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#ifndef _UNOHELPER_HXX
#define _UNOHELPER_HXX

#include <sal/types.h>

// forward declarations
namespace rtl { class OUString; }
namespace com { namespace sun { namespace star {
    namespace uno {
        class XInterface;
        template<class T> class Reference;
    }
    namespace beans { class XPropertySet; }
} } }


#define OUSTRING(msg) rtl::OUString( RTL_CONSTASCII_USTRINGPARAM( msg ) )

namespace xforms
{

/** instantiate a UNO service using the process global service factory */
com::sun::star::uno::Reference<com::sun::star::uno::XInterface>
    createInstance( const rtl::OUString& sServiceName );

/** copy the properties from one PropertySet into the next */
void copy( const com::sun::star::uno::Reference<com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet>& , com::sun::star::uno::Reference<com::sun::star::beans::XPropertySet>& );

} // namespace

#endif