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# Non-Graphical Helper Code (svtools light)

Contains non-graphical helper code for office applications.

Specifically this module does not depend on or use includes from module
vcl. Originally all code in svtools that did not depend on vcl was split
off into this svl ("svtools light") module.

In particular the `SfxItemSet` is a property-bag like container that
stores arbitrary sets of properties for everything from text run
formats, to Chart regression line properties.

There are lots of other useful helpers in here for various office
tasks; much of this code was originally moved from `svx/sfx2`.

## Items, Pools and Sets

### SfxPoolItem

A small reference counted piece of data.  Many subclasses, each with a
unique integer to identify its type (`WhichId`).  Can be compared for equality
(`operator==`), `Clone()`d, and converted to/from `uno::Any` (`QueryValue/PutValue`).

A pool item may have value semantics ("poolable"), meaning that
there will generally be only one instance that compares equal per item pool,
or not, in which case the item will be `Clone()`d quite a bit.

### SfxItemPool

Usually there is one item pool per document, with a range of valid `WhichId`s
that is specific to the type of document.

The item pool owns all instances of `SfxPoolItem` or its subclasses that have
ever been added to an item set.  It also contains a default item for
every WhichId, which will be (depending on parameters) returned from item
sets if the set does not contain an item at this `WhichId`.

### SfxItemSet

The item set can be created with a user-supplied range of `WhichId`s; it
will accept `SfxPoolItems` with matching `WhichId`s and ignore attempts to
insert items with non-matching `WhichId`s.

Items that are successfully inserted into the set will be stored in the
set's `SfxItemPool`, and for poolable items only a single instance that
compares equal under the predicate `operator==` will be stored in the pool,
regardless of how many sets contain it, thus conserving memory.

There are members `m_pWhichRanges` for the valid ranges (as pairs of `WhichId`s),
`m_nCount` for the number of items contained, and `m_pItems` for the pointers to
the actual items.
2024-05-11workaround clang segfault on macos-intelNoel Grandin 2024-05-10loplugin:ostr in pyunoNoel Grandin 2024-05-09tdf#158447 Use PyConfig for setting Python home directory with Python >= 3.8Ilmari Lauhakangas 2024-04-03minor fixes to officehelper.pyAlain Romedenne 2024-03-26officehelper.py memory cleanupAlain Romedenne 2024-03-24Silence Clang 19 trunk -Werror,-Wcast-function-type-mismatchStephan Bergmann 2024-03-13allow build with python 3.12.0: initialize new tp_watchedJustin Luth 2024-03-02tdf#116156 tdf#157162 tdf#159528 Fix glitches in officehelper.pyAlain Romedenne 2024-02-26Define a name for the extended path buffer size, instead of a literalMike Kaganski 2024-02-26Replace an instance of MAX_PATH with 32767Mike Kaganski 2024-02-15pyuno: Use expected return value (-1) on failureAron Budea 2024-01-27Drop std::as_const from css::uno::Sequence iterationsMike Kaganski 2024-01-17Add back XComponentContext to officecfg::...::get() callsStephan Bergmann 2024-01-17tdf#158375 Hack to make sure process service factory is setStephan Bergmann 2024-01-09tdf#158375: add expert option DisablePythonRuntimeSarper Akdemir 2023-11-19Extended loplugin:ostr: pyunoStephan Bergmann 2023-10-23tdf#130924 replace '*printf' with 'SAL_*' logging macros in pyunosahil 2023-10-14Use exception ctors, instead of setting members laterMike Kaganski 2023-09-29cid#1546834 Unchecked return valueCaolán McNamara 2023-06-01WaE: Py_SetPythonHome is deprecated since python 3.11Caolán McNamara 2023-04-17loplugin:stringaddStephan Bergmann 2023-03-27loplugin:stringadd in oox..pyunoNoel Grandin 2023-02-13tdf#143148 Use pragma once instead of include guardsbuldi