Simplify Sequence iterations in lingucomponent..lotuswordpro

Use range-based loops, STL and comphelper functions.

Change-Id: I975a9c09265976d5ce4a1d7ac2023cbb75bb7f28
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/78242
Reviewed-by: Mike Kaganski <mike.kaganski@collabora.com>
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Arkadiy Illarionov <qarkai@gmail.com>

13 files changed, 277 insertions, 478 deletions

diff --git a/linguistic/source/convdic.cxx b/linguistic/source/convdic.cxx
index 31de419bfbcd..3e9ec1ba7152 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/convdic.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/convdic.cxx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
 #include <ucbhelper/content.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
 #include <unotools/streamwrap.hxx>
 #include <unotools/ucbstreamhelper.hxx>
@@ -405,39 +406,17 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL ConvDic::getConversions(
     pair< ConvMap::iterator, ConvMap::iterator > aRange =
             rConvMap.equal_range( aLookUpText );
 
-    sal_Int32 nCount = 0;
-    ConvMap::iterator aIt;
-    for (aIt = aRange.first;  aIt != aRange.second;  ++aIt)
-        ++nCount;
+    std::vector<OUString> aRes;
+    auto nCount = static_cast<size_t>(std::distance(aRange.first, aRange.second));
+    aRes.reserve(nCount);
 
-    uno::Sequence< OUString > aRes( nCount );
-    OUString *pRes = aRes.getArray();
-    sal_Int32 i = 0;
-    for (aIt = aRange.first;  aIt != aRange.second;  ++aIt)
-        pRes[i++] = (*aIt).second;
+    std::transform(aRange.first, aRange.second, std::back_inserter(aRes),
+        [](ConvMap::const_reference rEntry) { return rEntry.second; });
 
-    return aRes;
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aRes);
 }
 
 
-static bool lcl_SeqHasEntry(
-    const OUString *pSeqStart,  // first element to check
-    sal_Int32 nToCheck,             // number of elements to check
-    const OUString &rText)
-{
-    bool bRes = false;
-    if (pSeqStart && nToCheck > 0)
-    {
-        const OUString *pDone = pSeqStart + nToCheck;   // one behind last to check
-        while (!bRes && pSeqStart != pDone)
-        {
-            if (*pSeqStart++ == rText)
-                bRes = true;
-        }
-    }
-    return bRes;
-}
-
 uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL ConvDic::getConversionEntries(
         ConversionDirection eDirection )
 {
@@ -451,9 +430,8 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL ConvDic::getConversionEntries(
 
     ConvMap &rConvMap = eDirection == ConversionDirection_FROM_LEFT ?
                                 aFromLeft : *pFromRight;
-    uno::Sequence< OUString > aRes( rConvMap.size() );
-    OUString *pRes = aRes.getArray();
-    sal_Int32 nIdx = 0;
+    std::vector<OUString> aRes;
+    aRes.reserve(rConvMap.size());
     for (auto const& elem : rConvMap)
     {
         OUString aCurEntry( elem.first );
@@ -461,12 +439,11 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL ConvDic::getConversionEntries(
         // respective to the evaluated side (FROM_LEFT or FROM_RIGHT).
         // Thus if FROM_LEFT is evaluated for pairs (A,B) and (A,C)
         // only one entry for A will be returned in the result)
-        if (nIdx == 0 || !lcl_SeqHasEntry( pRes, nIdx, aCurEntry ))
-            pRes[ nIdx++ ] = aCurEntry;
+        if (std::find(aRes.begin(), aRes.end(), aCurEntry) == aRes.end())
+            aRes.push_back(aCurEntry);
     }
-    aRes.realloc( nIdx );
 
-    return aRes;
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aRes);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx b/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx
index f9d46bc03f7f..d110dd4afe60 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/convdiclist.cxx
@@ -197,12 +197,13 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL ConvDicNameContainer::getElementNames(  )
 {
     MutexGuard  aGuard( GetLinguMutex() );
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = aConvDics.size();
-    uno::Sequence< OUString > aRes( nLen );
-    OUString *pName = aRes.getArray();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
-        pName[i] = aConvDics[i]->getName();
-    return aRes;
+    std::vector<OUString> aRes;
+    aRes.reserve(aConvDics.size());
+
+    std::transform(aConvDics.begin(), aConvDics.end(), std::back_inserter(aRes),
+        [](const uno::Reference<XConversionDictionary>& rDic) { return rDic->getName(); });
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aRes);
 }
 
 sal_Bool SAL_CALL ConvDicNameContainer::hasByName( const OUString& rName )
@@ -281,13 +282,9 @@ void ConvDicNameContainer::AddConvDics(
 {
     const Sequence< OUString > aDirCnt(
                 utl::LocalFileHelper::GetFolderContents( rSearchDirPathURL, false ) );
-    const OUString *pDirCnt = aDirCnt.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nEntries = aDirCnt.getLength();
 
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nEntries;  ++i)
+    for (const OUString& aURL : aDirCnt)
     {
-        OUString aURL( pDirCnt[i] );
-
         sal_Int32 nPos = aURL.lastIndexOf('.');
         OUString aExt( aURL.copy(nPos + 1).toAsciiLowerCase() );
         OUString aSearchExt( rExtension.toAsciiLowerCase() );
@@ -374,12 +371,10 @@ ConvDicNameContainer & ConvDicList::GetNameContainer()
         // access list of text conversion dictionaries to activate
         SvtLinguOptions aOpt;
         SvtLinguConfig().GetOptions( aOpt );
-        sal_Int32 nLen = aOpt.aActiveConvDics.getLength();
-        const OUString *pActiveConvDics = aOpt.aActiveConvDics.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rActiveConvDic : std::as_const(aOpt.aActiveConvDics))
         {
             uno::Reference< XConversionDictionary > xDic =
-                    mxNameContainer->GetByName( pActiveConvDics[i] );
+                    mxNameContainer->GetByName( rActiveConvDic );
             if (xDic.is())
                 xDic->setActive( true );
         }
@@ -464,15 +459,10 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL ConvDicList::queryConversions(
         bSupported |= bMatch;
         if (bMatch  &&  xDic->isActive())
         {
-            Sequence< OUString > aNewConv( xDic->getConversions(
+            const Sequence< OUString > aNewConv( xDic->getConversions(
                                 rText, nStartPos, nLength,
                                 eDirection, nTextConversionOptions ) );
-            sal_Int32 nNewLen = aNewConv.getLength();
-            if (nNewLen > 0)
-            {
-                for (sal_Int32 k = 0;  k < nNewLen;  ++k)
-                    aRes.push_back(aNewConv[k]);
-            }
+            std::copy(aNewConv.begin(), aNewConv.end(), std::back_inserter(aRes));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/linguistic/source/dlistimp.cxx b/linguistic/source/dlistimp.cxx
index 34eb79294ec2..c876a5eb3c7c 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/dlistimp.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/dlistimp.cxx
@@ -279,12 +279,9 @@ void DicList::SearchForDictionaries(
 
     const uno::Sequence< OUString > aDirCnt( utl::LocalFileHelper::
                                         GetFolderContents( rDicDirURL, false ) );
-    const OUString *pDirCnt = aDirCnt.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nEntries = aDirCnt.getLength();
 
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nEntries;  ++i)
+    for (const OUString& aURL : aDirCnt)
     {
-        OUString     aURL( pDirCnt[i] );
         LanguageType nLang = LANGUAGE_NONE;
         bool         bNeg  = false;
         OUString     aDicTitle = "";
@@ -622,13 +619,11 @@ void DicList::CreateDicList()
     //! activation of the dictionaries
     mxDicEvtLstnrHelper->BeginCollectEvents();
     const uno::Sequence< OUString > aActiveDics( aOpt.GetActiveDics() );
-    const OUString *pActiveDic = aActiveDics.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nLen = aActiveDics.getLength();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+    for (const OUString& rActiveDic : aActiveDics)
     {
-        if (!pActiveDic[i].isEmpty())
+        if (!rActiveDic.isEmpty())
         {
-            uno::Reference< XDictionary > xDic( getDictionaryByName( pActiveDic[i] ) );
+            uno::Reference< XDictionary > xDic( getDictionaryByName( rActiveDic ) );
             if (xDic.is())
                 xDic->setActive( true );
         }
diff --git a/linguistic/source/gciterator.cxx b/linguistic/source/gciterator.cxx
index 0b284d660abc..d0c51f90b464 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/gciterator.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/gciterator.cxx
@@ -417,10 +417,9 @@ void GrammarCheckingIterator::ProcessResult(
                 text::TextMarkupDescriptor * pDescriptors = aDescriptors.getArray();
 
                 // at pos 0 .. nErrors-1 -> all grammar errors
-                for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nErrors;  ++i)
+                for (const linguistic2::SingleProofreadingError &rError : rRes.aErrors)
                 {
-                    const linguistic2::SingleProofreadingError &rError = rRes.aErrors[i];
-                    text::TextMarkupDescriptor &rDesc = aDescriptors[i];
+                    text::TextMarkupDescriptor &rDesc = *pDescriptors++;
 
                     rDesc.nType   = rError.nErrorType;
                     rDesc.nOffset = rError.nErrorStart;
@@ -455,9 +454,9 @@ void GrammarCheckingIterator::ProcessResult(
                 // at pos nErrors -> sentence markup
                 // nSentenceLength: includes the white-spaces following the sentence end...
                 const sal_Int32 nSentenceLength = rRes.nStartOfNextSentencePosition - rRes.nStartOfSentencePosition;
-                pDescriptors[ nErrors ].nType   = text::TextMarkupType::SENTENCE;
-                pDescriptors[ nErrors ].nOffset = rRes.nStartOfSentencePosition;
-                pDescriptors[ nErrors ].nLength = nSentenceLength;
+                pDescriptors->nType   = text::TextMarkupType::SENTENCE;
+                pDescriptors->nOffset = rRes.nStartOfSentencePosition;
+                pDescriptors->nLength = nSentenceLength;
 
                 xMulti->commitMultiTextMarkup( aDescriptors ) ;
             }
@@ -1081,20 +1080,18 @@ void GrammarCheckingIterator::GetConfiguredGCSvcs_Impl()
         uno::Reference< container::XNameAccess > xNA( GetUpdateAccess(), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
         xNA.set( xNA->getByName( "GrammarCheckerList" ), uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW );
         const uno::Sequence< OUString > aElementNames( xNA->getElementNames() );
-        const OUString *pElementNames = aElementNames.getConstArray();
 
-        sal_Int32 nLen = aElementNames.getLength();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rElementName : aElementNames)
         {
             uno::Sequence< OUString > aImplNames;
-            uno::Any aTmp( xNA->getByName( pElementNames[i] ) );
+            uno::Any aTmp( xNA->getByName( rElementName ) );
             if (aTmp >>= aImplNames)
             {
                 if (aImplNames.hasElements())
                 {
                     // only the first entry is used, there should be only one grammar checker per language
                     const OUString aImplName( aImplNames[0] );
-                    const LanguageType nLang = LanguageTag::convertToLanguageType( pElementNames[i] );
+                    const LanguageType nLang = LanguageTag::convertToLanguageType( rElementName );
                     aTmpGCImplNamesByLang[ nLang ] = aImplName;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/linguistic/source/hyphdsp.cxx b/linguistic/source/hyphdsp.cxx
index fa0a77ff20a5..f2665b653561 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/hyphdsp.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/hyphdsp.cxx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <tools/debug.hxx>
 #include <svl/lngmisc.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <osl/mutex.hxx>
 
 #include "hyphdsp.hxx"
@@ -251,13 +252,13 @@ Sequence< Locale > SAL_CALL HyphenatorDispatcher::getLocales()
 {
     MutexGuard  aGuard( GetLinguMutex() );
 
-    Sequence< Locale > aLocales( static_cast< sal_Int32 >(aSvcMap.size()) );
-    Locale *pLocales = aLocales.getArray();
-    for (auto const& elem : aSvcMap)
-    {
-        *pLocales++ = LanguageTag::convertToLocale(elem.first);
-    }
-    return aLocales;
+    std::vector<Locale> aLocales;
+    aLocales.reserve(aSvcMap.size());
+
+    std::transform(aSvcMap.begin(), aSvcMap.end(), std::back_inserter(aLocales),
+        [](HyphSvcByLangMap_t::const_reference elem) { return LanguageTag::convertToLocale(elem.first); });
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aLocales);
 }
 
 
@@ -661,8 +662,7 @@ void HyphenatorDispatcher::SetServiceList( const Locale &rLocale,
 
     LanguageType nLanguage = LinguLocaleToLanguage( rLocale );
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rSvcImplNames.getLength();
-    if (0 == nLen)
+    if (!rSvcImplNames.hasElements())
         // remove entry
         aSvcMap.erase( nLanguage );
     else
diff --git a/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx b/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx
index f97cb6cf5073..9473a8da2b77 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <tools/debug.hxx>
 #include <unotools/lingucfg.hxx>
 
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/factory.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/supportsservice.hxx>
 #include <com/sun/star/container/XNameAccess.hpp>
@@ -328,22 +329,16 @@ Sequence< PropertyValue > SAL_CALL
 {
     MutexGuard  aGuard( GetLinguMutex() );
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = aPropertyMap.getSize();
-    Sequence< PropertyValue > aProps( nLen );
-    PropertyValue *pProp = aProps.getArray();
     PropertyEntryVector_t aPropEntries = aPropertyMap.getPropertyEntries();
-    PropertyEntryVector_t::const_iterator aIt = aPropEntries.begin();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i, ++aIt)
-    {
-        PropertyValue &rVal = pProp[i];
-        Any aAny( aConfig.GetProperty( aIt->nWID ) );
-
-        rVal.Name   = aIt->sName;
-        rVal.Handle = aIt->nWID;
-        rVal.Value  = aAny;
-        rVal.State  = PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE ;
-    }
-    return aProps;
+    std::vector<PropertyValue> aProps;
+    aProps.reserve(aPropertyMap.getSize());
+
+    std::transform(aPropEntries.begin(), aPropEntries.end(), std::back_inserter(aProps),
+        [this](PropertyEntryVector_t::const_reference rPropEntry) {
+            return PropertyValue(rPropEntry.sName, rPropEntry.nWID,
+                                 aConfig.GetProperty(rPropEntry.nWID),
+                                 css::beans::PropertyState_DIRECT_VALUE); });
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aProps);
 }
 
 void SAL_CALL
@@ -351,11 +346,8 @@ void SAL_CALL
 {
     MutexGuard  aGuard( GetLinguMutex() );
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rProps.getLength();
-    const PropertyValue *pVal = rProps.getConstArray();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+    for (const PropertyValue &rVal : rProps)
     {
-        const PropertyValue &rVal = pVal[i];
         setPropertyValue( rVal.Name, rVal.Value );
     }
 }
diff --git a/linguistic/source/lngprophelp.cxx b/linguistic/source/lngprophelp.cxx
index 608020f8f3b3..ed0006c8962b 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/lngprophelp.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/lngprophelp.cxx
@@ -107,21 +107,20 @@ void PropertyChgHelper::SetDefaultValues()
 
 void PropertyChgHelper::GetCurrentValues()
 {
-    sal_Int32 nLen = GetPropNames().getLength();
-    if (GetPropSet().is() && nLen)
+    const auto& rPropNames = GetPropNames();
+    if (GetPropSet().is() && rPropNames.hasElements())
     {
-        const OUString *pPropName = GetPropNames().getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rPropName : rPropNames)
         {
             bool *pbVal     = nullptr,
                  *pbResVal  = nullptr;
 
-            if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS )
+            if ( rPropName == UPN_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS )
             {
                 pbVal    = &bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
                 pbResVal = &bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
             }
-            else if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST )
+            else if ( rPropName == UPN_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST )
             {
                 pbVal    = &bIsUseDictionaryList;
                 pbResVal = &bResIsUseDictionaryList;
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@ void PropertyChgHelper::GetCurrentValues()
 
             if (pbVal && pbResVal)
             {
-                GetPropSet()->getPropertyValue( pPropName[i] ) >>= *pbVal;
+                GetPropSet()->getPropertyValue( rPropName ) >>= *pbVal;
                 *pbResVal = *pbVal;
             }
         }
@@ -144,25 +143,20 @@ void PropertyChgHelper::SetTmpPropVals( const PropertyValues &rPropVals )
     bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters   = bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
     bResIsUseDictionaryList         = bIsUseDictionaryList;
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rPropVals.getLength();
-    if (nLen)
+    for (const PropertyValue& rVal : rPropVals)
     {
-        const PropertyValue *pVal = rPropVals.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        bool  *pbResVal = nullptr;
+        switch (rVal.Handle)
         {
-            bool  *pbResVal = nullptr;
-            switch (pVal[i].Handle)
-            {
-                case UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS :
-                        pbResVal = &bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters; break;
-                case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST     :
-                        pbResVal = &bResIsUseDictionaryList; break;
-                default:
-                        ;
-            }
-            if (pbResVal)
-                pVal[i].Value >>= *pbResVal;
+            case UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS :
+                    pbResVal = &bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters; break;
+            case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST     :
+                    pbResVal = &bResIsUseDictionaryList; break;
+            default:
+                    ;
         }
+        if (pbResVal)
+            rVal.Value >>= *pbResVal;
     }
 }
 
@@ -229,12 +223,10 @@ void PropertyChgHelper::AddAsPropListener()
 {
     if (xPropSet.is())
     {
-        sal_Int32 nLen = aPropNames.getLength();
-        const OUString *pPropName = aPropNames.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rPropName : std::as_const(aPropNames))
         {
-            if (!pPropName[i].isEmpty())
-                xPropSet->addPropertyChangeListener( pPropName[i], this );
+            if (!rPropName.isEmpty())
+                xPropSet->addPropertyChangeListener( rPropName, this );
         }
     }
 }
@@ -243,12 +235,10 @@ void PropertyChgHelper::RemoveAsPropListener()
 {
     if (xPropSet.is())
     {
-        sal_Int32 nLen = aPropNames.getLength();
-        const OUString *pPropName = aPropNames.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rPropName : std::as_const(aPropNames))
         {
-            if (!pPropName[i].isEmpty())
-                xPropSet->removePropertyChangeListener( pPropName[i], this );
+            if (!rPropName.isEmpty())
+                xPropSet->removePropertyChangeListener( rPropName, this );
         }
     }
 }
@@ -367,26 +357,25 @@ void PropertyHelper_Spell::GetCurrentValues()
 {
     PropertyChgHelper::GetCurrentValues();
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = GetPropNames().getLength();
-    if (GetPropSet().is() && nLen)
+    const auto& rPropNames = GetPropNames();
+    if (GetPropSet().is() && rPropNames.hasElements())
     {
-        const OUString *pPropName = GetPropNames().getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rPropName : rPropNames)
         {
             bool *pbVal     = nullptr,
                  *pbResVal  = nullptr;
 
-            if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE )
+            if ( rPropName == UPN_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE )
             {
                 pbVal    = &bIsSpellUpperCase;
                 pbResVal = &bResIsSpellUpperCase;
             }
-            else if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS )
+            else if ( rPropName == UPN_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS )
             {
                 pbVal    = &bIsSpellWithDigits;
                 pbResVal = &bResIsSpellWithDigits;
             }
-            else if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION )
+            else if ( rPropName == UPN_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION )
             {
                 pbVal    = &bIsSpellCapitalization;
                 pbResVal = &bResIsSpellCapitalization;
@@ -394,7 +383,7 @@ void PropertyHelper_Spell::GetCurrentValues()
 
             if (pbVal && pbResVal)
             {
-                GetPropSet()->getPropertyValue( pPropName[i] ) >>= *pbVal;
+                GetPropSet()->getPropertyValue( rPropName ) >>= *pbVal;
                 *pbResVal = *pbVal;
             }
         }
@@ -479,30 +468,25 @@ void PropertyHelper_Spell::SetTmpPropVals( const PropertyValues &rPropVals )
     bResIsSpellCapitalization   = bIsSpellCapitalization;
     bResIsSpellUpperCase        = bIsSpellUpperCase;
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rPropVals.getLength();
-    if (nLen)
+    for (const PropertyValue& rVal : rPropVals)
     {
-        const PropertyValue *pVal = rPropVals.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        if ( rVal.Name == UPN_MAX_NUMBER_OF_SUGGESTIONS )
         {
-            if ( pVal[i].Name == UPN_MAX_NUMBER_OF_SUGGESTIONS )
-            {
-                // special value that is not part of the property set and thus needs to be handled differently
-            }
-            else
+            // special value that is not part of the property set and thus needs to be handled differently
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            bool *pbResVal = nullptr;
+            switch (rVal.Handle)
             {
-                bool *pbResVal = nullptr;
-                switch (pVal[i].Handle)
-                {
-                    case UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE     : pbResVal = &bResIsSpellUpperCase; break;
-                    case UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS    : pbResVal = &bResIsSpellWithDigits; break;
-                    case UPH_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION : pbResVal = &bResIsSpellCapitalization; break;
-                    default:
-                        SAL_WARN( "linguistic", "unknown property" );
-                }
-                if (pbResVal)
-                    pVal[i].Value >>= *pbResVal;
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE     : pbResVal = &bResIsSpellUpperCase; break;
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS    : pbResVal = &bResIsSpellWithDigits; break;
+                case UPH_IS_SPELL_CAPITALIZATION : pbResVal = &bResIsSpellCapitalization; break;
+                default:
+                    SAL_WARN( "linguistic", "unknown property" );
             }
+            if (pbResVal)
+                rVal.Value >>= *pbResVal;
         }
     }
 }
@@ -545,26 +529,25 @@ void PropertyHelper_Hyphen::GetCurrentValues()
 {
     PropertyChgHelper::GetCurrentValues();
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = GetPropNames().getLength();
-    if (GetPropSet().is() && nLen)
+    const auto& rPropNames = GetPropNames();
+    if (GetPropSet().is() && rPropNames.hasElements())
     {
-        const OUString *pPropName = GetPropNames().getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rPropName : rPropNames)
         {
             sal_Int16  *pnVal    = nullptr,
                    *pnResVal = nullptr;
 
-            if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_HYPH_MIN_LEADING )
+            if ( rPropName == UPN_HYPH_MIN_LEADING )
             {
                 pnVal    = &nHyphMinLeading;
                 pnResVal = &nResHyphMinLeading;
             }
-            else if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING )
+            else if ( rPropName == UPN_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING )
             {
                 pnVal    = &nHyphMinTrailing;
                 pnResVal = &nResHyphMinTrailing;
             }
-            else if ( pPropName[i] == UPN_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH )
+            else if ( rPropName == UPN_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH )
             {
                 pnVal    = &nHyphMinWordLength;
                 pnResVal = &nResHyphMinWordLength;
@@ -572,7 +555,7 @@ void PropertyHelper_Hyphen::GetCurrentValues()
 
             if (pnVal && pnResVal)
             {
-                GetPropSet()->getPropertyValue( pPropName[i] ) >>= *pnVal;
+                GetPropSet()->getPropertyValue( rPropName ) >>= *pnVal;
                 *pnResVal = *pnVal;
             }
         }
@@ -628,27 +611,21 @@ void PropertyHelper_Hyphen::SetTmpPropVals( const PropertyValues &rPropVals )
     nResHyphMinTrailing     = nHyphMinTrailing;
     nResHyphMinWordLength   = nHyphMinWordLength;
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rPropVals.getLength();
-
-    if (nLen)
+    for (const PropertyValue& rVal : rPropVals)
     {
-        const PropertyValue *pVal = rPropVals.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
-        {
-            sal_Int16 *pnResVal = nullptr;
+        sal_Int16 *pnResVal = nullptr;
 
-            if ( pVal[i].Name == UPN_HYPH_MIN_LEADING )
-                pnResVal = &nResHyphMinLeading;
-            else if ( pVal[i].Name == UPN_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING )
-                pnResVal = &nResHyphMinTrailing;
-            else if ( pVal[i].Name == UPN_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH )
-                pnResVal = &nResHyphMinWordLength;
+        if ( rVal.Name == UPN_HYPH_MIN_LEADING )
+            pnResVal = &nResHyphMinLeading;
+        else if ( rVal.Name == UPN_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING )
+            pnResVal = &nResHyphMinTrailing;
+        else if ( rVal.Name == UPN_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH )
+            pnResVal = &nResHyphMinWordLength;
 
-            DBG_ASSERT( pnResVal, "unknown property" );
+        DBG_ASSERT( pnResVal, "unknown property" );
 
-            if (pnResVal)
-                pVal[i].Value >>= *pnResVal;
-        }
+        if (pnResVal)
+            rVal.Value >>= *pnResVal;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/linguistic/source/lngsvcmgr.cxx b/linguistic/source/lngsvcmgr.cxx
index 4b7c65ac2761..c54a212b3d3f 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/lngsvcmgr.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/lngsvcmgr.cxx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <unotools/lingucfg.hxx>
 #include <vcl/svapp.hxx>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <i18nlangtag/lang.h>
 #include <i18nlangtag/languagetag.hxx>
 #include <cppuhelper/factory.hxx>
@@ -60,19 +61,8 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > static GetLangSvc( const uno::Any &rVal );
 
 static bool lcl_SeqHasString( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rSeq, const OUString &rText )
 {
-    bool bRes = false;
-
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rSeq.getLength();
-    if (nLen == 0 || rText.isEmpty())
-        return bRes;
-
-    const OUString *pSeq = rSeq.getConstArray();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen  &&  !bRes;  ++i)
-    {
-        if (rText == pSeq[i])
-            bRes = true;
-    }
-    return bRes;
+    return !rText.isEmpty()
+        && comphelper::findValue(rSeq, rText) != -1;
 }
 
 
@@ -82,8 +72,7 @@ static uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > GetAvailLocales(
     uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > aRes;
 
     uno::Reference< uno::XComponentContext > xContext( comphelper::getProcessComponentContext() );
-    sal_Int32 nNames = rSvcImplNames.getLength();
-    if( nNames )
+    if( rSvcImplNames.hasElements() )
     {
         std::set< LanguageType > aLanguages;
 
@@ -94,16 +83,14 @@ static uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > GetAvailLocales(
 
         // check all services for the supported languages and new
         // languages to the result
-        const OUString *pImplNames = rSvcImplNames.getConstArray();
-        sal_Int32 i;
 
-        for (i = 0;  i < nNames;  ++i)
+        for (const OUString& rImplName : rSvcImplNames)
         {
             uno::Reference< linguistic2::XSupportedLocales > xSuppLoc;
             try
             {
                 xSuppLoc.set( xContext->getServiceManager()->createInstanceWithArgumentsAndContext(
-                                 pImplNames[i], aArgs, xContext ),
+                                 rImplName, aArgs, xContext ),
                               uno::UNO_QUERY );
             }
             catch (uno::Exception &)
@@ -113,12 +100,10 @@ static uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > GetAvailLocales(
 
             if (xSuppLoc.is())
             {
-                uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > aLoc( xSuppLoc->getLocales() );
-                sal_Int32 nLoc = aLoc.getLength();
-                for (sal_Int32 k = 0;  k < nLoc;  ++k)
+                const uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > aLoc( xSuppLoc->getLocales() );
+                for (const lang::Locale& rLoc : aLoc)
                 {
-                    const lang::Locale *pLoc = aLoc.getConstArray();
-                    LanguageType nLang = LinguLocaleToLanguage( pLoc[k] );
+                    LanguageType nLang = LinguLocaleToLanguage( rLoc );
 
                     // It's a set, so insertion fails if language was already added.
                     aLanguages.insert( nLang );
@@ -131,14 +116,13 @@ static uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > GetAvailLocales(
         }
 
         // build return sequence
-        sal_Int32 nLanguages = static_cast< sal_Int32 >(aLanguages.size());
-        aRes.realloc( nLanguages );
-        lang::Locale *pRes = aRes.getArray();
-        i=0;
-        for (auto const& language : aLanguages)
-        {
-            pRes[i++] = LanguageTag::convertToLocale(language);
-        }
+        std::vector<lang::Locale> aVec;
+        aVec.reserve(aLanguages.size());
+
+        std::transform(aLanguages.begin(), aLanguages.end(), std::back_inserter(aVec),
+            [](const LanguageType& rLang) -> lang::Locale { return LanguageTag::convertToLocale(rLang); });
+
+        aRes = comphelper::containerToSequence(aVec);
     }
 
     return aRes;
@@ -420,12 +404,12 @@ LngSvcMgr::LngSvcMgr()
     bDisposing = false;
 
     // request notify events when properties (i.e. something in the subtree) changes
-    uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames(4);
-    OUString *pNames = aNames.getArray();
-    pNames[0] = "ServiceManager/SpellCheckerList";
-    pNames[1] = "ServiceManager/GrammarCheckerList";
-    pNames[2] = "ServiceManager/HyphenatorList";
-    pNames[3] = "ServiceManager/ThesaurusList";
+    uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames{
+        "ServiceManager/SpellCheckerList",
+        "ServiceManager/GrammarCheckerList",
+        "ServiceManager/HyphenatorList",
+        "ServiceManager/ThesaurusList"
+    };
     EnableNotification( aNames );
 
     UpdateAll();
@@ -540,15 +524,12 @@ namespace
 
     bool lcl_FindEntry( const OUString &rEntry, const Sequence< OUString > &rCfgSvcs )
     {
-        sal_Int32 nRes = -1;
-        sal_Int32 nEntries = rCfgSvcs.getLength();
-        const OUString *pEntry = rCfgSvcs.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nEntries && nRes == -1;  ++i)
-        {
-            if (rEntry == pEntry[i])
-                nRes = i;
-        }
-        return nRes != -1;
+        return comphelper::findValue(rCfgSvcs, rEntry) != -1;
+    }
+
+    bool lcl_FindEntry( const OUString &rEntry, const std::vector< OUString > &rCfgSvcs )
+    {
+        return std::find(rCfgSvcs.begin(), rCfgSvcs.end(), rEntry) != rCfgSvcs.end();
     }
 
     Sequence< OUString > lcl_GetLastFoundSvcs(
@@ -585,65 +566,47 @@ namespace
             const Sequence< OUString > &rCfgSvcs,
             const Sequence< OUString > &rAvailSvcs )
     {
-        Sequence< OUString > aRes( rCfgSvcs.getLength() );
-        OUString *pRes = aRes.getArray();
-        sal_Int32 nCnt = 0;
+        std::vector<OUString> aRes;
+        aRes.reserve(rCfgSvcs.getLength());
 
-        for (OUString const & entry : rCfgSvcs)
-        {
-            if (!entry.isEmpty() && lcl_FindEntry( entry, rAvailSvcs ))
-                pRes[ nCnt++ ] = entry;
-        }
+        std::copy_if(rCfgSvcs.begin(), rCfgSvcs.end(), std::back_inserter(aRes),
+            [&rAvailSvcs](const OUString& entry) { return lcl_SeqHasString(rAvailSvcs, entry); });
 
-        aRes.realloc( nCnt );
-        return aRes;
+        return comphelper::containerToSequence(aRes);
     }
 
     Sequence< OUString > lcl_GetNewEntries(
             const Sequence< OUString > &rLastFoundSvcs,
             const Sequence< OUString > &rAvailSvcs )
     {
-        sal_Int32 nLen = rAvailSvcs.getLength();
-        Sequence< OUString > aRes( nLen );
-        OUString *pRes = aRes.getArray();
-        sal_Int32 nCnt = 0;
+        std::vector<OUString> aRes;
+        aRes.reserve(rAvailSvcs.getLength());
 
-        const OUString *pEntry = rAvailSvcs.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
-        {
-            if (!pEntry[i].isEmpty() && !lcl_FindEntry( pEntry[i], rLastFoundSvcs ))
-                pRes[ nCnt++ ] = pEntry[i];
-        }
+        std::copy_if(rAvailSvcs.begin(), rAvailSvcs.end(), std::back_inserter(aRes),
+            [&rLastFoundSvcs](const OUString& rEntry) {
+                return !rEntry.isEmpty() && !lcl_FindEntry( rEntry, rLastFoundSvcs ); });
 
-        aRes.realloc( nCnt );
-        return aRes;
+        return comphelper::containerToSequence(aRes);
     }
 
     Sequence< OUString > lcl_MergeSeq(
             const Sequence< OUString > &rCfgSvcs,
             const Sequence< OUString > &rNewSvcs )
     {
-        Sequence< OUString > aRes( rCfgSvcs.getLength() + rNewSvcs.getLength() );
-        OUString *pRes = aRes.getArray();
-        sal_Int32 nCnt = 0;
+        std::vector<OUString> aRes;
+        aRes.reserve(rCfgSvcs.getLength() + rNewSvcs.getLength());
 
-        for (sal_Int32 k = 0;  k < 2;  ++k)
-        {
-            // add previously configured service first and append
-            // new found services at the end
-            const Sequence< OUString > &rSeq = k == 0 ? rCfgSvcs : rNewSvcs;
+        auto lVecNotHasString = [&aRes](const OUString& rEntry)
+            { return !rEntry.isEmpty() && !lcl_FindEntry(rEntry, aRes); };
 
-            sal_Int32 nLen = rSeq.getLength();
-            const OUString *pEntry = rSeq.getConstArray();
-            for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
-            {
-                if (!pEntry[i].isEmpty() && !lcl_FindEntry( pEntry[i], aRes ))
-                    pRes[ nCnt++ ] = pEntry[i];
-            }
+        // add previously configured service first and append
+        // new found services at the end
+        for (const Sequence< OUString > &rSeq : { rCfgSvcs, rNewSvcs })
+        {
+            std::copy_if(rSeq.begin(), rSeq.end(), std::back_inserter(aRes), lVecNotHasString);
         }
 
-        aRes.realloc( nCnt );
-        return aRes;
+        return comphelper::containerToSequence(aRes);
     }
 }
 
@@ -672,23 +635,20 @@ void LngSvcMgr::UpdateAll()
         OUString aService( OUString::createFromAscii( apServices[k] ) );
         OUString aActiveList( OUString::createFromAscii( apCurLists[k] ) );
         OUString aLastFoundList( OUString::createFromAscii( apLastFoundLists[k] ) );
-        sal_Int32 i;
 
 
         // remove configured but not available language/services entries
 
-        Sequence< OUString > aNodeNames( aCfg.GetNodeNames( aActiveList ) );   // list of configured locales
-        sal_Int32 nNodeNames = aNodeNames.getLength();
-        const OUString *pNodeName = aNodeNames.getConstArray();
-        for (i = 0;  i < nNodeNames;  ++i)
+        const Sequence< OUString > aNodeNames( aCfg.GetNodeNames( aActiveList ) );   // list of configured locales
+        for (const OUString& rNodeName : aNodeNames)
         {
-            Locale aLocale( LanguageTag::convertToLocale( pNodeName[i]));
+            Locale aLocale( LanguageTag::convertToLocale( rNodeName));
             Sequence< OUString > aCfgSvcs( getConfiguredServices( aService, aLocale ));
             Sequence< OUString > aAvailSvcs( getAvailableServices( aService, aLocale ));
 
             aCfgSvcs = lcl_RemoveMissingEntries( aCfgSvcs, aAvailSvcs );
 
-            aCurSvcs[k][ pNodeName[i] ] = aCfgSvcs;
+            aCurSvcs[k][ rNodeName ] = aCfgSvcs;
         }
 
 
@@ -696,14 +656,12 @@ void LngSvcMgr::UpdateAll()
         // and
         // set last found services to currently available ones
 
-        Sequence< Locale > aAvailLocales( getAvailableLocales(aService) );
-        sal_Int32 nAvailLocales = aAvailLocales.getLength();
-        const Locale *pAvailLocale = aAvailLocales.getConstArray();
-        for (i = 0;  i < nAvailLocales;  ++i)
+        const Sequence< Locale > aAvailLocales( getAvailableLocales(aService) );
+        for (const Locale& rAvailLocale : aAvailLocales)
         {
-            OUString aCfgLocaleStr( LanguageTag::convertToBcp47( pAvailLocale[i]));
+            OUString aCfgLocaleStr( LanguageTag::convertToBcp47( rAvailLocale));
 
-            Sequence< OUString > aAvailSvcs( getAvailableServices( aService, pAvailLocale[i] ));
+            Sequence< OUString > aAvailSvcs( getAvailableServices( aService, rAvailLocale ));
 
             aLastFoundSvcs[k][ aCfgLocaleStr ] = aAvailSvcs;
 
@@ -741,7 +699,7 @@ void LngSvcMgr::UpdateAll()
                 pNewValue->Value <<= elem.second;
                 ++pNewValue;
             }
-            OSL_ENSURE( pNewValue - aNewValues.getArray() == nVals,
+            OSL_ENSURE( pNewValue - aNewValues.getConstArray() == nVals,
                     "possible mismatch of sequence size and property number" );
 
             {
@@ -773,14 +731,11 @@ void LngSvcMgr::Notify( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rPropertyNames )
     uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames( 1 );
     OUString *pNames = aNames.getArray();
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rPropertyNames.getLength();
-    const OUString *pPropertyNames = rPropertyNames.getConstArray();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+    for (const OUString& rName : rPropertyNames)
     {
         // property names look like
         // "ServiceManager/ThesaurusList/de-CH"
 
-        const OUString &rName = pPropertyNames[i];
         sal_Int32 nKeyStart;
         nKeyStart = rName.lastIndexOf( '/' );
         OUString aKeyText;
@@ -1201,8 +1156,6 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( SpellCheckerDispatcher &rSpellDsp )
 
     OUString aNode("ServiceManager/SpellCheckerList");
     uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames( /*aCfg.*/GetNodeNames( aNode ) );
-    OUString *pNames = aNames.getArray();
-    sal_Int32 nLen = aNames.getLength();
 
     // append path prefix need for 'GetProperties' call below
     OUString aPrefix = aNode + "/";
@@ -1211,16 +1164,16 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( SpellCheckerDispatcher &rSpellDsp )
         name = aPrefix + name;
     }
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
-    if (nLen  &&  nLen == aValues.getLength())
+    const uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
+    if (aNames.hasElements()  &&  aNames.getLength() == aValues.getLength())
     {
-        const uno::Any *pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        const OUString *pNames = aNames.getConstArray();
+        for (const uno::Any& rValue : aValues)
         {
             uno::Sequence< OUString > aSvcImplNames;
-            if (pValues[i] >>= aSvcImplNames)
+            if (rValue >>= aSvcImplNames)
             {
-                OUString aLocaleStr( pNames[i] );
+                OUString aLocaleStr( *pNames++ );
                 sal_Int32 nSeparatorPos = aLocaleStr.lastIndexOf( '/' );
                 aLocaleStr = aLocaleStr.copy( nSeparatorPos + 1 );
                 rSpellDsp.SetServiceList( LanguageTag::convertToLocale(aLocaleStr), aSvcImplNames );
@@ -1236,8 +1189,6 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( GrammarCheckingIterator &rGrammarDsp )
 
     OUString aNode("ServiceManager/GrammarCheckerList");
     uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames( /*aCfg.*/GetNodeNames( aNode ) );
-    OUString *pNames = aNames.getArray();
-    sal_Int32 nLen = aNames.getLength();
 
     // append path prefix need for 'GetProperties' call below
     OUString aPrefix = aNode  + "/";
@@ -1246,20 +1197,20 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( GrammarCheckingIterator &rGrammarDsp )
         name = aPrefix + name;
     }
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
-    if (nLen  &&  nLen == aValues.getLength())
+    const uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
+    if (aNames.hasElements()  &&  aNames.getLength() == aValues.getLength())
     {
-        const uno::Any *pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        const OUString *pNames = aNames.getConstArray();
+        for (const uno::Any& rValue : aValues)
         {
             uno::Sequence< OUString > aSvcImplNames;
-            if (pValues[i] >>= aSvcImplNames)
+            if (rValue >>= aSvcImplNames)
             {
                 // there should only be one grammar checker in use per language...
                 if (aSvcImplNames.getLength() > 1)
                     aSvcImplNames.realloc(1);
 
-                OUString aLocaleStr( pNames[i] );
+                OUString aLocaleStr( *pNames++ );
                 sal_Int32 nSeparatorPos = aLocaleStr.lastIndexOf( '/' );
                 aLocaleStr = aLocaleStr.copy( nSeparatorPos + 1 );
                 rGrammarDsp.SetServiceList( LanguageTag::convertToLocale(aLocaleStr), aSvcImplNames );
@@ -1275,8 +1226,6 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( HyphenatorDispatcher &rHyphDsp )
 
     OUString aNode("ServiceManager/HyphenatorList");
     uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames( /*aCfg.*/GetNodeNames( aNode ) );
-    OUString *pNames = aNames.getArray();
-    sal_Int32 nLen = aNames.getLength();
 
     // append path prefix need for 'GetProperties' call below
     OUString aPrefix = aNode + "/";
@@ -1285,20 +1234,20 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( HyphenatorDispatcher &rHyphDsp )
         name = aPrefix + name;
     }
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
-    if (nLen  &&  nLen == aValues.getLength())
+    const uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
+    if (aNames.hasElements()  &&  aNames.getLength() == aValues.getLength())
     {
-        const uno::Any *pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        const OUString *pNames = aNames.getConstArray();
+        for (const uno::Any& rValue : aValues)
         {
             uno::Sequence< OUString > aSvcImplNames;
-            if (pValues[i] >>= aSvcImplNames)
+            if (rValue >>= aSvcImplNames)
             {
                 // there should only be one hyphenator in use per language...
                 if (aSvcImplNames.getLength() > 1)
                     aSvcImplNames.realloc(1);
 
-                OUString aLocaleStr( pNames[i] );
+                OUString aLocaleStr( *pNames++ );
                 sal_Int32 nSeparatorPos = aLocaleStr.lastIndexOf( '/' );
                 aLocaleStr = aLocaleStr.copy( nSeparatorPos + 1 );
                 rHyphDsp.SetServiceList( LanguageTag::convertToLocale(aLocaleStr), aSvcImplNames );
@@ -1314,8 +1263,6 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( ThesaurusDispatcher &rThesDsp )
 
     OUString aNode("ServiceManager/ThesaurusList");
     uno::Sequence< OUString > aNames( /*aCfg.*/GetNodeNames( aNode ) );
-    OUString *pNames = aNames.getArray();
-    sal_Int32 nLen = aNames.getLength();
 
     // append path prefix need for 'GetProperties' call below
     OUString aPrefix = aNode + "/";
@@ -1324,16 +1271,16 @@ void LngSvcMgr::SetCfgServiceLists( ThesaurusDispatcher &rThesDsp )
         name = aPrefix + name;
     }
 
-    uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
-    if (nLen  &&  nLen == aValues.getLength())
+    const uno::Sequence< uno::Any > aValues( /*aCfg.*/GetProperties( aNames ) );
+    if (aNames.hasElements()  &&  aNames.getLength() == aValues.getLength())
     {
-        const uno::Any *pValues = aValues.getConstArray();
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        const OUString *pNames = aNames.getConstArray();
+        for (const uno::Any& rValue : aValues)
         {
             uno::Sequence< OUString > aSvcImplNames;
-            if (pValues[i] >>= aSvcImplNames)
+            if (rValue >>= aSvcImplNames)
             {
-                OUString aLocaleStr( pNames[i] );
+                OUString aLocaleStr( *pNames++ );
                 sal_Int32 nSeparatorPos = aLocaleStr.lastIndexOf( '/' );
                 aLocaleStr = aLocaleStr.copy( nSeparatorPos + 1 );
                 rThesDsp.SetServiceList( LanguageTag::convertToLocale(aLocaleStr), aSvcImplNames );
@@ -1464,26 +1411,20 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL
 
     if (pInfoArray)
     {
-        // resize to max number of entries
-        size_t nMaxCnt = pInfoArray->size();
-        aRes.realloc( nMaxCnt );
-        OUString *pImplName = aRes.getArray();
+        std::vector<OUString> aVec;
+        aVec.reserve(pInfoArray->size());
 
-        sal_uInt16 nCnt = 0;
         LanguageType nLanguage = LinguLocaleToLanguage( rLocale );
-        for (size_t i = 0;  i < nMaxCnt; ++i)
+        for (const auto& pInfo : *pInfoArray)
         {
-            const SvcInfo &rInfo = *(*pInfoArray)[i].get();
             if (LinguIsUnspecified( nLanguage )
-                || rInfo.HasLanguage( nLanguage ))
+                || pInfo->HasLanguage( nLanguage ))
             {
-                pImplName[ nCnt++ ] = rInfo.aSvcImplName;
+                aVec.push_back(pInfo->aSvcImplName);
             }
         }
 
-        // resize to actual number of entries
-        if (nCnt != nMaxCnt)
-            aRes.realloc( nCnt );
+        aRes = comphelper::containerToSequence(aVec);
     }
 
     return aRes;
@@ -1523,22 +1464,9 @@ uno::Sequence< lang::Locale > SAL_CALL
 static bool IsEqSvcList( const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rList1,
                          const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rList2 )
 {
-    // returns true iff both sequences are equal
-
-    bool bRes = false;
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rList1.getLength();
-    if (rList2.getLength() == nLen)
-    {
-        const OUString *pStr1 = rList1.getConstArray();
-        const OUString *pStr2 = rList2.getConstArray();
-        bRes = true;
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen  &&  bRes;  ++i)
-        {
-            if (*pStr1++ != *pStr2++)
-                bRes = false;
-        }
-    }
-    return bRes;
+    // returns true if both sequences are equal
+    return rList1.getLength() == rList2.getLength()
+        && std::equal(rList1.begin(), rList1.end(), rList2.begin(), rList2.end());
 }
 
 
@@ -1660,12 +1588,8 @@ bool LngSvcMgr::SaveCfgSvcs( const OUString &rServiceName )
 
     if (pDsp  &&  aLocales.hasElements())
     {
-        sal_Int32 nLen = aLocales.getLength();
-        const lang::Locale *pLocale = aLocales.getConstArray();
-
-        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aValues( nLen );
-        beans::PropertyValue *pValues = aValues.getArray();
-        beans::PropertyValue *pValue  = pValues;
+        uno::Sequence< beans::PropertyValue > aValues( aLocales.getLength() );
+        beans::PropertyValue *pValue = aValues.getArray();
 
         // get node name to be used
         const char *pNodeName = nullptr;
@@ -1683,9 +1607,9 @@ bool LngSvcMgr::SaveCfgSvcs( const OUString &rServiceName )
         }
         OUString aNodeName( OUString::createFromAscii(pNodeName) );
 
-        for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+        for (const lang::Locale& rLocale : std::as_const(aLocales))
         {
-            uno::Sequence< OUString > aSvcImplNames = pDsp->GetServiceList( pLocale[i] );
+            uno::Sequence< OUString > aSvcImplNames = pDsp->GetServiceList( rLocale );
 
             // build value to be written back to configuration
             uno::Any aCfgAny;
@@ -1694,7 +1618,7 @@ bool LngSvcMgr::SaveCfgSvcs( const OUString &rServiceName )
             aCfgAny <<= aSvcImplNames;
             DBG_ASSERT( aCfgAny.hasValue(), "missing value for 'Any' type" );
 
-            OUString aCfgLocaleStr( LanguageTag::convertToBcp47( pLocale[i]));
+            OUString aCfgLocaleStr( LanguageTag::convertToBcp47( rLocale));
             pValue->Value = aCfgAny;
             pValue->Name  = aNodeName + "/" + aCfgLocaleStr;
             pValue++;
@@ -1718,14 +1642,9 @@ static uno::Sequence< OUString > GetLangSvcList( const uno::Any &rVal )
     {
         rVal >>= aRes;
 #if OSL_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0
-        sal_Int32 nSvcs = aRes.getLength();
-        if (nSvcs)
+        for (const OUString& rSvcName : std::as_const(aRes))
         {
-            const OUString *pSvcName = aRes.getConstArray();
-            for (sal_Int32 j = 0;  j < nSvcs;  ++j)
-            {
-                SAL_WARN_IF( pSvcName[j].isEmpty(), "linguistic", "service impl-name missing" );
-            }
+            SAL_WARN_IF( rSvcName.isEmpty(), "linguistic", "service impl-name missing" );
         }
 #endif
     }
diff --git a/linguistic/source/misc.cxx b/linguistic/source/misc.cxx
index 61dc3506aa68..a8ba9b99c3bc 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/misc.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/misc.cxx
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/Sequence.hxx>
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/Reference.h>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <unotools/charclass.hxx>
 #include <unotools/linguprops.hxx>
 #include <unotools/localedatawrapper.hxx>
@@ -197,19 +198,14 @@ bool IsUseDicList( const PropertyValues &rProperties,
 {
     bool bRes = true;
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rProperties.getLength();
-    const PropertyValue *pVal = rProperties.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 i;
+    const PropertyValue *pVal = std::find_if(rProperties.begin(), rProperties.end(),
+        [](const PropertyValue& rVal) { return UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST == rVal.Handle; });
 
-    for ( i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+    if (pVal != rProperties.end())
     {
-        if (UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST == pVal[i].Handle)
-        {
-            pVal[i].Value >>= bRes;
-            break;
-        }
+        pVal->Value >>= bRes;
     }
-    if (i >= nLen)  // no temporary value found in 'rProperties'
+    else  // no temporary value found in 'rProperties'
     {
         uno::Reference< XFastPropertySet > xFast( rxProp, UNO_QUERY );
         if (xFast.is())
@@ -224,19 +220,14 @@ bool IsIgnoreControlChars( const PropertyValues &rProperties,
 {
     bool bRes = true;
 
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rProperties.getLength();
-    const PropertyValue *pVal = rProperties.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 i;
+    const PropertyValue *pVal = std::find_if(rProperties.begin(), rProperties.end(),
+        [](const PropertyValue& rVal) { return UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS == rVal.Handle; });
 
-    for ( i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+    if (pVal != rProperties.end())
     {
-        if (UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS == pVal[i].Handle)
-        {
-            pVal[i].Value >>= bRes;
-            break;
-        }
+        pVal->Value >>= bRes;
     }
-    if (i >= nLen)  // no temporary value found in 'rProperties'
+    else  // no temporary value found in 'rProperties'
     {
         uno::Reference< XFastPropertySet > xFast( rxProp, UNO_QUERY );
         if (xFast.is())
@@ -316,14 +307,12 @@ bool SaveDictionaries( const uno::Reference< XSearchableDictionaryList > &xDicLi
 
     bool bRet = true;
 
-    Sequence< uno::Reference< XDictionary >  > aDics( xDicList->getDictionaries() );
-    const uno::Reference< XDictionary >  *pDic = aDics.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nCount = aDics.getLength();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nCount;  i++)
+    const Sequence< uno::Reference< XDictionary >  > aDics( xDicList->getDictionaries() );
+    for (const uno::Reference<XDictionary>& rDic : aDics)
     {
         try
         {
-            uno::Reference< frame::XStorable >  xStor( pDic[i], UNO_QUERY );
+            uno::Reference< frame::XStorable >  xStor( rDic, UNO_QUERY );
             if (xStor.is())
             {
                 if (!xStor->isReadonly() && xStor->hasLocation())
@@ -382,15 +371,11 @@ DictionaryError AddEntryToDic(
 std::vector< LanguageType >
     LocaleSeqToLangVec( uno::Sequence< Locale > const &rLocaleSeq )
 {
-    const Locale *pLocale = rLocaleSeq.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nCount = rLocaleSeq.getLength();
-
     std::vector< LanguageType >   aLangs;
-    aLangs.reserve(nCount);
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0; i < nCount; ++i)
-    {
-        aLangs.push_back( LinguLocaleToLanguage( pLocale[i] ) );
-    }
+    aLangs.reserve(rLocaleSeq.getLength());
+
+    std::transform(rLocaleSeq.begin(), rLocaleSeq.end(), std::back_inserter(aLangs),
+        [](const Locale& rLocale) { return LinguLocaleToLanguage(rLocale); });
 
     return aLangs;
 }
@@ -398,17 +383,13 @@ std::vector< LanguageType >
 uno::Sequence< sal_Int16 >
      LocaleSeqToLangSeq( uno::Sequence< Locale > const &rLocaleSeq )
 {
-    const Locale *pLocale = rLocaleSeq.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nCount = rLocaleSeq.getLength();
+    std::vector<sal_Int16> aLangs;
+    aLangs.reserve(rLocaleSeq.getLength());
 
-    uno::Sequence< sal_Int16 >   aLangs( nCount );
-    sal_Int16 *pLang = aLangs.getArray();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nCount;  ++i)
-    {
-        pLang[i] = static_cast<sal_uInt16>(LinguLocaleToLanguage( pLocale[i] ));
-    }
+    std::transform(rLocaleSeq.begin(), rLocaleSeq.end(), std::back_inserter(aLangs),
+        [](const Locale& rLocale) { return static_cast<sal_uInt16>(LinguLocaleToLanguage(rLocale)); });
 
-    return aLangs;
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aLangs);
 }
 bool    IsReadOnly( const OUString &rURL, bool *pbExist )
 {
diff --git a/linguistic/source/misc2.cxx b/linguistic/source/misc2.cxx
index f416a1739fd1..58b315b4392c 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/misc2.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/misc2.cxx
@@ -110,23 +110,17 @@ static std::vector< OUString > GetMultiPaths_Impl(
         sal_Int32 nMaxEntries = aInternalPaths.getLength() + aUserPaths.getLength();
         if (!aWritablePath.isEmpty())
             ++nMaxEntries;
-        aRes.resize( nMaxEntries );
-        sal_Int32 nCount = 0;   // number of actually added entries
+        aRes.reserve( nMaxEntries );
         if (!aWritablePath.isEmpty())
-            aRes[ nCount++ ] = aWritablePath;
-        for (int i = 0;  i < 2;  ++i)
-        {
-            const uno::Sequence< OUString > &rPathSeq = i == 0 ? aUserPaths : aInternalPaths;
-            const OUString *pPathSeq = rPathSeq.getConstArray();
-            for (sal_Int32 k = 0;  k < rPathSeq.getLength();  ++k)
-            {
-                const bool bAddUser     = &rPathSeq == &aUserPaths     && (nPathFlags & DictionaryPathFlags::USER);
-                const bool bAddInternal = &rPathSeq == &aInternalPaths && (nPathFlags & DictionaryPathFlags::INTERNAL);
-                if ((bAddUser || bAddInternal) && !pPathSeq[k].isEmpty())
-                    aRes[ nCount++ ] = pPathSeq[k];
-            }
-        }
-        aRes.resize( nCount );
+            aRes.push_back(aWritablePath);
+
+        auto lPathIsNotEmpty = [](const OUString& rPath) { return !rPath.isEmpty(); };
+
+        if (nPathFlags & DictionaryPathFlags::USER)
+            std::copy_if(std::cbegin(aUserPaths), std::cend(aUserPaths), std::back_inserter(aRes), lPathIsNotEmpty);
+
+        if (nPathFlags & DictionaryPathFlags::INTERNAL)
+            std::copy_if(std::cbegin(aInternalPaths), std::cend(aInternalPaths), std::back_inserter(aRes), lPathIsNotEmpty);
     }
 
     return aRes;
diff --git a/linguistic/source/spelldsp.cxx b/linguistic/source/spelldsp.cxx
index ecb8ec723610..6bbc664794ef 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/spelldsp.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/spelldsp.cxx
@@ -115,11 +115,8 @@ void ProposalList::Append( const std::vector< OUString > &rNew )
 
 void ProposalList::Append( const Sequence< OUString > &rNew )
 {
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rNew.getLength();
-    const OUString *pNew = rNew.getConstArray();
-    for (sal_Int32 i = 0;  i < nLen;  ++i)
+    for (const OUString& rText : rNew)
     {
-        const OUString &rText = pNew[i];
         if (!HasEntry( rText ))
             Append( rText );
     }
@@ -159,22 +156,11 @@ static bool SvcListHasLanguage(
         const LangSvcEntries_Spell &rEntry,
         LanguageType nLanguage )
 {
-    bool bHasLanguage = false;
-    Locale aTmpLocale;
-
-    const Reference< XSpellChecker >  *pRef  = rEntry.aSvcRefs .getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rEntry.aSvcRefs.getLength();
-    for (sal_Int32 k = 0;  k < nLen  &&  !bHasLanguage;  ++k)
-    {
-        if (pRef[k].is())
-        {
-            if (aTmpLocale.Language.isEmpty())
-                aTmpLocale = LanguageTag::convertToLocale( nLanguage );
-            bHasLanguage = pRef[k]->hasLocale( aTmpLocale );
-        }
-    }
+    Locale aTmpLocale = LanguageTag::convertToLocale( nLanguage );
 
-    return bHasLanguage;
+    return std::any_of(rEntry.aSvcRefs.begin(), rEntry.aSvcRefs.end(),
+        [&aTmpLocale](const Reference<XSpellChecker>& rRef) {
+            return rRef.is() && rRef->hasLocale( aTmpLocale ); });
 }
 
 SpellCheckerDispatcher::SpellCheckerDispatcher( LngSvcMgr &rLngSvcMgr ) :
@@ -192,13 +178,13 @@ Sequence< Locale > SAL_CALL SpellCheckerDispatcher::getLocales()
 {
     MutexGuard  aGuard( GetLinguMutex() );
 
-    Sequence< Locale > aLocales( static_cast< sal_Int32 >(m_aSvcMap.size()) );
-    Locale *pLocales = aLocales.getArray();
-    for (auto const& elem : m_aSvcMap)
-    {
-        *pLocales++ = LanguageTag::convertToLocale(elem.first);
-    }
-    return aLocales;
+    std::vector<Locale> aLocales;
+    aLocales.reserve(m_aSvcMap.size());
+
+    std::transform(m_aSvcMap.begin(), m_aSvcMap.end(), std::back_inserter(aLocales),
+        [](SpellSvcByLangMap_t::const_reference elem) { return LanguageTag::convertToLocale(elem.first); });
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aLocales);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/linguistic/source/spelldta.cxx b/linguistic/source/spelldta.cxx
index 8b29c334f12b..0c4570073cb8 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/spelldta.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/spelldta.cxx
@@ -87,15 +87,13 @@ void SearchSimilarText( const OUString &rText, LanguageType nLanguage,
             assert( eType != DictionaryType_MIXED && "unexpected dictionary type" );
 #endif
             const Sequence< Reference< XDictionaryEntry > > aEntries = xDic->getEntries();
-            const Reference< XDictionaryEntry > *pEntries = aEntries.getConstArray();
-            sal_Int32 nLen = aEntries.getLength();
-            for (sal_Int32 k = 0;  k < nLen;  ++k)
+            for (const Reference<XDictionaryEntry>& rEntry : aEntries)
             {
                 OUString aEntryTxt;
-                if (pEntries[k].is())
+                if (rEntry.is())
                 {
                     // remove characters used to determine hyphenation positions
-                    aEntryTxt = pEntries[k]->getDictionaryWord().replaceAll("=", "");
+                    aEntryTxt = rEntry->getDictionaryWord().replaceAll("=", "");
                 }
                 if (!aEntryTxt.isEmpty()  &&  aEntryTxt.getLength() > 1  &&  LevDistance( rText, aEntryTxt ) <= 2)
                     rDicListProps.push_back( aEntryTxt );
diff --git a/linguistic/source/thesdsp.cxx b/linguistic/source/thesdsp.cxx
index 810729f704b6..49b33c384e75 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/thesdsp.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/thesdsp.cxx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/registry/XRegistryKey.hpp>
 #include <com/sun/star/beans/XPropertySet.hpp>
 #include <comphelper/processfactory.hxx>
+#include <comphelper/sequence.hxx>
 #include <com/sun/star/uno/XComponentContext.hpp>
 #include <osl/mutex.hxx>
 #include <sal/log.hxx>
@@ -46,17 +47,9 @@ static bool SvcListHasLanguage(
         const Sequence< Reference< XThesaurus > > &rRefs,
         const Locale &rLocale )
 {
-    bool bHasLanguage = false;
-
-    const Reference< XThesaurus > *pRef = rRefs.getConstArray();
-    sal_Int32 nLen = rRefs.getLength();
-    for (sal_Int32 k = 0;  k < nLen  &&  !bHasLanguage;  ++k)
-    {
-        if (pRef[k].is())
-            bHasLanguage = pRef[k]->hasLocale( rLocale );
-    }
-
-    return bHasLanguage;
+    return std::any_of(rRefs.begin(), rRefs.end(),
+        [&rLocale](const Reference<XThesaurus>& rRef) {
+            return rRef.is() && rRef->hasLocale( rLocale ); });
 }
 
 
@@ -84,13 +77,13 @@ Sequence< Locale > SAL_CALL
 {
     MutexGuard  aGuard( GetLinguMutex() );
 
-    Sequence< Locale > aLocales( static_cast< sal_Int32 >(aSvcMap.size()) );
-    Locale *pLocales = aLocales.getArray();
-    for (auto const& elem : aSvcMap)
-    {
-        *pLocales++ = LanguageTag::convertToLocale(elem.first);
-    }
-    return aLocales;
+    std::vector<Locale> aLocales;
+    aLocales.reserve(aSvcMap.size());
+
+    std::transform(aSvcMap.begin(), aSvcMap.end(), std::back_inserter(aLocales),
+        [](ThesSvcByLangMap_t::const_reference elem) { return LanguageTag::convertToLocale(elem.first); });
+
+    return comphelper::containerToSequence(aLocales);
 }