remove deprecated IsGermanPreReform property

deprecated in 2008 (and seemingly never even implemented)

Replace the use of this property in sample code and
in Java unit tests with another property (I arbitrarily
selected "IsIgnoreControlCharacters")

Change-Id: I2cb474f895ac221952b59e98bfdbc01012095519
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/164355
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Noel Grandin <noel.grandin@collabora.co.uk>

15 files changed, 43 insertions, 128 deletions

diff --git a/include/unotools/linguprops.hxx b/include/unotools/linguprops.hxx
index 81d2748eef3b..4c04e982cfa5 100644
--- a/include/unotools/linguprops.hxx
+++ b/include/unotools/linguprops.hxx
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #endif
 
 // UNO property names for general options
-inline constexpr OUString UPN_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM            = u"IsGermanPreReform"_ustr;     /*! deprecated #i91949 !*/
 inline constexpr OUString UPN_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST          = u"IsUseDictionaryList"_ustr;
 inline constexpr OUString UPN_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS    = u"IsIgnoreControlCharacters"_ustr;
 inline constexpr OUString UPN_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES             = u"ActiveDictionaries"_ustr;
@@ -75,42 +74,41 @@ inline constexpr OUString UPN_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO                 = u"IsAutoGrammarC
 inline constexpr OUString UPN_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE          = u"IsInteractiveGrammarCheck"_ustr;
 
 // uno property handles
-#define UPH_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM             0
-#define UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST           1
-#define UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS     2
-#define UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE              3
-#define UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS             4
-#define UPH_HYPH_MIN_LEADING                 5
-#define UPH_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING                6
-#define UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH             7
-#define UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE                   8
-#define UPH_IS_SPELL_AUTO                    9
-#define UPH_IS_SPELL_CLOSED_COMPOUND        10
-#define UPH_IS_SPELL_HYPHENATED_COMPOUND    11
-#define UPH_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL                12
-#define UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO                    13
-#define UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL                 14
-#define UPH_IS_WRAP_REVERSE                 15
-#define UPH_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE  16
-#define UPH_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE                17
-#define UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK              18
-#define UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL              19
-#define UPH_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES             20
-#define UPH_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES  21
-#define UPH_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD  22
-#define UPH_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG            23
-#define UPH_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST     24
-#define UPH_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES  25
-#define UPH_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED      26
-#define UPH_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS       27
-#define UPH_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS       28
-#define UPH_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING              29
-#define UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO                 30
-#define UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE          31
-#define UPH_HYPH_NO_CAPS                    32
-#define UPH_HYPH_NO_LAST_WORD               33
-#define UPH_HYPH_ZONE                       34
-#define UPH_HYPH_KEEP                       35
+#define UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST           0
+#define UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS     1
+#define UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE              2
+#define UPH_IS_SPELL_WITH_DIGITS             3
+#define UPH_HYPH_MIN_LEADING                 4
+#define UPH_HYPH_MIN_TRAILING                5
+#define UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH             6
+#define UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE                   7
+#define UPH_IS_SPELL_AUTO                    8
+#define UPH_IS_SPELL_CLOSED_COMPOUND         9
+#define UPH_IS_SPELL_HYPHENATED_COMPOUND    10
+#define UPH_IS_SPELL_SPECIAL                11
+#define UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO                    12
+#define UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL                 13
+#define UPH_IS_WRAP_REVERSE                 14
+#define UPH_DATA_FILES_CHANGED_CHECK_VALUE  15
+#define UPH_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE                16
+#define UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CJK              17
+#define UPH_DEFAULT_LOCALE_CTL              18
+#define UPH_ACTIVE_DICTIONARIES             19
+#define UPH_ACTIVE_CONVERSION_DICTIONARIES  20
+#define UPH_IS_IGNORE_POST_POSITIONAL_WORD  21
+#define UPH_IS_AUTO_CLOSE_DIALOG            22
+#define UPH_IS_SHOW_ENTRIES_RECENTLY_USED_FIRST     23
+#define UPH_IS_AUTO_REPLACE_UNIQUE_ENTRIES  24
+#define UPH_IS_DIRECTION_TO_SIMPLIFIED      25
+#define UPH_IS_USE_CHARACTER_VARIANTS       26
+#define UPH_IS_TRANSLATE_COMMON_TERMS       27
+#define UPH_IS_REVERSE_MAPPING              28
+#define UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_AUTO                 29
+#define UPH_IS_GRAMMAR_INTERACTIVE          30
+#define UPH_HYPH_NO_CAPS                    31
+#define UPH_HYPH_NO_LAST_WORD               32
+#define UPH_HYPH_ZONE                       33
+#define UPH_HYPH_KEEP                       34
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
diff --git a/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.cxx b/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.cxx
index 6d076d84841a..e69df4ab4c38 100644
--- a/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.cxx
+++ b/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.cxx
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ Meaning::Meaning(OUString _aTerm) :
     aSyn        ( Sequence< OUString >(1) ),
     aTerm       (std::move(_aTerm))
 {
-#if 0
-    // this is for future use by a german thesaurus when one exists
-    bIsGermanPreReform = rHelper.IsGermanPreReform;
-#endif
 }
 
 Meaning::~Meaning()
diff --git a/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.hxx b/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.hxx
index fb2c6438d751..8c18542b6138 100644
--- a/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.hxx
+++ b/lingucomponent/source/thesaurus/libnth/nthesdta.hxx
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ class Meaning :
     css::uno::Sequence< OUString >  aSyn;   // list of synonyms, may be empty.
     OUString         aTerm;
 
-#if 0
-        // this is for future use by a German thesaurus
-        sal_Bool                bIsGermanPreReform;
-#endif
-
     Meaning(const Meaning &) = delete;
     Meaning & operator = (const Meaning &) = delete;
 
diff --git a/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx b/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx
index c33a05ab3a6f..42bb6df95719 100644
--- a/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/source/lngopt.cxx
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ static std::span<const SfxItemPropertyMapEntry> lcl_GetLinguProps()
                 ::cppu::UnoType<sal_Int16>::get(),    0, 0 },
         { UPN_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH,       UPH_HYPH_MIN_WORD_LENGTH,
                 ::cppu::UnoType<sal_Int16>::get(),    0, 0 },
-        { UPN_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM,       UPH_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM,       /*! deprecated !*/
-                cppu::UnoType<bool>::get(),            0, 0 },
         { UPN_IS_HYPH_AUTO,               UPH_IS_HYPH_AUTO,
                 cppu::UnoType<bool>::get(),            0, 0 },
         { UPN_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL,            UPH_IS_HYPH_SPECIAL,
diff --git a/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.cxx b/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.cxx
index 9da626319a72..f6326ba55fee 100644
--- a/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.cxx
+++ b/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.cxx
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ sal_Bool SAL_CALL
 
 static const char *aSP[] =
 {
-    UPN_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM,
     UPN_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS,
     UPN_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST,
     UPN_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE,
@@ -188,12 +187,7 @@ PropertyHelper_Spell::PropertyHelper_Spell(
             sal_Bool *pbVal     = NULL,
                  *pbResVal  = NULL;
 
-            if (OUString( UPN_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM ) == pPropName[i])
-            {
-                pbVal    = &bIsGermanPreReform;
-                pbResVal = &bResIsGermanPreReform;
-            }
-            else if (OUString( UPN_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS ) == pPropName[i])
+            if (OUString( UPN_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS ) == pPropName[i])
             {
                 pbVal    = &bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
                 pbResVal = &bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
@@ -246,7 +240,6 @@ PropertyHelper_Spell::~PropertyHelper_Spell()
 
 void PropertyHelper_Spell::SetDefault()
 {
-    bResIsGermanPreReform           = bIsGermanPreReform            = sal_False;
     bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters   = bIsIgnoreControlCharacters    = sal_True;
     bResIsUseDictionaryList         = bIsUseDictionaryList          = sal_True;
     bResIsSpellUpperCase            = bIsSpellUpperCase             = sal_False;
@@ -277,12 +270,6 @@ void SAL_CALL
                 pbVal = &bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
                 break;
             }
-            case UPH_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM         :
-            {
-                pbVal = &bIsGermanPreReform;
-                bSCWA = bSWWA = sal_True;
-                break;
-            }
             case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST       :
             {
                 pbVal = &bIsUseDictionaryList;
@@ -348,7 +335,6 @@ void PropertyHelper_Spell::SetTmpPropVals( const PropertyValues &rPropVals )
 {
     // set return value to default value unless there is an
     // explicitly supplied temporary value
-    bResIsGermanPreReform           = bIsGermanPreReform;
     bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters   = bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
     bResIsUseDictionaryList         = bIsUseDictionaryList;
     bResIsSpellUpperCase            = bIsSpellUpperCase;
@@ -366,7 +352,6 @@ void PropertyHelper_Spell::SetTmpPropVals( const PropertyValues &rPropVals )
             sal_Bool *pbResVal = NULL;
             switch (pVal[i].Handle)
             {
-                case UPH_IS_GERMAN_PRE_REFORM         : pbResVal = &bResIsGermanPreReform; break;
                 case UPH_IS_IGNORE_CONTROL_CHARACTERS : pbResVal = &bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters; break;
                 case UPH_IS_USE_DICTIONARY_LIST       : pbResVal = &bResIsUseDictionaryList; break;
                 case UPH_IS_SPELL_UPPER_CASE          : pbResVal = &bResIsSpellUpperCase; break;
diff --git a/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.hxx b/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.hxx
index 55fd48198387..3882c0abba5a 100644
--- a/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.hxx
+++ b/linguistic/workben/sprophelp.hxx
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ class PropertyHelper_Spell :
     public PropertyChgHelper
 {
     // default values
-    sal_Bool    bIsGermanPreReform;
     sal_Bool    bIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
     sal_Bool    bIsUseDictionaryList;
     sal_Bool    bIsSpellUpperCase;
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ class PropertyHelper_Spell :
     sal_Bool    bIsSpellCapitalization;
 
     // return values, will be set to default value or current temporary value
-    sal_Bool    bResIsGermanPreReform;
     sal_Bool    bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters;
     sal_Bool    bResIsUseDictionaryList;
     sal_Bool    bResIsSpellUpperCase;
@@ -141,7 +139,6 @@ public:
 
     void    SetTmpPropVals( const PropertyValues &rPropVals );
 
-    sal_Bool    IsGermanPreReform() const           { return bResIsGermanPreReform; }
     sal_Bool    IsIgnoreControlCharacters() const   { return bResIsIgnoreControlCharacters; }
     sal_Bool    IsUseDictionaryList() const         { return bResIsUseDictionaryList; }
     sal_Bool    IsSpellUpperCase() const            { return bResIsSpellUpperCase; }
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/LinguisticExamples.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/LinguisticExamples.java
index 9cbd481cb4b0..35a1a39e6e3b 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/LinguisticExamples.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/LinguisticExamples.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class LinguisticExamples
         // in the LinguProperties property set need to be supllied.
         PropertyValue[] aProps = new PropertyValue[1];
         aProps[0] = new PropertyValue();
-        aProps[0].Name  = "IsGermanPreReform";
+        aProps[0].Name  = "IsIgnoreControlCharacters";
         aProps[0].Value = Boolean.TRUE;
 
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class LinguisticExamples
 
         // set a spellchecker and hyphenator property value to a defined state
         try {
-            aLinguProps.setPropertyValue("IsGermanPreReform", Boolean.TRUE);
+            aLinguProps.setPropertyValue("IsIgnoreControlCharacters", Boolean.TRUE);
         } catch (Exception e) {
         }
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ public class LinguisticExamples
         // event that eventually results in the listeners
         // 'processLinguServiceEvent' function being called
         try {
-            aLinguProps.setPropertyValue("IsGermanPreReform", Boolean.FALSE);
+            aLinguProps.setPropertyValue("IsIgnoreControlCharacters", Boolean.FALSE);
         } catch (Exception e) {
         }
 
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Hyph.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Hyph.java
index 0945e413f11e..d1a6fb2e9752 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Hyph.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Hyph.java
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ public class PropChgHelper_Hyph extends PropChgHelper
                 // nothing to be done
             }
             else if (aEvt.PropertyName.equals( "IsUseDictionaryList" ) ||
-                     aEvt.PropertyName.equals( "IsGermanPreReform" ) ||
                      aEvt.PropertyName.equals( "HyphMinLeading" ) ||
                      aEvt.PropertyName.equals( "HyphMinTrailing" ) ||
                      aEvt.PropertyName.equals( "HyphMinWordLength" ))
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Spell.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Spell.java
index a2df6db5f4fb..ff1bd4907fb3 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Spell.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/PropChgHelper_Spell.java
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ public class PropChgHelper_Spell extends PropChgHelper
             {
                 // nothing to be done
             }
-            else if (aEvt.PropertyName.equals( "IsGermanPreReform" ))
-            {
-                bSCWA = bSWWA = true;
-            }
             else if (aEvt.PropertyName.equals( "IsUseDictionaryList" ))
             {
                 bSCWA = bSWWA = true;
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleHyphenator.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleHyphenator.java
index 930d42c320d7..4fcd413a723b 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleHyphenator.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleHyphenator.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public class SampleHyphenator extends ComponentBase implements
             {
                 "IsIgnoreControlCharacters",
                 "IsUseDictionaryList",
-                "IsGermanPreReform",
                 "HyphMinLeading",
                 "HyphMinTrailing",
                 "HyphMinWordLength"
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ public class SampleHyphenator extends ComponentBase implements
         //! them here.
         boolean bIsIgnoreControlCharacters  = GetValueToUse( "IsIgnoreControlCharacters", true, aProperties );
         boolean bIsUseDictionaryList        = GetValueToUse( "IsUseDictionaryList", true, aProperties );
-        boolean bIsGermanPreReform          = GetValueToUse( "IsGermanPreReform", false, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinLeading             = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinLeading", (short)2, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinTrailing            = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinTrailing", (short)2, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinWordLen             = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinWordLength", (short)5, aProperties );
@@ -242,16 +240,7 @@ public class SampleHyphenator extends ComponentBase implements
             //!! implementation of your hyphenator
             if (IsEqual( aLocale, new Locale( "de", "DE", "" ) ) )
             {
-                if (bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schiffahrt" ))
-                {
-                    // Note: there is only one position where the word
-                    // can be hyphenated...
-
-                    aHyphenatedWord = "Schifffahrt";
-                    nHyphenationPos = 4;
-                    nHyphenPos = 5;
-                }
-                else if (!bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schifffahrt" ))
+                if (aWord.equals( "Schifffahrt" ))
                 {
                     nHyphenationPos = nHyphenPos = 5;
                 }
@@ -306,7 +295,6 @@ public class SampleHyphenator extends ComponentBase implements
         //! them here.
         boolean bIsIgnoreControlCharacters  = GetValueToUse( "IsIgnoreControlCharacters", true, aProperties );
         boolean bIsUseDictionaryList        = GetValueToUse( "IsUseDictionaryList", true, aProperties );
-        boolean bIsGermanPreReform          = GetValueToUse( "IsGermanPreReform", false, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinLeading             = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinLeading", (short)2, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinTrailing            = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinTrailing", (short)2, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinWordLen             = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinWordLength", (short)5, aProperties );
@@ -317,15 +305,6 @@ public class SampleHyphenator extends ComponentBase implements
         //!! implementation of your hyphenator
         if ( IsEqual( aLocale, new Locale( "de", "DE", "" ) ) )
         {
-            // there is an alternative spelling only when the
-            // word is hyphenated between the "ff" and old german spelling
-            // is set.
-            if (aWord.equals( "Schiffahrt" ) &&
-                bIsGermanPreReform && nIndex == 4)
-            {
-                xRes = new XHyphenatedWord_impl(aWord, aLocale,
-                              (short)4, "Schifffahrt", (short)5 );
-            }
         }
         else if ( IsEqual( aLocale, new Locale( "en", "US", "" ) ) )
         {
@@ -355,7 +334,6 @@ public class SampleHyphenator extends ComponentBase implements
         //! them here.
         boolean bIsIgnoreControlCharacters  = GetValueToUse( "IsIgnoreControlCharacters", true, aProperties );
         boolean bIsUseDictionaryList        = GetValueToUse( "IsUseDictionaryList", true, aProperties );
-        boolean bIsGermanPreReform          = GetValueToUse( "IsGermanPreReform", false, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinLeading             = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinLeading", (short)2, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinTrailing            = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinTrailing", (short)2, aProperties );
         short   nHyphMinWordLen             = GetValueToUse( "HyphMinWordLength", (short)5, aProperties );
@@ -366,13 +344,7 @@ public class SampleHyphenator extends ComponentBase implements
         //!! implementation of your hyphenator
         if ( IsEqual( aLocale, new Locale( "de", "DE", "" ) ) )
         {
-            if (bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schiffahrt" ))
-            {
-                short aPos[] = new short[] { (short) 4 };
-                xRes = new XPossibleHyphens_impl(aWord, aLocale,
-                            "Schiff=fahrt", aPos);
-            }
-            else if (!bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schifffahrt" ))
+            if (aWord.equals( "Schifffahrt" ))
             {
                 short aPos[] = new short[] { (short) 5 };
                 xRes = new XPossibleHyphens_impl(aWord, aLocale,
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleSpellChecker.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleSpellChecker.java
index ab4f565b30df..9608929932fa 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleSpellChecker.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleSpellChecker.java
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ public class SampleSpellChecker extends ComponentBase implements
             {
                 "IsIgnoreControlCharacters",
                 "IsUseDictionaryList",
-                "IsGermanPreReform",
                 "IsSpellUpperCase",
                 "IsSpellWithDigits",
             };
@@ -161,12 +160,9 @@ public class SampleSpellChecker extends ComponentBase implements
 
         //!! This code needs to be replaced by code calling the actual
         //!! implementation of your spellchecker
-        boolean bIsGermanPreReform      = GetValueToUse( "IsGermanPreReform", false, aProperties );
         if (IsEqual( aLocale, new Locale( "de", "DE", "" ) ))
         {
-            if (bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schifffahrt" ))
-                nRes = SpellFailure.SPELLING_ERROR;
-            else if (!bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schiffahrt" ))
+            if (aWord.equals( "Schiffahrt" ))
                 nRes = SpellFailure.SPELLING_ERROR;
         }
         else if (IsEqual( aLocale, new Locale( "en", "US", "" ) ))
@@ -204,7 +200,6 @@ public class SampleSpellChecker extends ComponentBase implements
         //! The values for 'IsIgnoreControlCharacters' and 'IsUseDictionaryList'
         //! are handled by the dispatcher! Thus there is no need to access
         //! them here.
-        boolean bIsGermanPreReform      = GetValueToUse( "IsGermanPreReform", false, aProperties );
         boolean bIsSpellWithDigits      = GetValueToUse( "IsSpellWithDigits", false, aProperties );
         boolean bIsSpellUpperCase       = GetValueToUse( "IsSpellUpperCase", false, aProperties );
 
@@ -212,12 +207,7 @@ public class SampleSpellChecker extends ComponentBase implements
         //!! implementation of your spellchecker
         if (IsEqual( aLocale, new Locale( "de", "DE", "" ) ))
         {
-            if (bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schifffahrt" ))
-            {
-                nType = SpellFailure.SPELLING_ERROR;
-                aProposals = new String[]{ "Schiffahrt" };
-            }
-            else if (!bIsGermanPreReform && aWord.equals( "Schiffahrt" ))
+            if (aWord.equals( "Schiffahrt" ))
             {
                 nType = SpellFailure.SPELLING_ERROR;
                 aProposals = new String[]{ "Schifffahrt" };
@@ -298,7 +288,6 @@ public class SampleSpellChecker extends ComponentBase implements
         //! The values for 'IsIgnoreControlCharacters' and 'IsUseDictionaryList'
         //! are handled by the dispatcher! Thus there is no need to access
         //! them here.
-        boolean bIsGermanPreReform      = GetValueToUse( "IsGermanPreReform", false, aProperties );
         boolean bIsSpellWithDigits      = GetValueToUse( "IsSpellWithDigits", false, aProperties );
         boolean bIsSpellUpperCase       = GetValueToUse( "IsSpellUpperCase", false, aProperties );
 
diff --git a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleThesaurus.java b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleThesaurus.java
index f5c437095ec2..420d85d481aa 100644
--- a/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleThesaurus.java
+++ b/odk/examples/DevelopersGuide/OfficeDev/Linguistic/SampleThesaurus.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ public class SampleThesaurus extends ComponentBase implements
             {
                 "IsIgnoreControlCharacters",
                 "IsUseDictionaryList",
-                "IsGermanPreReform",
             };
 
         // this service has no listeners thus we may use the base class,
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ public class SampleThesaurus extends ComponentBase implements
         //! The values for 'IsIgnoreControlCharacters' and 'IsUseDictionaryList'
         //! are handled by the dispatcher! Thus there is no need to access
         //! them here.
-        boolean bIsGermanPreReform      = GetValueToUse( "IsGermanPreReform", false, aProperties );
 
         XMeaning[] aRes = null;
 
diff --git a/qadevOOo/objdsc/lng/com.sun.star.lingu2.LinguProps.csv b/qadevOOo/objdsc/lng/com.sun.star.lingu2.LinguProps.csv
index b2b6b1d16bfa..37e61d1d30fd 100644
--- a/qadevOOo/objdsc/lng/com.sun.star.lingu2.LinguProps.csv
+++ b/qadevOOo/objdsc/lng/com.sun.star.lingu2.LinguProps.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-"LinguProps";"com::sun::star::linguistic2::LinguProperties";"IsGermanPreReform"
 "LinguProps";"com::sun::star::linguistic2::LinguProperties";"IsUseDictionaryList"
 "LinguProps";"com::sun::star::linguistic2::LinguProperties";"IsIgnoreControlCharacters"
 "LinguProps";"com::sun::star::linguistic2::LinguProperties";"IsSpellUpperCase"
diff --git a/qadevOOo/tests/java/ifc/linguistic2/_LinguProperties.java b/qadevOOo/tests/java/ifc/linguistic2/_LinguProperties.java
index f81b496311fa..2c28fcd51bc6 100644
--- a/qadevOOo/tests/java/ifc/linguistic2/_LinguProperties.java
+++ b/qadevOOo/tests/java/ifc/linguistic2/_LinguProperties.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import lib.MultiPropertyTest;
 * Testing <code>com.sun.star.linguistic2.LinguProperties</code>
 * service properties:
 * <ul>
-*   <li><code>'IsGermanPreReform'</code></li>
 *   <li><code>'IsUseDictionaryList'</code></li>
 *   <li><code>'IsIgnoreControlCharacters'</code></li>
 *   <li><code>'IsSpellUpperCase'</code></li>
diff --git a/qadevOOo/tests/java/mod/_lnn/Hyphenator.java b/qadevOOo/tests/java/mod/_lnn/Hyphenator.java
index 40577a2115b7..c88eb621a6d4 100644
--- a/qadevOOo/tests/java/mod/_lnn/Hyphenator.java
+++ b/qadevOOo/tests/java/mod/_lnn/Hyphenator.java
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ import lib.TestCase;
 import lib.TestEnvironment;
 import lib.TestParameters;
 
-import com.sun.star.beans.XPropertySet;
 import com.sun.star.lang.XMultiServiceFactory;
-import com.sun.star.uno.UnoRuntime;
 import com.sun.star.uno.XInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -77,10 +75,6 @@ public class Hyphenator extends TestCase {
         XMultiServiceFactory xMSF = Param.getMSF();
         XInterface oObj = (XInterface)xMSF.createInstance
             ("com.sun.star.linguistic2.Hyphenator");
-        Object LP = xMSF.createInstance
-            ("com.sun.star.linguistic2.LinguProperties");
-        XPropertySet LProps = UnoRuntime.queryInterface(XPropertySet.class,LP);
-        LProps.setPropertyValue("IsGermanPreReform",Boolean.TRUE);
 
         String Iname = util.utils.getImplName(oObj);
         log.println("Implementation Name: "+Iname);