Prepare for removal of non-const operator[] from Sequence in extensions

Change-Id: Id57b187aaa669d4b9a35ab726a6df1a9b4823f1d
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/124364
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Mike Kaganski <mike.kaganski@collabora.com>

29 files changed, 111 insertions, 136 deletions

diff --git a/extensions/qa/update/test_update.cxx b/extensions/qa/update/test_update.cxx
index f99855dc6198..27d634b3b374 100644
--- a/extensions/qa/update/test_update.cxx
+++ b/extensions/qa/update/test_update.cxx
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ public:
             m_xProvider = deployment::UpdateInformationProvider::create( m_xContext );
 
         // repositories that we will be checking
-        m_aRepositoryList.realloc( 1 );
-        m_aRepositoryList[0] = m_directories.getURLFromSrc( u"/extensions/qa/update/simple.xml" );
+        m_aRepositoryList = { m_directories.getURLFromSrc( u"/extensions/qa/update/simple.xml" ) };
     }
 
     virtual void tearDown() override
diff --git a/extensions/source/abpilot/unodialogabp.cxx b/extensions/source/abpilot/unodialogabp.cxx
index a9836d910535..dd878f03e5c3 100644
--- a/extensions/source/abpilot/unodialogabp.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/abpilot/unodialogabp.cxx
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ namespace abp
     {
         Reference<awt::XWindow> xParentWindow;
         if (aArguments.getLength() == 1 && (aArguments[0] >>= xParentWindow) ) {
-            Sequence< Any > aNewArgs(1);
-            aNewArgs[0] <<= PropertyValue( "ParentWindow", 0, makeAny(xParentWindow), PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE );
+            Sequence< Any > aNewArgs{ Any(PropertyValue(
+                "ParentWindow", 0, makeAny(xParentWindow), PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE )) };
             OGenericUnoDialog::initialize(aNewArgs);
         } else {
             OGenericUnoDialog::initialize(aArguments);
diff --git a/extensions/source/bibliography/framectr.cxx b/extensions/source/bibliography/framectr.cxx
index 8c1d6eefddc3..1c5f85c03f35 100644
--- a/extensions/source/bibliography/framectr.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/bibliography/framectr.cxx
@@ -263,19 +263,18 @@ uno::Reference< frame::XDispatch >  BibFrameController_Impl::queryDispatch( cons
 uno::Sequence<uno::Reference< XDispatch > > BibFrameController_Impl::queryDispatches( const uno::Sequence<DispatchDescriptor>& aDescripts )
 {
     uno::Sequence< uno::Reference< XDispatch > > aDispatches( aDescripts.getLength() );
+    auto aDispatchesRange = asNonConstRange(aDispatches);
     for ( sal_Int32 i=0; i<aDescripts.getLength(); ++i )
-        aDispatches[i] = queryDispatch( aDescripts[i].FeatureURL, aDescripts[i].FrameName, aDescripts[i].SearchFlags );
+        aDispatchesRange[i] = queryDispatch( aDescripts[i].FeatureURL, aDescripts[i].FrameName, aDescripts[i].SearchFlags );
     return aDispatches;
 }
 
 uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int16 > SAL_CALL BibFrameController_Impl::getSupportedCommandGroups()
 {
-    uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int16 > aDispatchInfo( 4 );
-
-    aDispatchInfo[0] = frame::CommandGroup::EDIT;
-    aDispatchInfo[1] = frame::CommandGroup::DOCUMENT;
-    aDispatchInfo[2] = frame::CommandGroup::DATA;
-    aDispatchInfo[3] = frame::CommandGroup::VIEW;
+    uno::Sequence< ::sal_Int16 > aDispatchInfo{ frame::CommandGroup::EDIT,
+                                                frame::CommandGroup::DOCUMENT,
+                                                frame::CommandGroup::DATA,
+                                                frame::CommandGroup::VIEW };
 
     return aDispatchInfo;
 }
diff --git a/extensions/source/bibliography/general.cxx b/extensions/source/bibliography/general.cxx
index ad3a8c957b66..5fd46955c54a 100644
--- a/extensions/source/bibliography/general.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/bibliography/general.cxx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/ui/dialogs/TemplateDescription.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/uri/UriReferenceFactory.hpp>
 
+#include <o3tl/safeint.hxx>
 #include <toolkit/helper/vclunohelper.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
 #include <vcl/event.hxx>
@@ -673,8 +674,7 @@ namespace
                 return;
             m_bSelfChanging = true;
 
-            Sequence<sal_Int16> aSelection(1);
-            aSelection[0] = m_rComboBox.get_active();
+            Sequence<sal_Int16> aSelection{ o3tl::narrowing<sal_Int16>(m_rComboBox.get_active()) };
             m_xPropSet->setPropertyValue("SelectedItems", makeAny(aSelection));
 
             css::uno::Reference<css::form::XBoundComponent> xBound(m_xPropSet, css::uno::UNO_QUERY);
diff --git a/extensions/source/config/ldap/ldapuserprofilebe.cxx b/extensions/source/config/ldap/ldapuserprofilebe.cxx
index 8be633a4ca3e..9ed6a115e2b7 100644
--- a/extensions/source/config/ldap/ldapuserprofilebe.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/config/ldap/ldapuserprofilebe.cxx
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ bool LdapUserProfileBe::readLdapConfiguration(
 
         css::beans::NamedValue aPath("nodepath", uno::makeAny(OUString("org.openoffice.LDAP/UserDirectory")) );
 
-        uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs(1);
-        aArgs[0] <<=  aPath;
+        uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgs{ uno::Any(aPath) };
 
         xIface = xCfgProvider->createInstanceWithArguments("com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess", aArgs);
 
diff --git a/extensions/source/logging/loggerconfig.cxx b/extensions/source/logging/loggerconfig.cxx
index 4fd183099544..2ad97cc311b5 100644
--- a/extensions/source/logging/loggerconfig.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/logging/loggerconfig.cxx
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ namespace logging
                 bool bSuccess = false;
                 if ( aSettings.hasElements() )
                 {
-                    Sequence< Any > aConstructionArgs(1);
-                    aConstructionArgs[0] <<= aSettings;
+                    Sequence< Any > aConstructionArgs{ Any(aSettings) };
                     xInstance = _rContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(sServiceName, aConstructionArgs, _rContext);
                     bSuccess = xInstance.is();
                 }
@@ -222,11 +221,8 @@ namespace logging
                 css::configuration::theDefaultProvider::get(_rContext));
 
             // write access to the "Settings" node (which includes settings for all loggers)
-            Sequence< Any > aArguments(1);
-            aArguments[0] <<= NamedValue(
-                "nodepath",
-                makeAny( OUString( "/org.openoffice.Office.Logging/Settings" ) )
-            );
+            Sequence<Any> aArguments{ Any(NamedValue(
+                "nodepath", makeAny(OUString("/org.openoffice.Office.Logging/Settings")))) };
             Reference< XNameContainer > xAllSettings( xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
                 "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess",
                 aArguments
diff --git a/extensions/source/ole/oleobjw.cxx b/extensions/source/ole/oleobjw.cxx
index ba33772c171a..85f410c54604 100644
--- a/extensions/source/ole/oleobjw.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/ole/oleobjw.cxx
@@ -1018,7 +1018,9 @@ Any  IUnknownWrapper::invokeWithDispIdUnoTlb(const OUString& sFunctionName,
         if( outParameterCount && pMethod)
         {
             OutParamIndex.realloc( outParameterCount);
+            auto pOutParamIndex = OutParamIndex.getArray();
             OutParam.realloc( outParameterCount);
+            auto pOutParam = OutParam.getArray();
             sal_Int32 outIndex=0;
             int i = 0;
             try
@@ -1027,13 +1029,13 @@ Any  IUnknownWrapper::invokeWithDispIdUnoTlb(const OUString& sFunctionName,
                 {
                     if( pMethod->pParams[i].bOut )
                     {
-                        OutParamIndex[outIndex]= static_cast<sal_Int16>(i);
+                        pOutParamIndex[outIndex]= static_cast<sal_Int16>(i);
                         Any outAny;
                         if( !bJScriptObject)
                         {
                             variantToAny( &pVarParamsRef[outIndex], outAny,
                                         Type(pMethod->pParams[i].pTypeRef), false);
-                            OutParam[outIndex++]= outAny;
+                            pOutParam[outIndex++]= outAny;
                         }
                         else //JScriptObject
                         {
@@ -1047,7 +1049,7 @@ Any  IUnknownWrapper::invokeWithDispIdUnoTlb(const OUString& sFunctionName,
                                     {
                                         variantToAny( &varOut, outAny,
                                                     Type(pMethod->pParams[parameterCount - 1 - i].pTypeRef), false);
-                                        OutParam[outParameterCount - 1 - outIndex++]= outAny;
+                                        pOutParam[outParameterCount - 1 - outIndex++]= outAny;
                                     }
                                     else
                                         bConvRet= false;
@@ -1985,6 +1987,8 @@ Any  IUnknownWrapper::invokeWithDispIdComTlb(FuncDesc& aFuncDesc,
         // Convert out params
         if (outParamsCount)
         {
+            auto pOutParamIndex = OutParamIndex.getArray();
+            auto pOutParam = OutParam.getArray();
             int outParamIndex=0;
             for (int paramIndex = 0; paramIndex < nUnoArgs; paramIndex ++)
             {
@@ -2021,8 +2025,8 @@ Any  IUnknownWrapper::invokeWithDispIdComTlb(FuncDesc& aFuncDesc,
                     e.ArgumentIndex = paramIndex;
                     throw;
                 }
-                OutParam[outParamIndex] = outAny;
-                OutParamIndex[outParamIndex] = ::sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int16, int >( paramIndex );
+                pOutParam[outParamIndex] = outAny;
+                pOutParamIndex[outParamIndex] = ::sal::static_int_cast< sal_Int16, int >( paramIndex );
                 outParamIndex++;
             }
             OutParam.realloc(outParamIndex);
diff --git a/extensions/source/ole/unoconversionutilities.hxx b/extensions/source/ole/unoconversionutilities.hxx
index 338d85b622da..6cf3dc961731 100644
--- a/extensions/source/ole/unoconversionutilities.hxx
+++ b/extensions/source/ole/unoconversionutilities.hxx
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ void  UnoConversionUtilities<T>::getElementCountAndTypeOfSequence( const Any& rS
 {
     sal_Int32 dimCount= (*static_cast<uno_Sequence* const *>(rSeq.getValue()))->nElements;
     if( dimCount > seqElementCounts[ dim-1])
-        seqElementCounts[ dim-1]= dimCount;
+        seqElementCounts.getArray()[ dim-1]= dimCount;
 
     // we need the element type to construct the any that is
     // passed into getElementCountAndTypeOfSequence again
@@ -2331,11 +2331,12 @@ Sequence<Type> UnoConversionUtilities<T>::getImplementedInterfaces(IUnknown* pUn
             if( anyNames >>= seqAny)
             {
                 seqTypes.realloc( seqAny.getLength());
+                auto pseqTypes = seqTypes.getArray();
                 for( sal_Int32 i=0; i < seqAny.getLength(); i++)
                 {
                     OUString typeName;
                     seqAny[i] >>= typeName;
-                    seqTypes[i]= Type( TypeClass_INTERFACE, typeName);
+                    pseqTypes[i]= Type( TypeClass_INTERFACE, typeName);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/extensions/source/ole/unoobjw.cxx b/extensions/source/ole/unoobjw.cxx
index 81fbae1a0aca..034d7cec62a1 100644
--- a/extensions/source/ole/unoobjw.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/ole/unoobjw.cxx
@@ -2326,6 +2326,7 @@ Sink::Call( const OUString& Method, Sequence< Any >& Arguments )
            aMethods.getLength() > 0);
 
     int nMemId = 1;
+    auto ArgumentsRange = asNonConstRange(Arguments);
     // Skip the three XInterface methods
     for (int i = 3; i < aMethods.getLength(); i++)
     {
@@ -2419,21 +2420,21 @@ Sink::Call( const OUString& Method, Sequence< Any >& Arguments )
                     case VT_BYREF|VT_I2:
                         {
                             SHORT *pI = static_cast<SHORT*>(aDispParams.rgvarg[j].byref);
-                            Arguments[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= static_cast<sal_Int16>(*pI);
+                            ArgumentsRange[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= static_cast<sal_Int16>(*pI);
                             delete pI;
                         }
                         break;
                     case VT_BYREF|VT_I4:
                         {
                             LONG *pL = static_cast<LONG*>(aDispParams.rgvarg[j].byref);
-                            Arguments[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(*pL);
+                            ArgumentsRange[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= static_cast<sal_Int32>(*pL);
                             delete pL;
                         }
                         break;
                     case VT_BYREF|VT_BSTR:
                         {
                             BSTR *pBstr = static_cast<BSTR*>(aDispParams.rgvarg[j].byref);
-                            Arguments[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= OUString(o3tl::toU(*pBstr));
+                            ArgumentsRange[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= OUString(o3tl::toU(*pBstr));
                             // Undo SysAllocString() done in anyToVariant()
                             SysFreeString(*pBstr);
                             delete pBstr;
@@ -2443,7 +2444,7 @@ Sink::Call( const OUString& Method, Sequence< Any >& Arguments )
                         {
                             VARIANT_BOOL *pBool = static_cast<VARIANT_BOOL*>(aDispParams.rgvarg[j].byref);
                             // SAL_ DEBUG("===> VT_BOOL: byref is now " << aDispParams.rgvarg[j].byref << ", " << (int)*pBool);
-                            Arguments[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= (*pBool != VARIANT_FALSE);
+                            ArgumentsRange[nIncomingArgIndex] <<= (*pBool != VARIANT_FALSE);
                             delete pBool;
                         }
                         break;
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx
index d4770ba3e5d1..a42b63c10e9b 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/browserline.cxx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/graphic/XGraphicProvider.hpp>
 
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/string.hxx>
 #include <tools/debug.hxx>
 #include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
@@ -314,9 +315,7 @@ namespace pcr
             Reference< XComponentContext > xContext( ::comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
             Reference< XGraphicProvider > xGraphicProvider( GraphicProvider::create(xContext) );
 
-            Sequence< PropertyValue > aMediaProperties(1);
-            aMediaProperties[0].Name = "URL";
-            aMediaProperties[0].Value <<= rImageURL;
+            Sequence aMediaProperties{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL", rImageURL) };
 
             xGraphic = Reference<XGraphic>(xGraphicProvider->queryGraphic(aMediaProperties), css::uno::UNO_SET_THROW);
         }
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/buttonnavigationhandler.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/buttonnavigationhandler.cxx
index dc5b8d521c94..618d9db46b86 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/buttonnavigationhandler.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/buttonnavigationhandler.cxx
@@ -183,9 +183,7 @@ namespace pcr
 
     Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL ButtonNavigationHandler::getActuatingProperties( )
     {
-        Sequence< OUString > aActuating( 2 );
-        aActuating[0] = PROPERTY_BUTTONTYPE;
-        aActuating[1] = PROPERTY_TARGET_URL;
+        Sequence< OUString > aActuating{ PROPERTY_BUTTONTYPE, PROPERTY_TARGET_URL };
         return aActuating;
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghandler.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghandler.cxx
index d73d8cfeeb8a..32517a6c4be9 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghandler.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghandler.cxx
@@ -81,10 +81,9 @@ namespace pcr
 
     Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL CellBindingPropertyHandler::getActuatingProperties( )
     {
-        Sequence< OUString > aInterestingProperties( 3 );
-        aInterestingProperties[0] = PROPERTY_LIST_CELL_RANGE;
-        aInterestingProperties[1] = PROPERTY_BOUND_CELL;
-        aInterestingProperties[2] = PROPERTY_CONTROLSOURCE;
+        Sequence< OUString > aInterestingProperties{ PROPERTY_LIST_CELL_RANGE,
+                                                     PROPERTY_BOUND_CELL,
+                                                     PROPERTY_CONTROLSOURCE };
         return aInterestingProperties;
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghelper.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghelper.cxx
index 90dd8b77277b..e2bc47f16cc2 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghelper.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/cellbindinghelper.cxx
@@ -264,13 +264,7 @@ namespace pcr
             {
                 if ( !_rArgumentName.isEmpty() )
                 {
-                    NamedValue aArg;
-                    aArg.Name = _rArgumentName;
-                    aArg.Value = _rArgumentValue;
-
-                    Sequence< Any > aArgs( 1 );
-                    aArgs[ 0 ] <<= aArg;
-
+                    Sequence aArgs{ Any(NamedValue(_rArgumentName, _rArgumentValue)) };
                     xReturn = xDocumentFactory->createInstanceWithArguments( _rService, aArgs );
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/controlfontdialog.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/controlfontdialog.cxx
index 436770e60316..a4fa97881085 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/controlfontdialog.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/controlfontdialog.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyAttribute.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/PropertyValue.hpp>
 #include "controlfontdialog.hxx"
+
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <vcl/svapp.hxx>
 #include "fontdialog.hxx"
 #include "formstrings.hxx"
@@ -80,11 +82,8 @@ namespace pcr
         Reference<XPropertySet> xGridModel;
         if (aArguments.getLength() == 1 && (aArguments[0] >>= xGridModel))
         {
-            PropertyValue aArg;
-            aArg.Name = "IntrospectedObject";
-            aArg.Value <<= xGridModel;
-            Sequence< Any > aNewArguments(1);
-            aNewArguments[0] <<= aArg;
+            Sequence aNewArguments{ Any(comphelper::makePropertyValue("IntrospectedObject",
+                                                                      xGridModel)) };
             OControlFontDialog_DBase::initialize(aNewArguments);
         }
         else
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/eventhandler.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/eventhandler.cxx
index b920a4262650..75a37e9c0dd0 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/eventhandler.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/eventhandler.cxx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 
 #include <comphelper/namedvaluecollection.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/evtmethodhelper.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/types.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
@@ -375,11 +376,10 @@ namespace pcr
     {
         ScriptEventDescriptor aDescriptor( impl_getDescriptor_throw( _rName ) );
 
-        Sequence< PropertyValue > aScriptDescriptor( 2 );
-        aScriptDescriptor[0].Name = "EventType";
-        aScriptDescriptor[0].Value <<= aDescriptor.ScriptType;
-        aScriptDescriptor[1].Name = "Script";
-        aScriptDescriptor[1].Value <<= aDescriptor.ScriptCode;
+        Sequence< PropertyValue > aScriptDescriptor{
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("EventType", aDescriptor.ScriptType),
+            comphelper::makePropertyValue("Script", aDescriptor.ScriptCode)
+        };
 
         return makeAny( aScriptDescriptor );
     }
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/formcontroller.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/formcontroller.cxx
index e6be69492f2c..6e94aa0d1eb3 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/formcontroller.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/formcontroller.cxx
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace pcr
     {
         Sequence< OUString > aSupported( m_aSupportedServiceNames );
         aSupported.realloc( aSupported.getLength() + 1 );
-        aSupported[ aSupported.getLength() - 1 ] = "com.sun.star.inspection.ObjectInspector";
+        aSupported.getArray()[ aSupported.getLength() - 1 ] = "com.sun.star.inspection.ObjectInspector";
         return aSupported;
     }
 
@@ -127,19 +127,20 @@ namespace pcr
 
     ::cppu::IPropertyArrayHelper* FormController::createArrayHelper( ) const
     {
-        Sequence< Property > aProps( 2 );
-        aProps[0] = Property(
-            PROPERTY_CURRENTPAGE,
-            OWN_PROPERTY_ID_CURRENTPAGE,
-            ::cppu::UnoType<OUString>::get(),
-            PropertyAttribute::TRANSIENT
-        );
-        aProps[1] = Property(
-            PROPERTY_INTROSPECTEDOBJECT,
-            OWN_PROPERTY_ID_INTROSPECTEDOBJECT,
-            cppu::UnoType<XPropertySet>::get(),
-            PropertyAttribute::TRANSIENT | PropertyAttribute::CONSTRAINED
-        );
+        Sequence< Property > aProps{
+            Property(
+                PROPERTY_CURRENTPAGE,
+                OWN_PROPERTY_ID_CURRENTPAGE,
+                ::cppu::UnoType<OUString>::get(),
+                PropertyAttribute::TRANSIENT
+            ),
+            Property(
+                PROPERTY_INTROSPECTEDOBJECT,
+                OWN_PROPERTY_ID_INTROSPECTEDOBJECT,
+                cppu::UnoType<XPropertySet>::get(),
+                PropertyAttribute::TRANSIENT | PropertyAttribute::CONSTRAINED
+            )
+        };
         return new ::cppu::OPropertyArrayHelper( aProps );
     }
 
@@ -179,8 +180,7 @@ namespace pcr
                     Sequence< Reference< XInterface > > aObjects;
                     if ( m_xCurrentInspectee.is() )
                     {
-                        aObjects.realloc( 1 );
-                        aObjects[0] = m_xCurrentInspectee;
+                        aObjects = { m_xCurrentInspectee };
                     }
 
                     Reference< XObjectInspector > xInspector( *this, UNO_QUERY_THROW );
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/genericpropertyhandler.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/genericpropertyhandler.cxx
index 485c6937c2f6..014b4cf55f0f 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/genericpropertyhandler.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/genericpropertyhandler.cxx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <cppuhelper/implbase.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/extract.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/types.hxx>
 #include <tools/debug.hxx>
@@ -248,9 +249,7 @@ namespace pcr
         Reference< XDesktop2 > xDispProv = Desktop::create( m_xContext );
         Reference< XDispatch > xDispatch( xDispProv->queryDispatch( aURL, OUString(), 0 ), UNO_SET_THROW );
 
-        Sequence< PropertyValue > aDispatchArgs(1);
-        aDispatchArgs[0].Name   = "URL";
-        aDispatchArgs[0].Value  <<= _rURL;
+        Sequence aDispatchArgs{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL", _rURL) };
 
         xDispatch->dispatch( aURL, aDispatchArgs );
     }
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/objectinspectormodel.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/objectinspectormodel.cxx
index c0f6bf6b703e..adad6e66f27b 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/objectinspectormodel.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/objectinspectormodel.cxx
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ namespace pcr
 
     void ObjectInspectorModel::createDefault()
     {
-        m_aFactories.realloc( 1 );
-        m_aFactories[0] <<= OUString( "com.sun.star.inspection.GenericPropertyHandler" );
+        m_aFactories = { Any(OUString( "com.sun.star.inspection.GenericPropertyHandler" )) };
     }
 
 
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/pcrunodialogs.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/pcrunodialogs.cxx
index 2c6113647855..d3f1e81190d3 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/pcrunodialogs.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/pcrunodialogs.cxx
@@ -111,19 +111,20 @@ namespace pcr
         Reference<css::awt::XWindow> xParentWindow;
         if (aArguments.getLength() == 3 && (aArguments[0] >>= xTabbingModel) && (aArguments[1] >>= xControlContext) && (aArguments[2] >>= xParentWindow))
         {
-            Sequence< Any > aNewArguments( 3 );
-            aNewArguments[0] <<= NamedValue(
-                "TabbingModel",
-                makeAny( xTabbingModel )
-            );
-            aNewArguments[1] <<= NamedValue(
-                "ControlContext",
-                makeAny( xControlContext )
-            );
-            aNewArguments[2] <<= NamedValue(
-                "ParentWindow",
-                makeAny( xParentWindow )
-            );
+            Sequence< Any > aNewArguments{
+                Any(NamedValue(
+                    "TabbingModel",
+                    makeAny( xTabbingModel )
+                )),
+                Any(NamedValue(
+                    "ControlContext",
+                    makeAny( xControlContext )
+                )),
+                Any(NamedValue(
+                    "ParentWindow",
+                    makeAny( xParentWindow )
+                ))
+            };
             OTabOrderDialog_DBase::initialize(aNewArguments);
         }
         else
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/sqlcommanddesign.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/sqlcommanddesign.cxx
index c5bd8a34c749..73e205be4ed0 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/sqlcommanddesign.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/sqlcommanddesign.cxx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/frame/XDispatchProvider.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/sdb/CommandType.hpp>
 
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <tools/diagnose_ex.h>
 #include <osl/diagnose.h>
 
@@ -221,19 +222,14 @@ namespace pcr
             // thus, we create a blank frame at the desktop, remove it from the desktop's frame list
             // immediately, and then load the component into this blank (and now parent-less) frame
             Reference< XComponentLoader > xLoader( impl_createEmptyParentlessTask_nothrow(), UNO_QUERY_THROW );
-            Sequence< PropertyValue > aArgs( 5 );
-            aArgs[0].Name = PROPERTY_ACTIVE_CONNECTION;
-            aArgs[0].Value <<= m_xConnection.getTyped();
-
-            aArgs[1].Name  = PROPERTY_COMMAND;
-            aArgs[1].Value <<= m_xObjectAdapter->getSQLCommand();
-            aArgs[2].Name  = PROPERTY_COMMANDTYPE;
-            aArgs[2].Value <<= sal_Int32(CommandType::COMMAND);
-            aArgs[3].Name  = PROPERTY_ESCAPE_PROCESSING;
-            aArgs[3].Value <<= m_xObjectAdapter->getEscapeProcessing();
-
-            aArgs[4].Name  = "GraphicalDesign";
-            aArgs[4].Value <<= m_xObjectAdapter->getEscapeProcessing();
+            const bool bEscapeProcessing = m_xObjectAdapter->getEscapeProcessing();
+            Sequence< PropertyValue > aArgs{
+                comphelper::makePropertyValue(PROPERTY_ACTIVE_CONNECTION, m_xConnection.getTyped()),
+                comphelper::makePropertyValue(PROPERTY_COMMAND, m_xObjectAdapter->getSQLCommand()),
+                comphelper::makePropertyValue(PROPERTY_COMMANDTYPE, CommandType::COMMAND),
+                comphelper::makePropertyValue(PROPERTY_ESCAPE_PROCESSING, bEscapeProcessing),
+                comphelper::makePropertyValue("GraphicalDesign", bEscapeProcessing)
+            };
 
             Reference< XComponent > xQueryDesign = xLoader->loadComponentFromURL(
                 ".component:DB/QueryDesign",
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/stringrepresentation.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/stringrepresentation.cxx
index da468e5b51ef..83befe2039d3 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/stringrepresentation.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/stringrepresentation.cxx
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ namespace
         do
         {
             _out_SplitUp.realloc( _out_SplitUp.getLength() + 1 );
-            _out_SplitUp[ _out_SplitUp.getLength() - 1 ] = static_cast<ElementType>(_rTransformer( _rComposed.getToken( 0, '\n', tokenPos ) ));
+            _out_SplitUp.getArray()[ _out_SplitUp.getLength() - 1 ] = static_cast<ElementType>(_rTransformer( _rComposed.getToken( 0, '\n', tokenPos ) ));
         }
         while ( tokenPos != -1 );
     }
diff --git a/extensions/source/propctrlr/submissionhandler.cxx b/extensions/source/propctrlr/submissionhandler.cxx
index 3d2dfeff4ee2..87609e905e74 100644
--- a/extensions/source/propctrlr/submissionhandler.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/propctrlr/submissionhandler.cxx
@@ -216,10 +216,9 @@ namespace pcr
         if (!m_pHelper)
             return Sequence< OUString >();
 
-        Sequence< OUString > aReturn( 3 );
-        aReturn[ 0 ] = PROPERTY_TARGET_URL;
-        aReturn[ 1 ] = PROPERTY_TARGET_FRAME;
-        aReturn[ 2 ] = PROPERTY_BUTTONTYPE;
+        Sequence< OUString > aReturn{ PROPERTY_TARGET_URL,
+                                      PROPERTY_TARGET_FRAME,
+                                      PROPERTY_BUTTONTYPE };
         return aReturn;
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/source/scanner/scanunx.cxx b/extensions/source/scanner/scanunx.cxx
index 44787d46d0e6..b06e30a2794a 100644
--- a/extensions/source/scanner/scanunx.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/scanner/scanunx.cxx
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@ Sequence< ScannerContext > ScannerManager::getAvailableScanners()
 
     if( Sane::IsSane() )
     {
-        Sequence< ScannerContext > aRet(1);
-        aRet[0].ScannerName      = "SANE";
-        aRet[0].InternalData     = 0;
+        Sequence< ScannerContext > aRet{ { /* ScannerName */ "SANE", /* InternalData */ 0 } };
         return aRet;
     }
 
diff --git a/extensions/source/update/check/download.cxx b/extensions/source/update/check/download.cxx
index 905d16e99a7f..387c1efd7a4f 100644
--- a/extensions/source/update/check/download.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/update/check/download.cxx
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ Download::getProxyForURL(std::u16string_view rURL, OString& rHost, sal_Int32& rP
     aProperty.Name  = "nodepath";
     aProperty.Value <<= OUString("org.openoffice.Inet/Settings");
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList( 1 );
-    aArgumentList[0] <<= aProperty;
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList{ uno::Any(aProperty) };
 
     uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNameAccess(
         xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
diff --git a/extensions/source/update/check/updatecheckconfig.cxx b/extensions/source/update/check/updatecheckconfig.cxx
index 3c5f163b7226..30e444051e3f 100644
--- a/extensions/source/update/check/updatecheckconfig.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/update/check/updatecheckconfig.cxx
@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ UpdateCheckConfig::get(
     aProperty.Name  = "nodepath";
     aProperty.Value <<= OUString("org.openoffice.Office.Jobs/Jobs/UpdateCheck/Arguments");
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList( 1 );
-    aArgumentList[0] <<= aProperty;
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList{ uno::Any(aProperty) };
 
     uno::Reference< container::XNameContainer > xContainer(
         xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
@@ -235,11 +234,11 @@ UpdateCheckConfig::get(
         uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
 
     aProperty.Value <<= OUString("/org.openoffice.Office.ExtensionManager/ExtensionUpdateData/IgnoredUpdates");
-    aArgumentList[0] <<= aProperty;
+    aArgumentList = { uno::Any(aProperty) };
     uno::Reference< container::XNameContainer > xIgnoredExt( xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess", aArgumentList ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
 
     aProperty.Value <<= OUString("/org.openoffice.Office.ExtensionManager/ExtensionUpdateData/AvailableUpdates");
-    aArgumentList[0] <<= aProperty;
+    aArgumentList = { uno::Any(aProperty) };
     uno::Reference< container::XNameContainer > xUpdateAvail( xConfigProvider->createInstanceWithArguments( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationUpdateAccess", aArgumentList ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
 
     return new UpdateCheckConfig( xContainer, xUpdateAvail, xIgnoredExt, rListener );
diff --git a/extensions/source/update/check/updatehdl.cxx b/extensions/source/update/check/updatehdl.cxx
index 16b94d6c9db0..74f7b857828c 100644
--- a/extensions/source/update/check/updatehdl.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/update/check/updatehdl.cxx
@@ -782,8 +782,7 @@ void UpdateHandler::setFullVersion( OUString& rString )
     aProperty.Name  = "nodepath";
     aProperty.Value <<= OUString("org.openoffice.Setup/Product");
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList( 1 );
-    aArgumentList[0] <<= aProperty;
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList{ uno::Any(aProperty) };
 
     uno::Reference< uno::XInterface > xConfigAccess = xConfigurationProvider->createInstanceWithArguments( "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess",
                                                                          aArgumentList );
diff --git a/extensions/source/update/check/updateprotocol.cxx b/extensions/source/update/check/updateprotocol.cxx
index a2da6a82c716..db8319c799df 100644
--- a/extensions/source/update/check/updateprotocol.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/update/check/updateprotocol.cxx
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ getBootstrapData(
 
     if( !aValue.isEmpty() )
     {
-        rRepositoryList.realloc(1);
-        rRepositoryList[0] = aValue;
+        rRepositoryList = { aValue };
     }
 
     return true;
diff --git a/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx b/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx
index 142bd301cffa..c06328da7f79 100644
--- a/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/update/feed/updatefeed.cxx
@@ -302,8 +302,9 @@ UpdateInformationProvider::UpdateInformationProvider(
     uno::Reference< lang::XMultiServiceFactory > xConfigurationProvider(
         css::configuration::theDefaultProvider::get(m_xContext));
 
-    m_aRequestHeaderList[0].First = "Accept-Language";
-    m_aRequestHeaderList[0].Second = getConfigurationItem( xConfigurationProvider, "org.openoffice.Setup/L10N", "ooLocale" );
+    auto pRequestHeaderList = m_aRequestHeaderList.getArray();
+    pRequestHeaderList[0].First = "Accept-Language";
+    pRequestHeaderList[0].Second = getConfigurationItem( xConfigurationProvider, "org.openoffice.Setup/L10N", "ooLocale" );
 }
 
 bool
@@ -385,8 +386,9 @@ uno::Sequence< beans::StringPair > SAL_CALL UpdateInformationProvider::getUserRe
         aPair.realloc(1);
     else
     {
-        aPair[1].First = "User-Agent";
-        aPair[1].Second = aUserAgent;
+        auto pPair = aPair.getArray();
+        pPair[1].First = "User-Agent";
+        pPair[1].Second = aUserAgent;
     }
 
     return aPair;
@@ -403,9 +405,7 @@ UpdateInformationProvider::getConfigurationItemAny(uno::Reference<lang::XMultiSe
     aProperty.Name  = "nodepath";
     aProperty.Value <<= node;
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList( 1 );
-    aArgumentList[0] <<= aProperty;
-
+    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aArgumentList{ uno::Any(aProperty) };
     uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNameAccess(
         configurationProvider->createInstanceWithArguments(
             "com.sun.star.configuration.ConfigurationAccess",
diff --git a/extensions/source/update/ui/updatecheckui.cxx b/extensions/source/update/ui/updatecheckui.cxx
index fbed068c3b4d..6f7443700ec1 100644
--- a/extensions/source/update/ui/updatecheckui.cxx
+++ b/extensions/source/update/ui/updatecheckui.cxx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/graphic/XGraphicProvider.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/task/XJob.hpp>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/propertyvalue.hxx>
 #include <unotools/resmgr.hxx>
 #include <vcl/image.hxx>
 #include <vcl/menubarupdateicon.hxx>
@@ -140,10 +141,8 @@ Image UpdateCheckUI::GetBubbleImage( OUString const &rURL )
         try
         {
             uno::Reference< graphic::XGraphicProvider > xGraphProvider(graphic::GraphicProvider::create(xContext));
-            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aMediaProps( 1 );
-            aMediaProps[0].Name = "URL";
-            aMediaProps[0].Value <<= rURL;
-
+            uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aMediaProps{ comphelper::makePropertyValue("URL",
+                                                                                             rURL) };
             uno::Reference< graphic::XGraphic > xGraphic = xGraphProvider->queryGraphic( aMediaProps );
             if ( xGraphic.is() )
             {