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// __________ Imports __________

import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;

public class Helper
{
    // __________ static helper methods __________

    /** Connect to an office, if no office is running a new instance is started.
     * A new connection is established and the service manger from the running
     * offic eis returned.
     */
    static public com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext connect()
		throws Exception
    {
        // get the remote office component context
        com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext xOfficeContext =
            com.sun.star.comp.helper.Bootstrap.bootstrap();

        // if connection fails an exception is thrown
        System.out.println("Connected to a running office ...");
                
		return xOfficeContext;
    }

    /** creates and instantiates new document
	*/
	static public com.sun.star.lang.XComponent createDocument(
        com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext xOfficeContext,
		String sURL, String sTargetFrame, int nSearchFlags,
        com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue[] aArgs )
			throws Exception
	{
		com.sun.star.lang.XComponent xComponent = null;
		com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader aLoader =
            (com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
                com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader.class,
				xOfficeContext.getServiceManager().createInstanceWithContext(
                    "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", xOfficeContext));

		xComponent = (com.sun.star.lang.XComponent)UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
            com.sun.star.lang.XComponent.class, aLoader.loadComponentFromURL(
				sURL, sTargetFrame, nSearchFlags, aArgs ) );
        
		if ( xComponent == null )
			throw new Exception( "could not create document: " + sURL );
		return xComponent;
	}
}
