2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/svx/unomod.hxx b/include/svx/unomod.hxx
index 04571c9071b2..f8ecfd6fc965 100644
--- a/include/svx/unomod.hxx
+++ b/include/svx/unomod.hxx
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ class SVX_DLLPUBLIC SvxUnoDrawMSFactory : public css::lang::XMultiServiceFactory
 {
 protected:
     /** abstract SdrModel provider */
-    virtual SdrModel* getSdrModelFromUnoModel() const = 0; //TTTT make reference return
+    // Every App has a DrwingLayer as internal Tooling, thus ist is
+    // not too hard to asl a UnoModel to hand back a DrawingLayer Model in the
+    // form of an SdrModel. Thus, returning a reference and make usages
+    // safer and easier is justified.
+    virtual SdrModel& getSdrModelFromUnoModel() const = 0; //TTTT make reference return
 
 public:
     SvxUnoDrawMSFactory() throw() {};
diff --git a/include/svx/unomodel.hxx b/include/svx/unomodel.hxx
index e637e4486d2a..5d5e15a5bee8 100644
--- a/include/svx/unomodel.hxx
+++ b/include/svx/unomodel.hxx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ private:
 
 protected:
     // SvxUnoDrawMSFactory
-    virtual SdrModel* getSdrModelFromUnoModel() const override;
+    virtual SdrModel& getSdrModelFromUnoModel() const override;
 
 public:
     SvxUnoDrawingModel( SdrModel* pDoc ) throw();