Source code directories

This document describes the various directories in the source code for OpenOffice.org till version 3.3.

Please note that only the current directory structure are described.

If you want to know the build order of the modules see the Module Build Order.

Name	Project	Description
Agg	external	antigrain geometry lib (from http://www.antigrain.com/), a software renderer used in canvas
Animations	graphics	Containers for the css::animation UNO API, used in slideshow and sd
Apple remote	external	Does contain the low level code for the Apple Remote on Mac OS X. See Apple Remote Implementation
Autodoc	tools	html pages from c++, java, idl inline documentation
Automation		Hook for QA automation (TestTool)
Avmedia	graphics	Audio/Video media implementation - requires a working Java Media Framework (JMF) currently can't play streams only file-system URIs anyway.
Basctl		controls and dialogs - basic
Basebmp	gsl	algorithms and data types for bitmap graphics (e.g. line and fill polygon scan conversion, bitmap format iterators, and a SalGraphics-compatible software renderer)
Basegfx	graphics	algorithms and data types for graphics (e.g. polygons, vectors, matrices and the like - see that used in canvas)
Basic		basic interpreter and TestTool GUI
bean	api	office bean
Beanshell	external	java interpreter - so you can write java in command shell, interactive java -- good for prototyping /macros from http://www.beanshell.org/ with some patches
Berkeleydb	external	external library. http://www.sleepycat.com/products/db.shtml simple db - used for search in help and galleries
binfilter	framework	StarOffice 5.2 file format filters, stripped down (not perfectly) from the SO 5.2 code base. This is huge - avoid building it by giving '--disable-binfilter' on the configure line.
Boost	external	external (C++ template) library: http://boost.org/native
bridges	udk	Bridges from various C++ ABIs, Java JNI, MS .Net to Binary Uno. Also implementation of the Uno Remote Protocol. And in ooo-build a bridge from Mono to Uno and back.
Canvas	gsl	new canvas implementation to improve rendering, various backends implement the new XCanvas API eg. cairo / DirectX
Chart2	graphics	new, improved chart implementation, arrived in OO.o 2.3
cli_ure	udk	Common Language Infrastructure Uno Runtime Environment -- support assemblies and tools for the MS .Net (and Mono) Uno binding.
codemaker	udk	Uno interface declaration/stub generators for C++ Uno (headers), Java Uno (class files), CLI (.Net / Mono) Uno.
Configmgr		the configuration database - UNO services and some tools
Connectivity	dba	database pieces, drivers, etc.
Cosv	tools	"Common Services," part of Autodoc
Cppcanvas	gsl	helper C++ classes for canvas, plus a GDIMetaFile-to-XCanvas converter
cppu	udk	Binary (read 'C') Uno runtime.
cppuhelper	udk	C++ Uno runtime, additionally helpers e.g. templates for implementing Uno components, bootstrapping stuff etc. - get Uno up & running.
cpputools	udk	Binary Uno tools, like uno.exe, regcomp etc.
Crashrep		Crash reporting tool
Curl	external	external library curl (a URL manipulation engine)
Dbaccess	dba	data base access tools
Default images	external	all images and resources
Desktop	framework	what used to be the desktop in SO5 - now the binary
Dmake	tools	the dmake tool itself, built by running 'bootstrap' after configure
Dtrans	gsl	clipboard abstraction - data transfer
Embeddedobj	framework	Embedding objects
Embedserv	framework	Embed OOo through OLE2
Epm	external	enhanced package manager- nasty hack for packaging not useful - but default build uses, every linux packager disables this
Eventattacher		how basic handles events -
Expat	external	external library with added UCS2 support, ... simple SAX parser
extensions		browser plugin, activex control, scanner bits, OOo Improvement program and more
External	external	placeholder for extra code needed to build
Extras	installation	templates, clipart galleries, palettes, symbol font etc.
Fileaccess		tiny: implements XSimpleFileAccess interface - that makes the UCB interfaces actually usable (via Uno) and more intuitive.
Filter	framework	filter registration and configuration, some graphics filters, XML based filters, basic code for Worxelpoint filters
Forms	gsl	embedded forms control and pieces (design forms in documents, fields and database driven)
Fpicker	gsl	native file pickers for Unix and Windows (file open dialog) GTK+, KDE, Windows
Framework	framework	UI rewrite, toolbars, menus, Uno stuff, including accelerators & interaction, etc.
Goodies	graphics	graphics filters, 3d and 2d graqphics pieces - removed after OOo 3.2
Helpcontent2	installation	for OpenOffice.org 2 - english + other languages help content
Hsqldb	external	external library. http://hsqldb.org/ Java database engine. Default database format for OpenOffice.org
Hwpfilter	sw	filter for a word processor file format popular in Korea. (Hangul Word Processor)
I18npool	l10n	internationalization, counting, calendaring, complex text layout
I18nutil	l10n	small bits of internationalization
Icc	external	External library used to build the sRGB profile for PDF/A-1a export. http://www.color.org/ with patches. Generated and used at build time only. More details can be found in icc/README.
icu	external	external library. International Components for Unicode, http://www.icu-project.org/ with patches.
Idl	framework	SvIDL Compiler
idlc	udk	The Uno IDL compiler.
Instsetoo native	installation	install set for oo, native installers -
io		Provides socket and pipe acceptors / connectors, as well as text input / output streams.
javaunohelper	udk	Java Uno components implementation helpers.
jurt	udk	Java Uno Runtime - Basically Java Uno.
Jvmaccess, Jvmfwk	udk	wrappers so you can use all the Java Runtime Environments with their slightly incompatible APIs with ease. Hah.
Libwpd		external library. Not modified. http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/ wordperfect filter - SAX api - emits callbacks when things happen
Libxmlsec		external library. (Still) heavily patched. http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/ to do XML signing, etc.
Lingucomponent	lingucomponent	spellcheck, hyphenator, thesaurus, ...
Linguistic	sw	This component manages all registered linguistic module implementations for spellchecker, hyphenator and thesaurus.
Lpsolve		external library that provides a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) solver, see http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net
MathMLDTD		MathMLDTD to implement XML Math format, see http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-MathML
Msfontextract		external library. http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/libmspack/ for use in FontOOo (unpacking the downloaded Microsoft fonts (webfont); removed after 3.
Nas	external	The Network Audio System (NAS), An Audio Protocol For Networks. See http://radscan.com/nas.html
Neon	external	web library to help deal with WebDAV or other protocols
Np sdk	external	Netscape Plugin SDK. Header to build Mozilla plugins.
Odk	api	office development kit - implements the first step on the way to the OpenOffice.org SDK tarball
Offapi	api	all of the Uno IDL files except those in udkapi - i.e. the interfaces that are specific to the OpenOffice.org application.
Officecfg		the schema and default settings for the OpenOffice.org configuration database
Offuh	api	Tiny module to build the generate the C++ Uno headers.
Ooo custom images		themes, custom themes
oox		OpenXML parser
Package	xml	Reading and writing zips
Padmin	gsl	printer administration dialog - used lpr - obsolete with CUPS and fontconfig, but still used for some things
Postprocess		Postprocessing and checking of files delivered by other modules. This module has to be the last one before creating install sets in module 'instset_native'.
Psprint	gsl	postscript print - unix only - implements font discovery, interface to CUPS / lpr, query and basic PS - dump PS on print - actual PS rendering inside vcl ???
Psprint config		ppds for use by psprint when not using CUPS
Pyuno	udk	Uno binding for python
QadevOOo		qa testsuite
rdbmaker	udk	makes registries for openoffice for storing type data, etc./?
Readlicense oo		reading oo license when starting up
Regexp		regular expression matching
registry	udk	UNO services and types registry access
remotebridges	udk	Uno services dealing with interprocess bridges.
Rhino		java script engine/interpreter
ridljar	udk	Generators Java Uno types (like Offuh).
Rsc	gsl	resource compiler - turns resource descriptions src and hrc files scattered throughout.
sal	porting	system abstraction layer - rtl, osl and sal (rtl - platform independent strings, osl - platform specific stuff, threads, dynamic loading, process, ipc, etc.). Exports only C API and some inline-methods-only C++ API
salhelper	udk	C++ helpers to make use of sal easier
sandbox		Generic sandboxing, e.g. used for Java applet embedding stuff. Totally useless without a Sun JDK. Removed after 3.2.
Sane	external	external scanner library
Sax	xml	wrapper around expat using Uno.
Sc	sc	calc - the Spreadsheet core
Scaddins		extra functions for calc
Scp2	installation	script particles - being rewritten for oo2. all of installation was driven by starbasic - this is now in instsetoo-native
Scripting	framework	scripting framework - for java, python, etc. to play together and uses UNO
Sd	graphics	Impress and Draw components. Think of Impress as hack on top of Draw.
Sdext	graphics	Extensions for the Impress and Draw applications.
Setup-native	installation	?
Sfx2	framework	Some gui code; list of documents open would be tracked - raw C++ code; gutsy core of document management and loading.
Shell	gsl	system helpers - launching URI, recently used files, system integration, external mailer support, gconf integration etc.
Slideshow	graphics	new impress slideshow engine in OO.o 2.0
Smoketestoo native	installation	Test code to launch each component for a smoke test.
Sndfile	external	soundfile - library for loading all kinds of sound - external lib ???
Solenv	tools	make and build infrastructure - solar (think: Sun or Star Division) environment
Soltools		all sorts of build tools
Sot		Code to access files based on OLE Storages and get the bits out of them
Starmath	sw	formula editor
stlport		external library. STL implementation, from the days when compilers had crappy implementations.
stoc	udk	Core Components for Binary Uno (e.g. registry access, reflection, introspection).
Store		Storage implementations, used by Uno registries.
Svtools	framework	Common dialogs, file and print dialogs, wizards, vcl filters, lots of helper code
Svx	graphics	Graphics related helper code - xoutdev - rendering - This is where a lot of work would happen to move to the canvas. svdraw - transparent gradient stuff. Lot of the Draw and Impress code is in this module. Part if the PPT binary importer is in there too (moved to filter module after 3.2)
Sw	sw	writer - the word processing core
Sysui	gsl	.desktop files for different distros
Toolkit	gsl	abstract windowing thing- Uno implementations of windows stuff - so can be used from basic
Tools	framework	predates sal - string etc. functions, URL manipulation, stream stuff, polygons, etc.
Transex3	l10n	translation tools
Twain		Windows scanner support
Ucb		Universal Content Broker (has ucp) which do things like convert files to strings in content broker world.
Ucbhelper		C++ wrappers to help make using content providers easy
Udkapi	api	URE API definition - Uno IDL files
Udm	tools	part of Autodoc
UnixODBC		external lib
UnoControls	gsl	separate process and thread for progress bars, etc.
Unoil	udkapi	Like offuh for Java Uno - Generates Java class files from OOo application Uno types.
Unotools	udk	helpers for C++ use of UNO
Unoxml	framework	Uno wrappers for XML services
Ure	udk	beginnings of standalone UNO distribution foo.
Uui		An Interaction Handler (not only) for the UCB. It uses VCL to visualize and handle interaction requests, for eg. authentication dialogs for file operations.
Vcl	gsl	base windowing toolkit abstraction Visual Class Libraries, and graphical output layer - includes backends for unix & Win32
Vigra		Template framework from here. VIGRA stands for "Vision with Generic Algorithms". Used from Basebmp.
Vos	udk	(Virtual Object System) - deprecated but still used, lots of sal like stuff
Wizards	installation	java wizards for db setup, importing, tutorials, etc.
Writerperfect	framework	word perfect filter - wrapper for libwpd
X11 extensions		headers for XRender support
Xmerge	xml	The XMerge SDK provides a Java-based framework for converting documents between different formats using conversion plugins to read and write each format. See http://xml.openoffice.org/xmerge
Xml2cmp		Comes with the OO SDK. xml2cmp is launched in general by a makefile to extract types from a xml file
Xmlhelp		Help reader and viewer for online help
Xmloff	xml	OpenDocument import / export filter.
Xmlscript		Implements XML dialogs serialization.
Xmlsecurity	xml	Document signing
Accessibility	Accessibility	Accessibility for OpenOffice.org
Afms
Apache-commons		External Java libraries; used for logging and http/https access in Extensions
Bitstream vera fonts
Cairo
Comphelper		Some helper classes for low level work
Cppunit		Obsolete: unit testing now using Googletest. Info
Dictionaries	Lingucomponent	Default installed dictionaries in extension format
Drawinglayer
External images
Fondu
Formula
Graphite
Guw		Obsolete
Hunspell		Hunspell as dictionary support (external library)
Hyphen		Hyphenator (external library)
Javainstaller2	Installation	The Java installer for UNIX and Linux
Jfreereport		External Java library providing basic functionality for the report builder
Jpeg
L10n		Module containing all localization content
Libegg
Libtextcat		External library providing functionality to guess the language of a text
Libxml2
Libxslt
Lucene
Migrationanalysis
Moz
Nss		Containes the security libraries which are also part of moz. However nss is meant to be more current.
O3tl
Oovbaapi
Oowintool
Openssl
Packimages		Module that generates packed images lists according to the lists generated from the source code
Python
Redland
Reportbuilder
Reportdesign
Saxon
Sccomp
Soldep		External tool that can generate dependency diagrams from the various build.lst files
Stax
Swext		Writer extensions (currently only MediaWiki Extension)
Testautomation		All test scripts for the GUI Testtool
Testshl2		Library utilizing cppunit to implement a unit test framework
Testtools		Some tests for UNO bridges and language bindings
Tomcat		External Java library, used by Apache-Commons
Unodevtools
Writerfilter		Library containing the docx import filter (and later also doc and rtf import filters)
Xpdf
Xsltml
Zlib

The directory solver is not a module, it is the output tree of the build that is created automatically once a build is started.