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OpenOffice.org Developer's Guide

OpenOffice.org API-Design-Guidelines

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Avoid abbreviations in identifiers of interfaces, services, enums, structs, exceptions and constant groups, as well as identifiers of constants and enum values. Use the following open list of abbreviations if your identifier is longer than 20 characters. Remain consistent in parallel constructions, such as addSomething() or removeSomething().

• Abs: Absolute
• Back: Background
• Char: Character
• Doc: Document
• Ext: Extended, Extension
• Desc: Description, Descriptor
• Ref: Reference
• Hori: Horizontal
• Orient: Orientation
• Para: Paragraph
• Var: Variable
• Rel: Relative
• Vert: Vertical

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