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21 
22 
23 
24 // __________ Imports __________
25 
26 import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;
27 
28 public class Helper
29 {
30     // __________ static helper methods __________
31 
32     /** Connect to an office, if no office is running a new instance is started.
33      * A new connection is established and the service manger from the running
34      * offic eis returned.
35      */
connect()36     static public com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext connect()
37         throws Exception
38     {
39         // get the remote office component context
40         com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext xOfficeContext =
41             com.sun.star.comp.helper.Bootstrap.bootstrap();
42 
43         // if connection fails an exception is thrown
44         System.out.println("Connected to a running office ...");
45 
46         return xOfficeContext;
47     }
48 
49     /** creates and instantiates new document
50     */
createDocument( com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext xOfficeContext, String sURL, String sTargetFrame, int nSearchFlags, com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue[] aArgs )51     static public com.sun.star.lang.XComponent createDocument(
52         com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext xOfficeContext,
53         String sURL, String sTargetFrame, int nSearchFlags,
54         com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue[] aArgs )
55             throws Exception
56     {
57         com.sun.star.lang.XComponent xComponent = null;
58         com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader aLoader =
59             (com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
60                 com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader.class,
61                 xOfficeContext.getServiceManager().createInstanceWithContext(
62                     "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", xOfficeContext));
63 
64         xComponent = (com.sun.star.lang.XComponent)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
65             com.sun.star.lang.XComponent.class, aLoader.loadComponentFromURL(
66                 sURL, sTargetFrame, nSearchFlags, aArgs ) );
67 
68         if ( xComponent == null )
69             throw new Exception( "could not create document: " + sURL );
70         return xComponent;
71     }
72 }
73