Clean up C-style casts from pointers to void

Change-Id: Iad602cece6e328c7f5d5f36adb294c97b152ade3

28 files changed, 149 insertions, 149 deletions

diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx
index e025881f66df..496c5769b902 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_cb.cxx
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ enlarge_buffer ( preedit_text_t *ptext, int nnewlimit )
         nnewsize *= 2;
 
       ptext->nSize = nnewsize;
-      ptext->pUnicodeBuffer = (sal_Unicode*)realloc((void*)ptext->pUnicodeBuffer,
-            nnewsize * sizeof(sal_Unicode));
-      ptext->pCharStyle = (XIMFeedback*)realloc((void*)ptext->pCharStyle,
-            nnewsize * sizeof(XIMFeedback));
+      ptext->pUnicodeBuffer = static_cast<sal_Unicode*>(realloc((void*)ptext->pUnicodeBuffer,
+            nnewsize * sizeof(sal_Unicode)));
+      ptext->pCharStyle = static_cast<XIMFeedback*>(realloc((void*)ptext->pCharStyle,
+            nnewsize * sizeof(XIMFeedback)));
 }
 
 // Handle insertion of text in a preedit_draw_callback
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Preedit_InsertText(preedit_text_t *pText, XIMText *pInsertText, int where)
     {
         wchar_t *pWCString = pInsertText->string.wide_char;
           size_t nBytes = wcstombs ( NULL, pWCString, 1024 /* dont care */);
-          pMBString = (char*)alloca( nBytes + 1 );
+          pMBString = static_cast<char*>(alloca( nBytes + 1 ));
           nMBLength = wcstombs ( pMBString, pWCString, nBytes + 1);
     }
     else
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Preedit_InsertText(preedit_text_t *pText, XIMText *pInsertText, int where)
 
           sal_Size nBufferSize = nInsertTextLength * 2;
 
-          pInsertTextString = (sal_Unicode*)alloca(nBufferSize);
+          pInsertTextString = static_cast<sal_Unicode*>(alloca(nBufferSize));
 
           sal_uInt32  nConversionInfo;
           sal_Size    nConvertedChars;
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ StatusDrawCallback (XIC, XPointer, XIMStatusDrawCallbackStruct *call_data)
                 {
                     wchar_t* pWString = call_data->data.text->string.wide_char;
                     size_t nBytes = wcstombs( NULL, pWString, 1024 );
-                    pMBString = (sal_Char*)alloca( nBytes+1 );
+                    pMBString = static_cast<sal_Char*>(alloca( nBytes+1 ));
                     nLength = wcstombs( pMBString, pWString, nBytes+1 );
                 }
             }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx
index 87e84bbddd21..60cb0f0cdb5d 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_ic.cxx
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ SalI18N_InputContext::SalI18N_InputContext ( SalFrame *pFrame ) :
         maClientData.eState                 = ePreeditStatusStartPending;
         maClientData.pFrame                 = pFrame;
         maClientData.aText.pUnicodeBuffer   =
-            (sal_Unicode*)malloc(PREEDIT_BUFSZ * sizeof(sal_Unicode));
+            static_cast<sal_Unicode*>(malloc(PREEDIT_BUFSZ * sizeof(sal_Unicode)));
         maClientData.aText.pCharStyle       =
-            (XIMFeedback*)malloc(PREEDIT_BUFSZ * sizeof(XIMFeedback));
+            static_cast<XIMFeedback*>(malloc(PREEDIT_BUFSZ * sizeof(XIMFeedback)));
         maClientData.aText.nSize            = PREEDIT_BUFSZ;
         maClientData.aText.nCursorPos       = 0;
         maClientData.aText.nLength          = 0;
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ SalI18N_InputContext::SalI18N_InputContext ( SalFrame *pFrame ) :
             if ( mpPreeditAttributes != NULL )
 #endif
                 mpAttributes = XVaAddToNestedList( mpAttributes,
-                                                   const_cast<char*>(XNPreeditAttributes), (XPointer)mpPreeditAttributes );
+                                                   const_cast<char*>(XNPreeditAttributes), static_cast<XPointer>(mpPreeditAttributes) );
         }
         if ( mnStatusStyle != XIMStatusNone )
         {
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ SalI18N_InputContext::SalI18N_InputContext ( SalFrame *pFrame ) :
             if ( mpStatusAttributes != NULL )
 #endif
                 mpAttributes = XVaAddToNestedList( mpAttributes,
-                                                   const_cast<char*>(XNStatusAttributes), (XPointer)mpStatusAttributes );
+                                                   const_cast<char*>(XNStatusAttributes), static_cast<XPointer>(mpStatusAttributes) );
         }
         maContext = XCreateIC( pInputMethod->GetMethod(),
                                XNVaNestedList, mpAttributes,
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_status.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_status.cxx
index 838a455b9590..e957671c8ce3 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_status.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/i18n_status.cxx
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void XIMStatusWindow::layout()
 
     if (m_bAnchoredAtRight && IsVisible())
     {
-        SalFrame* pFrame = (SalFrame*)GetSystemData()->pSalFrame;
+        SalFrame* pFrame = static_cast<SalFrame*>(GetSystemData()->pSalFrame);
         long nDelta = pFrame->maGeometry.nWidth - m_aWindowSize.Width();
         pFrame->SetPosSize( pFrame->maGeometry.nX + nDelta,
                             pFrame->maGeometry.nY,
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Point XIMStatusWindow::updatePosition()
         m_pLastParent->CallCallback( SALEVENT_EXTTEXTINPUTPOS, (void*)&aPosEvent );
         int x, y;
         ::Window aChild;
-        XTranslateCoordinates( (Display*)pParentEnvData->pDisplay,
+        XTranslateCoordinates( static_cast<Display*>(pParentEnvData->pDisplay),
                                (::Window)pParentEnvData->aShellWindow,
                                vcl_sal::getSalDisplay(GetGenericData())->GetRootWindow( vcl_sal::getSalDisplay(GetGenericData())->GetDefaultXScreen() ),
                                0, 0,
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void XIMStatusWindow::setPosition( SalFrame* pParent )
         if( IsVisible() )
         {
             const SystemEnvData* pEnvData = GetSystemData();
-            SalFrame* pStatusFrame = (SalFrame*)pEnvData->pSalFrame;
+            SalFrame* pStatusFrame = static_cast<SalFrame*>(pEnvData->pSalFrame);
             Point aPoint = updatePosition();
             pStatusFrame->SetPosSize( aPoint.X(), aPoint.Y(), m_aWindowSize.Width(), m_aWindowSize.Height(), SAL_FRAME_POSSIZE_X | SAL_FRAME_POSSIZE_Y | SAL_FRAME_POSSIZE_WIDTH | SAL_FRAME_POSSIZE_HEIGHT );
         }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ IMPL_LINK_NOARG(XIMStatusWindow, DelayedShowHdl)
 {
     m_nDelayedEvent = 0;
     const SystemEnvData* pData = GetSystemData();
-    SalFrame* pStatusFrame = (SalFrame*)pData->pSalFrame;
+    SalFrame* pStatusFrame = static_cast<SalFrame*>(pData->pSalFrame);
     if( m_bDelayedShow )
     {
         Size aControlSize( m_aWindowSize.Width()-4, m_aWindowSize.Height()-4 );
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ IMPL_LINK_NOARG(XIMStatusWindow, DelayedShowHdl)
     Show( m_bDelayedShow && m_bOn, SHOW_NOACTIVATE );
     if( m_bDelayedShow )
     {
-        XRaiseWindow( (Display*)pData->pDisplay,
+        XRaiseWindow( static_cast<Display*>(pData->pDisplay),
                       (::Window)pData->aShellWindow );
     }
     return 0;
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ IIIMPStatusWindow::IIIMPStatusWindow( SalFrame* pParent, bool bOn ) :
         int nDistance = rGeom.nTopDecoration;
         if( nDistance < 20 )
             nDistance = 20;
-        XMoveWindow( (Display*)pEnvData->pDisplay,
+        XMoveWindow( static_cast<Display*>(pEnvData->pDisplay),
                      (::Window)pEnvData->aShellWindow,
                      rGeom.nX,
                      rGeom.nY + rGeom.nHeight + nDistance
@@ -440,12 +440,12 @@ void IIIMPStatusWindow::GetFocus()
         {
             const SystemEnvData* pParentEnvData = m_pResetFocus->GetSystemData();
             GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPush();
-            XSetInputFocus( (Display*)pParentEnvData->pDisplay,
+            XSetInputFocus( static_cast<Display*>(pParentEnvData->pDisplay),
                             (::Window)pParentEnvData->aShellWindow,
                             RevertToNone,
                             CurrentTime
                             );
-            XSync( (Display*)pParentEnvData->pDisplay, False );
+            XSync( static_cast<Display*>(pParentEnvData->pDisplay), False );
             GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPop();
         }
         m_pResetFocus = NULL;
@@ -470,12 +470,12 @@ IMPL_LINK( IIIMPStatusWindow, SelectHdl, MenuButton*, pBtn )
             {
                 const SystemEnvData* pEnv = pParent->GetSystemData();
                 GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPush();
-                XSetInputFocus( (Display*)pEnv->pDisplay,
+                XSetInputFocus( static_cast<Display*>(pEnv->pDisplay),
                                 (::Window)pEnv->aShellWindow,
                                 RevertToNone,
                                 CurrentTime
                                 );
-                XSync( (Display*)pEnv->pDisplay, False );
+                XSync( static_cast<Display*>(pEnv->pDisplay), False );
                 GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPop();
             }
         }
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ void I18NStatus::setStatusText( const OUString& rText )
          *  #93614# convert fullwidth ASCII forms to ascii
          */
         int nChars = rText.getLength();
-        sal_Unicode* pBuffer = (sal_Unicode*)alloca( nChars*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) );
+        sal_Unicode* pBuffer = static_cast<sal_Unicode*>(alloca( nChars*sizeof( sal_Unicode ) ));
         for( int i = 0; i < nChars; i++ )
         {
             if( rText[i] >=0xff00 && rText[i] <= 0xff5f )
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ SalFrame* I18NStatus::getStatusFrame() const
     if( m_pStatusWindow )
     {
         const SystemEnvData* pData = m_pStatusWindow->GetSystemData();
-        pRet = (SalFrame*)pData->pSalFrame;
+        pRet = static_cast<SalFrame*>(pData->pSalFrame);
     }
     return pRet;
 }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx
index 47ecec852431..e984b3e0dd44 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/saldisp.cxx
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ bool SalDisplay::BestVisual( Display     *pDisplay,
                                            &aVI, &nVisuals );
     // pVInfos should contain at least one visual, otherwise
     // we're in trouble
-    int* pWeight = (int*)alloca( sizeof(int)*nVisuals );
+    int* pWeight = static_cast<int*>(alloca( sizeof(int)*nVisuals ));
     int i;
     for( i = 0; i < nVisuals; i++ )
     {
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx
index 782cc9063b3a..750b8b79f867 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/sm.cxx
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ static void BuildSmPropertyList()
         pSmProps[ 3 ].num_vals  = 1;
         pSmProps[ 3 ].vals      = new SmPropValue;
         pSmProps[ 3 ].vals->value   = strdup( aUser.getStr() );
-        pSmProps[ 3 ].vals->length  = rtl_str_getLength( (char *)pSmProps[ 3 ].vals->value )+1;
+        pSmProps[ 3 ].vals->length  = rtl_str_getLength( static_cast<char *>(pSmProps[ 3 ].vals->value) )+1;
 
         pSmProps[ 4 ].name      = const_cast<char*>(SmRestartStyleHint);
         pSmProps[ 4 ].type      = const_cast<char*>(SmCARD8);
         pSmProps[ 4 ].num_vals  = 1;
         pSmProps[ 4 ].vals      = new SmPropValue;
         pSmProps[ 4 ].vals->value   = malloc(1);
-        pSmRestartHint = (unsigned char *)pSmProps[ 4 ].vals->value;
+        pSmRestartHint = static_cast<unsigned char *>(pSmProps[ 4 ].vals->value);
         *pSmRestartHint = SmRestartIfRunning;
         pSmProps[ 4 ].vals->length  = 1;
 
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ void ICEConnectionWorker(void * data)
             osl::MutexGuard g(pThis->m_ICEMutex);
             nConnectionsBefore = pThis->m_nConnections;
             int nBytes = sizeof( struct pollfd )*(nConnectionsBefore+1);
-            pLocalFD = (struct pollfd*)rtl_allocateMemory( nBytes );
+            pLocalFD = static_cast<struct pollfd*>(rtl_allocateMemory( nBytes ));
             memcpy( pLocalFD, pThis->m_pFilehandles, nBytes );
         }
 
@@ -683,8 +683,8 @@ void ICEWatchProc(
     {
         int fd = IceConnectionNumber( ice_conn );
         pThis->m_nConnections++;
-        pThis->m_pConnections = (IceConn*)rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pConnections, sizeof( IceConn )*pThis->m_nConnections );
-        pThis->m_pFilehandles = (struct pollfd*)rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pFilehandles, sizeof( struct pollfd )*(pThis->m_nConnections+1) );
+        pThis->m_pConnections = static_cast<IceConn*>(rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pConnections, sizeof( IceConn )*pThis->m_nConnections ));
+        pThis->m_pFilehandles = static_cast<struct pollfd*>(rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pFilehandles, sizeof( struct pollfd )*(pThis->m_nConnections+1) ));
         pThis->m_pConnections[ pThis->m_nConnections-1 ]      = ice_conn;
         pThis->m_pFilehandles[ pThis->m_nConnections ].fd     = fd;
         pThis->m_pFilehandles[ pThis->m_nConnections ].events = POLLIN;
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ void ICEWatchProc(
                     memmove( pThis->m_pFilehandles+i+1, pThis->m_pFilehandles+i+2, sizeof( struct pollfd )*(pThis->m_nConnections-i-1) );
                 }
                 pThis->m_nConnections--;
-                pThis->m_pConnections = (IceConn*)rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pConnections, sizeof( IceConn )*pThis->m_nConnections );
-                pThis->m_pFilehandles = (struct pollfd*)rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pFilehandles, sizeof( struct pollfd )*(pThis->m_nConnections+1) );
+                pThis->m_pConnections = static_cast<IceConn*>(rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pConnections, sizeof( IceConn )*pThis->m_nConnections ));
+                pThis->m_pFilehandles = static_cast<struct pollfd*>(rtl_reallocateMemory( pThis->m_pFilehandles, sizeof( struct pollfd )*(pThis->m_nConnections+1) ));
                 break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx
index 58d34fe3928e..e3239fde49df 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/app/wmadaptor.cxx
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static const WMAdaptorProtocol aAtomTab[] =
 extern "C" {
 static int compareProtocol( const void* pLeft, const void* pRight )
 {
-    return strcmp( ((const WMAdaptorProtocol*)pLeft)->pProtocol, ((const WMAdaptorProtocol*)pRight)->pProtocol );
+    return strcmp( static_cast<const WMAdaptorProtocol*>(pLeft)->pProtocol, static_cast<const WMAdaptorProtocol*>(pRight)->pProtocol );
 }
 }
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ NetWMAdaptor::NetWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
             )
         {
             Atom* pAtoms = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(pProperty);
-            char** pAtomNames = (char**)alloca( sizeof(char*)*nItems );
+            char** pAtomNames = static_cast<char**>(alloca( sizeof(char*)*nItems ));
             if( XGetAtomNames( m_pDisplay, pAtoms, nItems, pAtomNames ) )
             {
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
@@ -399,12 +399,12 @@ NetWMAdaptor::NetWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
 
                     WMAdaptorProtocol aSearch;
                     aSearch.pProtocol = pAtomNames[i];
-                    WMAdaptorProtocol* pMatch = (WMAdaptorProtocol*)
+                    WMAdaptorProtocol* pMatch = static_cast<WMAdaptorProtocol*>(
                         bsearch( &aSearch,
                                  aProtocolTab,
                                  SAL_N_ELEMENTS( aProtocolTab ),
                                  sizeof( struct WMAdaptorProtocol ),
-                                 compareProtocol );
+                                 compareProtocol ));
                     if( pMatch )
                     {
                         m_aWMAtoms[ pMatch->nProtocol ] = pAtoms[ i ];
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ GnomeWMAdaptor::GnomeWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
             )
         {
             Atom* pAtoms = reinterpret_cast<Atom*>(pProperty);
-            char** pAtomNames = (char**)alloca( sizeof(char*)*nItems );
+            char** pAtomNames = static_cast<char**>(alloca( sizeof(char*)*nItems ));
             if( XGetAtomNames( m_pDisplay, pAtoms, nItems, pAtomNames ) )
             {
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 1
@@ -657,12 +657,12 @@ GnomeWMAdaptor::GnomeWMAdaptor( SalDisplay* pSalDisplay ) :
 
                     WMAdaptorProtocol aSearch;
                     aSearch.pProtocol = pAtomNames[i];
-                    WMAdaptorProtocol* pMatch = (WMAdaptorProtocol*)
+                    WMAdaptorProtocol* pMatch = static_cast<WMAdaptorProtocol*>(
                         bsearch( &aSearch,
                                  aProtocolTab,
                                  SAL_N_ELEMENTS( aProtocolTab ),
                                  sizeof( struct WMAdaptorProtocol ),
-                                 compareProtocol );
+                                 compareProtocol ));
                     if( pMatch )
                     {
                         m_aWMAtoms[ pMatch->nProtocol ] = pAtoms[ i ];
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx
index 24480fca9c2e..795930f7dafe 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/X11_selection.cxx
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ bool SelectionManager::handleSelectionRequest( XSelectionRequestEvent& rRequest
                 getNativeTypeList( aFlavors, aConversions, rRequest.selection );
 
                 int i, nTypes = aConversions.size();
-                Atom* pTypes = (Atom*)alloca( nTypes * sizeof( Atom ) );
+                Atom* pTypes = static_cast<Atom*>(alloca( nTypes * sizeof( Atom ) ));
                 std::list< Atom >::const_iterator it;
                 for( i = 0, it = aConversions.begin(); i < nTypes; i++, ++it )
                     pTypes[i] = *it;
@@ -3291,7 +3291,7 @@ void SelectionManager::startDrag(
         getNativeTypeList( m_aDragFlavors, aConversions, m_nXdndSelection );
 
         int nTypes = aConversions.size();
-        Atom* pTypes = (Atom*)alloca( sizeof(Atom)*nTypes );
+        Atom* pTypes = static_cast<Atom*>(alloca( sizeof(Atom)*nTypes ));
         type_it = aConversions.begin();
         for( int n = 0; n < nTypes; n++, ++type_it )
             pTypes[n] = *type_it;
@@ -3375,7 +3375,7 @@ void SelectionManager::startDrag(
 
 void SelectionManager::runDragExecute( void* pThis )
 {
-    SelectionManager* This = (SelectionManager*)pThis;
+    SelectionManager* This = static_cast<SelectionManager*>(pThis);
     This->dragDoDispatch();
 }
 
@@ -3484,7 +3484,7 @@ void SelectionManager::transferablesFlavorsChanged()
     getNativeTypeList( m_aDragFlavors, aConversions, m_nXdndSelection );
 
     int nTypes = aConversions.size();
-    Atom* pTypes = (Atom*)alloca( sizeof(Atom)*aConversions.size() );
+    Atom* pTypes = static_cast<Atom*>(alloca( sizeof(Atom)*aConversions.size() ));
     for( i = 0, type_it = aConversions.begin(); type_it != aConversions.end(); ++type_it, i++ )
         pTypes[i] = *type_it;
     XChangeProperty( m_pDisplay, m_aWindow, m_nXdndTypeList, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(pTypes), nTypes );
@@ -3654,7 +3654,7 @@ void SelectionManager::run( void* pThis )
     osl::Thread::setName("SelectionManager");
     // dispatch until the cows come home
 
-    SelectionManager* This = (SelectionManager*)pThis;
+    SelectionManager* This = static_cast<SelectionManager*>(pThis);
 
     timeval aLast;
     gettimeofday( &aLast, 0 );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/bmp.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/bmp.cxx
index 0c8e1318e735..621243e5a11f 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/bmp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/bmp.cxx
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static sal_uInt8* X11_getPaletteBmpFromImage(
 
     // allocate buffer to hold header and scanlines, initialize to zero
     rOutSize = nHeaderSize + nScanlineSize*pImage->height;
-    pBuffer = (sal_uInt8*)rtl_allocateZeroMemory( rOutSize );
+    pBuffer = static_cast<sal_uInt8*>(rtl_allocateZeroMemory( rOutSize ));
     for( int y = 0; y < pImage->height; y++ )
     {
         sal_uInt8* pScanline = pBuffer + nHeaderSize + (pImage->height-1-y)*nScanlineSize;
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static sal_uInt8* X11_getTCBmpFromImage(
 
     // allocate buffer to hold header and scanlines, initialize to zero
     rOutSize = nHeaderSize + nScanlineSize*pImage->height;
-    pBuffer = (sal_uInt8*)rtl_allocateZeroMemory( rOutSize );
+    pBuffer = static_cast<sal_uInt8*>(rtl_allocateZeroMemory( rOutSize ));
     for( int y = 0; y < pImage->height; y++ )
     {
         sal_uInt8* pScanline = pBuffer + nHeaderSize + (pImage->height-1-y)*nScanlineSize;
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ Pixmap PixmapHolder::setBitmapData( const sal_uInt8* pData )
         aImage.obdata           = NULL;
 
         XInitImage( &aImage );
-        aImage.data = (char*)rtl_allocateMemory( nHeight*aImage.bytes_per_line );
+        aImage.data = static_cast<char*>(rtl_allocateMemory( nHeight*aImage.bytes_per_line ));
 
         if( readLE32( pData+14 ) == 24 )
         {
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/config.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/config.cxx
index b99176473757..00829ce61ad7 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/config.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/dtrans/config.cxx
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ DtransX11ConfigItem::DtransX11ConfigItem() :
     {
         if( pValue->getValueTypeClass() == TypeClass_STRING )
         {
-            const OUString* pLine = (const OUString*)pValue->getValue();
+            const OUString* pLine = static_cast<const OUString*>(pValue->getValue());
             if( !pLine->isEmpty() )
             {
                 m_nSelectionTimeout = pLine->toInt32();
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairo_xlib_cairo.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairo_xlib_cairo.cxx
index 3f063b37e8c7..bf58b95bf4bb 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairo_xlib_cairo.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairo_xlib_cairo.cxx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace cairo
     X11Pixmap::~X11Pixmap()
     {
         if( mpDisplay && mhDrawable )
-            XFreePixmap( (Display*)mpDisplay, mhDrawable );
+            XFreePixmap( static_cast<Display*>(mpDisplay), mhDrawable );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ namespace cairo
         maSysData(rSysData),
         mpPixmap(),
         mpSurface(
-            cairo_xlib_surface_create( (Display*)rSysData.pDisplay,
+            cairo_xlib_surface_create( static_cast<Display*>(rSysData.pDisplay),
                                        rSysData.hDrawable,
-                                       (Visual*)rSysData.pVisual,
+                                       static_cast<Visual*>(rSysData.pVisual),
                                        width + x, height + y ),
             &cairo_surface_destroy)
     {
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ namespace cairo
         maSysData( rSysData ),
         mpPixmap(),
         mpSurface(
-            cairo_xlib_surface_create( (Display*)rSysData.pDisplay,
+            cairo_xlib_surface_create( static_cast<Display*>(rSysData.pDisplay),
                                        reinterpret_cast<Drawable>(rData.aPixmap),
-                                       (Visual*) rSysData.pVisual,
+                                       static_cast<Visual*>(rSysData.pVisual),
                                        rData.mnWidth, rData.mnHeight ),
             &cairo_surface_destroy)
     {
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ namespace cairo
                     break;
             }
 
-            pFormat = XRenderFindStandardFormat( (Display*)maSysData.pDisplay, nFormat );
-            hPixmap = limitXCreatePixmap( (Display*)maSysData.pDisplay, maSysData.hDrawable,
+            pFormat = XRenderFindStandardFormat( static_cast<Display*>(maSysData.pDisplay), nFormat );
+            hPixmap = limitXCreatePixmap( static_cast<Display*>(maSysData.pDisplay), maSysData.hDrawable,
                                      width > 0 ? width : 1, height > 0 ? height : 1,
                                      pFormat->depth );
 
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ namespace cairo
                                     new X11Pixmap(hPixmap, maSysData.pDisplay)),
                                 CairoSurfaceSharedPtr(
                                     cairo_xlib_surface_create_with_xrender_format(
-                                        (Display*)maSysData.pDisplay,
+                                        static_cast<Display*>(maSysData.pDisplay),
                                         hPixmap,
-                                        ScreenOfDisplay((Display *)maSysData.pDisplay, maSysData.nScreen),
+                                        ScreenOfDisplay(static_cast<Display *>(maSysData.pDisplay), maSysData.nScreen),
                                         pFormat, width, height ),
                                     &cairo_surface_destroy) ));
         }
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ namespace cairo
 
     void X11Surface::flush() const
     {
-        XSync( (Display*)maSysData.pDisplay, false );
+        XSync( static_cast<Display*>(maSysData.pDisplay), false );
     }
 
     /**
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ namespace cairo
     int X11Surface::getDepth() const
     {
         if( maSysData.pRenderFormat )
-            return ((XRenderPictFormat*) maSysData.pRenderFormat)->depth;
+            return static_cast<XRenderPictFormat*>(maSysData.pRenderFormat)->depth;
 
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairotextrender.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairotextrender.cxx
index ee14de263707..6d9d74871686 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairotextrender.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/gdi/cairotextrender.cxx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ CairoFontsCache::~CairoFontsCache()
     {
         LRUFonts::iterator aEnd = maLRUFonts.end();
         for (LRUFonts::iterator aI = maLRUFonts.begin(); aI != aEnd; ++aI)
-            cairo_font_face_destroy((cairo_font_face_t*)aI->first);
+            cairo_font_face_destroy(static_cast<cairo_font_face_t*>(aI->first));
     }
 }
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void CairoFontsCache::CacheFont(void *pFont, const CairoFontsCache::CacheId &rId
     maLRUFonts.push_front( std::pair<void*, CairoFontsCache::CacheId>(pFont, rId) );
     if (maLRUFonts.size() > 8)
     {
-        cairo_font_face_destroy((cairo_font_face_t*)maLRUFonts.back().first);
+        cairo_font_face_destroy(static_cast<cairo_font_face_t*>(maLRUFonts.back().first));
         maLRUFonts.pop_back();
     }
 }
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void CairoTextRender::DrawServerFontLayout( const ServerFontLayout& rLayout )
         size_t nLen = std::distance(aI, aNext);
 
         aId.mbVerticalMetrics = nGlyphRotation != 0.0;
-        cairo_font_face_t* font_face = (cairo_font_face_t*)CairoFontsCache::FindCachedFont(aId);
+        cairo_font_face_t* font_face = static_cast<cairo_font_face_t*>(CairoFontsCache::FindCachedFont(aId));
         if (!font_face)
         {
             const ImplFontOptions *pOptions = rFont.GetFontOptions().get();
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/printer/cupsmgr.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/printer/cupsmgr.cxx
index c0ece24fb9e1..8a12fbb42562 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/printer/cupsmgr.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/printer/cupsmgr.cxx
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ extern "C" {
     static void getPPDWorker(void* pData)
     {
         osl_setThreadName("CUPSManager getPPDWorker");
-        GetPPDAttribs* pAttribs = (GetPPDAttribs*)pData;
+        GetPPDAttribs* pAttribs = static_cast<GetPPDAttribs*>(pData);
         pAttribs->executeCall();
     }
 }
@@ -200,12 +200,12 @@ CUPSManager::~CUPSManager()
     }
 
     if (m_nDests && m_pDests)
-        cupsFreeDests( m_nDests, (cups_dest_t*)m_pDests );
+        cupsFreeDests( m_nDests, static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests) );
 }
 
 void CUPSManager::runDestThread( void* pThis )
 {
-    ((CUPSManager*)pThis)->runDests();
+    static_cast<CUPSManager*>(pThis)->runDests();
 }
 
 void CUPSManager::runDests()
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ void CUPSManager::initialize()
     // this is needed to check for %%IncludeFeature support
     // (#i65684#, #i65491#)
     bool bUsePDF = false;
-    cups_dest_t* pDest = ((cups_dest_t*)m_pDests);
+    cups_dest_t* pDest = static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests);
     const char* pOpt = cupsGetOption( "printer-info",
                                                       pDest->num_options,
                                                       pDest->options );
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void CUPSManager::initialize()
     // with the same name as a CUPS printer, overwrite it
     while( nPrinter-- )
     {
-        pDest = ((cups_dest_t*)m_pDests)+nPrinter;
+        pDest = static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests)+nPrinter;
         OUString aPrinterName = OStringToOUString( pDest->name, aEncoding );
         if( pDest->instance && *pDest->instance )
         {
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ const PPDParser* CUPSManager::createCUPSParser( const OUString& rPrinter )
             m_aCUPSDestMap.find( aPrinter );
             if( dest_it != m_aCUPSDestMap.end() )
             {
-                cups_dest_t* pDest = ((cups_dest_t*)m_pDests) + dest_it->second;
+                cups_dest_t* pDest = static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests) + dest_it->second;
                 OString aPPDFile = threadedCupsGetPPD( pDest->name );
                 SAL_INFO("vcl.unx.print",
                         "PPD for " << aPrinter << " is " << aPPDFile);
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ void CUPSManager::getOptionsFromDocumentSetup( const JobData& rJob, bool bBanner
             {
                 OString aKey = OUStringToOString( pKey->getKey(), RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
                 OString aValue = OUStringToOString( sPayLoad, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
-                rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( aKey.getStr(), aValue.getStr(), rNumOptions, (cups_option_t**)rOptions );
+                rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( aKey.getStr(), aValue.getStr(), rNumOptions, reinterpret_cast<cups_option_t**>(rOptions) );
             }
         }
     }
@@ -609,13 +609,13 @@ void CUPSManager::getOptionsFromDocumentSetup( const JobData& rJob, bool bBanner
     if( rJob.m_nPDFDevice > 0 && rJob.m_nCopies > 1 )
     {
         OString aVal( OString::number( rJob.m_nCopies ) );
-        rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( "copies", aVal.getStr(), rNumOptions, (cups_option_t**)rOptions );
+        rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( "copies", aVal.getStr(), rNumOptions, reinterpret_cast<cups_option_t**>(rOptions) );
         aVal = OString::boolean(rJob.m_bCollate);
-        rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( "collate", aVal.getStr(), rNumOptions, (cups_option_t**)rOptions );
+        rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( "collate", aVal.getStr(), rNumOptions, reinterpret_cast<cups_option_t**>(rOptions) );
     }
     if( ! bBanner )
     {
-        rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( "job-sheets", "none", rNumOptions, (cups_option_t**)rOptions );
+        rNumOptions = cupsAddOption( "job-sheets", "none", rNumOptions, reinterpret_cast<cups_option_t**>(rOptions) );
     }
 }
 
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ bool CUPSManager::printJobs( const PendingJob& job, const std::vector< OString >
             sJobName = OUStringToOString(job.faxNumber, aEnc);
         }
 
-        cups_dest_t* pDest = ((cups_dest_t*)m_pDests) + dest_it->second;
+        cups_dest_t* pDest = static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests) + dest_it->second;
 
         std::vector< const char* > fnames;
         for( std::vector< OString >::const_iterator it = files.begin();
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ bool CUPSManager::checkPrintersChanged( bool bWait )
             // there is no way to query CUPS whether the printer list has changed
             // so get the dest list anew
             if( m_nDests && m_pDests )
-                cupsFreeDests( m_nDests, (cups_dest_t*)m_pDests );
+                cupsFreeDests( m_nDests, static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests) );
             m_nDests = 0;
             m_pDests = NULL;
             runDests();
@@ -841,11 +841,11 @@ bool CUPSManager::setDefaultPrinter( const OUString& rName )
         m_aCUPSDestMap.find( rName );
     if( nit != m_aCUPSDestMap.end() && m_aCUPSMutex.tryToAcquire() )
     {
-        cups_dest_t* pDests = (cups_dest_t*)m_pDests;
+        cups_dest_t* pDests = static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests);
         for( int i = 0; i < m_nDests; i++ )
             pDests[i].is_default = 0;
         pDests[ nit->second ].is_default = 1;
-        cupsSetDests( m_nDests, (cups_dest_t*)m_pDests );
+        cupsSetDests( m_nDests, static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests) );
         m_aDefaultPrinter = rName;
         m_aCUPSMutex.release();
         bSuccess = true;
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ bool CUPSManager::writePrinterConfig()
         if( m_aCUPSMutex.tryToAcquire() )
         {
             bDestModified = true;
-            cups_dest_t* pDest = ((cups_dest_t*)m_pDests) + nit->second;
+            cups_dest_t* pDest = static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests) + nit->second;
             PrinterInfo& rInfo = prt->second.m_aInfo;
 
             // create new option list
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ bool CUPSManager::writePrinterConfig()
     }
     if( bDestModified && m_aCUPSMutex.tryToAcquire() )
     {
-        cupsSetDests( m_nDests, (cups_dest_t*)m_pDests );
+        cupsSetDests( m_nDests, static_cast<cups_dest_t*>(m_pDests) );
         m_aCUPSMutex.release();
     }
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/printer/jobdata.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/printer/jobdata.cxx
index dacf2e2c1d7d..778961faa1bb 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/printer/jobdata.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/printer/jobdata.cxx
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ bool JobData::constructFromStreamBuffer( void* pData, int bytes, JobData& rJobDa
                 {
                     rJobData.m_aContext.setParser( rJobData.m_pParser );
                     int nBytes = bytes - aStream.Tell();
-                    char* pRemain = (char*)alloca( bytes - aStream.Tell() );
+                    char* pRemain = static_cast<char*>(alloca( bytes - aStream.Tell() ));
                     aStream.Read( pRemain, nBytes );
                     rJobData.m_aContext.rebuildFromStreamBuffer( pRemain, nBytes );
                     bContext = true;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx
index e7a5cf85edc4..413d47c02a70 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx
@@ -3176,7 +3176,7 @@ long X11SalFrame::HandleKeyEvent( XKeyEvent *pEvent )
     KeySym          nKeySym;
     KeySym          nUnmodifiedKeySym;
     int             nLen = 2048;
-    unsigned char   *pPrintable = (unsigned char*)alloca( nLen );
+    unsigned char   *pPrintable = static_cast<unsigned char*>(alloca( nLen ));
 
     // singlebyte code composed by input method, the new default
     if (mpInputContext != NULL && mpInputContext->UseContext())
@@ -3190,7 +3190,7 @@ long X11SalFrame::HandleKeyEvent( XKeyEvent *pEvent )
         if ( nStatus == XBufferOverflow )
         {
             nLen *= 2;
-            pPrintable = (unsigned char*)alloca( nLen );
+            pPrintable = static_cast<unsigned char*>(alloca( nLen ));
             nKeySym = pDisplay_->GetKeySym( pEvent, pPrintable, &nLen,
                                             &nUnmodifiedKeySym,
                                             &nStatus, mpInputContext->GetContext() );
@@ -3355,7 +3355,7 @@ long X11SalFrame::HandleKeyEvent( XKeyEvent *pEvent )
     sal_Unicode *pString;
     sal_Size     nBufferSize = nLen * 2;
     sal_Size     nSize;
-    pBuffer = (sal_Unicode*) malloc( nBufferSize + 2 );
+    pBuffer = static_cast<sal_Unicode*>(malloc( nBufferSize + 2 ));
     pBuffer[ 0 ] = 0;
 
     if (nKeyString != 0)
diff --git a/vcl/unx/generic/window/salobj.cxx b/vcl/unx/generic/window/salobj.cxx
index 7a7dbf988eb0..e538ae423e99 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/generic/window/salobj.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/generic/window/salobj.cxx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ X11SalObject* X11SalObject::CreateObject( SalFrame* pParent, SystemWindowData* p
     X11SalObject*       pObject  = new X11SalObject();
     SystemEnvData*    pObjData = const_cast<SystemEnvData*>(pObject->GetSystemData());
 
-    if ( ! XShapeQueryExtension( (Display*)pObjData->pDisplay,
+    if ( ! XShapeQueryExtension( static_cast<Display*>(pObjData->pDisplay),
                                   &event_base, &error_base ) )
     {
         delete pObject;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ X11SalObject* X11SalObject::CreateObject( SalFrame* pParent, SystemWindowData* p
     XGetWindowAttributes( pDisp, aObjectParent, &aParentAttr );
     SalX11Screen nXScreen( XScreenNumberOfScreen( aParentAttr.screen ) );
     Visual* pVisual = (pWindowData && pWindowData->pVisual) ?
-                      (Visual*)pWindowData->pVisual :
+                      static_cast<Visual*>(pWindowData->pVisual) :
                       pSalDisp->GetVisual( nXScreen ).GetVisual();
     // get visual info
     VisualID aVisID = XVisualIDFromVisual( pVisual );
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ X11SalObject::~X11SalObject()
 
     GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPush();
     if ( maSecondary )
-        XDestroyWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay, maSecondary );
+        XDestroyWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay), maSecondary );
     if ( maPrimary )
-        XDestroyWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay, maPrimary );
+        XDestroyWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay), maPrimary );
     if ( maColormap )
-        XFreeColormap((Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay, maColormap);
-    XSync( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay, False );
+        XFreeColormap(static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay), maColormap);
+    XSync( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay), False );
     GetGenericData()->ErrorTrapPop();
 }
 
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ X11SalObject::ResetClipRegion()
 
     ::Window aShapeWindow = maPrimary;
 
-    XGetWindowAttributes ( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+    XGetWindowAttributes ( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                            aShapeWindow,
                            &win_attrib );
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ X11SalObject::ResetClipRegion()
     win_size.width  = win_attrib.width;
     win_size.height = win_attrib.height;
 
-    XShapeCombineRectangles ( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+    XShapeCombineRectangles ( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                               aShapeWindow,
                               dest_kind,
                               0, 0,             // x_off, y_off
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ X11SalObject::EndSetClipRegion()
 
     ::Window aShapeWindow = maPrimary;
 
-    XShapeCombineRectangles ( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+    XShapeCombineRectangles ( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                               aShapeWindow,
                               dest_kind,
                               0, 0, // x_off, y_off
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ X11SalObject::SetPosSize( long nX, long nY, long nWidth, long nHeight )
 {
     if ( maPrimary && maSecondary && nWidth && nHeight )
     {
-        XMoveResizeWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+        XMoveResizeWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                            maPrimary,
                             nX, nY, nWidth, nHeight );
-        XMoveResizeWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+        XMoveResizeWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                            maSecondary,
                             0, 0, nWidth, nHeight );
     }
@@ -368,14 +368,14 @@ X11SalObject::Show( bool bVisible )
         return;
 
     if ( bVisible ) {
-        XMapWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+        XMapWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                     maSecondary );
-        XMapWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+        XMapWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                     maPrimary );
     } else {
-        XUnmapWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+        XUnmapWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                       maPrimary );
-        XUnmapWindow( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+        XUnmapWindow( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                       maSecondary );
     }
     mbVisible = bVisible;
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ X11SalObject::Show( bool bVisible )
 void X11SalObject::GrabFocus()
 {
     if( mbVisible )
-         XSetInputFocus( (Display*)maSystemChildData.pDisplay,
+         XSetInputFocus( static_cast<Display*>(maSystemChildData.pDisplay),
                          maSystemChildData.aWindow,
                          RevertToNone,
                          CurrentTime );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx
index f960b4e65632..d3cb30ad94c4 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkfactory.cxx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ atk_noop_object_wrapper_new()
 {
   AtkObject *accessible;
 
-  accessible = (AtkObject *) g_object_new (atk_noop_object_wrapper_get_type(), NULL);
+  accessible = static_cast<AtkObject *>(g_object_new (atk_noop_object_wrapper_get_type(), NULL));
   g_return_val_if_fail (accessible != NULL, NULL);
 
   accessible->role = ATK_ROLE_INVALID;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx
index 1074dad8ad8a..6b6b4199d8ae 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkhypertext.cxx
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ hyper_link_class_init (AtkHyperlinkClass *klass)
 
     gobject_class->finalize = hyper_link_finalize;
 
-    hyper_parent_class = (GObjectClass *)g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
+    hyper_parent_class = static_cast<GObjectClass *>(g_type_class_peek_parent (klass));
 
     klass->get_uri = hyper_link_get_uri;
     klass->get_object = hyper_link_get_object;
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ hypertext_get_link( AtkHypertext *hypertext,
         accessibility::XAccessibleHypertext* pHypertext = getHypertext( hypertext );
         if( pHypertext )
         {
-            HyperLink *pLink = (HyperLink *)g_object_new( hyper_link_get_type(), NULL );
+            HyperLink *pLink = static_cast<HyperLink *>(g_object_new( hyper_link_get_type(), NULL ));
             pLink->xLink = pHypertext->getHyperLink( link_index );
             if( !pLink->xLink.is() ) {
                 g_object_unref( G_OBJECT( pLink ) );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx
index 4bf7d08ffbfb..afa89e0fcf5d 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atktextattributes.cxx
@@ -1016,8 +1016,8 @@ DefaultTabStops2String( const uno::Any& rAny )
 extern "C" int
 attr_compare(const void *p1,const void *p2)
 {
-    const rtl_uString * pustr = (const rtl_uString *) p1;
-    const char * pc = *((const char **) p2);
+    const rtl_uString * pustr = static_cast<const rtl_uString *>(p1);
+    const char * pc = *static_cast<const char * const *>(p2);
 
     return rtl_ustr_ascii_compare_WithLength(pustr->buffer, pustr->length, pc);
 }
@@ -1028,9 +1028,9 @@ find_exported_attributes( sal_Int32 *pArray,
 {
     for( sal_Int32 i = 0; i < rAttributeList.getLength(); i++ )
     {
-        const char ** pAttr = (const char **) bsearch(rAttributeList[i].Name.pData,
+        const char ** pAttr = static_cast<const char **>(bsearch(rAttributeList[i].Name.pData,
             ExportedTextAttributes, TEXT_ATTRIBUTE_LAST, sizeof(const char *),
-            attr_compare);
+            attr_compare));
 
         if( pAttr )
         {
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ attribute_set_prepend( AtkAttributeSet* attribute_set,
 {
     if( value )
     {
-        AtkAttribute *at = (AtkAttribute *) g_malloc( sizeof (AtkAttribute) );
+        AtkAttribute *at = static_cast<AtkAttribute *>(g_malloc( sizeof (AtkAttribute) ));
         at->name  = g_strdup( atk_text_attribute_get_name( attribute ) );
         at->value = value;
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx
index cd9bf9e49c74..84ef89198fe9 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwindow.cxx
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ ooo_window_wrapper_real_initialize(AtkObject *obj, gpointer data)
 static void
 ooo_window_wrapper_real_finalize (GObject *obj)
 {
-    ooo_wrapper_registry_remove( (XAccessible *) g_object_get_data( obj, "ooo:atk-wrapper-key" ));
+    ooo_wrapper_registry_remove( static_cast<XAccessible *>(g_object_get_data( obj, "ooo:atk-wrapper-key" )));
     window_real_finalize( obj );
 }
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx
index 80f347888f68..e2fc450d2918 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/a11y/atkwrapper.cxx
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ wrapper_ref_relation_set( AtkObject *atk_obj )
             {
                 accessibility::AccessibleRelation aRelation = xRelationSet->getRelation( n );
                 sal_uInt32 nTargetCount = aRelation.TargetSet.getLength();
-                AtkObject **pTargets = (AtkObject **) alloca( nTargetCount * sizeof(AtkObject *) );
+                AtkObject **pTargets = static_cast<AtkObject **>(alloca( nTargetCount * sizeof(AtkObject *) ));
 
                 for( sal_uInt32 i = 0; i < nTargetCount; i++ )
                 {
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ atk_object_wrapper_class_init (AtkObjectWrapperClass *klass)
   GObjectClass *gobject_class = G_OBJECT_CLASS( klass );
   AtkObjectClass *atk_class = ATK_OBJECT_CLASS( klass );
 
-  parent_class = (GObjectClass *) g_type_class_peek_parent (klass);
+  parent_class = static_cast<GObjectClass *>(g_type_class_peek_parent (klass));
 
   // GObject methods
   gobject_class->finalize = atk_object_wrapper_finalize;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx
index cdbfd0a1b7c7..93b2be8b92d3 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/app/gtkdata.cxx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ GdkFilterReturn call_filterGdkEvent( GdkXEvent* sys_event,
                                      GdkEvent* event,
                                      gpointer data )
 {
-    GtkSalDisplay *pDisplay = (GtkSalDisplay *)data;
+    GtkSalDisplay *pDisplay = static_cast<GtkSalDisplay *>(data);
     return pDisplay->filterGdkEvent( sys_event, event );
 }
 }
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ extern "C" {
 
 void signalScreenSizeChanged( GdkScreen* pScreen, gpointer data )
 {
-    GtkSalDisplay* pDisp = (GtkSalDisplay*)data;
+    GtkSalDisplay* pDisp = static_cast<GtkSalDisplay*>(data);
     pDisp->screenSizeChanged( pScreen );
 }
 
 void signalMonitorsChanged( GdkScreen* pScreen, gpointer data )
 {
-    GtkSalDisplay* pDisp = (GtkSalDisplay*)data;
+    GtkSalDisplay* pDisp = static_cast<GtkSalDisplay*>(data);
     pDisp->monitorsChanged( pScreen );
 }
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ GdkFilterReturn GtkSalDisplay::filterGdkEvent( GdkXEvent* sys_event,
 {
 #if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
     GdkFilterReturn aFilterReturn = GDK_FILTER_CONTINUE;
-    XEvent *pEvent = (XEvent *)sys_event;
+    XEvent *pEvent = static_cast<XEvent *>(sys_event);
 
     // dispatch all XEvents to event callback
     if( GetSalData()->m_pInstance->
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ void GtkSalTimer::Stop()
 gboolean GtkData::userEventFn( gpointer data )
 {
     gboolean bContinue = FALSE;
-    GtkData *pThis = (GtkData *) data;
+    GtkData *pThis = static_cast<GtkData *>(data);
     SalGenericData *pData = GetGenericData();
     osl::Guard< comphelper::SolarMutex > aGuard( pData->m_pInstance->GetYieldMutex() );
     const SalGenericDisplay *pDisplay = pData->GetDisplay();
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx
index fb14bdbd33a9..4392f5d3924d 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/fpicker/SalGtkFilePicker.cxx
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ static gboolean
 case_insensitive_filter (const GtkFileFilterInfo *filter_info, gpointer data)
 {
     gboolean bRetval = false;
-    const char *pFilter = (const char *) data;
+    const char *pFilter = static_cast<const char *>(data);
 
     g_return_val_if_fail( data != NULL, false );
     g_return_val_if_fail( filter_info != NULL, false );
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gloactiongroup.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gloactiongroup.cxx
index 11145e3c44c3..69dea4054880 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gloactiongroup.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gloactiongroup.cxx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ g_lo_action_group_list_actions (GActionGroup *group)
 
     g_hash_table_iter_init (&iter, loGroup->priv->table);
     while (g_hash_table_iter_next (&iter, &key, NULL))
-        keys[i++] = g_strdup ((gchar*) key);
+        keys[i++] = g_strdup (static_cast<gchar*>(key));
     g_assert_cmpint (i, ==, n);
     keys[n] = NULL;
 
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ g_lo_action_group_clear (GLOActionGroup  *group)
 
     for (GList* element = g_list_first (keys); element != NULL; element = g_list_next (element))
     {
-        g_lo_action_group_remove (group, (gchar*) element->data);
+        g_lo_action_group_remove (group, static_cast<gchar*>(element->data));
     }
 
     g_list_free (keys);
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtkobject.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtkobject.cxx
index 0299d6826ec5..2690513ce742 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtkobject.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtkobject.cxx
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ const SystemEnvData* GtkSalObject::GetSystemData() const
 
 gboolean GtkSalObject::signalButton( GtkWidget*, GdkEventButton* pEvent, gpointer object )
 {
-    GtkSalObject* pThis = (GtkSalObject*)object;
+    GtkSalObject* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalObject*>(object);
 
     if( pEvent->type == GDK_BUTTON_PRESS )
     {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalObject::signalButton( GtkWidget*, GdkEventButton* pEvent, gpointe
 
 gboolean GtkSalObject::signalFocus( GtkWidget*, GdkEventFocus* pEvent, gpointer object )
 {
-    GtkSalObject* pThis = (GtkSalObject*)object;
+    GtkSalObject* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalObject*>(object);
 
     pThis->CallCallback( pEvent->in ? SALOBJ_EVENT_GETFOCUS : SALOBJ_EVENT_LOSEFOCUS, NULL );
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalObject::signalFocus( GtkWidget*, GdkEventFocus* pEvent, gpointer
 
 void GtkSalObject::signalDestroy( GtkWidget* pObj, gpointer object )
 {
-    GtkSalObject* pThis = (GtkSalObject*)object;
+    GtkSalObject* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalObject*>(object);
     if( pObj == pThis->m_pSocket )
     {
         pThis->m_pSocket = NULL;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx
index 1b8bdc52da46..f56bbade1247 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalframe.cxx
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ static void lcl_set_user_time( GtkWindow* i_pWindow, guint32 i_nTime )
 
 GtkSalFrame *GtkSalFrame::getFromWindow( GtkWindow *pWindow )
 {
-    return (GtkSalFrame *) g_object_get_data( G_OBJECT( pWindow ), "SalFrame" );
+    return static_cast<GtkSalFrame *>(g_object_get_data( G_OBJECT( pWindow ), "SalFrame" ));
 }
 
 void GtkSalFrame::Init( SalFrame* pParent, sal_uLong nStyle )
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ bitmapToPixbuf( SalBitmap *pSalBitmap, SalBitmap *pSalAlpha )
     g_return_val_if_fail( pSalAlpha->GetSize() == aSize, NULL );
 
     int nX, nY;
-    guchar *pPixbufData = (guchar *)g_malloc (4 * aSize.Width() * aSize.Height() );
+    guchar *pPixbufData = static_cast<guchar *>(g_malloc (4 * aSize.Width() * aSize.Height() ));
     guchar *pDestData = pPixbufData;
 
     for( nY = 0; nY < pBitmap->mnHeight; nY++ )
@@ -3217,7 +3217,7 @@ bool GtkSalFrame::Dispatch( const XEvent* pEvent )
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalButton( GtkWidget*, GdkEventButton* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     SalMouseEvent aEvent;
     sal_uInt16 nEventType = 0;
@@ -3308,7 +3308,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalButton( GtkWidget*, GdkEventButton* pEvent, gpointer
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalScroll( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
     GdkEventScroll* pSEvent = reinterpret_cast<GdkEventScroll*>(pEvent);
 
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,0,0)
@@ -3349,7 +3349,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalScroll( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent* pEvent, gpointer frame
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,14,0)
 void GtkSalFrame::gestureSwipe(GtkGestureSwipe* gesture, gdouble velocity_x, gdouble velocity_y, gpointer frame)
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     SalSwipeEvent aEvent;
     aEvent.mnVelocityX = velocity_x;
@@ -3369,7 +3369,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::gestureSwipe(GtkGestureSwipe* gesture, gdouble velocity_x, gdo
 
 void GtkSalFrame::gestureLongPress(GtkGestureLongPress* gesture, gpointer frame)
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     SalLongPressEvent aEvent;
 
@@ -3386,7 +3386,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::gestureLongPress(GtkGestureLongPress* gesture, gpointer frame)
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalMotion( GtkWidget*, GdkEventMotion* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     SalMouseEvent aEvent;
     aEvent.mnTime   = pEvent->time;
@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalMotion( GtkWidget*, GdkEventMotion* pEvent, gpointer
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalCrossing( GtkWidget*, GdkEventCrossing* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
     SalMouseEvent aEvent;
     aEvent.mnTime   = pEvent->time;
     aEvent.mnX      = (long)pEvent->x_root - pThis->maGeometry.nX;
@@ -3493,7 +3493,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::damaged (const basegfx::B2IBox& rDamageRect)
 // blit our backing basebmp buffer to the target cairo context cr
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalDraw( GtkWidget*, cairo_t *cr, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     cairo_save(cr);
 
@@ -3515,7 +3515,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalDraw( GtkWidget*, cairo_t *cr, gpointer frame )
 #else
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalExpose( GtkWidget*, GdkEventExpose* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     struct SalPaintEvent aEvent( pEvent->area.x, pEvent->area.y, pEvent->area.width, pEvent->area.height );
 
@@ -3550,7 +3550,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::TriggerPaintEvent()
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalFocus( GtkWidget*, GdkEventFocus* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     X11SalInstance *pSalInstance =
         static_cast< X11SalInstance* >(GetSalData()->m_pInstance);
@@ -3603,7 +3603,7 @@ static OString getDisplayString()
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalMap( GtkWidget *pWidget, GdkEvent*, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
 #if !GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3,8,0)
     //Spawn off a helper program that will attempt to set this fullscreen
@@ -3658,7 +3658,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalMap( GtkWidget *pWidget, GdkEvent*, gpointer frame )
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalUnmap( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent*, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     pThis->CallCallback( SALEVENT_RESIZE, NULL );
 
@@ -3667,7 +3667,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalUnmap( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent*, gpointer frame )
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalConfigure( GtkWidget*, GdkEventConfigure* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     bool bMoved = false, bSized = false;
     int x = pEvent->x, y = pEvent->y;
@@ -3753,7 +3753,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalConfigure( GtkWidget*, GdkEventConfigure* pEvent, gp
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalKey( GtkWidget*, GdkEventKey* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     vcl::DeletionListener aDel( pThis );
 
@@ -3869,7 +3869,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalKey( GtkWidget*, GdkEventKey* pEvent, gpointer frame
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalDelete( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent*, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     pThis->CallCallback( SALEVENT_CLOSE, NULL );
 
@@ -3878,7 +3878,7 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalDelete( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent*, gpointer frame )
 
 void GtkSalFrame::signalStyleSet( GtkWidget*, GtkStyle* pPrevious, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
 
     // every frame gets an initial style set on creation
     // do not post these as the whole application tends to
@@ -3919,7 +3919,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::signalStyleSet( GtkWidget*, GtkStyle* pPrevious, gpointer fram
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalState( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
     if( (pThis->m_nState & GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED) != (pEvent->window_state.new_window_state & GDK_WINDOW_STATE_ICONIFIED ) )
     {
         pThis->getDisplay()->SendInternalEvent( pThis, NULL, SALEVENT_RESIZE );
@@ -3949,14 +3949,14 @@ gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalState( GtkWidget*, GdkEvent* pEvent, gpointer frame
 
 gboolean GtkSalFrame::signalVisibility( GtkWidget*, GdkEventVisibility* pEvent, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
     pThis->m_nVisibility = pEvent->state;
     return true;
 }
 
 void GtkSalFrame::signalDestroy( GtkWidget* pObj, gpointer frame )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame* pThis = (GtkSalFrame*)frame;
+    GtkSalFrame* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame*>(frame);
     if( pObj == pThis->m_pWindow )
     {
         pThis->m_pFixedContainer = NULL;
@@ -4232,7 +4232,7 @@ static bool checkSingleKeyCommitHack( guint keyval, sal_Unicode cCode )
 #endif
 void GtkSalFrame::IMHandler::signalIMCommit( GtkIMContext* CONTEXT_ARG, gchar* pText, gpointer im_handler )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame::IMHandler* pThis = (GtkSalFrame::IMHandler*)im_handler;
+    GtkSalFrame::IMHandler* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame::IMHandler*>(im_handler);
 
     SolarMutexGuard aGuard;
     vcl::DeletionListener aDel( pThis->m_pFrame );
@@ -4302,7 +4302,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::IMHandler::signalIMCommit( GtkIMContext* CONTEXT_ARG, gchar* p
 
 void GtkSalFrame::IMHandler::signalIMPreeditChanged( GtkIMContext*, gpointer im_handler )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame::IMHandler* pThis = (GtkSalFrame::IMHandler*)im_handler;
+    GtkSalFrame::IMHandler* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame::IMHandler*>(im_handler);
 
     char*           pText           = NULL;
     PangoAttrList*  pAttrs          = NULL;
@@ -4356,7 +4356,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::IMHandler::signalIMPreeditChanged( GtkIMContext*, gpointer im_
         tmp_list = attr_list = pango_attr_iterator_get_attrs (iter);
         while (tmp_list)
         {
-            PangoAttribute *pango_attr = (PangoAttribute *)(tmp_list->data);
+            PangoAttribute *pango_attr = static_cast<PangoAttribute *>(tmp_list->data);
 
             switch (pango_attr->klass->type)
             {
@@ -4414,7 +4414,7 @@ void GtkSalFrame::IMHandler::signalIMPreeditStart( GtkIMContext*, gpointer /*im_
 
 void GtkSalFrame::IMHandler::signalIMPreeditEnd( GtkIMContext*, gpointer im_handler )
 {
-    GtkSalFrame::IMHandler* pThis = (GtkSalFrame::IMHandler*)im_handler;
+    GtkSalFrame::IMHandler* pThis = static_cast<GtkSalFrame::IMHandler*>(im_handler);
 
     pThis->m_bPreeditJustChanged = true;
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx
index afe9e7a4be1b..3a92b6b45cd7 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/gtksalmenu.cxx
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void RemoveSpareSectionsFromNativeMenu( GLOMenu* pMenu, GList** pOldCommandList,
 
 gint CompareStr( gpointer str1, gpointer str2 )
 {
-    return g_strcmp0( (const gchar*) str1, (const gchar*) str2 );
+    return g_strcmp0( static_cast<const gchar*>(str1), static_cast<const gchar*>(str2) );
 }
 
 void RemoveUnusedCommands( GLOActionGroup* pActionGroup, GList* pOldCommandList, GList* pNewCommandList )
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void RemoveUnusedCommands( GLOActionGroup* pActionGroup, GList* pOldCommandList,
         GList* pCommand = g_list_first( pOldCommandList );
         pOldCommandList = g_list_remove_link( pOldCommandList, pCommand );
 
-        gchar* aCommand = (gchar*) g_list_nth_data( pCommand, 0 );
+        gchar* aCommand = static_cast<gchar*>(g_list_nth_data( pCommand, 0 ));
 
         g_lo_action_group_remove( pActionGroup, aCommand );
 
diff --git a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/hudawareness.cxx b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/hudawareness.cxx
index 866c1b1f0701..947f404f9d52 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/gtk/window/hudawareness.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/gtk/window/hudawareness.cxx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ hud_awareness_method_call (GDBusConnection       * /* connection */,
                            GDBusMethodInvocation *invocation,
                            gpointer               user_data)
 {
-  HudAwarenessHandle *handle = (HudAwarenessHandle*) user_data;
+  HudAwarenessHandle *handle = static_cast<HudAwarenessHandle*>(user_data);
 
   if (g_str_equal (method_name, "HudActiveChanged"))
     {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ hud_awareness_register (GDBusConnection       *connection,
       g_assert (iface != NULL);
     }
 
-  handle = (HudAwarenessHandle*) g_malloc (sizeof (HudAwarenessHandle));
+  handle = static_cast<HudAwarenessHandle*>(g_malloc (sizeof (HudAwarenessHandle)));
 
   object_id = g_dbus_connection_register_object (connection, object_path, iface, &vtable, handle, &g_free, error);
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ hud_awareness_register (GDBusConnection       *connection,
       return 0;
     }
 
-  handle->connection = (GDBusConnection*) g_object_ref (connection);
+  handle->connection = static_cast<GDBusConnection*>(g_object_ref (connection));
   handle->callback = callback;
   handle->user_data = user_data;
   handle->notify = notify;
diff --git a/vcl/unx/kde/kdedata.cxx b/vcl/unx/kde/kdedata.cxx
index 8af9686d1f39..c97882beba37 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/kde/kdedata.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/kde/kdedata.cxx
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ KDEXLib::~KDEXLib()
     // to the gtk plugin
     #if ! defined USE_RANDR || ! (defined LINUX && defined X86_64)
     // properly deinitialize KApplication
-    delete (VCLKDEApplication*)m_pApplication;
+    delete static_cast<VCLKDEApplication*>(m_pApplication);
     #endif
     // free the faked cmdline arguments no longer needed by KApplication
     for( int i = 0; i < m_nFakeCmdLineArgs; i++ )