Programming with the StarOffice 8 Software Development Kit

	javac TextDemo.java
	java TextDemo

import com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue;
import com.sun.star.frame.XComponentLoader;
import com.sun.star.frame.XDesktop;
import com.sun.star.lang.XComponent;
import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiComponentFactory;
import com.sun.star.text.XText;
import com.sun.star.text.XTextDocument;
import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;
import com.sun.star.uno.XComponentContext;

public class TextDemo {

    // Create a new instance of TextDemo
    public TextDemo() {
    }    
        
    // Text to insert into the new StarOffice document
    private String docText = 
        "Nothing is really work unless " +
        "you would rather be doing something else." +
        " \n     -- J. M. Barre";

   public static void main(String[] args) {
        TextDemo textdemo = new TextDemo();
        
        try {
           
            // Start StarOffice and retrieve
            // the desktop
            
            XDesktop xDesktop = 
                    textdemo.getDesktop();
            
            // Open a new writer document and add text

            textdemo.useWriter(xDesktop);
        }
        
        catch (java.lang.Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        
        finally {
            System.exit(0);
        }

    }

   protected XDesktop getDesktop()
           throws java.lang.Exception {
        
        
       // First step: Use the Bootstrap helper
        // class to start StarOffice and create
        // context.
        
        XComponentContext xContext = 
                com.sun.star.comp.helper.Bootstrap.bootstrap();

        // Second step: Retrieve its 
        // property DefaultContext and get the 
        // remote service manager               
        
        XMultiComponentFactory xRemoteServiceManager = 
            xContext.getServiceManager();
        
        // Instantiate the Desktop service
        
        Object desktop = 
            xRemoteServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext(
            "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop", 
            xContext);
        
        return 
            (XDesktop) UnoRuntime.queryInterface( XDesktop.class, desktop);  
    
    }

    protected void useWriter(XDesktop xDesktop) 
        throws java.lang.Exception {

        try {
            // create new writer document and get text

            XComponent xWriterComponent = 
                newDocComponent(xDesktop, "swriter");
                
            XTextDocument xTextDocument = 
                (XTextDocument)
                UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
                XTextDocument.class, xWriterComponent);
            
            XText xText = xTextDocument.getText();
            
            xText.setString(docText);

        }

        catch (java.lang.Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

    protected XComponent 
        newDocComponent(XDesktop xDesktop, String docType) 
        throws java.lang.Exception {
        
        // URL to create a new document
        
        String loadUrl = "private:factory/" + docType;
               
        XComponentLoader xComponentLoader = 
            (XComponentLoader)
            UnoRuntime.queryInterface(
            XComponentLoader.class, xDesktop);
        
        PropertyValue[] loadProps = 
            new PropertyValue[0];
            
        // Use this method to create and load 
        // Documents
        
        return 
            xComponentLoader.loadComponentFromURL(
            loadUrl, "_blank", 0, loadProps);
    }