x66F8, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGSGyoshotai[]            = { 'h','g','s', 0x884C, 0x66F8, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGKyokashotai[]           = { 'h','g', 0x6559, 0x79D1, 0x66F8, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPKyokashotai[]          = { 'h','g','p', 0x6559, 0x79D1, 0x66F8, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGSKyokashotai[]          = { 'h','g','s', 0x6559, 0x79D1, 0x66F8, 0x4F53, 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGMinchoB[]               = { 'h','g', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'b', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPMinchoB[]              = { 'h','g','p', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'b', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGSMinchoB[]              = { 'h','g','s', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'b', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGMinchoE[]               = { 'h','g', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'e', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGPMinchoE[]              = { 'h','g','p', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'e', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGSMinchoE[]              = { 'h','g','s', 0x660E, 0x671D, 'e', 0 };
+sal_Unicode const aHGSoeiKakupoptai[]        = { 'h','g', 0x5275,0x82F1,0x89D2,0xFF8E,
+                            0xFF9F,0xFF6F,0xFF8C,0xFF9F,0x4F53,0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGPSoeiKakupoptai[]       = { 'h','g', 'p', 0x5275,0x82F1,0x89D2,0xFF8E,
+                            0xFF9F,0xFF6F,0xFF8C,0xFF9F,0x4F53,0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGSSoeiKakupoptai[]       = { 'h','g', 's', 0x5275,0x82F1,0x89D2,0xFF8E,
+                            0xFF9F,0xFF6F,0xFF8C,0xFF9F,0x4F53,0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGSoeiPresenceEB[]        = { 'h','g', 0x5275,0x82F1,0xFF8C,0xFF9F,
+                            0xFF9A,0xFF7E,0xFF9E,0xFF9D,0xFF7D, 'e','b',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGPSoeiPresenceEB[]       = { 'h','g','p', 0x5275,0x82F1,0xFF8C,0xFF9F,
+                            0xFF9A,0xFF7E,0xFF9E,0xFF9D,0xFF7D, 'e','b',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGSSoeiPresenceEB[]       = { 'h','g','s', 0x5275,0x82F1,0xFF8C,0xFF9F,
+                            0xFF9A,0xFF7E,0xFF9E,0xFF9D,0xFF7D, 'e','b',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGSoeiKakugothicUB[]      = { 'h','g', 0x5275,0x82F1,0x89D2,0xFF7A,
+                            0xFF9E,0xFF7C,0xFF6F,0xFF78,'u','b',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGPSoeiKakugothicUB[]     = { 'h','g','p', 0x5275,0x82F1,0x89D2,0xFF7A,
+                            0xFF9E,0xFF7C,0xFF6F,0xFF78,'u','b',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGSSoeiKakugothicUB[]     = { 'h','g','s', 0x5275,0x82F1,0x89D2,0xFF7A,
+                            0xFF9E,0xFF7C,0xFF6F,0xFF78,'u','b',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGSeikaishotaiPRO[]       = { 'h','g', 0x6B63,0x6977,0x66F8,0x4F53, '-','p','r','o',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHGMaruGothicMPRO[]        = { 'h','g', 0x4E38,0xFF7A,0xFF9E,0xFF7C,0xFF6F,0xFF78, '-','p','r','o',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHiraginoMinchoPro[]       = { 0x30D2, 0x30E9, 0x30AE, 0x30CE, 0x660E, 0x671D, 'p','r','o',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHiraginoMinchoProN[]      = { 0x30D2, 0x30E9, 0x30AE, 0x30CE, 0x660E, 0x671D, 'p','r','o','n',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHiraginoKakuGothic[]      = { 0x30D2, 0x30E9, 0x30AE, 0x30CE, 0x89D2, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF,0};
+sal_Unicode const aHiraginoKakuGothicPro[]   = { 0x30D2, 0x30E9, 0x30AE, 0x30CE, 0x89D2, 0x30B4, 'p','r','o',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHiraginoKakuGothicProN[]  = { 0x30D2, 0x30E9, 0x30AE, 0x30CE, 0x89D2, 0x30B4, 'p','r','o','n',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHiraginoMaruGothicPro[]   = { 0x30D2, 0x30E9, 0x30AE, 0x30CE, 0x4E38, 0x30B4, 'p','r','o',0};
+sal_Unicode const aHiraginoMaruGothicProN[]  = { 0x30D2, 0x30E9, 0x30AE, 0x30CE, 0x4E38, 0x30B4, 'p','r','o','n',0};
+sal_Unicode const aYuGothic[] = { 0x6E38, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aYuGothicTai[] = { 0x6E38, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0x4F53, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aYuMincho[] = { 0x6E38, 0x660E, 0x671D, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aYuMinchoTai[] = { 0x6E38, 0x660E, 0x671D, 0x4F53, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aGennoKakuGothic[] = { 0x6E90, 0x30CE, 0x89D2, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aGennoKakuGothicJP[] = { 0x6E90, 0x30CE, 0x89D2, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 'j', 'p', 0};
+sal_Unicode const aGennoKakuGothicHW[] = { 0x6E90, 0x30CE, 0x89D2, 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 'h','w', 0};
+sal_Unicode const aGennoMincho[] = { 0x6E90, 0x30CE, 0x660E, 0x671D, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aGennoMinchoJP[] = { 0x6E90, 0x30CE, 0x660E, 0x671D, 'j', 'p', 0};
+sal_Unicode const aIPAmjMincho[] = { 'i', 'p', 'a', 'm', 'j', 0x660E, 0x671D, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aIPAexGothic[] = { 'i', 'p', 'a', 'e', 'x', 0x30B4, 0x30B7, 0x30C3, 0x30AF, 0};
+sal_Unicode const aIPAexMincho[] = { 'i', 'p', 'a', 'e', 'x', 0x660E, 0x671D, 0};
+
+OUString StripScriptFromName(const OUString& _aName)
+{
+    // I worry that someone will have a font which *does* have
+    // e.g. "Greek" legitimately at the end of its name :-(
+    const char*const suffixes[] = { " baltic",
+                              " ce",
+                              " cyr",
+                              " greek",
+                              " tur",
+                              " (arabic)",
+                              " (hebrew)",
+                              " (thai)",
+                              " (vietnamese)"
+                            };
+
+    OUString aName = _aName;
+    // These can be crazily piled up, e.g. Times New Roman CYR Greek
+    bool bFinished = false;
+    while (!bFinished)
+    {
+        bFinished = true;
+        for (const char* suffix : suffixes)
+        {
+            size_t nLen = strlen(suffix);
+            if (aName.endsWithIgnoreAsciiCaseAsciiL(suffix, nLen))
+            {
+                bFinished = false;
+                aName = aName.copy(0, aName.getLength() - nLen);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return aName;
+}
+
+OUString GetEnglishSearchFontName(std::u16string_view rInName)
+{
+    OUStringBuffer rName(rInName);
+    bool        bNeedTranslation = false;
+    sal_Int32  nLen = rName.getLength();
+
+    // Remove trailing whitespaces
+    sal_Int32 i = nLen;
+    while ( i && (rName[ i-1 ] < 32) )
+        i--;
+    if ( i != nLen )
+         rName.truncate(i);
+
+    nLen = rName.getLength();
+
+    // remove all whitespaces and converts to lower case ASCII
+    // TODO: better transliteration to ASCII e.g. all digits
+    i = 0;
+    while ( i < nLen )
+    {
+        sal_Unicode c = rName[ i ];
+        if ( c > 127 )
+        {
+            // Translate to Lowercase-ASCII
+            // FullWidth-ASCII to half ASCII
+            if ( (c >= 0xFF00) && (c <= 0xFF5E) )
+            {
+                c -= 0xFF00-0x0020;
+                // Upper to Lower
+                if ( (c >= 'A') && (c <= 'Z') )
+                    c += 'a' - 'A';
+
+                rName[ i ] = c;
+
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Only Fontnames with None-Ascii-Characters must be translated
+                bNeedTranslation = true;
+            }
+        }
+        // not lowercase Ascii
+        else if ( (c < 'a') || (c > 'z') )
+        {
+            // To Lowercase-Ascii
+            if ( (c >= 'A') && (c <= 'Z') )
+            {
+                c += 'a' - 'A';
+                rName[ i ] = c;
+            }
+            else if( ((c < '0') || (c > '9')) && (c != ';') && (c != '(') && (c != ')') ) // not 0-9, semicolon, or brackets
+            {
+                // Remove white spaces and special characters
+                rName.remove(i,1);
+                nLen--;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        i++;
+    }
+    OUString rNameStr = rName.makeStringAndClear();
+    // translate normalized localized name to its normalized English ASCII name
+    if( bNeedTranslation )
+    {
+        typedef std::unordered_map<OUString, OUString> FontNameDictionary;
+        static FontNameDictionary const aDictionary = {
+            {aBatang, "batang"},
+            {aBatangChe, "batangche"},
+            {aGungsuh, "gungshu"},
+            {aGungsuhChe, "gungshuche"},
+            {aGulim, "gulim"},
+            {aGulimChe, "gulimche"},
+            {aDotum, "dotum"},
+            {aDotumChe, "dotumche"},
+            {aSimSun, "simsun"},
+            {aNSimSun, "nsimsun"},
+            {aSimHei, "simhei"},
+            {aSimKai, "simkai"},
+            {azycjkSun, "zycjksun"},
+            {azycjkHei, "zycjkhei"},
+            {azycjkKai, "zycjkkai"},
+            {aFZHei, "fzhei"},
+            {aFZKai, "fzkai"},
+            {aFZSongYI, "fzsong"},
+            {aFZShuSong, "fzshusong"},
+            {aFZFangSong, "fzfangsong"},
+            {aMHei1, "mhei"},
+            {aMHei2, "mhei"},
+            {aMKai1, "mkai"},
+            {aMKai2, "mkai"},
+            {aMSong1, "msong"},
+            {aMSong2, "msong"},
+            {aCFangSong1, "cfangsong"},
+            {aCFangSong2, "cfangsong"},
+            {aMingLiU, "mingliu"},
+            {aPMingLiU, "pmingliu"},
+            {aHei, "hei"},
+            {aKai, "kai"},
+            {aMing, "ming"},
+            {aMSGothic, "msgothic"},
+            {aMSPGothic, "mspgothic"},
+            {aMSMincho, "msmincho"},
+            {aMSPMincho, "mspmincho"},
+            {aMSJhengHei, "microsoftjhenghei"},
+            {aMSYaHei, "microsoftyahei"},
+            {aMeiryo, "meiryo"},
+            {aHGMinchoL, "hgminchol"},
+            {aHGGothicB, "hggothicb"},
+            {aHGPMinchoL, "hgpminchol"},
+            {aHGPGothicB, "hgpgothicb"},
+            {aHGMinchoLSun, "hgmincholsun"},
+            {aHGGothicBSun, "hggothicbsun"},
+            {aHGPMinchoLSun, "hgpmincholsun"},
+            {aHGPGothicBSun, "hgpgothicbsun"},
+            {aHGHeiseiMin1, "hgheiseimin"},
+            {aHGHeiseiMin2, "hgheiseimin"},
+            {aIPAMincho, "ipamincho"},
+            {aIPAPMincho, "ipapmincho"},
+            {aIPAGothic, "ipagothic"},
+            {aIPAPGothic, "ipapgothic"},
+            {aIPAUIGothic, "ipauigothic"},
+            {aTakaoMincho, "takaomincho"},
+            {aTakaoPMincho, "takaopmincho"},
+            {aTakaoGothic, "takaogothic"},
+            {aTakaoPGothic, "takaopgothic"},
+            {aSazanamiMincho, "sazanamimincho"},
+            {aSazanamiGothic, "sazanamigothic"},
+            {aKochiMincho, "kochimincho"},
+            {aKochiGothic, "kochigothic"},
+            {aSunDotum, "sundotum"},
+            {aSunGulim, "sungulim"},
+            {aSunBatang, "sunbatang"},
+            {aBaekmukDotum, "baekmukdotum"},
+            {aBaekmukGulim, "baekmukgulim"},
+            {aBaekmukBatang, "baekmukbatang"},
+            {aFzHeiTiCN, "fzheiti"},
+            {aFzHeiTiTW, "fzheiti"},
+            {aFzKaiTiCN, "fzkaiti"},
+            {aFzKaiTiTW, "fzkaitib"},
+            {aFzMingTi, "fzmingtib"},
+            {aFzSongTi, "fzsongti"},
+            {aHYMyeongJoExtra, "hymyeongjoextra"},
+            {aHYSinMyeongJoMedium, "hysinmyeongjomedium"},
+            {aHYGothicMedium, "hygothicmedium"},
+            {aHYGraphicMedium, "hygraphicmedium"},
+            {aHYGraphic, "hygraphic"},
+            {aNewGulim, "newgulim"},
+            {aSunGungseo, "sungungseo"},
+            {aHYGungSoBold, "hygungsobold"},
+            {aHYGungSo, "hygungso"},
+            {aSunHeadLine, "sunheadline"},
+            {aHYHeadLineMedium, "hyheadlinemedium"},
+            {aHYHeadLine, "hyheadline"},
+            {aYetR, "yetr"},
+            {aHYGothicExtra, "hygothicextra"},
+            {aSunMokPan, "sunmokpan"},
+            {aSunYeopseo, "sunyeopseo"},
+            {aSunBaekSong, "sunbaeksong"},
+            {aHYPostLight, "hypostlight"},
+            {aHYPost, "hypost"},
+            {aMagicR, "magicr"},
+            {aSunCrystal, "suncrystal"},
+            {aSunSaemmul, "sunsaemmul"},
+            {aHYShortSamulMedium, "hyshortsamulmedium"},
+            {aHYShortSamul, "hyshortsamul"},
+            {aHaansoftBatang, "haansoftbatang"},
+            {aHaansoftDotum, "haansoftdotum"},
+            {aHyhaeseo, "hyhaeseo"},
+            {aMDSol, "mdsol"},
+            {aMDGaesung, "mdgaesung"},
+            {aMDArt, "mdart"},
+            {aMDAlong, "mdalong"},
+            {aMDEasop, "mdeasop"},
+            {aHGGothicE, "hggothice"},
+            {aHGPGothicE, "hgpgothice"},
+            {aHGSGothicE, "hgsgothice"},
+            {aHGGothicM, "hggothicm"},
+            {aHGPGothicM, "hgpgothicm"},
+            {aHGSGothicM, "hgsgothicm"},
+            {aHGGyoshotai, "hggyoshotai"},
+            {aHGPGyoshotai, "hgpgyoshotai"},
+            {aHGSGyoshotai, "hgsgyoshotai"},
+            {aHGKyokashotai, "hgkyokashotai"},
+            {aHGPKyokashotai, "hgpkyokashotai"},
+            {aHGSKyokashotai, "hgskyokashotai"},
+            {aHGMinchoB, "hgminchob"},
+            {aHGPMinchoB, "hgpminchob"},
+            {aHGSMinchoB, "hgsminchob"},
+            {aHGMinchoE, "hgminchoe"},
+            {aHGPMinchoE, "hgpminchoe"},
+            {aHGSMinchoE, "hgsminchoe"},
+            {aHGSoeiKakupoptai, "hgsoeikakupoptai"},
+            {aHGPSoeiKakupoptai, "hgpsoeikakupopta"},
+            {aHGSSoeiKakupoptai, "hgssoeikakupopta"},
+            {aHGSoeiPresenceEB, "hgsoeipresenceeb"},
+            {aHGPSoeiPresenceEB, "hgpsoeipresenceeb"},
+            {aHGSSoeiPresenceEB, "hgssoeipresenceeb"},
+            {aHGSoeiKakugothicUB, "hgsoeikakugothicub"},
+            {aHGPSoeiKakugothicUB, "hgpsoeikakugothicub"},
+            {aHGSSoeiKakugothicUB, "hgssoeikakugothicub"},
+            {aHGSeikaishotaiPRO, "hgseikaishotaipro"},
+            {aHGMaruGothicMPRO, "hgmarugothicmpro"},
+            {aHiraginoMinchoPro, "hiraginominchopro"},
+            {aHiraginoMinchoProN, "hiraginominchopron"},
+            {aHiraginoKakuGothic, "hiraginosans"},
+            {aHiraginoKakuGothicPro, "hiraginokakugothicpro"},
+            {aHiraginoKakuGothicProN, "hiraginokakugothicpron"},
+            {aHiraginoMaruGothicPro, "hiraginomarugothicpro"},
+            {aHiraginoMaruGothicProN, "hiraginomarugothicpron"},
+            {aHiraginoMaruGothicProN, "hiraginomarugothicpron"},
+            {aYuGothic, "yugothic"},
+            {aYuGothicTai, "yugothictai"},
+            {aYuMincho, "yumincho"},
+            {aYuMinchoTai, "yuminchotai"},
+            {aGennoKakuGothic, "sourcehansans"},
+            {aGennoKakuGothicJP, "sourcehansansjp"},
+            {aGennoKakuGothicHW, "sourcehansanshw"},
+            {aGennoMincho, "sourcehanserif"},
+            {aGennoMinchoJP, "sourcehanserifjp"},
+            {aIPAmjMincho, "ipamjmincho"},
+            {aIPAexGothic, "ipaexgothic"},
+            {aIPAexMincho, "ipaexmimcho"}};
+
+        FontNameDictionary::const_iterator it = aDictionary.find( rNameStr );
+        if( it != aDictionary.end() )
+            rNameStr = it->second;
+    }
+
+    return rNameStr;
+}
+
+std::u16string_view GetNextFontToken( std::u16string_view rTokenStr, sal_Int32& rIndex )
+{
+    // check for valid start index
+    size_t nStringLen = rTokenStr.size();
+    if( o3tl::make_unsigned(rIndex) >= nStringLen )
+    {
+        rIndex = -1;
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    // find the next token delimiter and return the token substring
+    const sal_Unicode* pStr = rTokenStr.data() + rIndex;
+    const sal_Unicode* pEnd = rTokenStr.data() + nStringLen;
+    for(; pStr < pEnd; ++pStr )
+        if( (*pStr == ';') || (*pStr == ',') )
+            break;
+
+    sal_Int32 nTokenStart = rIndex;
+    sal_Int32 nTokenLen;
+    if( pStr < pEnd )
+    {
+        rIndex = sal::static_int_cast<sal_Int32>(pStr - rTokenStr.data());
+        nTokenLen = rIndex - nTokenStart;
+        ++rIndex; // skip over token separator
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // no token delimiter found => handle last token
+        rIndex = -1;
+
+        // optimize if the token string consists of just one token
+        if( !nTokenStart )
+        {
+            return rTokenStr;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            nTokenLen = nStringLen - nTokenStart;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return rTokenStr.substr( nTokenStart, nTokenLen );
+}
+
+static bool ImplIsFontToken( std::u16string_view rName, std::u16string_view rToken )
+{
+    OUString      aTempName;
+    sal_Int32  nIndex = 0;
+    do
+    {
+        aTempName = GetNextFontToken( rName, nIndex );
+        if ( rToken == aTempName )
+            return true;
+    }
+    while ( nIndex != -1 );
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static void ImplAppendFontToken( OUString& rName, std::u16string_view rNewToken )
+{
+    if ( !rName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        rName += ";";
+    }
+    rName += rNewToken;
+}
+
+void AddTokenFontName( OUString& rName, std::u16string_view rNewToken )
+{
+    if ( !ImplIsFontToken( rName, rNewToken ) )
+        ImplAppendFontToken( rName, rNewToken );
+}
+
+OUString GetSubsFontName( std::u16string_view rName, SubsFontFlags nFlags )
+{
+    OUString aName;
+
+    sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
+    OUString aOrgName = GetEnglishSearchFontName(
+                                GetNextFontToken( rName, nIndex ) );
+
+    // #93662# do not try to replace StarSymbol with MS only font
+    if( nFlags == (SubsFontFlags::MS|SubsFontFlags::ONLYONE)
+    &&  ( aOrgName == "starsymbol"
+      ||  aOrgName == "opensymbol" ) )
+        return aName;
+
+    if (nFlags & SubsFontFlags::MS)
+    {
+        const utl::FontNameAttr* pAttr = utl::FontSubstConfiguration::get().getSubstInfo( aOrgName );
+        if (pAttr)
+            for( const auto& rSubstitution : pAttr->MSSubstitutions )
+                if( ! ImplIsFontToken( rName, rSubstitution ) )
+                {
+                    ImplAppendFontToken( aName, rSubstitution );
+                    if( nFlags & SubsFontFlags::ONLYONE )
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+    }
+
+    return aName;
+}
+
+bool IsStarSymbol(std::u16string_view rFontName)
+{
+    sal_Int32 nIndex = 0;
+    OUString sFamilyNm(GetNextFontToken(rFontName, nIndex));
+    return (sFamilyNm.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("starsymbol") ||
+        sFamilyNm.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("opensymbol"));
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/mediadescriptor.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/mediadescriptor.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b848817e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/mediadescriptor.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 <comphelper/docpasswordhelper.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/configmgr.hxx>
+#include <unotools/mediadescriptor.hxx>
+#include <unotools/securityoptions.hxx>
+#include <unotools/ucbhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/namedvaluecollection.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/stillreadwriteinteraction.hxx>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/ContentCreationException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionHandler.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XActiveDataSink.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XSeekable.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uri/UriReferenceFactory.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uri/XUriReference.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/PostCommandArgument2.hpp>
+#include <officecfg/Office/Common.hxx>
+#include <ucbhelper/content.hxx>
+#include <ucbhelper/commandenvironment.hxx>
+#include <ucbhelper/activedatasink.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+namespace utl {
+
+namespace {
+
+OUString removeFragment(OUString const & uri) {
+    css::uno::Reference< css::uri::XUriReference > ref(
+        css::uri::UriReferenceFactory::create(
+            comphelper::getProcessComponentContext())->
+        parse(uri));
+    if (ref.is()) {
+        ref->clearFragment();
+        return ref->getUriReference();
+    } else {
+        SAL_WARN("unotools.misc", "cannot parse <" << uri << ">");
+        return uri;
+    }
+}
+
+}
+
+MediaDescriptor::MediaDescriptor()
+{
+}
+
+MediaDescriptor::MediaDescriptor(const css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue >& lSource)
+    : SequenceAsHashMap(lSource)
+{
+}
+
+bool MediaDescriptor::isStreamReadOnly() const
+{
+    bool bReadOnly = false;
+
+    // check for explicit readonly state
+    const_iterator pIt = find(MediaDescriptor::PROP_READONLY);
+    if (pIt != end())
+    {
+        pIt->second >>= bReadOnly;
+        return bReadOnly;
+    }
+
+    // streams based on post data are readonly by definition
+    pIt = find(MediaDescriptor::PROP_POSTDATA);
+    if (pIt != end())
+        return true;
+
+    // A XStream capsulate XInputStream and XOutputStream ...
+    // If it exists - the file must be open in read/write mode!
+    pIt = find(MediaDescriptor::PROP_STREAM);
+    if (pIt != end())
+        return false;
+
+    // Only file system content provider is able to provide XStream
+    // so for this content impossibility to create XStream triggers
+    // switch to readonly mode.
+    try
+    {
+        css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XContent > xContent = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(MediaDescriptor::PROP_UCBCONTENT, css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XContent >());
+        if (xContent.is())
+        {
+            css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XContentIdentifier > xId = xContent->getIdentifier();
+            OUString aScheme;
+            if (xId.is())
+                aScheme = xId->getContentProviderScheme();
+
+            if (aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("file"))
+                bReadOnly = true;
+            else
+            {
+                ::ucbhelper::Content aContent(xContent,
+                                              utl::UCBContentHelper::getDefaultCommandEnvironment(),
+                                              comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+                aContent.getPropertyValue("IsReadOnly") >>= bReadOnly;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException& )
+        { throw; }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {}
+
+    return bReadOnly;
+}
+
+css::uno::Any MediaDescriptor::getComponentDataEntry( const OUString& rName ) const
+{
+    comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap::const_iterator aPropertyIter = find( PROP_COMPONENTDATA );
+    if( aPropertyIter != end() )
+        return comphelper::NamedValueCollection( aPropertyIter->second ).get( rName );
+    return css::uno::Any();
+}
+
+void MediaDescriptor::setComponentDataEntry( const OUString& rName, const css::uno::Any& rValue )
+{
+    if( rValue.hasValue() )
+    {
+        // get or create the 'ComponentData' property entry
+        css::uno::Any& rCompDataAny = operator[]( PROP_COMPONENTDATA );
+        // insert the value (retain sequence type, create NamedValue elements by default)
+        bool bHasNamedValues = !rCompDataAny.hasValue() || rCompDataAny.has< css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > >();
+        bool bHasPropValues = rCompDataAny.has< css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > >();
+        OSL_ENSURE( bHasNamedValues || bHasPropValues, "MediaDescriptor::setComponentDataEntry - incompatible 'ComponentData' property in media descriptor" );
+        if( bHasNamedValues || bHasPropValues )
+        {
+            // insert or overwrite the passed value
+            comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap aCompDataMap( rCompDataAny );
+            aCompDataMap[ rName ] = rValue;
+            // write back the sequence (restore sequence with correct element type)
+            rCompDataAny = aCompDataMap.getAsConstAny( bHasPropValues );
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // if an empty Any is passed, clear the entry
+        clearComponentDataEntry( rName );
+    }
+}
+
+void MediaDescriptor::clearComponentDataEntry( const OUString& rName )
+{
+    comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap::iterator aPropertyIter = find( PROP_COMPONENTDATA );
+    if( aPropertyIter == end() )
+        return;
+
+    css::uno::Any& rCompDataAny = aPropertyIter->second;
+    bool bHasNamedValues = rCompDataAny.has< css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > >();
+    bool bHasPropValues = rCompDataAny.has< css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::PropertyValue > >();
+    OSL_ENSURE( bHasNamedValues || bHasPropValues, "MediaDescriptor::clearComponentDataEntry - incompatible 'ComponentData' property in media descriptor" );
+    if( bHasNamedValues || bHasPropValues )
+    {
+        // remove the value with the passed name
+        comphelper::SequenceAsHashMap aCompDataMap( rCompDataAny );
+        aCompDataMap.erase( rName );
+        // write back the sequence, or remove it completely if it is empty
+        if( aCompDataMap.empty() )
+            erase( aPropertyIter );
+        else
+            rCompDataAny = aCompDataMap.getAsConstAny( bHasPropValues );
+    }
+}
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > MediaDescriptor::requestAndVerifyDocPassword(
+        comphelper::IDocPasswordVerifier& rVerifier,
+        comphelper::DocPasswordRequestType eRequestType,
+        const ::std::vector< OUString >* pDefaultPasswords )
+{
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > aMediaEncData = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(
+        PROP_ENCRYPTIONDATA, css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue >() );
+    OUString aMediaPassword = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(
+        PROP_PASSWORD, OUString() );
+    css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler > xInteractHandler = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(
+        PROP_INTERACTIONHANDLER, css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >() );
+    OUString aDocumentName = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(
+        PROP_URL, OUString() );
+
+    bool bIsDefaultPassword = false;
+    css::uno::Sequence< css::beans::NamedValue > aEncryptionData = comphelper::DocPasswordHelper::requestAndVerifyDocPassword(
+        rVerifier, aMediaEncData, aMediaPassword, xInteractHandler, aDocumentName, eRequestType, pDefaultPasswords, &bIsDefaultPassword );
+
+    erase( PROP_PASSWORD );
+    erase( PROP_ENCRYPTIONDATA );
+
+    // insert encryption info into media descriptor
+    // TODO
+    if( aEncryptionData.hasElements() )
+        (*this)[ PROP_ENCRYPTIONDATA ] <<= aEncryptionData;
+
+    return aEncryptionData;
+}
+
+bool MediaDescriptor::addInputStream()
+{
+    return impl_addInputStream( true );
+}
+
+/*-----------------------------------------------*/
+bool MediaDescriptor::addInputStreamOwnLock()
+{
+    const bool bLock = !utl::ConfigManager::IsFuzzing()
+        && officecfg::Office::Common::Misc::UseDocumentSystemFileLocking::get();
+    return impl_addInputStream(bLock);
+}
+
+/*-----------------------------------------------*/
+bool MediaDescriptor::impl_addInputStream( bool bLockFile )
+{
+    // check for an already existing stream item first
+    const_iterator pIt = find(MediaDescriptor::PROP_INPUTSTREAM);
+    if (pIt != end())
+        return true;
+
+    try
+    {
+        // No stream available - create a new one
+        // a) data comes as PostData ...
+        pIt = find(MediaDescriptor::PROP_POSTDATA);
+        if (pIt != end())
+        {
+            const css::uno::Any& rPostData = pIt->second;
+            css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream > xPostData;
+            rPostData >>= xPostData;
+
+            return impl_openStreamWithPostData( xPostData );
+        }
+
+        // b) ... or we must get it from the given URL
+        OUString sURL = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(MediaDescriptor::PROP_URL, OUString());
+        if (sURL.isEmpty())
+            throw css::uno::Exception("Found no URL.",
+                    css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >());
+
+        return impl_openStreamWithURL( removeFragment(sURL), bLockFile );
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+    {
+        TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.misc", "invalid MediaDescriptor detected");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+bool MediaDescriptor::impl_openStreamWithPostData( const css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream >& _rxPostData )
+{
+    if ( !_rxPostData.is() )
+        throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException("Found invalid PostData.",
+                css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XInterface >(), 1);
+
+    // PostData can't be used in read/write mode!
+    (*this)[MediaDescriptor::PROP_READONLY] <<= true;
+
+    // prepare the environment
+    css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler > xInteraction = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(
+        MediaDescriptor::PROP_INTERACTIONHANDLER,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >());
+    css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XProgressHandler > xProgress;
+    rtl::Reference<::ucbhelper::CommandEnvironment> xCommandEnv = new ::ucbhelper::CommandEnvironment(xInteraction, xProgress);
+
+    // media type
+    OUString sMediaType = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(MediaDescriptor::PROP_MEDIATYPE, OUString());
+    if (sMediaType.isEmpty())
+    {
+        sMediaType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+        (*this)[MediaDescriptor::PROP_MEDIATYPE] <<= sMediaType;
+    }
+
+    // url
+    OUString sURL( getUnpackedValueOrDefault( PROP_URL, OUString() ) );
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream > xResultStream;
+    try
+    {
+        // seek PostData stream to the beginning
+        css::uno::Reference< css::io::XSeekable > xSeek( _rxPostData, css::uno::UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xSeek.is() )
+            xSeek->seek( 0 );
+
+        // a content for the URL
+        ::ucbhelper::Content aContent( sURL, xCommandEnv, comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+
+        // use post command
+        css::ucb::PostCommandArgument2 aPostArgument;
+        aPostArgument.Source = _rxPostData;
+        css::uno::Reference< css::io::XActiveDataSink > xSink( new ucbhelper::ActiveDataSink );
+        aPostArgument.Sink = xSink;
+        aPostArgument.MediaType = sMediaType;
+        aPostArgument.Referer = getUnpackedValueOrDefault( PROP_REFERRER, OUString() );
+
+        aContent.executeCommand( "post", css::uno::Any( aPostArgument ) );
+
+        // get result
+        xResultStream = xSink->getInputStream();
+    }
+    catch( const css::uno::Exception& )
+    {
+    }
+
+    // success?
+    if ( !xResultStream.is() )
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL( "no valid reply to the HTTP-Post" );
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    (*this)[MediaDescriptor::PROP_INPUTSTREAM] <<= xResultStream;
+    return true;
+}
+
+/*-----------------------------------------------*/
+bool MediaDescriptor::impl_openStreamWithURL( const OUString& sURL, bool bLockFile )
+{
+    OUString referer(getUnpackedValueOrDefault(PROP_REFERRER, OUString()));
+    if (SvtSecurityOptions::isUntrustedReferer(referer)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // prepare the environment
+    css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler > xOrgInteraction = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(
+        MediaDescriptor::PROP_INTERACTIONHANDLER,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >());
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler > xAuthenticationInteraction = getUnpackedValueOrDefault(
+        MediaDescriptor::PROP_AUTHENTICATIONHANDLER,
+        css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler >());
+
+    rtl::Reference<comphelper::StillReadWriteInteraction> xInteraction = new comphelper::StillReadWriteInteraction(xOrgInteraction,xAuthenticationInteraction);
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XProgressHandler > xProgress;
+    rtl::Reference<::ucbhelper::CommandEnvironment> xCommandEnv = new ::ucbhelper::CommandEnvironment(xInteraction, xProgress);
+
+    // try to create the content
+    // no content -> no stream => return immediately with FALSE
+    ::ucbhelper::Content                      aContent;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XContent > xContent;
+    try
+    {
+        aContent = ::ucbhelper::Content(sURL, xCommandEnv, comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+        xContent = aContent.get();
+    }
+    catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException&)
+        { throw; }
+    catch(const css::ucb::ContentCreationException&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.misc", "url: '" << sURL << "'");
+            return false; // TODO error handling
+        }
+    catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION("unotools.misc", "url: '" << sURL << "'");
+            return false; // TODO error handling
+        }
+
+    // try to open the file in read/write mode
+    // (if it's allowed to do so).
+    // But handle errors in a "hidden mode". Because
+    // we try it readonly later - if read/write is not an option.
+    css::uno::Reference< css::io::XStream >      xStream;
+    css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream > xInputStream;
+
+    bool bReadOnly = false;
+    bool bModeRequestedExplicitly = false;
+    const_iterator pIt = find(MediaDescriptor::PROP_READONLY);
+    if (pIt != end())
+    {
+        pIt->second >>= bReadOnly;
+        bModeRequestedExplicitly = true;
+    }
+
+    if ( !bReadOnly && bLockFile )
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            // TODO: use "special" still interaction to suppress error messages
+            xStream = aContent.openWriteableStream();
+            if (xStream.is())
+                xInputStream = xStream->getInputStream();
+        }
+        catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException&)
+            { throw; }
+        catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+            {
+                css::uno::Any ex( cppu::getCaughtException() );
+                // ignore exception, if reason was problem reasoned on
+                // open it in WRITABLE mode! Then we try it READONLY
+                // later a second time.
+                // All other errors must be handled as real error an
+                // break this method.
+                if (!xInteraction->wasWriteError() || bModeRequestedExplicitly)
+                {
+                    SAL_WARN("unotools.misc","url: '" << sURL << "' " << exceptionToString(ex));
+                    // If the protocol is webdav, then we need to treat the stream as readonly, even if the
+                    // operation was requested as read/write explicitly (the WebDAV UCB implementation is monodirectional
+                    // read or write not both at the same time).
+                    if ( !INetURLObject( sURL ).isAnyKnownWebDAVScheme() )
+                        return false;
+                }
+                xStream.clear();
+                xInputStream.clear();
+            }
+    }
+
+    // If opening of the stream in read/write mode was not allowed
+    // or failed by an error - we must try it in readonly mode.
+    if (!xInputStream.is())
+    {
+        OUString aScheme;
+
+        try
+        {
+            css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XContentIdentifier > xContId(
+                aContent.get().is() ? aContent.get()->getIdentifier() : nullptr );
+
+            if ( xContId.is() )
+                aScheme = xContId->getContentProviderScheme();
+
+            // Only file system content provider is able to provide XStream
+            // so for this content impossibility to create XStream triggers
+            // switch to readonly mode in case of opening with locking on
+            if( bLockFile && aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("file") )
+                bReadOnly = true;
+            else
+            {
+                bool bRequestReadOnly = bReadOnly;
+                aContent.getPropertyValue("IsReadOnly") >>= bReadOnly;
+                if ( bReadOnly && !bRequestReadOnly && bModeRequestedExplicitly )
+                        return false; // the document is explicitly requested with WRITABLE mode
+            }
+        }
+        catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException&)
+            { throw; }
+        catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+            { /* no error handling if IsReadOnly property does not exist for UCP */ }
+
+        if ( bReadOnly )
+               (*this)[MediaDescriptor::PROP_READONLY] <<= bReadOnly;
+
+        xInteraction->resetInterceptions();
+        xInteraction->resetErrorStates();
+        try
+        {
+            // all the contents except file-URLs should be opened as usual
+            if ( bLockFile || !aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("file") )
+                xInputStream = aContent.openStream();
+            else
+                xInputStream = aContent.openStreamNoLock();
+        }
+        catch(const css::uno::RuntimeException&)
+        {
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch(const css::uno::Exception&)
+        {
+            TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION("unotools.misc","url: '" << sURL << "'");
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // add streams to the descriptor
+    if (xContent.is())
+        (*this)[MediaDescriptor::PROP_UCBCONTENT] <<= xContent;
+    if (xStream.is())
+        (*this)[MediaDescriptor::PROP_STREAM] <<= xStream;
+    if (xInputStream.is())
+        (*this)[MediaDescriptor::PROP_INPUTSTREAM] <<= xInputStream;
+
+    // At least we need an input stream. The r/w stream is optional ...
+    return xInputStream.is();
+}
+
+} // namespace comphelper
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/sharedunocomponent.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/sharedunocomponent.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41a383d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/sharedunocomponent.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice:
+ *
+ *   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *   contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ *   with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ *   ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache
+ *   License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ *   except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ *   the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 .
+ */
+
+#include <sal/config.h>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+
+#include <unotools/sharedunocomponent.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XComponent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/CloseVetoException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/util/XCloseable.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::XInterface;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Reference;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::Exception;
+    using ::com::sun::star::uno::UNO_QUERY;
+    using ::com::sun::star::lang::EventObject;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::XCloseable;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::XCloseListener;
+    using ::com::sun::star::util::CloseVetoException;
+
+    //= DisposableComponent
+
+    DisposableComponent::DisposableComponent( const Reference< XInterface >& _rxComponent )
+        :m_xComponent( _rxComponent, UNO_QUERY )
+    {
+        DBG_ASSERT( m_xComponent.is() || !_rxComponent.is(), "DisposableComponent::DisposableComponent: should be an XComponent!" );
+    }
+
+    DisposableComponent::~DisposableComponent()
+    {
+        if ( m_xComponent.is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                m_xComponent->dispose();
+            }
+            catch( const Exception& )
+            {
+                TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "DisposableComponent::~DisposableComponent" );
+            }
+            m_xComponent.clear();
+        }
+    }
+
+    typedef ::cppu::WeakImplHelper <   XCloseListener
+                                    >   CloseableComponentImpl_Base;
+    class CloseableComponentImpl : public CloseableComponentImpl_Base
+    {
+    private:
+        Reference< XCloseable > m_xCloseable;
+
+        CloseableComponentImpl(const CloseableComponentImpl&) = delete;
+        CloseableComponentImpl& operator=(const CloseableComponentImpl&) = delete;
+
+    public:
+        explicit CloseableComponentImpl( const Reference< XInterface >& _rxComponent );
+
+        /** closes the component
+
+            @nofail
+        */
+        void    nf_closeComponent();
+
+    protected:
+        virtual ~CloseableComponentImpl() override;
+
+        // XCloseListener overridables
+        virtual void SAL_CALL queryClosing( const EventObject& Source, sal_Bool GetsOwnership ) override;
+        virtual void SAL_CALL notifyClosing( const EventObject& Source ) override;
+
+        // XEventListener overridables
+        virtual void SAL_CALL disposing( const css::lang::EventObject& Source ) override;
+
+    private:
+        /** starts or stops being a CloseListener at the component
+
+            Only to be called upon construction of the instance, or when the component
+            is to be closed.
+
+        @nofail
+        */
+        void    impl_nf_switchListening( bool _bListen );
+    };
+
+    CloseableComponentImpl::CloseableComponentImpl( const Reference< XInterface >& _rxComponent )
+        :m_xCloseable( _rxComponent, UNO_QUERY )
+    {
+        DBG_ASSERT( m_xCloseable.is() || !_rxComponent.is(), "CloseableComponentImpl::CloseableComponentImpl: component is not an XCloseable!" );
+        impl_nf_switchListening( true );
+    }
+
+    CloseableComponentImpl::~CloseableComponentImpl()
+    {
+        nf_closeComponent();
+    }
+
+    void CloseableComponentImpl::nf_closeComponent()
+    {
+        if ( !m_xCloseable.is() )
+            // nothing to do
+            return;
+
+        // stop listening
+        impl_nf_switchListening( false );
+
+        // close
+        try
+        {
+            m_xCloseable->close( true );
+        }
+        catch( const CloseVetoException& ) { /* fine */ }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "CloseableComponentImpl::nf_closeComponent: caught an unexpected exception!" );
+        }
+
+        // reset
+        m_xCloseable.clear();
+    }
+
+    void CloseableComponentImpl::impl_nf_switchListening( bool _bListen )
+    {
+        if ( !m_xCloseable.is() )
+            return;
+
+        try
+        {
+            if ( _bListen )
+                m_xCloseable->addCloseListener( this );
+            else
+                m_xCloseable->removeCloseListener( this );
+        }
+        catch( const Exception& )
+        {
+            TOOLS_WARN_EXCEPTION( "unotools", "CloseableComponentImpl::impl_nf_switchListening" );
+        }
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL CloseableComponentImpl::queryClosing( const EventObject& Source, sal_Bool /*GetsOwnership*/ )
+    {
+        // as long as we live, somebody wants to keep the object alive. So, veto the
+        // closing
+        DBG_ASSERT( Source.Source == m_xCloseable, "CloseableComponentImpl::queryClosing: where did this come from?" );
+        throw CloseVetoException();
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL CloseableComponentImpl::notifyClosing( const EventObject& Source )
+    {
+        DBG_ASSERT( Source.Source == m_xCloseable, "CloseableComponentImpl::notifyClosing: where did this come from?" );
+
+        // this should be unreachable: As long as we're a CloseListener, we veto the closing. If we're going
+        // to close the component ourself, then we revoke ourself as listener *before* the close call. So,
+        // if this here fires, something went definitely wrong.
+        OSL_FAIL( "CloseableComponentImpl::notifyClosing: unreachable!" );
+    }
+
+    void SAL_CALL CloseableComponentImpl::disposing( const EventObject& Source )
+    {
+        DBG_ASSERT( Source.Source == m_xCloseable, "CloseableComponentImpl::disposing: where did this come from?" );
+        OSL_FAIL( "CloseableComponentImpl::disposing: unreachable!" );
+            // same reasoning for this assertion as in ->notifyClosing
+    }
+
+    CloseableComponent::CloseableComponent( const Reference< XInterface >& _rxComponent )
+        :m_pImpl( new CloseableComponentImpl( _rxComponent ) )
+    {
+    }
+
+    CloseableComponent::~CloseableComponent()
+    {
+        // close the component, deliver ownership to anybody who wants to veto the close
+        m_pImpl->nf_closeComponent();
+    }
+
+}   // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/syslocale.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/syslocale.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1325958a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/syslocale.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+/* -*- 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 <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/localedatawrapper.hxx>
+#include <unotools/charclass.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocale.hxx>
+#include <unotools/syslocaleoptions.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/lok.hxx>
+#include <rtl/tencinfo.h>
+#include <rtl/locale.h>
+#include <osl/thread.h>
+#include <osl/nlsupport.h>
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <optional>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace osl;
+using namespace com::sun::star;
+
+namespace {
+
+std::weak_ptr<SvtSysLocale_Impl> g_pSysLocale;
+
+// static
+std::mutex& GetMutex()
+{
+    // #i77768# Due to a static reference in the toolkit lib
+    // we need a mutex that lives longer than the svl library.
+    // Otherwise the dtor would use a destructed mutex!!
+    static std::mutex* persistentMutex(new std::mutex);
+
+    return *persistentMutex;
+}
+
+
+}
+
+class SvtSysLocale_Impl : public utl::ConfigurationListener
+{
+public:
+        SvtSysLocaleOptions                    aSysLocaleOptions;
+        std::optional<LocaleDataWrapper>       moLocaleData;
+        std::optional<CharClass>               moCharClass;
+
+                                SvtSysLocale_Impl();
+    virtual                     ~SvtSysLocale_Impl() override;
+
+    CharClass&                  GetCharClass();
+    virtual void                ConfigurationChanged( utl::ConfigurationBroadcaster*, ConfigurationHints ) override;
+
+private:
+    std::vector<OUString>       getDateAcceptancePatternsConfig() const;
+};
+
+SvtSysLocale_Impl::SvtSysLocale_Impl()
+{
+    moLocaleData.emplace(
+        aSysLocaleOptions.GetRealLanguageTag(),
+        getDateAcceptancePatternsConfig() );
+
+    // listen for further changes
+    aSysLocaleOptions.AddListener( this );
+}
+
+SvtSysLocale_Impl::~SvtSysLocale_Impl()
+{
+    aSysLocaleOptions.RemoveListener( this );
+}
+
+CharClass& SvtSysLocale_Impl::GetCharClass()
+{
+    if ( !moCharClass )
+        moCharClass.emplace( aSysLocaleOptions.GetRealLanguageTag() );
+    return *moCharClass;
+}
+
+void SvtSysLocale_Impl::ConfigurationChanged( utl::ConfigurationBroadcaster*, ConfigurationHints nHint )
+{
+    if ( !(nHint & ConfigurationHints::Locale) &&
+         !(nHint & ConfigurationHints::DatePatterns) )
+        return;
+
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetMutex() );
+
+    const LanguageTag& rLanguageTag = aSysLocaleOptions.GetRealLanguageTag();
+    if ( nHint & ConfigurationHints::Locale )
+    {
+        moCharClass.emplace( rLanguageTag );
+    }
+    moLocaleData.emplace(rLanguageTag, getDateAcceptancePatternsConfig());
+}
+
+std::vector<OUString> SvtSysLocale_Impl::getDateAcceptancePatternsConfig() const
+{
+    OUString aStr( aSysLocaleOptions.GetDatePatternsConfigString());
+    if (aStr.isEmpty())
+        return {};  // reset
+    ::std::vector< OUString > aVec;
+    for (sal_Int32 nIndex = 0; nIndex >= 0; /*nop*/)
+    {
+        OUString aTok( aStr.getToken( 0, ';', nIndex));
+        if (!aTok.isEmpty())
+            aVec.push_back( aTok);
+    }
+    return aVec;
+}
+
+SvtSysLocale::SvtSysLocale()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    pImpl = g_pSysLocale.lock();
+    if ( !pImpl )
+    {
+        pImpl = std::make_shared<SvtSysLocale_Impl>();
+        g_pSysLocale = pImpl;
+    }
+}
+
+SvtSysLocale::~SvtSysLocale()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( GetMutex() );
+    pImpl.reset();
+}
+
+const LocaleDataWrapper& SvtSysLocale::GetLocaleData() const
+{
+    return *(pImpl->moLocaleData);
+}
+
+const CharClass& SvtSysLocale::GetCharClass() const
+{
+    return pImpl->GetCharClass();
+}
+
+SvtSysLocaleOptions& SvtSysLocale::GetOptions() const
+{
+    return pImpl->aSysLocaleOptions;
+}
+
+const LanguageTag& SvtSysLocale::GetLanguageTag() const
+{
+    if (comphelper::LibreOfficeKit::isActive())
+        return comphelper::LibreOfficeKit::getLocale();
+
+    return pImpl->aSysLocaleOptions.GetRealLanguageTag();
+}
+
+const LanguageTag& SvtSysLocale::GetUILanguageTag() const
+{
+    if (comphelper::LibreOfficeKit::isActive())
+        return comphelper::LibreOfficeKit::getLanguageTag();
+
+    return pImpl->aSysLocaleOptions.GetRealUILanguageTag();
+}
+
+// static
+rtl_TextEncoding SvtSysLocale::GetBestMimeEncoding()
+{
+    const char* pCharSet = rtl_getBestMimeCharsetFromTextEncoding(
+            osl_getThreadTextEncoding() );
+    if ( !pCharSet )
+    {
+        // If the system locale is unknown to us, e.g. LC_ALL=xx, match the UI
+        // language if possible.
+        SvtSysLocale aSysLocale;
+        const LanguageTag& rLanguageTag = aSysLocale.GetUILanguageTag();
+        // Converting blindly to Locale and then to rtl_Locale may feed the
+        // 'qlt' to rtl_locale_register() and the underlying system locale
+        // stuff, which doesn't know about it nor about BCP47 in the Variant
+        // field. So use the real language and for non-pure ISO cases hope for
+        // the best... the fallback to UTF-8 should solve these cases nowadays.
+        /* FIXME-BCP47: the script needs to go in here as well, so actually
+         * we'd need some variant fiddling or glibc locale string and tweak
+         * rtl_locale_register() to know about it! But then again the Windows
+         * implementation still wouldn't know anything about it ... */
+        SAL_WARN_IF( !rLanguageTag.isIsoLocale(), "unotools.i18n",
+                "SvtSysLocale::GetBestMimeEncoding - non-ISO UI locale");
+        rtl_Locale * pLocale = rtl_locale_register( rLanguageTag.getLanguage().getStr(),
+                rLanguageTag.getCountry().getStr(), OUString().getStr() );
+        rtl_TextEncoding nEnc = osl_getTextEncodingFromLocale( pLocale );
+        pCharSet = rtl_getBestMimeCharsetFromTextEncoding( nEnc );
+    }
+    rtl_TextEncoding nRet;
+    if ( pCharSet )
+        nRet = rtl_getTextEncodingFromMimeCharset( pCharSet );
+    else
+        nRet = RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8;
+    return nRet;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/misc/wincodepage.cxx b/unotools/source/misc/wincodepage.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79353e47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/misc/wincodepage.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/* -*- 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 <string_view>
+
+#include <unotools/wincodepage.hxx>
+#include <rtl/textenc.h>
+
+namespace{
+
+struct LangEncodingDef
+{
+    const std::u16string_view msLangStr;
+    rtl_TextEncoding meTextEncoding;
+};
+
+// See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd317756
+rtl_TextEncoding impl_getWinTextEncodingFromLangStrANSI(const OUString& sLanguage)
+{
+    static constexpr LangEncodingDef aLanguageTab[] =
+    {
+        { u"en",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252 }, // Most used -> first in list
+        { u"th",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_874 },
+        { u"ja",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_932 },
+        { u"zh-cn", RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_936 },  // Chinese (simplified) - must go before "zh"
+        { u"ko",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_949 },
+        { u"zh",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_950 },  // Chinese (traditional)
+        { u"bs",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"cs",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"hr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"hu",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"pl",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"ro",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"sk",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"sl",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+//        { "sr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"sq",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1250 },
+        { u"be",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1251 },
+        { u"bg",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1251 },
+        { u"mk",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1251 },
+        { u"ru",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1251 },
+        { u"sr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1251 },
+        { u"uk",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1251 },
+        { u"es",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252 },
+        { u"el",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1253 },
+        { u"tr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1254 },
+        { u"he",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1255 },
+        { u"ar",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1256 },
+        { u"et",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1257 },
+        { u"lt",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1257 },
+        { u"lv",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1257 },
+        { u"vi",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1258 },
+    };
+
+    for (auto& def : aLanguageTab)
+    {
+        if (sLanguage.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase(def.msLangStr))
+            return def.meTextEncoding;
+    }
+
+    return RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1252;
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+// See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd317756
+// See http://shapelib.maptools.org/codepage.html
+rtl_TextEncoding impl_getWinTextEncodingFromLangStrOEM(const OUString& sLanguage)
+{
+    static constexpr LangEncodingDef aLanguageTab[] =
+    {
+        { u"de",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_437 }, // OEM United States
+        { u"en-us", RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_437 }, // OEM United States
+        { u"fi",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_437 }, // OEM United States
+        { u"fr-ca", RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_863 }, // OEM French Canadian; French Canadian (DOS)
+        { u"fr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_437 }, // OEM United States
+        { u"it",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_437 }, // OEM United States
+        { u"nl",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_437 }, // OEM United States
+        { u"sv",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_437 }, // OEM United States
+        { u"el",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_737 }, // OEM Greek (formerly 437G); Greek (DOS)
+        { u"et",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_775 }, // OEM Baltic; Baltic (DOS)
+        { u"lt",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_775 }, // OEM Baltic; Baltic (DOS)
+        { u"lv",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_775 }, // OEM Baltic; Baltic (DOS)
+        { u"en",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_850 }, // OEM Multilingual Latin 1; Western European (DOS)
+        { u"bs",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"cs",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"hr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"hu",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"pl",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"ro",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"sk",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"sl",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+//        { "sr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_852 }, // OEM Latin 2; Central European (DOS)
+        { u"bg",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_855 }, // OEM Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
+        { u"mk",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_855 }, // OEM Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
+        { u"sr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_855 }, // OEM Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
+        { u"tr",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_857 }, // OEM Turkish; Turkish (DOS)
+        { u"pt",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_860 }, // OEM Portuguese; Portuguese (DOS)
+        { u"is",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_861 }, // OEM Icelandic; Icelandic (DOS)
+        { u"he",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_862 }, // OEM Hebrew; Hebrew (DOS)
+        { u"ar",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_864 }, // OEM Arabic; Arabic (864)
+        { u"da",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_865 }, // OEM Nordic; Nordic (DOS)
+        { u"nn",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_865 }, // OEM Nordic; Nordic (DOS)
+        { u"be",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_866 }, // OEM Russian; Cyrillic (DOS)
+        { u"ru",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_866 }, // OEM Russian; Cyrillic (DOS)
+        { u"uk",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_866 }, // OEM Russian; Cyrillic (DOS)
+        { u"th",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_874 },  // ANSI/OEM Thai (ISO 8859-11); Thai (Windows)
+        { u"ja",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_932 },  // ANSI/OEM Japanese; Japanese (Shift-JIS)
+        { u"zh-cn", RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_936 },  // ANSI/OEM Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore); Chinese Simplified (GB2312)
+        { u"ko",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_949 },  // ANSI/OEM Korean (Unified Hangul Code)
+        { u"zh",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_950 },  // ANSI/OEM Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC); Chinese Traditional (Big5)
+        { u"vi",    RTL_TEXTENCODING_MS_1258 }, // ANSI/OEM Vietnamese; Vietnamese (Windows)
+    };
+
+    for (auto& def : aLanguageTab)
+    {
+        if (sLanguage.startsWithIgnoreAsciiCase(def.msLangStr))
+            return def.meTextEncoding;
+    }
+
+    return RTL_TEXTENCODING_IBM_850;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+rtl_TextEncoding utl_getWinTextEncodingFromLangStr(const OUString& sLanguage, bool bOEM)
+{
+    return bOEM ?
+        impl_getWinTextEncodingFromLangStrOEM(sLanguage) :
+        impl_getWinTextEncodingFromLangStrANSI(sLanguage);
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/streaming/streamhelper.cxx b/unotools/source/streaming/streamhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5f07e6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/streaming/streamhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/* -*- 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/IOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/NotConnectedException.hpp>
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+#include <unotools/streamhelper.hxx>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::readBytes(css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead)
+{
+    if (!m_xLockBytes.is())
+        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));
+
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if (aData.getLength() < nBytesToRead)
+        aData.realloc(nBytesToRead);
+
+    std::size_t nRead(0);
+    ErrCode nError = m_xLockBytes->ReadAt(m_nActPos, static_cast<void*>(aData.getArray()), nBytesToRead, &nRead);
+    m_nActPos += nRead;
+
+    if (nError != ERRCODE_NONE)
+        throw css::io::IOException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    // adjust sequence if data read is lower than the desired data
+    if (nRead < o3tl::make_unsigned(aData.getLength()))
+        aData.realloc( nRead );
+
+    return nRead;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::seek( sal_Int64 location )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    m_nActPos = location;
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::getPosition(  )
+{
+    return m_nActPos;
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::getLength(  )
+{
+    if (!m_xLockBytes.is())
+        return 0;
+
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    SvLockBytesStat aStat;
+    m_xLockBytes->Stat( &aStat );
+    return aStat.nSize;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::readSomeBytes(css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData,
+                                                     sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead)
+{
+    // read all data desired
+    return readBytes(aData, nMaxBytesToRead);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::skipBytes(sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if (!m_xLockBytes.is())
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    if (nBytesToSkip < 0)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    m_nActPos += nBytesToSkip;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::available()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if (!m_xLockBytes.is())
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    return m_nAvailable;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::closeInput()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if (!m_xLockBytes.is())
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    m_xLockBytes = nullptr;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OInputStreamHelper::acquire() SAL_NOEXCEPT
+{
+    cppu::WeakImplHelper<css::io::XInputStream, css::io::XSeekable>::acquire();
+}
+
+} // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/streaming/streamwrap.cxx b/unotools/source/streaming/streamwrap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a6cbbd20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/streaming/streamwrap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+/* -*- 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 <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+#include <unotools/streamwrap.hxx>
+#include <tools/stream.hxx>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::io;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+
+OInputStreamWrapper::OInputStreamWrapper( SvStream& _rStream )
+                 :m_pSvStream(&_rStream)
+                 ,m_bSvStreamOwner(false)
+{
+}
+
+OInputStreamWrapper::OInputStreamWrapper( SvStream* pStream, bool bOwner )
+                 :m_pSvStream( pStream )
+                 ,m_bSvStreamOwner( bOwner )
+{
+}
+
+OInputStreamWrapper::OInputStreamWrapper( std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream )
+                 :m_pSvStream( pStream.release() )
+                 ,m_bSvStreamOwner( true )
+{
+}
+
+OInputStreamWrapper::~OInputStreamWrapper()
+{
+    if( m_bSvStreamOwner )
+        delete m_pSvStream;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OInputStreamWrapper::readBytes(css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead)
+{
+    checkConnected();
+
+    if (nBytesToRead < 0)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    if (aData.getLength() < nBytesToRead)
+        aData.realloc(nBytesToRead);
+
+    sal_uInt32 nRead = m_pSvStream->ReadBytes(static_cast<void*>(aData.getArray()), nBytesToRead);
+    checkError();
+
+    // If read characters < MaxLength, adjust css::uno::Sequence
+    if (nRead < o3tl::make_unsigned(aData.getLength()))
+        aData.realloc( nRead );
+
+    return nRead;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 OInputStreamWrapper::readSomeBytes(sal_Int8* pData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead)
+{
+    checkConnected();
+
+    if (nBytesToRead < 0)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+    sal_uInt32 nRead = m_pSvStream->ReadBytes(static_cast<void*>(pData), nBytesToRead);
+    checkError();
+
+    return nRead;
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OInputStreamWrapper::readSomeBytes(css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead)
+{
+    checkError();
+
+    if (nMaxBytesToRead < 0)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+
+    if (m_pSvStream->eof())
+    {
+        aData.realloc(0);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    else
+        return readBytes(aData, nMaxBytesToRead);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OInputStreamWrapper::skipBytes(sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip)
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    checkError();
+
+    m_pSvStream->SeekRel(nBytesToSkip);
+    checkError();
+}
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OInputStreamWrapper::available()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+
+    sal_Int64 nAvailable = m_pSvStream->remainingSize();
+    checkError();
+
+    return std::min<sal_Int64>(SAL_MAX_INT32, nAvailable);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OInputStreamWrapper::closeInput()
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+
+    if (m_bSvStreamOwner)
+        delete m_pSvStream;
+
+    m_pSvStream = nullptr;
+}
+
+void OInputStreamWrapper::checkConnected() const
+{
+    if (!m_pSvStream)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), const_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(static_cast<const css::uno::XWeak*>(this)));
+}
+
+void OInputStreamWrapper::checkError() const
+{
+    checkConnected();
+
+    auto const e = m_pSvStream->SvStream::GetError();
+    if (e != ERRCODE_NONE)
+        // TODO: really evaluate the error
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException("utl::OInputStreamWrapper error " + e.toHexString(), const_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(static_cast<const css::uno::XWeak*>(this)));
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OInputStreamWrapper::getSomething( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& rIdentifier )
+{
+    if (rIdentifier == comphelper::ByteReader::getUnoTunnelId())
+        return reinterpret_cast<sal_Int64>(static_cast<comphelper::ByteReader*>(this));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+//= OSeekableInputStreamWrapper
+
+OSeekableInputStreamWrapper::~OSeekableInputStreamWrapper() = default;
+
+OSeekableInputStreamWrapper::OSeekableInputStreamWrapper(SvStream& _rStream)
+{
+    SetStream( &_rStream, false );
+}
+
+OSeekableInputStreamWrapper::OSeekableInputStreamWrapper(SvStream* _pStream, bool _bOwner)
+{
+    SetStream( _pStream, _bOwner );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OSeekableInputStreamWrapper::seek( sal_Int64 _nLocation )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+
+    m_pSvStream->Seek(static_cast<sal_uInt32>(_nLocation));
+    checkError();
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OSeekableInputStreamWrapper::getPosition(  )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+
+    sal_uInt32 nPos = m_pSvStream->Tell();
+    checkError();
+    return static_cast<sal_Int64>(nPos);
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OSeekableInputStreamWrapper::getLength(  )
+{
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+
+    checkError();
+
+    sal_Int64 nEndPos = m_pSvStream->TellEnd();
+
+    return nEndPos;
+}
+
+//= OOutputStreamWrapper
+
+OOutputStreamWrapper::OOutputStreamWrapper(SvStream& _rStream):
+    rStream(_rStream)
+{}
+
+OOutputStreamWrapper::~OOutputStreamWrapper() {}
+
+void SAL_CALL OOutputStreamWrapper::writeBytes(const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData)
+{
+    sal_uInt32 nWritten = rStream.WriteBytes(aData.getConstArray(), aData.getLength());
+    ErrCode err = rStream.GetError();
+    if  (   (ERRCODE_NONE != err)
+        ||  (nWritten != static_cast<sal_uInt32>(aData.getLength()))
+        )
+    {
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+    }
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OOutputStreamWrapper::flush()
+{
+    rStream.FlushBuffer();
+    checkError();
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OOutputStreamWrapper::closeOutput()
+{
+}
+
+void OOutputStreamWrapper::checkError() const
+{
+    if (rStream.GetError() != ERRCODE_NONE)
+        // TODO: really evaluate the error
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(), const_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(static_cast<const css::uno::XWeak*>(this)));
+}
+
+//= OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper
+
+OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper::OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper(SvStream& _rStream)
+    :OOutputStreamWrapper(_rStream)
+{
+}
+
+OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper::~OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper() {}
+
+Any SAL_CALL OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper::queryInterface( const Type& _rType )
+{
+    Any aReturn = OOutputStreamWrapper::queryInterface(_rType);
+    if (!aReturn.hasValue())
+        aReturn = OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper_Base::queryInterface(_rType);
+    return aReturn;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper::seek( sal_Int64 _nLocation )
+{
+    rStream.Seek(static_cast<sal_uInt32>(_nLocation));
+    checkError();
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper::getPosition(  )
+{
+    sal_uInt32 nPos = rStream.Tell();
+    checkError();
+    return static_cast<sal_Int64>(nPos);
+}
+
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OSeekableOutputStreamWrapper::getLength(  )
+{
+    checkError();
+
+    sal_Int64 nEndPos = rStream.TellEnd();
+
+    return nEndPos;
+}
+
+OStreamWrapper::~OStreamWrapper() = default;
+
+OStreamWrapper::OStreamWrapper(SvStream& _rStream)
+{
+    SetStream( &_rStream, false );
+}
+
+OStreamWrapper::OStreamWrapper(std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream)
+{
+    SetStream( pStream.release(), true );
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream > SAL_CALL OStreamWrapper::getInputStream(  )
+{
+    return this;
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::io::XOutputStream > SAL_CALL OStreamWrapper::getOutputStream(  )
+{
+    return this;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OStreamWrapper::writeBytes(const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData)
+{
+    sal_uInt32 nWritten = m_pSvStream->WriteBytes(aData.getConstArray(), aData.getLength());
+    ErrCode err = m_pSvStream->GetError();
+    if  (   (ERRCODE_NONE != err)
+        ||  (nWritten != static_cast<sal_uInt32>(aData.getLength()))
+        )
+    {
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+    }
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OStreamWrapper::flush()
+{
+    m_pSvStream->FlushBuffer();
+    if (m_pSvStream->GetError() != ERRCODE_NONE)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException(OUString(),static_cast<css::uno::XWeak*>(this));
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OStreamWrapper::closeOutput()
+{
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL OStreamWrapper::truncate()
+{
+    m_pSvStream->SetStreamSize(0);
+}
+
+} // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/XTempFile.hxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/XTempFile.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fcaefb7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/XTempFile.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/* -*- 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 .
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <optional>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XInputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XOutputStream.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XTempFile.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XTruncate.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertyAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XFastPropertySet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XServiceInfo.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <unotools/tempfile.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+
+class SvStream;
+namespace utl { class TempFile; }
+
+
+typedef ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< css::io::XTempFile
+    , css::io::XInputStream
+    , css::io::XOutputStream
+    , css::io::XTruncate
+    , css::beans::XPropertySet
+    , css::beans::XFastPropertySet
+    , css::beans::XPropertyAccess
+    , css::lang::XServiceInfo> OTempFileBase;
+
+class OTempFileService : public OTempFileBase
+{
+protected:
+    std::optional<utl::TempFile> mpTempFile;
+    std::mutex maMutex;
+    SvStream* mpStream;
+    bool mbRemoveFile;
+    bool mbInClosed;
+    bool mbOutClosed;
+
+    void checkError () const;
+    void checkConnected ();
+
+public:
+    explicit OTempFileService (css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const & context);
+
+    //Methods
+    //  XTypeProvider
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type > SAL_CALL getTypes(  ) override;
+
+    //  XServiceInfo
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL supportsService(const OUString& sServiceName) override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getImplementationName() override;
+    virtual css::uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL getSupportedServiceNames() override;
+
+    //  XTempFile
+    virtual sal_Bool SAL_CALL getRemoveFile() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setRemoveFile( sal_Bool _removefile ) override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getUri() override;
+    virtual OUString SAL_CALL getResourceName() override;
+
+    // XInputStream
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL readBytes( css::uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 >& aData, ::sal_Int32 nBytesToRead ) override;
+    virtual ::sal_Int32 SAL_CALL readSomeBytes( css::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;
+    // XOutputStream
+    virtual void SAL_CALL writeBytes( const css::uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int8 >& aData ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL flush(  ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL closeOutput(  ) 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;
+    // XStream
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream > SAL_CALL getInputStream(  ) override;
+    virtual css::uno::Reference< css::io::XOutputStream > SAL_CALL getOutputStream(  ) override;
+    // XTruncate
+    virtual void SAL_CALL truncate() override;
+
+    // XPropertySet
+    virtual ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XPropertySetInfo > SAL_CALL getPropertySetInfo() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setPropertyValue( const ::rtl::OUString& aPropertyName, const ::css::uno::Any& aValue ) override;
+    virtual ::css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getPropertyValue( const ::rtl::OUString& PropertyName ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL addPropertyChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& aPropertyName, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener >& xListener ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removePropertyChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& aPropertyName, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener >& aListener ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL addVetoableChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& PropertyName, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener >& aListener ) override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL removeVetoableChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& PropertyName, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener >& aListener ) override;
+    // XFastPropertySet
+    virtual void SAL_CALL setFastPropertyValue( ::sal_Int32 nHandle, const ::css::uno::Any& aValue ) override;
+    virtual ::css::uno::Any SAL_CALL getFastPropertyValue( ::sal_Int32 nHandle ) 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;
+
+
+    virtual ~OTempFileService () override;
+};
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/localfilehelper.cxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/localfilehelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdabd5f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/localfilehelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/* -*- 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/sdbc/XResultSet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContentAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CommandAbortedException.hpp>
+#include <comphelper/DirectoryHelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <unotools/localfilehelper.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <ucbhelper/content.hxx>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace ::osl;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::ucb;
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+css::uno::Sequence < OUString > LocalFileHelper::GetFolderContents( const OUString& rFolder, bool bFolder )
+{
+    std::vector< OUString > vFiles;
+    try
+    {
+        ::ucbhelper::Content aCnt(
+            rFolder, Reference< XCommandEnvironment >(),
+            comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+        Reference< css::sdbc::XResultSet > xResultSet;
+        css::uno::Sequence< OUString > aProps { "Url" };
+
+        try
+        {
+            ::ucbhelper::ResultSetInclude eInclude = bFolder ? ::ucbhelper::INCLUDE_FOLDERS_AND_DOCUMENTS : ::ucbhelper::INCLUDE_DOCUMENTS_ONLY;
+            xResultSet = aCnt.createCursor( aProps, eInclude );
+        }
+        catch( css::ucb::CommandAbortedException& )
+        {
+        }
+        catch( Exception& )
+        {
+        }
+
+        if ( xResultSet.is() )
+        {
+            Reference< XContentAccess > xContentAccess( xResultSet, UNO_QUERY );
+            try
+            {
+                while ( xResultSet->next() )
+                    vFiles.push_back( xContentAccess->queryContentIdentifierString() );
+            }
+            catch( css::ucb::CommandAbortedException& )
+            {
+            }
+            catch( Exception& )
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    catch( Exception& )
+    {
+    }
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(vFiles);
+}
+
+void removeTree(OUString const & url) {
+    const bool bError = comphelper::DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(url);
+    SAL_WARN_IF(bError, "desktop.app", "error removing directory " << url);
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/progresshandlerwrap.cxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/progresshandlerwrap.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29c1067ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/progresshandlerwrap.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* -*- 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 <unotools/progresshandlerwrap.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XStatusIndicator.hpp>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::task;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::ucb;
+
+ProgressHandlerWrap::ProgressHandlerWrap( css::uno::Reference< css::task::XStatusIndicator > xSI )
+: m_xStatusIndicator(std::move( xSI ))
+{
+}
+
+static bool getStatusFromAny_Impl( const Any& aAny, OUString& aText, sal_Int32& nNum )
+{
+    bool bNumIsSet = false;
+
+    Sequence< Any > aSetList;
+    if( aAny >>= aSetList )
+        for( const auto& rSet : std::as_const(aSetList) )
+        {
+            if( !bNumIsSet && ( rSet >>= nNum ) )
+                bNumIsSet = true;
+            else
+                aText.isEmpty() && ( rSet >>= aText );
+        }
+
+    return bNumIsSet;
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ProgressHandlerWrap::push( const Any& Status )
+{
+    if( !m_xStatusIndicator.is() )
+        return;
+
+    OUString aText;
+    sal_Int32 nRange;
+
+    if( getStatusFromAny_Impl( Status, aText, nRange ) )
+        m_xStatusIndicator->start( aText, nRange );
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ProgressHandlerWrap::update( const Any& Status )
+{
+    if( !m_xStatusIndicator.is() )
+        return;
+
+    OUString aText;
+    sal_Int32 nValue;
+
+    if( getStatusFromAny_Impl( Status, aText, nValue ) )
+    {
+        if( !aText.isEmpty() ) m_xStatusIndicator->setText( aText );
+        m_xStatusIndicator->setValue( nValue );
+    }
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL ProgressHandlerWrap::pop()
+{
+    if( m_xStatusIndicator.is() )
+        m_xStatusIndicator->end();
+}
+
+} // namespace utl
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/tempfile.cxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/tempfile.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..faca685d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/tempfile.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,490 @@
+/* -*- 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 <utility>
+
+#include <unotools/tempfile.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <osl/detail/file.h>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <tools/time.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/DirectoryHelper.hxx>
+
+#ifdef UNX
+#include <unistd.h>
+#elif defined( _WIN32 )
+#include <process.h>
+#endif
+
+using namespace osl;
+
+namespace
+{
+    OUString gTempNameBase_Impl;
+}
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+static OUString getParentName( std::u16string_view aFileName )
+{
+    size_t lastIndex = aFileName.rfind( '/' );
+    OUString aParent;
+
+    if (lastIndex != std::u16string_view::npos)
+    {
+        aParent = aFileName.substr(0, lastIndex);
+
+        if (aParent.endsWith(":") && aParent.getLength() == 6)
+            aParent += "/";
+
+        if (aParent.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("file://"))
+            aParent = "file:///";
+    }
+
+    return aParent;
+}
+
+static bool ensuredir( const OUString& rUnqPath )
+{
+    OUString aPath;
+    if ( rUnqPath.isEmpty() )
+        return false;
+
+    // remove trailing slash
+    if ( rUnqPath.endsWith("/") )
+        aPath = rUnqPath.copy( 0, rUnqPath.getLength() - 1 );
+    else
+        aPath = rUnqPath;
+
+    // HACK: create directory on a mount point with nobrowse option
+    // returns ENOSYS in any case !!
+    osl::Directory aDirectory( aPath );
+    osl::FileBase::RC nError = aDirectory.open();
+    aDirectory.close();
+    if( nError == osl::File::E_None )
+        return true;
+
+    // try to create the directory
+    nError = osl::Directory::create( aPath );
+    bool  bSuccess = ( nError == osl::File::E_None || nError == osl::FileBase::E_EXIST );
+    if( !bSuccess )
+    {
+        // perhaps parent(s) don't exist
+        OUString aParentDir = getParentName( aPath );
+        if ( aParentDir != aPath )
+        {
+            bSuccess = ensuredir( getParentName( aPath ) );
+
+            // After parent directory structure exists try it one's more
+            if ( bSuccess )
+            {
+                // Parent directory exists, retry creation of directory
+                nError = osl::Directory::create( aPath );
+                bSuccess =( nError == osl::File::E_None || nError == osl::FileBase::E_EXIST );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return bSuccess;
+}
+
+static OUString ConstructTempDir_Impl( const OUString* pParent, bool bCreateParentDirs )
+{
+    OUString aName;
+
+    // Ignore pParent on iOS. We don't want to create any temp files
+    // in the same directory where the document being edited is.
+#ifndef IOS
+    if ( pParent && !pParent->isEmpty() )
+    {
+        // test for valid filename
+        OUString aRet;
+        if ((osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL(*pParent, aRet)
+             == osl::FileBase::E_None)
+            && (osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath(aRet, aRet)
+                == osl::FileBase::E_None))
+        {
+            ::osl::DirectoryItem aItem;
+            sal_Int32 i = aRet.getLength();
+            if ( aRet[i-1] == '/' )
+                i--;
+
+            if ( DirectoryItem::get( aRet.copy(0, i), aItem ) == FileBase::E_None || bCreateParentDirs )
+                aName = aRet;
+        }
+    }
+#else
+    (void) pParent;
+    (void) bCreateParentDirs;
+#endif
+
+    if ( aName.isEmpty() )
+    {
+        if (gTempNameBase_Impl.isEmpty())
+        {
+            OUString ustrTempDirURL;
+            ::osl::FileBase::RC rc = ::osl::File::getTempDirURL(
+                ustrTempDirURL );
+            if (rc == ::osl::FileBase::E_None)
+                gTempNameBase_Impl = ustrTempDirURL;
+            ensuredir( aName );
+        }
+        // if no parent or invalid parent : use default directory
+        DBG_ASSERT( !gTempNameBase_Impl.isEmpty(), "No TempDir!" );
+        aName = gTempNameBase_Impl;
+    }
+
+    // Make sure that directory ends with a separator
+    if( !aName.isEmpty() && !aName.endsWith("/") )
+        aName += "/";
+
+    return aName;
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class Tokens {
+public:
+    virtual bool next(OUString *) = 0;
+
+protected:
+    virtual ~Tokens() {} // avoid warnings
+};
+
+class SequentialTokens: public Tokens {
+public:
+    explicit SequentialTokens(bool showZero): m_value(0), m_show(showZero) {}
+
+    bool next(OUString * token) override {
+        assert(token != nullptr);
+        if (m_value == SAL_MAX_UINT32) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        *token = m_show ? OUString::number(m_value) : OUString();
+        ++m_value;
+        m_show = true;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+private:
+    sal_uInt32 m_value;
+    bool m_show;
+};
+
+class UniqueTokens: public Tokens {
+public:
+    UniqueTokens(): m_count(0) {}
+
+    bool next(OUString * token) override {
+        assert(token != nullptr);
+        // Because of the shared globalValue, no single instance of UniqueTokens
+        // is guaranteed to exhaustively test all 36^6 possible values, but stop
+        // after that many attempts anyway:
+        sal_uInt32 radix = 36;
+        sal_uInt32 max = radix * radix * radix * radix * radix * radix;
+            // 36^6 == 2'176'782'336 < SAL_MAX_UINT32 == 4'294'967'295
+        if (m_count == max) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        sal_uInt32 v;
+        {
+            osl::MutexGuard g(osl::Mutex::getGlobalMutex());
+            globalValue
+                = ((globalValue == SAL_MAX_UINT32
+                    ? tools::Time::GetSystemTicks() : globalValue + 1)
+                   % max);
+            v = globalValue;
+        }
+        *token = OUString::number(v, radix);
+        ++m_count;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+private:
+    static sal_uInt32 globalValue;
+
+    sal_uInt32 m_count;
+};
+
+}
+
+sal_uInt32 UniqueTokens::globalValue = SAL_MAX_UINT32;
+
+namespace
+{
+    class TempDirCreatedObserver : public DirectoryCreationObserver
+    {
+    public:
+        virtual void DirectoryCreated(const OUString& aDirectoryUrl) override
+        {
+            File::setAttributes( aDirectoryUrl, osl_File_Attribute_OwnRead |
+                osl_File_Attribute_OwnWrite | osl_File_Attribute_OwnExe );
+        };
+    };
+};
+
+static OUString lcl_createName(
+    std::u16string_view rLeadingChars, Tokens & tokens, const OUString* pExtension,
+    const OUString* pParent, bool bDirectory, bool bKeep, bool bLock,
+    bool bCreateParentDirs )
+{
+    OUString aName = ConstructTempDir_Impl( pParent, bCreateParentDirs );
+    if ( bCreateParentDirs )
+    {
+        size_t nOffset = rLeadingChars.rfind(u"/");
+        OUString aDirName;
+        if (std::u16string_view::npos != nOffset)
+            aDirName = aName + rLeadingChars.substr( 0, nOffset );
+        else
+            aDirName = aName;
+        TempDirCreatedObserver observer;
+        FileBase::RC err = Directory::createPath( aDirName, &observer );
+        if ( err != FileBase::E_None && err != FileBase::E_EXIST )
+            return OUString();
+    }
+    aName += rLeadingChars;
+
+    OUString token;
+    while (tokens.next(&token))
+    {
+        OUString aTmp( aName + token );
+        if ( pExtension )
+            aTmp += *pExtension;
+        else
+            aTmp += ".tmp";
+        if ( bDirectory )
+        {
+            FileBase::RC err = Directory::create(
+                aTmp,
+                (osl_File_OpenFlag_Read | osl_File_OpenFlag_Write
+                 | osl_File_OpenFlag_Private));
+            if ( err == FileBase::E_None )
+            {
+                // !bKeep: only for creating a name, not a file or directory
+                if ( bKeep || Directory::remove( aTmp ) == FileBase::E_None )
+                    return aTmp;
+                else
+                    return OUString();
+            }
+            else if ( err != FileBase::E_EXIST )
+                // if f.e. name contains invalid chars stop trying to create dirs
+                return OUString();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            DBG_ASSERT( bKeep, "Too expensive, use directory for creating name!" );
+            File aFile( aTmp );
+            FileBase::RC err = aFile.open(
+                osl_File_OpenFlag_Create | osl_File_OpenFlag_Private
+                | (bLock ? 0 : osl_File_OpenFlag_NoLock));
+            if ( err == FileBase::E_None || (bLock && err == FileBase::E_NOLCK) )
+            {
+                aFile.close();
+                return aTmp;
+            }
+            else if ( err != FileBase::E_EXIST )
+            {
+                // if f.e. name contains invalid chars stop trying to create dirs
+                // but if there is a folder with such name proceed further
+
+                DirectoryItem aTmpItem;
+                FileStatus aTmpStatus( osl_FileStatus_Mask_Type );
+                if ( DirectoryItem::get( aTmp, aTmpItem ) != FileBase::E_None
+                  || aTmpItem.getFileStatus( aTmpStatus ) != FileBase::E_None
+                  || aTmpStatus.getFileType() != FileStatus::Directory )
+                    return OUString();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return OUString();
+}
+
+static OUString CreateTempName_Impl( const OUString* pParent, bool bKeep, bool bDir = true )
+{
+    OUString aEyeCatcher = "lu";
+#ifdef UNX
+#ifdef DBG_UTIL
+    const char* eye = getenv("LO_TESTNAME");
+    if(eye)
+    {
+        aEyeCatcher = OUString(eye, strlen(eye), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US);
+    }
+#else
+    static const pid_t pid = getpid();
+    static const OUString aPidString = OUString::number(pid);
+    aEyeCatcher += aPidString;
+#endif
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+    static const int pid = _getpid();
+    static const OUString aPidString = OUString::number(pid);
+    aEyeCatcher += aPidString;
+#endif
+    UniqueTokens t;
+    return lcl_createName( aEyeCatcher, t, nullptr, pParent, bDir, bKeep,
+                           false, false);
+}
+
+OUString TempFile::CreateTempName()
+{
+    OUString aName(CreateTempName_Impl( nullptr, false ));
+
+    // convert to file URL
+    OUString aTmp;
+    if ( !aName.isEmpty() )
+        FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( aName, aTmp );
+    return aTmp;
+}
+
+TempFile::TempFile( const OUString* pParent, bool bDirectory )
+    : bIsDirectory( bDirectory )
+    , bKillingFileEnabled( false )
+{
+    aName = CreateTempName_Impl( pParent, true, bDirectory );
+}
+
+TempFile::TempFile( std::u16string_view rLeadingChars, bool _bStartWithZero,
+                    const OUString* pExtension, const OUString* pParent,
+                    bool bCreateParentDirs )
+    : bIsDirectory( false )
+    , bKillingFileEnabled( false )
+{
+    SequentialTokens t(_bStartWithZero);
+    aName = lcl_createName( rLeadingChars, t, pExtension, pParent, false,
+                            true, true, bCreateParentDirs );
+}
+
+TempFile::TempFile(TempFile && other) noexcept :
+    aName(std::move(other.aName)), pStream(std::move(other.pStream)), bIsDirectory(other.bIsDirectory),
+    bKillingFileEnabled(other.bKillingFileEnabled)
+{
+    other.bKillingFileEnabled = false;
+}
+
+TempFile::~TempFile()
+{
+    if ( !bKillingFileEnabled )
+        return;
+
+    pStream.reset();
+    if ( bIsDirectory )
+    {
+        comphelper::DirectoryHelper::deleteDirRecursively(aName);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        File::remove( aName );
+    }
+}
+
+bool TempFile::IsValid() const
+{
+    return !aName.isEmpty();
+}
+
+OUString TempFile::GetFileName() const
+{
+    OUString aTmp;
+    FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL(aName, aTmp);
+    return aTmp;
+}
+
+OUString const & TempFile::GetURL() const
+{
+    // if you request the URL, then you presumably want to access this via UCB,
+    // and UCB will want to open the file via a separate file handle, which means
+    // we have to make this file data actually hit disk. We do this here (and not
+    // elsewhere) to make the other (normal) paths fast. Flushing to disk
+    // really slows temp files down.
+    if (pStream)
+        pStream->Flush();
+    return aName;
+}
+
+SvStream* TempFile::GetStream( StreamMode eMode )
+{
+    if (!pStream)
+    {
+        if (!aName.isEmpty())
+            pStream.reset(new SvFileStream(aName, eMode | StreamMode::TEMPORARY));
+        else
+            pStream.reset(new SvMemoryStream);
+    }
+
+    return pStream.get();
+}
+
+void TempFile::CloseStream()
+{
+    pStream.reset();
+}
+
+OUString TempFile::SetTempNameBaseDirectory( const OUString &rBaseName )
+{
+    if( rBaseName.isEmpty() )
+        return OUString();
+
+    OUString aUnqPath( rBaseName );
+
+    // remove trailing slash
+    if ( rBaseName.endsWith("/") )
+        aUnqPath = rBaseName.copy( 0, rBaseName.getLength() - 1 );
+
+    // try to create the directory
+    bool bRet = false;
+    osl::FileBase::RC err = osl::Directory::create( aUnqPath );
+    if ( err != FileBase::E_None && err != FileBase::E_EXIST )
+        // perhaps parent(s) don't exist
+        bRet = ensuredir( aUnqPath );
+    else
+        bRet = true;
+
+    // failure to create base directory means returning an empty string
+    OUString aTmp;
+    if ( bRet )
+    {
+        // append own internal directory
+        OUString &rTempNameBase_Impl = gTempNameBase_Impl;
+        rTempNameBase_Impl = rBaseName + "/";
+
+        TempFile aBase( nullptr, true );
+        if ( aBase.IsValid() )
+            // use it in case of success
+            rTempNameBase_Impl = aBase.aName;
+
+        // return system path of used directory
+        FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL( rTempNameBase_Impl, aTmp );
+    }
+
+    return aTmp;
+}
+
+OUString TempFile::GetTempNameBaseDirectory()
+{
+    return ConstructTempDir_Impl(nullptr, false);
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucbhelper.cxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucbhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4878ec1ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucbhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+/* -*- 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 <vector>
+
+#include <com/sun/star/sdbc/XResultSet.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionHandler.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/InteractionHandler.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CommandAbortedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/ContentInfo.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/ContentInfoAttribute.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/IOErrorCode.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/InteractiveIOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/NameClashException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/UniversalContentBroker.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XCommandEnvironment.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContentAccess.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XUniversalContentBroker.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Any.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Exception.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/RuntimeException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/simplefileaccessinteraction.hxx>
+#include <osl/file.hxx>
+#include <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <tools/datetime.hxx>
+#include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
+#include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
+#include <ucbhelper/commandenvironment.hxx>
+#include <ucbhelper/content.hxx>
+#include <unotools/ucbhelper.hxx>
+
+namespace com::sun::star::ucb { class XProgressHandler; }
+namespace com::sun::star::uno { class XComponentContext; }
+namespace com::sun::star::util { struct DateTime; }
+
+namespace {
+
+OUString canonic(OUString const & url) {
+    INetURLObject o(url);
+    SAL_WARN_IF(o.HasError(), "unotools.ucbhelper", "Invalid URL \"" << url << '"');
+    return o.GetMainURL(INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE);
+}
+
+ucbhelper::Content content(OUString const & url) {
+    return ucbhelper::Content(
+        canonic(url),
+        utl::UCBContentHelper::getDefaultCommandEnvironment(),
+        comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+}
+
+ucbhelper::Content content(INetURLObject const & url) {
+    return ucbhelper::Content(
+        url.GetMainURL(INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE),
+        utl::UCBContentHelper::getDefaultCommandEnvironment(),
+        comphelper::getProcessComponentContext());
+}
+
+std::vector<OUString> getContents(OUString const & url) {
+    try {
+        std::vector<OUString> cs;
+        ucbhelper::Content c(content(url));
+        css::uno::Sequence<OUString> args { "Title" };
+        css::uno::Reference<css::sdbc::XResultSet> res( c.createCursor(args), css::uno::UNO_SET_THROW);
+        css::uno::Reference<css::ucb::XContentAccess> acc( res, css::uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+        while (res->next()) {
+            cs.push_back(acc->queryContentIdentifierString());
+        }
+        return cs;
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION("unotools.ucbhelper", "getContents(" << url << ")");
+        return std::vector<OUString>();
+    }
+}
+
+OUString getCasePreservingUrl(const INetURLObject& url) {
+    return
+        content(url).executeCommand(
+            "getCasePreservingURL",
+            css::uno::Any()).
+        get<OUString>();
+}
+
+DateTime convert(css::util::DateTime const & dt) {
+    return DateTime(dt);
+}
+
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XCommandEnvironment > utl::UCBContentHelper::getDefaultCommandEnvironment()
+{
+    css::uno::Reference< css::task::XInteractionHandler > xIH(
+        css::task::InteractionHandler::createWithParent(
+            comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(), nullptr ) );
+
+    css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XProgressHandler > xProgress;
+    rtl::Reference<ucbhelper::CommandEnvironment> pCommandEnv =
+        new ::ucbhelper::CommandEnvironment(
+            new comphelper::SimpleFileAccessInteraction( xIH ), xProgress );
+
+    return pCommandEnv;
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::IsDocument(OUString const & url) {
+    try {
+        return content(url).isDocument();
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION("unotools.ucbhelper", "UCBContentHelper::IsDocument(" << url << ")");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+css::uno::Any utl::UCBContentHelper::GetProperty(
+    OUString const & url, OUString const & property)
+{
+    try {
+        return content(url).getPropertyValue(property);
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION("unotools.ucbhelper", "UCBContentHelper::GetProperty(" << url << ", " << property << ")");
+        return css::uno::Any();
+    }
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::IsFolder(OUString const & url) {
+    try {
+        return content(url).isFolder();
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION("unotools.ucbhelper", "UCBContentHelper::IsFolder(" << url << ")");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::GetTitle(
+    OUString const & url, OUString * title)
+{
+    assert(title != nullptr);
+    try {
+        return content(url).getPropertyValue("Title") >>= *title;
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION("unotools.ucbhelper", "UCBContentHelper::GetTitle(" << url << ")");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::Kill(OUString const & url) {
+    try {
+        content(url).executeCommand(
+            "delete",
+            css::uno::Any(true));
+        return true;
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION("unotools.ucbhelper", "UCBContentHelper::Kill(" << url << ")");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::MakeFolder(
+    ucbhelper::Content & parent, OUString const & title,
+    ucbhelper::Content & result)
+{
+    bool exists = false;
+    try {
+        const css::uno::Sequence<css::ucb::ContentInfo> info(
+            parent.queryCreatableContentsInfo());
+        for (const auto& rInfo : info) {
+            // Simply look for the first KIND_FOLDER:
+            if ((rInfo.Attributes
+                 & css::ucb::ContentInfoAttribute::KIND_FOLDER)
+                != 0)
+            {
+                // Make sure the only required bootstrap property is "Title":
+                if ( rInfo.Properties.getLength() != 1 || rInfo.Properties[0].Name != "Title" )
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (parent.insertNewContent(rInfo.Type, { "Title" }, { css::uno::Any(title) }, result))
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (css::ucb::InteractiveIOException const & e) {
+        if (e.Code == css::ucb::IOErrorCode_ALREADY_EXISTING) {
+            exists = true;
+        } else {
+            TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION(
+                "unotools.ucbhelper",
+                "UCBContentHelper::MakeFolder(" << title << ")");
+        }
+    } catch (css::ucb::NameClashException const &) {
+        exists = true;
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION(
+            "unotools.ucbhelper",
+            "UCBContentHelper::MakeFolder(" << title << ") ");
+    }
+    if (exists) {
+        INetURLObject o(parent.getURL());
+        o.Append(title);
+        result = content(o);
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::IsYounger(
+    OUString const & younger, OUString const & older)
+{
+    try {
+        return
+            convert(
+                content(younger).getPropertyValue(
+                    "DateModified").
+                get<css::util::DateTime>())
+            > convert(
+                content(older).getPropertyValue(
+                    "DateModified").
+                get<css::util::DateTime>());
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION(
+            "unotools.ucbhelper",
+            "UCBContentHelper::IsYounger(" << younger << ", " << older << ")");
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::Exists(OUString const & url) {
+    OUString pathname;
+    if (osl::FileBase::getSystemPathFromFileURL(url, pathname)
+        == osl::FileBase::E_None)
+    {
+        // Try to create a directory entry for the given URL:
+        OUString url2;
+        if (osl::FileBase::getFileURLFromSystemPath(pathname, url2)
+            == osl::FileBase::E_None)
+        {
+            // #106526 osl_getDirectoryItem is an existence check, no further
+            // osl_getFileStatus call necessary:
+            osl::DirectoryItem item;
+            return osl::DirectoryItem::get(url2, item) == osl::FileBase::E_None;
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    } else {
+        // Divide URL into folder and name part:
+        INetURLObject o(url);
+        OUString name(
+            o.getName(
+                INetURLObject::LAST_SEGMENT, true,
+                INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::WithCharset));
+        o.removeSegment();
+        o.removeFinalSlash();
+        std::vector<OUString> cs(
+            getContents(o.GetMainURL(INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE)));
+        return std::any_of(cs.begin(), cs.end(),
+            [&name](const OUString& rItem) {
+                return INetURLObject(rItem).
+                    getName(INetURLObject::LAST_SEGMENT, true, INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::WithCharset).
+                        equalsIgnoreAsciiCase(name); });
+    }
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::IsSubPath(
+    OUString const & parent, OUString const & child)
+{
+    // The comparison is done in the following way:
+    // - First, compare case sensitively
+    // - If names are different, try a fallback comparing case insensitively
+    // - If the last comparison succeeded, get case preserving normalized names
+    //   for the files and compare them
+    // (The second step is required because retrieving the normalized names
+    // might be very expensive in some cases.)
+    INetURLObject candidate(child);
+    INetURLObject folder(parent);
+    if (candidate.GetProtocol() != folder.GetProtocol()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    INetURLObject candidateLower(child.toAsciiLowerCase());
+    INetURLObject folderLower(parent.toAsciiLowerCase());
+    try {
+        INetURLObject tmp;
+        do {
+            if (candidate == folder
+                || (candidate.GetProtocol() == INetProtocol::File
+                    && candidateLower == folderLower
+                    && (getCasePreservingUrl(candidate)
+                        == getCasePreservingUrl(folder))))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+            tmp = candidate;
+        } while (candidate.removeSegment() && candidateLower.removeSegment()
+                 && candidate != tmp);
+            // INetURLObject::removeSegment sometimes returns true without
+            // modifying the URL, e.g., in case of "file:///"
+    } catch (css::uno::RuntimeException const &) {
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::ucb::CommandAbortedException const &) {
+        assert(false && "this cannot happen");
+        throw;
+    } catch (css::uno::Exception const &) {
+        TOOLS_INFO_EXCEPTION(
+            "unotools.ucbhelper",
+            "UCBContentHelper::IsSubPath(" << parent << ", " << child << ")");
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::EqualURLs(
+    OUString const & url1, OUString const & url2)
+{
+    if (url1.isEmpty() || url2.isEmpty()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XUniversalContentBroker > ucb(
+        css::ucb::UniversalContentBroker::create(
+            comphelper::getProcessComponentContext()));
+    return
+        ucb->compareContentIds(
+            ucb->createContentIdentifier(canonic(url1)),
+            ucb->createContentIdentifier(canonic(url2)))
+        == 0;
+}
+
+bool utl::UCBContentHelper::ensureFolder(
+    const css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext >& xCtx,
+    const css::uno::Reference< css::ucb::XCommandEnvironment >& xEnv,
+    std::u16string_view rFolder, ucbhelper::Content & result) noexcept
+{
+    try
+    {
+        INetURLObject aURL( rFolder );
+        OUString aTitle = aURL.getName( INetURLObject::LAST_SEGMENT, true, INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::WithCharset );
+        aURL.removeSegment();
+        ::ucbhelper::Content aParent;
+
+        if ( ::ucbhelper::Content::create( aURL.GetMainURL( INetURLObject::DecodeMechanism::NONE ),
+                                  xEnv, xCtx, aParent ) )
+        {
+            return ::utl::UCBContentHelper::MakeFolder(aParent, aTitle, result);
+        }
+    }
+    catch (...)
+    {
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucblockbytes.cxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucblockbytes.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad116eff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucblockbytes.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,1338 @@
+/* -*- 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 "ucblockbytes.hxx"
+
+#include <sal/log.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <salhelper/condition.hxx>
+#include <osl/thread.hxx>
+#include <osl/diagnose.h>
+#include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
+#include <tools/solar.h>
+#include <ucbhelper/interactionrequest.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/XUnoTunnel.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionAbort.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/InteractiveNetworkConnectException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CommandFailedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/ContentCreationException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CommandAbortedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/UnsupportedDataSinkException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/InteractiveIOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContentIdentifier.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XContent.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/IOException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XActiveDataStreamer.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/TempFile.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/XCommandProcessor.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/XInteractionHandler.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/OpenCommandArgument2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/PostCommandArgument2.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/OpenMode.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertiesChangeNotifier.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertiesChangeListener.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XActiveDataSink.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XActiveDataControl.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XSeekable.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
+#include <tools/debug.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/XTruncate.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/lang/IllegalArgumentException.hpp>
+
+#include <comphelper/bytereader.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/storagehelper.hxx>
+#include <ucbhelper/content.hxx>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <utility>
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::io;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::ucb;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::task;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+namespace {
+
+/**
+    Helper class for getting a XInputStream when opening a content
+ */
+class UcbDataSink_Impl : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XActiveDataControl, XActiveDataSink >
+{
+    UcbLockBytesRef         m_xLockBytes;
+
+public:
+    explicit UcbDataSink_Impl( UcbLockBytes* pLockBytes )
+        : m_xLockBytes( pLockBytes )
+    {}
+
+    // XActiveDataControl.
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   addListener ( const Reference<XStreamListener> &/*rxListener*/) override {}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   removeListener ( const Reference<XStreamListener> &/*rxListener*/) override {}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   start() override {}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   terminate() override
+                            { m_xLockBytes->terminate(); }
+
+    // XActiveDataSink.
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   setInputStream ( const Reference<XInputStream> &rxInputStream) override
+                            { m_xLockBytes->setInputStream(rxInputStream); }
+    virtual Reference<XInputStream> SAL_CALL getInputStream() override
+                            { return m_xLockBytes->getInputStream(); }
+};
+
+/**
+    Helper class for getting a XStream when opening a content
+ */
+class UcbStreamer_Impl : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XActiveDataStreamer, XActiveDataControl >
+{
+    Reference < XStream >   m_xStream;
+    UcbLockBytesRef         m_xLockBytes;
+
+public:
+    explicit UcbStreamer_Impl( UcbLockBytes* pLockBytes )
+        : m_xLockBytes( pLockBytes )
+    {}
+
+    // XActiveDataControl.
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   addListener ( const Reference<XStreamListener> &/*rxListener*/) override {}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   removeListener ( const Reference<XStreamListener> &/*rxListener*/) override {}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   start() override {}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   terminate() override
+                            { m_xLockBytes->terminate(); }
+
+    // XActiveDataStreamer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   setStream( const Reference< XStream >& aStream ) override
+                            { m_xStream = aStream; m_xLockBytes->setStream( aStream ); }
+    virtual Reference< XStream > SAL_CALL getStream() override
+                            { return m_xStream; }
+};
+
+/**
+    Helper class for managing interactions and progress when executing UCB commands
+ */
+class UcbTaskEnvironment : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XCommandEnvironment >
+{
+    Reference< XInteractionHandler >                m_xInteractionHandler;
+    Reference< XProgressHandler >                   m_xProgressHandler;
+
+public:
+                            UcbTaskEnvironment( const Reference< XInteractionHandler>& rxInteractionHandler,
+                                                const Reference< XProgressHandler>& rxProgressHandler )
+                                : m_xInteractionHandler( rxInteractionHandler )
+                                , m_xProgressHandler( rxProgressHandler )
+                            {}
+
+    virtual Reference<XInteractionHandler> SAL_CALL getInteractionHandler() override
+    { return m_xInteractionHandler; }
+
+    virtual Reference<XProgressHandler> SAL_CALL    getProgressHandler() override
+    { return m_xProgressHandler; }
+};
+
+/**
+    Helper class for property change notifies when executing UCB commands
+*/
+class UcbPropertiesChangeListener_Impl : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper< XPropertiesChangeListener >
+{
+public:
+    UcbLockBytesRef         m_xLockBytes;
+
+    explicit UcbPropertiesChangeListener_Impl( UcbLockBytesRef xRef )
+        : m_xLockBytes(std::move( xRef ))
+    {}
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   disposing ( const EventObject &/*rEvent*/) override {}
+    virtual void SAL_CALL   propertiesChange ( const Sequence<PropertyChangeEvent> &rEvent) override;
+};
+
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL UcbPropertiesChangeListener_Impl::propertiesChange ( const Sequence<PropertyChangeEvent> &rEvent)
+{
+    for (const auto& rPropChangeEvent : rEvent)
+    {
+        if (rPropChangeEvent.PropertyName == "DocumentHeader")
+        {
+            m_xLockBytes->SetStreamValid();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class Moderator
+    : public osl::Thread
+{
+    // usage restriction:
+    // It might be possible, that the call to the interactionhandler and/or
+    // progresshandler is done asynchronously, while the 'execute' simply
+    // returns. This would imply that these class must be refcounted!!!
+
+public:
+    /// @throws ContentCreationException
+    /// @throws RuntimeException
+    Moderator(
+        Reference < XContent > const & xContent,
+        Reference < XInteractionHandler > const & xInteract,
+        Command aArg
+    );
+
+    enum class ResultType {
+        NORESULT,
+
+        INTERACTIONREQUEST,    // reply expected
+
+        INPUTSTREAM,
+        STREAM,
+
+        RESULT,
+        TIMEDOUT,
+        COMMANDABORTED,
+        COMMANDFAILED,
+        INTERACTIVEIO,
+        UNSUPPORTED,
+        GENERAL
+    };
+
+    class ConditionRes
+        : public salhelper::Condition
+    {
+    public:
+        ConditionRes(osl::Mutex& aMutex,Moderator& aModerator)
+            : salhelper::Condition(aMutex),
+              m_aModerator(aModerator)
+        {
+        }
+
+    protected:
+        bool applies() const override {
+            return m_aModerator.m_aResultType != ResultType::NORESULT;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        Moderator& m_aModerator;
+    };
+
+    struct Result {
+        ResultType        type;
+        Any               result;
+        IOErrorCode       ioErrorCode;
+    };
+
+    Result getResult(const sal_uInt32 milliSec);
+
+    enum ReplyType {
+        NOREPLY,
+        EXIT,
+        REQUESTHANDLED
+    };
+
+    class ConditionRep
+        : public salhelper::Condition
+    {
+    public:
+        ConditionRep(osl::Mutex& aMutex,Moderator& aModerator)
+            : salhelper::Condition(aMutex),
+              m_aModerator(aModerator)
+        {
+        }
+
+    protected:
+        bool applies() const override {
+            return m_aModerator.m_aReplyType != NOREPLY;
+        }
+
+    private:
+        Moderator& m_aModerator;
+    };
+
+    void setReply(ReplyType);
+
+    void handle( const Reference<XInteractionRequest >& Request );
+
+    void setStream(const Reference< XStream >& aStream);
+    void setInputStream(const Reference<XInputStream> &rxInputStream);
+
+protected:
+    virtual void SAL_CALL run() override;
+    virtual void SAL_CALL onTerminated() override;
+
+private:
+    osl::Mutex        m_aMutex;
+
+    friend class ConditionRes;
+
+    ConditionRes      m_aRes;
+    ResultType        m_aResultType;
+    IOErrorCode       m_nIOErrorCode;
+    Any               m_aResult;
+
+    friend class ConditionRep;
+
+    ConditionRep      m_aRep;
+    ReplyType         m_aReplyType;
+
+    Command                           m_aArg;
+    ::ucbhelper::Content              m_aContent;
+};
+
+class ModeratorsActiveDataStreamer
+    : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<XActiveDataStreamer>
+{
+public:
+
+    explicit ModeratorsActiveDataStreamer(Moderator &theModerator);
+
+    // XActiveDataStreamer
+    virtual void SAL_CALL
+    setStream(
+        const Reference< XStream >& aStream
+    ) override;
+
+    virtual Reference<XStream> SAL_CALL getStream () override
+    {
+        std::scoped_lock aGuard(m_aMutex);
+        return m_xStream;
+    }
+
+private:
+    Moderator& m_aModerator;
+
+    std::mutex m_aMutex;
+    Reference<XStream> m_xStream;
+};
+
+class ModeratorsActiveDataSink
+    : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<XActiveDataSink>
+{
+public:
+
+    explicit ModeratorsActiveDataSink(Moderator &theModerator);
+
+    // XActiveDataSink.
+    virtual void SAL_CALL
+    setInputStream (
+        const Reference<XInputStream> &rxInputStream
+    ) override;
+
+    virtual Reference<XInputStream> SAL_CALL getInputStream() override
+    {
+        std::scoped_lock aGuard(m_aMutex);
+        return m_xStream;
+    }
+
+private:
+    Moderator& m_aModerator;
+    std::mutex m_aMutex;
+    Reference<XInputStream> m_xStream;
+};
+
+}
+
+ModeratorsActiveDataSink::ModeratorsActiveDataSink(Moderator &theModerator)
+    : m_aModerator(theModerator)
+{
+}
+
+// XActiveDataSink.
+void SAL_CALL
+ModeratorsActiveDataSink::setInputStream (
+    const Reference<XInputStream> &rxInputStream
+)
+{
+    m_aModerator.setInputStream(rxInputStream);
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard(m_aMutex);
+    m_xStream = rxInputStream;
+}
+
+ModeratorsActiveDataStreamer::ModeratorsActiveDataStreamer(
+    Moderator &theModerator
+)
+    : m_aModerator(theModerator)
+{
+}
+
+// XActiveDataStreamer.
+void SAL_CALL
+ModeratorsActiveDataStreamer::setStream (
+    const Reference<XStream> &rxStream
+)
+{
+    m_aModerator.setStream(rxStream);
+    std::scoped_lock aGuard(m_aMutex);
+    m_xStream = rxStream;
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+class ModeratorsInteractionHandler
+    : public ::cppu::WeakImplHelper<XInteractionHandler>
+{
+public:
+
+    explicit ModeratorsInteractionHandler(Moderator &theModerator);
+
+    virtual void SAL_CALL
+    handle( const Reference<XInteractionRequest >& Request ) override;
+
+private:
+
+    Moderator& m_aModerator;
+};
+
+}
+
+ModeratorsInteractionHandler::ModeratorsInteractionHandler(
+    Moderator &aModerator)
+    : m_aModerator(aModerator)
+{
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL
+ModeratorsInteractionHandler::handle(
+    const Reference<XInteractionRequest >& Request
+)
+{
+    // wakes up the mainthread
+    m_aModerator.handle(Request);
+}
+
+Moderator::Moderator(
+    Reference < XContent > const & xContent,
+    Reference < XInteractionHandler > const & xInteract,
+    Command aArg
+)
+    : m_aRes(m_aMutex,*this),
+      m_aResultType(ResultType::NORESULT),
+      m_nIOErrorCode(IOErrorCode_ABORT),
+      m_aRep(m_aMutex,*this),
+      m_aReplyType(NOREPLY),
+      m_aArg(std::move(aArg)),
+      m_aContent(
+          xContent,
+          new UcbTaskEnvironment(
+              xInteract.is() ? new ModeratorsInteractionHandler(*this) : nullptr,
+              nullptr),
+          comphelper::getProcessComponentContext())
+{
+    // now exchange the whole data sink stuff
+    // with a thread safe version
+
+    Reference<XInterface> *pxSink = nullptr;
+
+    PostCommandArgument2 aPostArg;
+    OpenCommandArgument2 aOpenArg;
+
+    int dec(2);
+    if(m_aArg.Argument >>= aPostArg) {
+        pxSink = &aPostArg.Sink;
+        dec = 0;
+    }
+    else if(m_aArg.Argument >>= aOpenArg) {
+        pxSink = &aOpenArg.Sink;
+        dec = 1;
+    }
+
+    if(dec ==2)
+        throw ContentCreationException();
+
+    Reference < XActiveDataSink > xActiveSink(*pxSink,UNO_QUERY);
+    if(xActiveSink.is())
+        pxSink->set( static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject*>(new ModeratorsActiveDataSink(*this)));
+
+    Reference<XActiveDataStreamer> xStreamer( *pxSink, UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( xStreamer.is() )
+        pxSink->set( static_cast<cppu::OWeakObject*>(new ModeratorsActiveDataStreamer(*this)));
+
+    if(dec == 0)
+        m_aArg.Argument <<= aPostArg;
+    else if(dec == 1)
+        m_aArg.Argument <<= aOpenArg;
+}
+
+Moderator::Result Moderator::getResult(const sal_uInt32 milliSec)
+{
+    Result ret;
+    try {
+        salhelper::ConditionWaiter aWaiter(m_aRes,milliSec);
+        ret.type = m_aResultType;
+        ret.result = m_aResult;
+        ret.ioErrorCode = m_nIOErrorCode;
+
+        // reset
+        m_aResultType = ResultType::NORESULT;
+    }
+    catch (const salhelper::ConditionWaiter::timedout&)
+    {
+        ret.type = ResultType::TIMEDOUT;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void Moderator::setReply(ReplyType aReplyType )
+{
+    salhelper::ConditionModifier aMod(m_aRep);
+    m_aReplyType = aReplyType;
+}
+
+void Moderator::handle( const Reference<XInteractionRequest >& Request )
+{
+    ReplyType aReplyType;
+
+    do {
+        {
+            salhelper::ConditionModifier aMod(m_aRes);
+            m_aResultType = ResultType::INTERACTIONREQUEST;
+            m_aResult <<= Request;
+        }
+
+        {
+            salhelper::ConditionWaiter aWait(m_aRep);
+            aReplyType = m_aReplyType;
+
+            // reset
+            m_aReplyType = NOREPLY;
+        }
+
+        if(aReplyType == EXIT) {
+            const Sequence<Reference<XInteractionContinuation> > aSeq(
+                Request->getContinuations());
+            for(const auto& rContinuation : aSeq) {
+                Reference<XInteractionAbort> aRef(rContinuation,UNO_QUERY);
+                if(aRef.is()) {
+                    aRef->select();
+                }
+            }
+
+            // resignal the exit condition
+            setReply(EXIT);
+            break;
+        }
+    } while(aReplyType != REQUESTHANDLED);
+}
+
+void Moderator::setStream(const Reference< XStream >& aStream)
+{
+    {
+        salhelper::ConditionModifier aMod(m_aRes);
+        m_aResultType = ResultType::STREAM;
+        m_aResult <<= aStream;
+    }
+    ReplyType aReplyType;
+    {
+        salhelper::ConditionWaiter aWait(m_aRep);
+        aReplyType = m_aReplyType;
+        m_aReplyType = NOREPLY;
+    }
+    if(aReplyType == EXIT)
+        setReply(EXIT);
+}
+
+void Moderator::setInputStream(const Reference<XInputStream> &rxInputStream)
+{
+    {
+        salhelper::ConditionModifier aMod(m_aRes);
+        m_aResultType = ResultType::INPUTSTREAM;
+        m_aResult <<= rxInputStream;
+    }
+    ReplyType aReplyType;
+    {
+        salhelper::ConditionWaiter aWait(m_aRep);
+        aReplyType = m_aReplyType;
+        m_aReplyType = NOREPLY;
+    }
+    if(aReplyType == EXIT)
+        setReply(EXIT);
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL Moderator::run()
+{
+    osl_setThreadName("utl::Moderator");
+
+    ResultType  aResultType;
+    Any         aResult;
+    IOErrorCode nIOErrorCode = IOErrorCode_ABORT;
+
+    try
+    {
+        aResult = m_aContent.executeCommand(m_aArg.Name,m_aArg.Argument);
+        aResultType = ResultType::RESULT;
+    }
+    catch (const CommandAbortedException&)
+    {
+        aResultType = ResultType::COMMANDABORTED;
+    }
+    catch (const CommandFailedException&)
+    {
+        aResultType = ResultType::COMMANDFAILED;
+    }
+    catch (const InteractiveIOException& r)
+    {
+        nIOErrorCode = r.Code;
+        aResultType = ResultType::INTERACTIVEIO;
+    }
+    catch (const UnsupportedDataSinkException &)
+    {
+        aResultType = ResultType::UNSUPPORTED;
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        aResultType = ResultType::GENERAL;
+    }
+
+    {
+        salhelper::ConditionModifier aMod(m_aRes);
+        m_aResultType = aResultType;
+        m_aResult = aResult;
+        m_nIOErrorCode = nIOErrorCode;
+    }
+}
+
+void SAL_CALL Moderator::onTerminated()
+{
+    {
+        salhelper::ConditionWaiter aWaiter(m_aRep);
+    }
+    delete this;
+}
+
+/**
+   Function for opening UCB contents synchronously,
+   but with handled timeout;
+*/
+static bool UCBOpenContentSync_(
+    const UcbLockBytesRef& xLockBytes,
+    const Reference < XContent >& xContent,
+    const Command& rArg,
+    const Reference < XInterface >& xSink,
+    const Reference < XInteractionHandler >& xInteract );
+
+static bool UCBOpenContentSync(
+    const UcbLockBytesRef& xLockBytes,
+    Reference < XContent > const & xContent,
+    const Command& rArg,
+    const Reference < XInterface >& xSink,
+    Reference < XInteractionHandler > const & xInteract )
+{
+    // http protocol must be handled in a special way:
+    //        during the opening process the input stream may change
+    //        only the last inputstream after notifying the document
+    //        headers is valid
+
+    Reference<XContentIdentifier> xContId(
+        xContent.is() ? xContent->getIdentifier() : nullptr );
+
+    OUString aScheme;
+    if(xContId.is())
+        aScheme = xContId->getContentProviderScheme();
+
+    // now determine whether we use a timeout or not;
+    if( ! aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("http")                &&
+        ! aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("https")               &&
+        ! aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("vnd.sun.star.webdav") &&
+        ! aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("vnd.sun.star.webdavs") &&
+        ! aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("ftp"))
+        return UCBOpenContentSync_(
+            xLockBytes,xContent,rArg,xSink,xInteract);
+
+    if ( !aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase( "http" ) &&
+         !aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase( "https" ) )
+        xLockBytes->SetStreamValid();
+
+    Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener > xListener;
+    Reference< XPropertiesChangeNotifier > xProps(xContent,UNO_QUERY);
+    if(xProps.is()) {
+        xListener =
+            new UcbPropertiesChangeListener_Impl(xLockBytes);
+        xProps->addPropertiesChangeListener(
+            Sequence< OUString >(),
+            xListener);
+    }
+
+    bool bException(false);
+    bool bAborted(false);
+    bool bResultAchieved(false);
+
+    Moderator* pMod = nullptr;
+    try
+    {
+        pMod = new Moderator(xContent,xInteract,rArg);
+        pMod->create();
+            //TODO: a protocol is missing how to join with the launched thread before exit(3), to
+            // ensure the thread is no longer relying on any infrastructure while that
+            // infrastructure is being shut down in atexit handlers
+    }
+    catch (const ContentCreationException&)
+    {
+        bResultAchieved = bException = true;
+        xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_GENERAL );
+    }
+
+    sal_uInt32 nTimeout(5000); // initially 5000 milliSec
+    while(!bResultAchieved) {
+
+        // try to get the result for with timeout
+        Moderator::Result res = pMod->getResult(nTimeout);
+
+        switch(res.type) {
+        case Moderator::ResultType::STREAM:
+            {
+                Reference<XStream> result;
+                if(res.result >>= result) {
+                    Reference < XActiveDataStreamer > xStreamer(
+                        xSink, UNO_QUERY
+                    );
+
+                    if(xStreamer.is())
+                        xStreamer->setStream(result);
+                }
+                pMod->setReply(Moderator::REQUESTHANDLED);
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::INPUTSTREAM:
+            {
+                Reference<XInputStream> result;
+                res.result >>= result;
+                Reference < XActiveDataSink > xActiveSink(
+                    xSink, UNO_QUERY
+                );
+
+                if(xActiveSink.is())
+                    xActiveSink->setInputStream(result);
+                pMod->setReply(Moderator::REQUESTHANDLED);
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::TIMEDOUT:
+            {
+                Reference<XInteractionRetry> xRet;
+                if(xInteract.is()) {
+                    InteractiveNetworkConnectException aExcep;
+                    INetURLObject aURL(
+                        xContId.is() ?
+                        xContId->getContentIdentifier() :
+                        OUString() );
+                    aExcep.Server = aURL.GetHost();
+                    aExcep.Classification = InteractionClassification_ERROR;
+                    aExcep.Message = "server not responding after five seconds";
+                    Any request;
+                    request <<= aExcep;
+                    rtl::Reference<ucbhelper::InteractionRequest> xIR =
+                        new ucbhelper::InteractionRequest(request);
+                    rtl::Reference<ucbhelper::InteractionRetry> retryP =
+                        new ucbhelper::InteractionRetry(xIR.get());
+                    rtl::Reference<ucbhelper::InteractionAbort> abortP =
+                        new ucbhelper::InteractionAbort(xIR.get());
+                    Sequence<Reference<XInteractionContinuation> > aSeq { retryP, abortP };
+
+                    xIR->setContinuations(aSeq);
+                    xInteract->handle(xIR);
+                    rtl::Reference< ucbhelper::InteractionContinuation > ref
+                        = xIR->getSelection();
+                    if(ref.is()) {
+                        Reference<XInterface> xInt(ref);
+                        xRet.set(xInt,UNO_QUERY);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if(!xRet.is()) {
+                    bAborted = true;
+                    xLockBytes->SetError(ERRCODE_ABORT);
+                }
+
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::INTERACTIONREQUEST:
+            {
+                Reference<XInteractionRequest> Request;
+                res.result >>= Request;
+                xInteract->handle(Request);
+                pMod->setReply(Moderator::REQUESTHANDLED);
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::RESULT:
+            {
+                bResultAchieved = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::COMMANDABORTED:
+            {
+                bAborted = true;
+                xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_ABORT );
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::COMMANDFAILED:
+            {
+                bAborted = true;
+                xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_ABORT );
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::INTERACTIVEIO:
+            {
+                bException = true;
+                if ( res.ioErrorCode == IOErrorCode_ACCESS_DENIED ||
+                     res.ioErrorCode == IOErrorCode_LOCKING_VIOLATION )
+                    xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_ACCESSDENIED );
+                else if ( res.ioErrorCode == IOErrorCode_NOT_EXISTING )
+                    xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_NOTEXISTS );
+                else if ( res.ioErrorCode == IOErrorCode_CANT_READ )
+                    xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_CANTREAD );
+                else
+                    xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_GENERAL );
+                break;
+            }
+        case Moderator::ResultType::UNSUPPORTED:
+            {
+                bException = true;
+                xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_NOTSUPPORTED );
+                break;
+            }
+        default:
+            {
+                bException = true;
+                xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_GENERAL );
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bResultAchieved |= bException;
+        bResultAchieved |= bAborted;
+        if(nTimeout == 5000) nTimeout *= 2;
+    }
+
+    if(pMod) pMod->setReply(Moderator::EXIT);
+
+    if ( bAborted || bException )
+    {
+        Reference < XActiveDataSink > xActiveSink( xSink, UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xActiveSink.is() )
+            xActiveSink->setInputStream( Reference < XInputStream >() );
+
+        Reference < XActiveDataStreamer > xStreamer( xSink, UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xStreamer.is() )
+            xStreamer->setStream( Reference < XStream >() );
+    }
+
+    Reference < XActiveDataControl > xControl( xSink, UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( xControl.is() )
+        xControl->terminate();
+
+    if ( xProps.is() )
+        xProps->removePropertiesChangeListener(
+            Sequence< OUString >(),
+            xListener );
+
+    return ( bAborted || bException );
+}
+
+/**
+    Function for opening UCB contents synchronously
+ */
+static bool UCBOpenContentSync_(
+    const UcbLockBytesRef& xLockBytes,
+    const Reference < XContent >& xContent,
+    const Command& rArg,
+    const Reference < XInterface >& xSink,
+    const Reference < XInteractionHandler >& xInteract )
+{
+    ::ucbhelper::Content aContent(
+        xContent, new UcbTaskEnvironment( xInteract, nullptr ),
+        comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+    Reference < XContentIdentifier > xIdent = xContent->getIdentifier();
+    OUString aScheme = xIdent->getContentProviderScheme();
+
+    // http protocol must be handled in a special way: during the opening process the input stream may change
+    // only the last inputstream after notifying the document headers is valid
+    if ( !aScheme.equalsIgnoreAsciiCase("http") )
+        xLockBytes->SetStreamValid();
+
+    Reference< XPropertiesChangeListener > xListener = new UcbPropertiesChangeListener_Impl( xLockBytes );
+    Reference< XPropertiesChangeNotifier > xProps ( xContent, UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( xProps.is() )
+        xProps->addPropertiesChangeListener( Sequence< OUString >(), xListener );
+
+    bool bException = false;
+    bool bAborted = false;
+
+    try
+    {
+        aContent.executeCommand( rArg.Name, rArg.Argument );
+    }
+    catch (const CommandAbortedException&)
+    {
+        bAborted = true;
+        xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_ABORT );
+    }
+    catch (const CommandFailedException&)
+    {
+        bAborted = true;
+        xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_ABORT );
+    }
+    catch (const InteractiveIOException& r)
+    {
+        bException = true;
+        if ( r.Code == IOErrorCode_ACCESS_DENIED || r.Code == IOErrorCode_LOCKING_VIOLATION )
+            xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_ACCESSDENIED );
+        else if ( r.Code == IOErrorCode_NOT_EXISTING )
+            xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_NOTEXISTS );
+        else if ( r.Code == IOErrorCode_CANT_READ )
+            xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_CANTREAD );
+        else
+            xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_GENERAL );
+    }
+    catch (const UnsupportedDataSinkException&)
+    {
+        bException = true;
+        xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_NOTSUPPORTED );
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        bException = true;
+        xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_GENERAL );
+    }
+
+    if ( bAborted || bException )
+    {
+        Reference < XActiveDataSink > xActiveSink( xSink, UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xActiveSink.is() )
+            xActiveSink->setInputStream( Reference < XInputStream >() );
+
+        Reference < XActiveDataStreamer > xStreamer( xSink, UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xStreamer.is() )
+            xStreamer->setStream( Reference < XStream >() );
+    }
+
+    Reference < XActiveDataControl > xControl( xSink, UNO_QUERY );
+    if ( xControl.is() )
+        xControl->terminate();
+
+    if ( xProps.is() )
+        xProps->removePropertiesChangeListener( Sequence< OUString >(), xListener );
+
+    return ( bAborted || bException );
+}
+
+UcbLockBytes::UcbLockBytes()
+    : m_nError( ERRCODE_NONE )
+    , m_bTerminated  (false)
+    , m_bDontClose( false )
+    , m_bStreamValid  (false)
+{
+    SetSynchronMode();
+}
+
+UcbLockBytes::~UcbLockBytes()
+{
+    if ( !m_bDontClose )
+    {
+        if ( m_xInputStream.is() )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                m_xInputStream->closeInput();
+            }
+            catch (const RuntimeException&)
+            {
+            }
+            catch (const IOException&)
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( m_xInputStream.is() || !m_xOutputStream.is() )
+        return;
+
+    try
+    {
+        m_xOutputStream->closeOutput();
+    }
+    catch (const RuntimeException&)
+    {
+    }
+    catch (const IOException&)
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+Reference < XInputStream > UcbLockBytes::getInputStream()
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    m_bDontClose = true;
+    return m_xInputStream;
+}
+
+void UcbLockBytes::setStream( const Reference<XStream>& aStream )
+{
+    osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+    if ( aStream.is() )
+    {
+        m_xOutputStream = aStream->getOutputStream();
+        setInputStream( aStream->getInputStream(), false );
+        m_xSeekable.set( aStream, UNO_QUERY );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_xOutputStream.clear();
+        setInputStream( Reference < XInputStream >() );
+    }
+}
+
+bool UcbLockBytes::setInputStream( const Reference<XInputStream> &rxInputStream, bool bSetXSeekable )
+{
+    bool bRet = false;
+
+    try
+    {
+        osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
+
+        if ( !m_bDontClose && m_xInputStream.is() )
+            m_xInputStream->closeInput();
+
+        m_xInputStream = rxInputStream;
+
+        if( bSetXSeekable )
+        {
+            m_xSeekable.set( rxInputStream, UNO_QUERY );
+            if( !m_xSeekable.is() && rxInputStream.is() )
+            {
+                Reference < XComponentContext > xContext = ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext();
+                Reference< XOutputStream > rxTempOut( css::io::TempFile::create(xContext), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
+
+                ::comphelper::OStorageHelper::CopyInputToOutput( rxInputStream, rxTempOut );
+                m_xInputStream.set( rxTempOut, UNO_QUERY );
+                m_xSeekable.set( rxTempOut, UNO_QUERY );
+            }
+        }
+
+        bRet = m_xInputStream.is();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+    }
+
+    if ( m_bStreamValid && m_xInputStream.is() )
+        m_aInitialized.set();
+
+    return bRet;
+}
+
+void UcbLockBytes::SetStreamValid()
+{
+    m_bStreamValid = true;
+    if ( m_xInputStream.is() )
+        m_aInitialized.set();
+}
+
+void UcbLockBytes::terminate()
+{
+    m_bTerminated = true;
+    m_aInitialized.set();
+    m_aTerminated.set();
+
+    if ( GetError() == ERRCODE_NONE && !m_xInputStream.is() )
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL("No InputStream, but no error set!" );
+        SetError( ERRCODE_IO_NOTEXISTS );
+    }
+}
+
+ErrCode UcbLockBytes::ReadAt(sal_uInt64 const nPos,
+        void *pBuffer, std::size_t nCount, std::size_t *pRead) const
+{
+    if ( IsSynchronMode() )
+    {
+        UcbLockBytes* pThis = const_cast < UcbLockBytes* >( this );
+        pThis->m_aInitialized.wait();
+    }
+
+    Reference <XInputStream> xStream = getInputStream();
+    if ( !xStream.is() )
+    {
+        if ( m_bTerminated )
+            return ERRCODE_IO_CANTREAD;
+        else
+            return ERRCODE_IO_PENDING;
+    }
+
+    if ( pRead )
+        *pRead = 0;
+
+    Reference <XSeekable> xSeekable = getSeekable();
+    if ( !xSeekable.is() )
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTREAD;
+
+    try
+    {
+        xSeekable->seek( nPos );
+    }
+    catch (const IOException&)
+    {
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTSEEK;
+    }
+    catch (const css::lang::IllegalArgumentException&)
+    {
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTSEEK;
+    }
+
+    sal_Int32          nSize;
+
+    if(nCount > 0x7FFFFFFF)
+    {
+        nCount = 0x7FFFFFFF;
+    }
+    try
+    {
+        if ( !m_bTerminated && !IsSynchronMode() )
+        {
+            sal_uInt64 nLen = xSeekable->getLength();
+            if ( nPos + nCount > nLen )
+                return ERRCODE_IO_PENDING;
+        }
+
+        Reference< css::lang::XUnoTunnel > xTunnel( xStream, UNO_QUERY );
+        comphelper::ByteReader* pByteReader = nullptr;
+        if (xTunnel)
+            pByteReader = reinterpret_cast< comphelper::ByteReader* >( xTunnel->getSomething( comphelper::ByteReader::getUnoTunnelId() ) );
+
+        if (pByteReader)
+        {
+            nSize = pByteReader->readSomeBytes( static_cast<sal_Int8*>(pBuffer), sal_Int32(nCount) );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            Sequence<sal_Int8> aData;
+            nSize = xStream->readBytes( aData, sal_Int32(nCount) );
+            memcpy (pBuffer, aData.getConstArray(), nSize);
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const IOException&)
+    {
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTREAD;
+    }
+
+    if (pRead)
+        *pRead = static_cast<std::size_t>(nSize);
+
+    return ERRCODE_NONE;
+}
+
+ErrCode UcbLockBytes::WriteAt(sal_uInt64 const nPos, const void *pBuffer,
+        std::size_t nCount, std::size_t *pWritten)
+{
+    if ( pWritten )
+        *pWritten = 0;
+
+    DBG_ASSERT( IsSynchronMode(), "Writing is only possible in SynchronMode!" );
+    DBG_ASSERT( m_aInitialized.check(), "Writing bevor stream is ready!" );
+
+    Reference <XSeekable> xSeekable = getSeekable();
+    Reference <XOutputStream> xOutputStream = getOutputStream();
+    if ( !xOutputStream.is() || !xSeekable.is() )
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTWRITE;
+
+    try
+    {
+        xSeekable->seek( nPos );
+    }
+    catch (const IOException&)
+    {
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTSEEK;
+    }
+
+    sal_Int8 const * pData = static_cast<sal_Int8 const *>(pBuffer);
+    Sequence<sal_Int8> aData( pData, nCount );
+    try
+    {
+        xOutputStream->writeBytes( aData );
+        if ( pWritten )
+            *pWritten = nCount;
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTWRITE;
+    }
+
+    return ERRCODE_NONE;
+}
+
+ErrCode UcbLockBytes::Flush() const
+{
+    Reference <XOutputStream > xOutputStream = getOutputStream();
+    if ( !xOutputStream.is() )
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTWRITE;
+
+    try
+    {
+        xOutputStream->flush();
+    }
+    catch (const Exception&)
+    {
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTWRITE;
+    }
+
+    return ERRCODE_NONE;
+}
+
+ErrCode UcbLockBytes::SetSize (sal_uInt64 const nNewSize)
+{
+    SvLockBytesStat aStat;
+    Stat( &aStat );
+    std::size_t nSize = aStat.nSize;
+
+    if ( nSize > nNewSize )
+    {
+        Reference < XTruncate > xTrunc( getOutputStream(), UNO_QUERY );
+        if ( xTrunc.is() )
+        {
+            xTrunc->truncate();
+            nSize = 0;
+        }
+        else {
+            SAL_INFO("unotools.ucbhelper", "Not truncable!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( nSize < nNewSize )
+    {
+        std::size_t nDiff = nNewSize-nSize, nCount=0;
+        std::unique_ptr<sal_uInt8[]> pBuffer(new sal_uInt8[ nDiff ]);
+        memset(pBuffer.get(), 0, nDiff); // initialize for enhanced security
+        WriteAt( nSize, pBuffer.get(), nDiff, &nCount );
+        if ( nCount != nDiff )
+            return ERRCODE_IO_CANTWRITE;
+    }
+
+    return ERRCODE_NONE;
+}
+
+ErrCode UcbLockBytes::Stat( SvLockBytesStat *pStat ) const
+{
+    if ( IsSynchronMode() )
+    {
+        UcbLockBytes* pThis = const_cast < UcbLockBytes* >( this );
+        pThis->m_aInitialized.wait();
+    }
+
+    if (!pStat)
+        return ERRCODE_IO_INVALIDPARAMETER;
+
+    Reference <XInputStream> xStream = getInputStream();
+    Reference <XSeekable> xSeekable = getSeekable();
+
+    if ( !xStream.is() )
+    {
+        if ( m_bTerminated )
+            return ERRCODE_IO_INVALIDACCESS;
+        else
+            return ERRCODE_IO_PENDING;
+    }
+    else if( !xSeekable.is() )
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTTELL;
+
+    try
+    {
+        pStat->nSize = sal_uLong(xSeekable->getLength());
+    }
+    catch (const IOException&)
+    {
+        return ERRCODE_IO_CANTTELL;
+    }
+
+    return ERRCODE_NONE;
+}
+
+UcbLockBytesRef UcbLockBytes::CreateInputLockBytes( const Reference< XInputStream >& xInputStream )
+{
+    if( !xInputStream.is() )
+        return nullptr;
+
+    UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes = new UcbLockBytes;
+    xLockBytes->setDontClose();
+    xLockBytes->setInputStream( xInputStream );
+    xLockBytes->terminate();
+    return xLockBytes;
+}
+
+UcbLockBytesRef UcbLockBytes::CreateLockBytes( const Reference< XStream >& xStream )
+{
+    if( !xStream.is() )
+        return nullptr;
+
+    UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes = new UcbLockBytes;
+    xLockBytes->setDontClose();
+    xLockBytes->setStream( xStream );
+    xLockBytes->terminate();
+    return xLockBytes;
+}
+
+UcbLockBytesRef UcbLockBytes::CreateLockBytes( const Reference < XContent >& xContent, const Sequence < PropertyValue >& rProps,
+        StreamMode eOpenMode, const Reference < XInteractionHandler >& xInteractionHandler )
+{
+    if( !xContent.is() )
+        return nullptr;
+
+    UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes = new UcbLockBytes;
+    xLockBytes->SetSynchronMode();
+    Reference< XActiveDataControl > xSink;
+    if ( eOpenMode & StreamMode::WRITE )
+        xSink = new UcbStreamer_Impl(xLockBytes.get());
+    else
+        xSink = new UcbDataSink_Impl(xLockBytes.get());
+
+    if ( rProps.hasElements() )
+    {
+        Reference < XCommandProcessor > xProcessor( xContent, UNO_QUERY );
+        Command aCommand;
+        aCommand.Name     = "setPropertyValues";
+        aCommand.Handle   = -1; /* unknown */
+        aCommand.Argument <<= rProps;
+        xProcessor->execute( aCommand, 0, Reference < XCommandEnvironment >() );
+    }
+
+    OpenCommandArgument2 aArgument;
+    aArgument.Sink = xSink;
+    aArgument.Mode = OpenMode::DOCUMENT;
+
+    Command aCommand;
+    aCommand.Name = "open";
+    aCommand.Argument <<= aArgument;
+
+    bool bError = UCBOpenContentSync( xLockBytes,
+                                      xContent,
+                                      aCommand,
+                                      xSink,
+                                      xInteractionHandler );
+
+    if ( xLockBytes->GetError() == ERRCODE_NONE && ( bError || !xLockBytes->getInputStream().is() ) )
+    {
+        OSL_FAIL("No InputStream, but no error set!" );
+        xLockBytes->SetError( ERRCODE_IO_GENERAL );
+    }
+
+    return xLockBytes;
+}
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucblockbytes.hxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucblockbytes.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca4eac2ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucblockbytes.hxx
@@ -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 .
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.hxx>
+
+#include <osl/conditn.hxx>
+#include <osl/mutex.hxx>
+#include <tools/stream.hxx>
+#include <vcl/errcode.hxx>
+
+namespace com
+{
+    namespace sun
+    {
+        namespace star
+        {
+            namespace task
+            {
+                class XInteractionHandler;
+            }
+            namespace io
+            {
+                class XStream;
+                class XInputStream;
+                class XOutputStream;
+                class XSeekable;
+            }
+            namespace ucb
+            {
+                class XContent;
+            }
+            namespace beans
+            {
+                struct PropertyValue;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+namespace utl
+{
+class UcbLockBytes;
+typedef tools::SvRef<UcbLockBytes> UcbLockBytesRef;
+
+class UcbLockBytes : public SvLockBytes
+{
+    osl::Condition          m_aInitialized;
+    osl::Condition          m_aTerminated;
+    osl::Mutex              m_aMutex;
+
+    css::uno::Reference < css::io::XInputStream >  m_xInputStream;
+    css::uno::Reference < css::io::XOutputStream > m_xOutputStream;
+    css::uno::Reference < css::io::XSeekable >     m_xSeekable;
+
+    ErrCode                 m_nError;
+
+    bool                    m_bTerminated;
+    bool                    m_bDontClose;
+    bool                    m_bStreamValid;
+
+                            UcbLockBytes();
+protected:
+    virtual                 ~UcbLockBytes() override;
+
+public:
+                            // properties: Referer, PostMimeType
+    static UcbLockBytesRef  CreateLockBytes( const css::uno::Reference < css::ucb::XContent >& xContent,
+                                            const css::uno::Sequence < css::beans::PropertyValue >& rProps,
+                                            StreamMode eMode,
+                                            const css::uno::Reference < css::task::XInteractionHandler >& xInter );
+
+    static UcbLockBytesRef  CreateInputLockBytes( const css::uno::Reference < css::io::XInputStream >& xContent );
+    static UcbLockBytesRef  CreateLockBytes( const css::uno::Reference < css::io::XStream >& xContent );
+
+    // SvLockBytes
+    virtual ErrCode         ReadAt(sal_uInt64 nPos, void *pBuffer, std::size_t nCount, std::size_t *pRead) const override;
+    virtual ErrCode         WriteAt(sal_uInt64, const void*, std::size_t, std::size_t *pWritten) override;
+    virtual ErrCode         Flush() const override;
+    virtual ErrCode         SetSize(sal_uInt64) override;
+    virtual ErrCode         Stat ( SvLockBytesStat *pStat ) const override;
+
+    void                    SetError( ErrCode nError )
+                            { m_nError = nError; }
+
+    ErrCode const &         GetError() const
+                            { return m_nError; }
+
+    // calling this method delegates the responsibility to call closeinput to the caller!
+    css::uno::Reference < css::io::XInputStream > getInputStream();
+
+    bool                    setInputStream( const css::uno::Reference < css::io::XInputStream > &rxInputStream,
+                                                 bool bSetXSeekable = true );
+    void                    setStream( const css::uno::Reference < css::io::XStream > &rxStream );
+    void                    terminate();
+
+    css::uno::Reference < css::io::XInputStream > getInputStream() const
+                            {
+                                osl::MutexGuard aGuard( const_cast< UcbLockBytes* >(this)->m_aMutex );
+                                return m_xInputStream;
+                            }
+
+    css::uno::Reference < css::io::XOutputStream > getOutputStream() const
+                            {
+                                osl::MutexGuard aGuard( const_cast< UcbLockBytes* >(this)->m_aMutex );
+                                return m_xOutputStream;
+                            }
+
+    css::uno::Reference < css::io::XSeekable > getSeekable() const
+                            {
+                                osl::MutexGuard aGuard( const_cast< UcbLockBytes* >(this)->m_aMutex );
+                                return m_xSeekable;
+                            }
+
+    void                    setDontClose()
+                            { m_bDontClose = true; }
+
+    void                    SetStreamValid();
+};
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucbstreamhelper.cxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucbstreamhelper.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3437a864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/ucbstreamhelper.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+/* -*- 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 <rtl/ustring.hxx>
+#include <unotools/ucbstreamhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <com/sun/star/task/InteractionHandler.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/ContentCreationException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/CommandAbortedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/ucb/InsertCommandArgument.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
+
+#include <comphelper/simplefileaccessinteraction.hxx>
+#include <ucbhelper/content.hxx>
+#include <unotools/streamwrap.hxx>
+#include "ucblockbytes.hxx"
+
+namespace com::sun::star::ucb { class XCommandEnvironment; }
+
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::uno;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::io;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::ucb;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::task;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::lang;
+using namespace ::com::sun::star::beans;
+
+namespace utl
+{
+
+static std::unique_ptr<SvStream> lcl_CreateStream( const OUString& rFileName, StreamMode eOpenMode,
+                                   const Reference < XInteractionHandler >& xInteractionHandler,
+                                   bool bEnsureFileExists )
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream;
+    UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes;
+    if ( eOpenMode & StreamMode::WRITE )
+    {
+        bool bTruncate = bool( eOpenMode & StreamMode::TRUNC );
+        if ( bTruncate )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // truncate is implemented with deleting the original file
+                ::ucbhelper::Content aCnt(
+                    rFileName, Reference < XCommandEnvironment >(),
+                    comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+                aCnt.executeCommand( "delete", css::uno::Any( true ) );
+            }
+
+            catch ( const CommandAbortedException& )
+            {
+                // couldn't truncate/delete
+            }
+            catch ( const ContentCreationException& )
+            {
+            }
+            catch ( const Exception& )
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+        if ( bEnsureFileExists || bTruncate )
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // make sure that the desired file exists before trying to open
+                SvMemoryStream aStream(0,0);
+                rtl::Reference<::utl::OInputStreamWrapper> xInput = new ::utl::OInputStreamWrapper( aStream );
+
+                ::ucbhelper::Content aContent(
+                    rFileName, Reference < XCommandEnvironment >(),
+                    comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+                InsertCommandArgument aInsertArg;
+                aInsertArg.Data = xInput;
+
+                aInsertArg.ReplaceExisting = false;
+                Any aCmdArg;
+                aCmdArg <<= aInsertArg;
+                aContent.executeCommand( "insert", aCmdArg );
+            }
+
+            // it is NOT an error when the stream already exists and no truncation was desired
+            catch ( const CommandAbortedException& )
+            {
+                // currently never an error is detected !
+            }
+            catch ( const ContentCreationException& )
+            {
+            }
+            catch ( const Exception& )
+            {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    try
+    {
+        // create LockBytes using UCB
+        ::ucbhelper::Content aContent(
+            rFileName, Reference < XCommandEnvironment >(),
+            comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
+        xLockBytes = UcbLockBytes::CreateLockBytes( aContent.get(), Sequence < PropertyValue >(),
+                                                    eOpenMode, xInteractionHandler );
+        if ( xLockBytes.is() )
+        {
+            pStream.reset( new SvStream( xLockBytes.get() ) );
+            pStream->SetBufferSize( 4096 );
+            pStream->SetError( xLockBytes->GetError() );
+        }
+    }
+    catch ( const CommandAbortedException& )
+    {
+    }
+    catch ( const ContentCreationException& )
+    {
+    }
+    catch ( const Exception& )
+    {
+    }
+
+    return pStream;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<SvStream> UcbStreamHelper::CreateStream(const OUString& rFileName, StreamMode eOpenMode, css::uno::Reference<css::awt::XWindow> xParentWin)
+{
+    // related tdf#99312
+    // create a specialized interaction handler to manages Web certificates and Web credentials when needed
+    Reference< XInteractionHandler > xIH(
+        css::task::InteractionHandler::createWithParent(comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(), xParentWin));
+    Reference<XInteractionHandler> xIHScoped(new comphelper::SimpleFileAccessInteraction(xIH));
+
+    return lcl_CreateStream( rFileName, eOpenMode, xIHScoped, true /* bEnsureFileExists */ );
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<SvStream> UcbStreamHelper::CreateStream(const OUString& rFileName, StreamMode eOpenMode,
+                                                        bool bFileExists, css::uno::Reference<css::awt::XWindow> xParentWin)
+{
+    // related tdf#99312
+    // create a specialized interaction handler to manages Web certificates and Web credentials when needed
+    Reference< XInteractionHandler > xIH(
+        css::task::InteractionHandler::createWithParent(comphelper::getProcessComponentContext(), xParentWin));
+    Reference<XInteractionHandler> xIHScoped(new comphelper::SimpleFileAccessInteraction(xIH));
+    return lcl_CreateStream( rFileName, eOpenMode, xIHScoped,!bFileExists );
+}
+
+
+std::unique_ptr<SvStream> UcbStreamHelper::CreateStream( const Reference < XInputStream >& xStream )
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream;
+    UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes = UcbLockBytes::CreateInputLockBytes( xStream );
+    if ( xLockBytes.is() )
+    {
+        pStream.reset( new SvStream( xLockBytes.get() ) );
+        pStream->SetBufferSize( 4096 );
+        pStream->SetError( xLockBytes->GetError() );
+    }
+
+    return pStream;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<SvStream> UcbStreamHelper::CreateStream( const Reference < XStream >& xStream )
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream;
+    if ( xStream->getOutputStream().is() )
+    {
+        UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes = UcbLockBytes::CreateLockBytes( xStream );
+        if ( xLockBytes.is() )
+        {
+            pStream.reset( new SvStream( xLockBytes.get() ) );
+            pStream->SetBufferSize( 4096 );
+            pStream->SetError( xLockBytes->GetError() );
+        }
+    }
+    else
+        return CreateStream( xStream->getInputStream() );
+
+    return pStream;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<SvStream> UcbStreamHelper::CreateStream( const Reference < XInputStream >& xStream, bool bCloseStream )
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream;
+    UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes = UcbLockBytes::CreateInputLockBytes( xStream );
+    if ( xLockBytes.is() )
+    {
+        if ( !bCloseStream )
+            xLockBytes->setDontClose();
+
+        pStream.reset( new SvStream( xLockBytes.get() ) );
+        pStream->SetBufferSize( 4096 );
+        pStream->SetError( xLockBytes->GetError() );
+    }
+
+    return pStream;
+};
+
+std::unique_ptr<SvStream> UcbStreamHelper::CreateStream( const Reference < XStream >& xStream, bool bCloseStream )
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<SvStream> pStream;
+    if ( xStream->getOutputStream().is() )
+    {
+        UcbLockBytesRef xLockBytes = UcbLockBytes::CreateLockBytes( xStream );
+        if ( xLockBytes.is() )
+        {
+            if ( !bCloseStream )
+                xLockBytes->setDontClose();
+
+            pStream.reset( new SvStream( xLockBytes.get() ) );
+            pStream->SetBufferSize( 4096 );
+            pStream->SetError( xLockBytes->GetError() );
+        }
+    }
+    else
+        return CreateStream( xStream->getInputStream(), bCloseStream );
+
+    return pStream;
+};
+
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/unotools/source/ucbhelper/xtempfile.cxx b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/xtempfile.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5772d8ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unotools/source/ucbhelper/xtempfile.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,435 @@
+/* -*- 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 "XTempFile.hxx"
+#include <com/sun/star/io/BufferSizeExceededException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/io/NotConnectedException.hpp>
+#include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
+#include <cppuhelper/typeprovider.hxx>
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
+#include <unotools/tempfile.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/propshlp.hxx>
+#include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
+
+OTempFileService::OTempFileService(css::uno::Reference< css::uno::XComponentContext > const &)
+: mpStream( nullptr )
+, mbRemoveFile( true )
+, mbInClosed( false )
+, mbOutClosed( false )
+{
+    mpTempFile.emplace();
+    mpTempFile->EnableKillingFile();
+}
+
+OTempFileService::~OTempFileService ()
+{
+}
+
+//  XTypeProvider
+
+css::uno::Sequence< css::uno::Type > SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getTypes(  )
+{
+    static ::cppu::OTypeCollection ourTypeCollection(
+                cppu::UnoType<css::beans::XPropertySet>::get()
+                ,OTempFileBase::getTypes() );
+
+    return ourTypeCollection.getTypes();
+};
+
+//  XTempFile
+
+sal_Bool SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getRemoveFile()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    if ( !mpTempFile )
+    {
+        // the stream is already disconnected
+        throw css::uno::RuntimeException("Not connected to a file.");
+    }
+
+    return mbRemoveFile;
+};
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::setRemoveFile( sal_Bool _removefile )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    if ( !mpTempFile )
+    {
+        // the stream is already disconnected
+        throw css::uno::RuntimeException("Not connected to a file.");
+    }
+
+    mbRemoveFile = _removefile;
+    mpTempFile->EnableKillingFile( mbRemoveFile );
+};
+OUString SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getUri()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    if ( !mpTempFile )
+    {
+        throw css::uno::RuntimeException("Not connected to a file.");
+    }
+
+    return mpTempFile->GetURL();
+
+};
+OUString SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getResourceName()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+
+    if ( !mpTempFile )
+    {
+        throw css::uno::RuntimeException("Not connected to a file.");
+    }
+
+    return mpTempFile->GetFileName();
+};
+
+// XInputStream
+
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OTempFileService::readBytes( css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nBytesToRead )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    if ( mbInClosed )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+    checkConnected();
+    if (nBytesToRead < 0)
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException( OUString(), static_cast< css::uno::XWeak * >(this));
+
+    if (aData.getLength() < nBytesToRead)
+        aData.realloc(nBytesToRead);
+
+    sal_uInt32 nRead = mpStream->ReadBytes(static_cast<void*>(aData.getArray()), nBytesToRead);
+    checkError();
+
+    if (nRead < o3tl::make_unsigned(aData.getLength()))
+        aData.realloc( nRead );
+
+    return nRead;
+}
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OTempFileService::readSomeBytes( css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData, sal_Int32 nMaxBytesToRead )
+{
+    {
+        std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+        if ( mbInClosed )
+            throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+        checkConnected();
+        checkError();
+
+        if (nMaxBytesToRead < 0)
+            throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * >( this ) );
+
+        if (mpStream->eof())
+        {
+            aData.realloc(0);
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+    return readBytes(aData, nMaxBytesToRead);
+}
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::skipBytes( sal_Int32 nBytesToSkip )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    if ( mbInClosed )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+    checkConnected();
+    checkError();
+    mpStream->SeekRel(nBytesToSkip);
+    checkError();
+}
+sal_Int32 SAL_CALL OTempFileService::available(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    if ( mbInClosed )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+    checkConnected();
+
+    sal_Int64 nAvailable = mpStream->remainingSize();
+    checkError();
+
+    return std::min<sal_Int64>(SAL_MAX_INT32, nAvailable);
+}
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::closeInput(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    if ( mbInClosed )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+    mbInClosed = true;
+
+    if ( mbOutClosed )
+    {
+        // stream will be deleted by TempFile implementation
+        mpStream = nullptr;
+        mpTempFile.reset();
+    }
+}
+
+// XOutputStream
+
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::writeBytes( const css::uno::Sequence< sal_Int8 >& aData )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    if ( mbOutClosed )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+    checkConnected();
+    sal_uInt32 nWritten = mpStream->WriteBytes(aData.getConstArray(), aData.getLength());
+    checkError();
+    if  ( nWritten != static_cast<sal_uInt32>(aData.getLength()))
+        throw css::io::BufferSizeExceededException( OUString(),static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > ( this ) );
+}
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::flush(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    if ( mbOutClosed )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+    checkConnected();
+    mpStream->Flush();
+    checkError();
+}
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::closeOutput(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    if ( mbOutClosed )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+
+    mbOutClosed = true;
+    if (mpStream)
+    {
+        // so that if you then open the InputStream, you can read the content
+        mpStream->FlushBuffer();
+        mpStream->Seek(0);
+    }
+
+    if ( mbInClosed )
+    {
+        // stream will be deleted by TempFile implementation
+        mpStream = nullptr;
+        mpTempFile.reset();
+    }
+}
+
+void OTempFileService::checkError () const
+{
+    if (!mpStream || mpStream->SvStream::GetError () != ERRCODE_NONE )
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), const_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > ( static_cast < const css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) ) );
+}
+void OTempFileService::checkConnected ()
+{
+    if (!mpStream && mpTempFile)
+    {
+        // Ideally we should open this SHARE_DENYALL, but the JunitTest_unotools_complex test wants to open
+        // this file directly and read from it.
+        mpStream = mpTempFile->GetStream(StreamMode::READ | StreamMode::WRITE
+                                         | StreamMode::SHARE_DENYWRITE);
+    }
+
+    if (!mpStream)
+        throw css::io::NotConnectedException ( OUString(), static_cast < css::uno::XWeak * > (this ) );
+}
+
+// XSeekable
+
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::seek( sal_Int64 nLocation )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+    checkError();
+    sal_Int64 nEndPos = mpStream->TellEnd();
+    if ( nLocation < 0 || nLocation > nEndPos )
+        throw css::lang::IllegalArgumentException();
+
+    mpStream->Seek(static_cast<sal_uInt32>(nLocation) );
+    checkError();
+}
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getPosition(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+
+    sal_uInt32 nPos = mpStream->Tell();
+    checkError();
+    return static_cast<sal_Int64>(nPos);
+}
+sal_Int64 SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getLength(  )
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+
+    checkError();
+
+    sal_Int64 nEndPos = mpStream->TellEnd();
+
+    return nEndPos;
+}
+
+// XStream
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream > SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getInputStream()
+    {
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::io::XInputStream >( *this, css::uno::UNO_QUERY );
+}
+
+css::uno::Reference< css::io::XOutputStream > SAL_CALL OTempFileService::getOutputStream()
+    {
+    return css::uno::Reference< css::io::XOutputStream >( *this, css::uno::UNO_QUERY );
+    }
+
+// XTruncate
+
+void SAL_CALL OTempFileService::truncate()
+{
+    std::unique_lock aGuard( maMutex );
+    checkConnected();
+    // SetStreamSize() call does not change the position
+    mpStream->Seek( 0 );
+    mpStream->SetStreamSize( 0 );
+    checkError();
+}
+
+#define PROPERTY_HANDLE_URI 1
+#define PROPERTY_HANDLE_REMOVE_FILE 2
+#define PROPERTY_HANDLE_RESOURCE_NAME 3
+
+// XPropertySet
+::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XPropertySetInfo > OTempFileService::getPropertySetInfo()
+{
+    // Create a table that map names to index values.
+    // attention: properties need to be sorted by name!
+    static cppu::OPropertyArrayHelper ourPropertyInfo(
+        {
+            css::beans::Property( "Uri", PROPERTY_HANDLE_URI, cppu::UnoType<OUString>::get(),
+                css::beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY ),
+            css::beans::Property( "RemoveFile", PROPERTY_HANDLE_REMOVE_FILE, cppu::UnoType<bool>::get(),
+                0 ),
+            css::beans::Property( "ResourceName", PROPERTY_HANDLE_RESOURCE_NAME, cppu::UnoType<OUString>::get(),
+                css::beans::PropertyAttribute::READONLY )
+        },
+        true );
+    static css::uno::Reference< css::beans::XPropertySetInfo > xInfo( 
+        ::cppu::OPropertySetHelper::createPropertySetInfo( ourPropertyInfo ) );
+    return xInfo;
+}
+void OTempFileService::setPropertyValue( const ::rtl::OUString& aPropertyName, const ::css::uno::Any& aValue )
+{
+    if ( aPropertyName == "RemoveFile" )
+        setRemoveFile( aValue.get<bool>() );
+    else
+    {
+        assert(false);
+        throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(aPropertyName);
+    }
+}
+::css::uno::Any OTempFileService::getPropertyValue( const ::rtl::OUString& aPropertyName )
+{
+    if ( aPropertyName == "RemoveFile" )
+        return css::uno::Any(getRemoveFile());
+    else if ( aPropertyName == "ResourceName" )
+        return css::uno::Any(getResourceName());
+    else if ( aPropertyName == "Uri" )
+        return css::uno::Any(getUri());
+    else
+    {
+        assert(false);
+        throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(aPropertyName);
+    }
+}
+void OTempFileService::addPropertyChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& /*aPropertyName*/, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener >& /*xListener*/ )
+{
+    assert(false);
+}
+void OTempFileService::removePropertyChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& /*aPropertyName*/, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XPropertyChangeListener >& /*xListener*/ )
+{
+    assert(false);
+}
+void OTempFileService::addVetoableChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& /*aPropertyName*/, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener >& /*xListener*/ )
+{
+    assert(false);
+}
+void OTempFileService::removeVetoableChangeListener( const ::rtl::OUString& /*aPropertyName*/, const ::css::uno::Reference< ::css::beans::XVetoableChangeListener >& /*xListener*/ )
+{
+    assert(false);
+}
+// XFastPropertySet
+void OTempFileService::setFastPropertyValue( ::sal_Int32 nHandle, const ::css::uno::Any& aValue )
+{
+    switch (nHandle)
+    {
+        case PROPERTY_HANDLE_REMOVE_FILE: setRemoveFile( aValue.get<bool>() ); return;
+    }
+    assert(false);
+    throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(OUString::number(nHandle));
+}
+::css::uno::Any OTempFileService::getFastPropertyValue( ::sal_Int32 nHandle )
+{
+    switch (nHandle)
+    {
+        case PROPERTY_HANDLE_REMOVE_FILE: return css::uno::Any(getRemoveFile());
+        case PROPERTY_HANDLE_RESOURCE_NAME: return css::uno::Any(getResourceName());
+        case PROPERTY_HANDLE_URI: return css::uno::Any(getUri());
+    }
+    assert(false);
+    throw css::beans::UnknownPropertyException(OUString::number(nHandle));
+}
+// XPropertyAccess
+::css::uno::Sequence< ::css::beans::PropertyValue > OTempFileService::getPropertyValues()
+{
+    return {
+        css::beans::PropertyValue("Uri", PROPERTY_HANDLE_URI, css::uno::Any(getUri()), css::beans::PropertyState_DEFAULT_VALUE),
+        css::beans::PropertyValue("RemoveFile", PROPERTY_HANDLE_REMOVE_FILE, css::uno::Any(getRemoveFile()), css::beans::PropertyState_DEFAULT_VALUE),
+        css::beans::PropertyValue("ResourceName", PROPERTY_HANDLE_RESOURCE_NAME, css::uno::Any(getResourceName()), css::beans::PropertyState_DEFAULT_VALUE)
+    };
+}
+void OTempFileService::setPropertyValues( const ::css::uno::Sequence< ::css::beans::PropertyValue >& aProps )
+{
+    for ( auto const & rPropVal : aProps )
+        setPropertyValue( rPropVal.Name, rPropVal.Value );
+}
+
+//  XServiceInfo
+sal_Bool OTempFileService::supportsService(const OUString& sServiceName)
+{
+    return cppu::supportsService(this, sServiceName);
+}
+OUString OTempFileService::getImplementationName()
+{
+    return "com.sun.star.io.comp.TempFile";
+}
+css::uno::Sequence< OUString > OTempFileService::getSupportedServiceNames()
+{
+    return { "com.sun.star.io.TempFile" };
+}
+
+extern "C" SAL_DLLPUBLIC_EXPORT css::uno::XInterface*
+unotools_OTempFileService_get_implementation(
+    css::uno::XComponentContext* context , css::uno::Sequence<css::uno::Any> const&)
+{
+    return cppu::acquire(new OTempFileService(context));
+}
+
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */