remove unnecessary sal_Unicode casts in UCB module

Change-Id: Ib93120ec0cae76b5ea19f723054363771b27ab56

19 files changed, 63 insertions, 63 deletions

diff --git a/ucb/source/core/ucb.cxx b/ucb/source/core/ucb.cxx
index 69555ab4adf0..eb8acce5b3cb 100644
--- a/ucb/source/core/ucb.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/core/ucb.cxx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ bool fillPlaceholders(OUString const & rInput,
                     && p[3] == ';')
                 {
                     aBuffer.append(pCopy, p - 1 - pCopy);
-                    aBuffer.append(sal_Unicode('&'));
+                    aBuffer.append('&');
                     p += 4;
                     pCopy = p;
                 }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool fillPlaceholders(OUString const & rInput,
                          && p[0] == 'l' && p[1] == 't' && p[2] == ';')
                 {
                     aBuffer.append(pCopy, p - 1 - pCopy);
-                    aBuffer.append(sal_Unicode('<'));
+                    aBuffer.append('<');
                     p += 3;
                     pCopy = p;
                 }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ bool fillPlaceholders(OUString const & rInput,
                          && p[0] == 'g' && p[1] == 't' && p[2] == ';')
                 {
                     aBuffer.append(pCopy, p - 1 - pCopy);
-                    aBuffer.append(sal_Unicode('>'));
+                    aBuffer.append('>');
                     p += 3;
                     pCopy = p;
                 }
diff --git a/ucb/source/regexp/regexp.cxx b/ucb/source/regexp/regexp.cxx
index 280c8604af28..44c2d8c54fa0 100644
--- a/ucb/source/regexp/regexp.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/regexp/regexp.cxx
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ void appendStringLiteral(OUStringBuffer * pBuffer,
     {
         sal_Unicode c = *p++;
         if (c == '"' || c == '\\')
-            pBuffer->append(sal_Unicode('\\'));
+            pBuffer->append('\\');
         pBuffer->append(c);
     }
-    pBuffer->append(sal_Unicode('"'));
+    pBuffer->append('"');
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_content.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_content.cxx
index 37cbddf1c309..c0d172ecb6a7 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_content.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_content.cxx
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ namespace ucb { namespace ucp { namespace ext
             OUString sRelativeURL( sURL.copy( sRootURL.getLength() ) );
 
             // cut the extension ID
-            const OUString sSeparatedExtensionId( encodeIdentifier( m_sExtensionId ) + OUString( sal_Unicode( '/' ) ) );
+            const OUString sSeparatedExtensionId( encodeIdentifier( m_sExtensionId ) + OUString( '/' ) );
             if ( !sRelativeURL.match( sSeparatedExtensionId ) )
             {
                 SAL_INFO( "ucb.ucp.ext", "illegal URL structure - no extension ID" );
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_datasupplier.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_datasupplier.cxx
index 57704ff666b7..573ac13acdf6 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_datasupplier.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_datasupplier.cxx
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ namespace ucb { namespace ucp { namespace ext
 
                     const OUString& rLocalId = (*pExtInfo)[0];
                     ResultListEntry aEntry;
-                    aEntry.sId = ContentProvider::getRootURL() + Content::encodeIdentifier( rLocalId ) + OUString( sal_Unicode( '/' ) );
+                    aEntry.sId = ContentProvider::getRootURL() + Content::encodeIdentifier( rLocalId ) + OUString( '/' );
                     m_pImpl->m_aResults.push_back( aEntry );
                 }
             }
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_provider.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_provider.cxx
index 6172354fbd61..df0f149a857c 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_provider.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/ext/ucpext_provider.cxx
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace ucb { namespace ucp { namespace ext
         {
             if ( sRemaining[0] != '/' )
             {
-                aComposer.append( sal_Unicode( '/' ) );
+                aComposer.append( '/' );
                 aComposer.append( sRemaining );
             }
             else
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ namespace ucb { namespace ucp { namespace ext
                 if ( sRemaining.isEmpty() )
                 {
                     // again, it's the root content, but one / is missing
-                    aComposer.append( sal_Unicode( '/' ) );
+                    aComposer.append( '/' );
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/file/bc.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/file/bc.cxx
index 0578243aaa2e..73f734dff0f2 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/file/bc.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/file/bc.cxx
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ BaseContent::setPropertyValues(
                         {
                             aBuf.append( NewTitle );
                             if ( bTrailingSlash )
-                                aBuf.append( sal_Unicode( '/' ) );
+                                aBuf.append( '/' );
                         }
                         else
                         {
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ BaseContent::setPropertyValues(
                             // Initial Title before "insert".
                             // m_aUncPath contains parent's URI.
 
-                            if( m_aUncPath.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/') ) != m_aUncPath.getLength() - 1 )
+                            if( !m_aUncPath.endsWith( "/" ) )
                                 m_aUncPath += "/";
 
                             m_aUncPath += rtl::Uri::encode( NewTitle,
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ BaseContent::setPropertyValues(
 
 
             OUString aDstName = getParentName( m_aUncPath );
-            if( aDstName.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/') ) != aDstName.getLength() - 1 )
+            if( !aDstName.endsWith("/") )
                 aDstName += "/";
 
             aDstName += rtl::Uri::encode( NewTitle,
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ BaseContent::transfer( sal_Int32 nMyCommandIdentifier,
                                      rtl_UriEncodeIgnoreEscapes,
                                      RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
     else
-        NewTitle = srcUncPath.copy( 1 + srcUncPath.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/') ) );
+        NewTitle = srcUncPath.copy( 1 + srcUncPath.lastIndexOf( '/' ) );
 
     // Is destination a document or a folder ?
     Sequence< beans::Property > seq(1);
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ BaseContent::transfer( sal_Int32 nMyCommandIdentifier,
     OUString dstUncPath;
     if( IsDocument )
     {   // as sibling
-        sal_Int32 lastSlash = m_aUncPath.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/') );
+        sal_Int32 lastSlash = m_aUncPath.lastIndexOf( '/' );
         dstUncPath = m_aUncPath.copy(0,lastSlash );
     }
     else
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ void SAL_CALL BaseContent::insert( sal_Int32 nMyCommandIdentifier,
             // determine new uncpath
             m_pMyShell->clearError( nMyCommandIdentifier );
             m_aUncPath = getParentName( m_aUncPath );
-            if( m_aUncPath.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/') ) != m_aUncPath.getLength() - 1 )
+            if( !m_aUncPath.endsWith( "/" ) )
                 m_aUncPath += "/";
 
             m_aUncPath += rtl::Uri::encode( aRequestImpl->newName(),
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/file/filglob.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/file/filglob.cxx
index 5ff18a26d1db..143724ba6fb4 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/file/filglob.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/file/filglob.cxx
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ namespace fileaccess {
 
     OUString getParentName( const OUString& aFileName )
     {
-        sal_Int32 lastIndex = aFileName.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/') );
+        sal_Int32 lastIndex = aFileName.lastIndexOf( '/' );
         OUString aParent = aFileName.copy( 0,lastIndex );
 
         if( aParent.endsWith(":") && aParent.getLength() == 6 )
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/file/shell.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/file/shell.cxx
index 1948f2965adb..b84963c381b6 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/file/shell.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/file/shell.cxx
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ shell::mkdir( sal_Int32 CommandId,
     OUString aUnqPath;
 
     // remove trailing slash
-    if ( rUnqPath[ rUnqPath.getLength() - 1 ] == sal_Unicode( '/' ) )
+    if ( rUnqPath.endsWith("/") )
         aUnqPath = rUnqPath.copy( 0, rUnqPath.getLength() - 1 );
     else
         aUnqPath = rUnqPath;
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ shell::copy_recursive( const OUString& srcUnqPath,
                                           rtl_UriEncodeIgnoreEscapes,
                                           RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8 );
 
-                if( newDstUnqPath.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/') ) != newDstUnqPath.getLength()-1 )
+                if( !newDstUnqPath.endsWith( "/" ) )
                     newDstUnqPath += "/";
 
                 newDstUnqPath += tit;
@@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@ sal_Bool SAL_CALL shell::ensuredir( sal_Int32 CommandId,
     if ( rUnqPath.isEmpty() )
         return sal_False;
 
-    if ( rUnqPath[ rUnqPath.getLength() - 1 ] == sal_Unicode( '/' ) )
+    if ( rUnqPath.endsWith("/") )
         aPath = rUnqPath.copy( 0, rUnqPath.getLength() - 1 );
     else
         aPath = rUnqPath;
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftpurl.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftpurl.cxx
index b71db5ae86e9..5ad33cc85dc3 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftpurl.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/ftp/ftpurl.cxx
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ void FTPURL::parse(const OUString& url)
     OUString aExpr(OUString(buffer,strlen(buffer),
                                       RTL_TEXTENCODING_UTF8));
 
-    sal_Int32 l = aExpr.indexOf(sal_Unicode('@'));
+    sal_Int32 l = aExpr.indexOf('@');
     m_aHost = aExpr.copy(1+l);
 
     if(l != -1) {
         // Now username and password.
         aExpr = aExpr.copy(0,l);
-        l = aExpr.indexOf(sal_Unicode(':'));
+        l = aExpr.indexOf(':');
         if(l != -1) {
             aPassword = aExpr.copy(1+l);
             if(!aPassword.isEmpty())
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ void FTPURL::parse(const OUString& url)
             m_aUsername = aExpr;
     }
 
-    l = m_aHost.lastIndexOf(sal_Unicode(':'));
-    sal_Int32 ipv6Back = m_aHost.lastIndexOf(sal_Unicode(']'));
+    l = m_aHost.lastIndexOf(':');
+    sal_Int32 ipv6Back = m_aHost.lastIndexOf(']');
     if((ipv6Back == -1 && l != -1) // not ipv6, but a port
        ||
        (ipv6Back != -1 && 1+ipv6Back == l) // ipv6, and a port
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void FTPURL::parse(const OUString& url)
 
     // now check for something like ";type=i" at end of url
     if(m_aPathSegmentVec.size() &&
-       (l = m_aPathSegmentVec.back().indexOf(sal_Unicode(';'))) != -1) {
+       (l = m_aPathSegmentVec.back().indexOf(';')) != -1) {
         m_aType = m_aPathSegmentVec.back().copy(l);
         m_aPathSegmentVec.back() = m_aPathSegmentVec.back().copy(0,l);
     }
@@ -258,28 +258,28 @@ OUString FTPURL::ident(bool withslash,bool internal) const
 
         if((m_bShowPassword || internal) &&
            !aPassword.isEmpty() )
-            bff.append(sal_Unicode(':'))
+            bff.append(':')
                 .append(aPassword);
 
-        bff.append(sal_Unicode('@'));
+        bff.append('@');
     }
     bff.append(m_aHost);
 
     if( m_aPort != "21" )
-        bff.append(sal_Unicode(':'))
+        bff.append(':')
             .append(m_aPort)
-            .append(sal_Unicode('/'));
+            .append('/');
     else
-        bff.append(sal_Unicode('/'));
+        bff.append('/');
 
     for(unsigned i = 0; i < m_aPathSegmentVec.size(); ++i)
         if(i == 0)
             bff.append(m_aPathSegmentVec[i]);
         else
-            bff.append(sal_Unicode('/')).append(m_aPathSegmentVec[i]);
+            bff.append('/').append(m_aPathSegmentVec[i]);
     if(withslash)
         if(!bff.isEmpty() && bff[bff.getLength()-1] != '/')
-            bff.append(sal_Unicode('/'));
+            bff.append('/');
 
     bff.append(m_aType);
     return bff.makeStringAndClear();
@@ -303,20 +303,20 @@ OUString FTPURL::parent(bool internal) const
                         aAccount);
 
         if((internal || m_bShowPassword) && !aPassword.isEmpty())
-            bff.append(sal_Unicode(':'))
+            bff.append(':')
                 .append(aPassword);
 
-        bff.append(sal_Unicode('@'));
+        bff.append('@');
     }
 
     bff.append(m_aHost);
 
     if( m_aPort != "21" )
-        bff.append(sal_Unicode(':'))
+        bff.append(':')
             .append(m_aPort)
-            .append(sal_Unicode('/'));
+            .append('/');
     else
-        bff.append(sal_Unicode('/'));
+        bff.append('/');
 
     OUString last;
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ OUString FTPURL::parent(bool internal) const
         else if(i == 0)
             bff.append(m_aPathSegmentVec[i]);
         else
-            bff.append(sal_Unicode('/')).append(m_aPathSegmentVec[i]);
+            bff.append('/').append(m_aPathSegmentVec[i]);
 
     if(last.isEmpty())
         bff.appendAscii("..");
@@ -549,11 +549,11 @@ OUString FTPURL::net_title() const
             // Format of current working directory:
             // 257 "/bla/bla" is current directory
             sal_Int32 index1 = aNetTitle.lastIndexOf("257");
-            index1 = 1+aNetTitle.indexOf(sal_Unicode('"'),index1);
-            sal_Int32 index2 = aNetTitle.indexOf(sal_Unicode('"'),index1);
+            index1 = 1+aNetTitle.indexOf('"',index1);
+            sal_Int32 index2 = aNetTitle.indexOf('"',index1);
             aNetTitle = aNetTitle.copy(index1,index2-index1);
             if( aNetTitle != "/" ) {
-                index1 = aNetTitle.lastIndexOf(sal_Unicode('/'));
+                index1 = aNetTitle.lastIndexOf('/');
                 aNetTitle = aNetTitle.copy(1+index1);
             }
             try_more = false;
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/DAVProperties.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/DAVProperties.cxx
index 313462edb495..5d5634936dca 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/DAVProperties.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/DAVProperties.cxx
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ bool DAVProperties::isUCBSpecialProperty(
         return false;
 
     sal_Int32 nStart = strlen( "<prop:" );
-    sal_Int32 nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( sal_Unicode( ' ' ), nStart );
+    sal_Int32 nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( ' ', nStart );
     if ( nEnd <= nStart ) // incl. -1 for "not found"
         return false;
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ bool DAVProperties::isUCBSpecialProperty(
         return false;
 
     nStart = nEnd + strlen( "xmlns:prop=\"" );
-    nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( sal_Unicode( '"' ), nStart );
+    nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( '"', nStart );
     if ( nEnd != rFullName.getLength() - sal_Int32( strlen( "\">" ) )
          || nEnd == nStart )
     {
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonSession.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonSession.cxx
index 04e6de0ab990..c493a7f945f2 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonSession.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonSession.cxx
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ namespace {
         if ( nContStart != -1 )
         {
             nContStart += sPartId.getLength();
-            sal_Int32 nContEnd = _rRawString.indexOf( sal_Unicode( ',' ), nContStart );
+            sal_Int32 nContEnd = _rRawString.indexOf( ',', nContStart );
             sPart = _rRawString.copy( nContStart, nContEnd - nContStart );
         }
         return sPart;
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ OUString NeonSession::makeAbsoluteURL( OUString const & rURL ) const
     try
     {
         // Is URL relative or already absolute?
-        if ( rURL[ 0 ] != sal_Unicode( '/' ) )
+        if ( rURL[ 0 ] != '/' )
         {
             // absolute.
             return OUString( rURL );
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonUri.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonUri.cxx
index b3488df1c095..6d8be5477900 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonUri.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/NeonUri.cxx
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void NeonUri::calculateURI ()
     }
     // Is host a numeric IPv6 address?
     if ( ( mHostName.indexOf( ':' ) != -1 ) &&
-         ( mHostName[ 0 ] != sal_Unicode( '[' ) ) )
+         ( mHostName[ 0 ] != '[' ) )
     {
         aBuf.appendAscii( "[" );
         aBuf.append( mHostName );
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ OUString NeonUri::makeConnectionEndPointString(
 
     // Is host a numeric IPv6 address?
     if ( ( rHostName.indexOf( ':' ) != -1 ) &&
-         ( rHostName[ 0 ] != sal_Unicode( '[' ) ) )
+         ( rHostName[ 0 ] != '[' ) )
     {
         aBuf.appendAscii( "[" );
         aBuf.append( rHostName );
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx
index d2313dd14854..a3fe3c39af85 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav-neon/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ static OUString decodeValue( const OUString & rValue )
                      &&
                      ( ';' == pValue[ nPos + 3 ] ) )
                 {
-                    aResult.append( sal_Unicode( '%' ) );
+                    aResult.append( '%' );
                     nPos += 3;
                 }
                 else
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ static OUString decodeValue( const OUString & rValue )
                      &&
                      ( ';' == pValue[ nPos + 2 ] ) )
                 {
-                    aResult.append( sal_Unicode( '<' ) );
+                    aResult.append( '<' );
                     nPos += 2;
                 }
                 else
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static OUString decodeValue( const OUString & rValue )
                      &&
                      ( ';' == pValue[ nPos + 2 ] ) )
                 {
-                    aResult.append( sal_Unicode( '>' ) );
+                    aResult.append( '>' );
                     nPos += 2;
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/DAVProperties.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/DAVProperties.cxx
index bbc894d728fe..9b6064ad167b 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/DAVProperties.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/DAVProperties.cxx
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ bool DAVProperties::isUCBSpecialProperty(const rtl::OUString& rFullName, rtl::OU
         return false;
 
     sal_Int32 nStart = RTL_CONSTASCII_LENGTH( "<prop:" );
-    sal_Int32 nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( sal_Unicode( ' ' ), nStart );
+    sal_Int32 nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( ' ', nStart );
     if ( nEnd == -1 )
         return false;
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ bool DAVProperties::isUCBSpecialProperty(const rtl::OUString& rFullName, rtl::OU
         return false;
 
     nStart = nEnd + RTL_CONSTASCII_LENGTH( "xmlns:prop=\"" );
-    nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( sal_Unicode( '"' ), nStart );
+    nEnd = rFullName.indexOf( '"', nStart );
     if ( nEnd != nLen - RTL_CONSTASCII_LENGTH( "\">" ) )
         return false;
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ bool DAVProperties::isUCBSpecialProperty(const rtl::OUString& rFullName, rtl::OU
 
     rtl::OUStringBuffer aBuff( sNamesp );
     if ( sNamesp[nLen - 1] != '/' )
-        aBuff.append( sal_Unicode( '/' ) );
+        aBuff.append( '/' );
     aBuff.append( sPropName );
     rParsedName = aBuff.makeStringAndClear();
 
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfSession.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfSession.cxx
index 3eb5e3cf51ec..266c19bf119f 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfSession.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfSession.cxx
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ namespace {
         if ( nContStart != -1 )
         {
             nContStart += sPartId.getLength();
-            sal_Int32 nContEnd = _rRawString.indexOf( sal_Unicode( ',' ), nContStart );
+            sal_Int32 nContEnd = _rRawString.indexOf( ',', nContStart );
             sPart = _rRawString.copy( nContStart, nContEnd - nContStart );
         }
         return sPart;
@@ -1565,7 +1565,7 @@ OUString SerfSession::makeAbsoluteURL( OUString const & rURL ) const
     try
     {
         // Is URL relative or already absolute?
-        if ( rURL[ 0 ] != sal_Unicode( '/' ) )
+        if ( rURL[ 0 ] != '/' )
         {
             // absolute.
             return OUString( rURL );
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfUri.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfUri.cxx
index 66aec6d7edc0..eecc7a467a24 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfUri.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/SerfUri.cxx
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void SerfUri::calculateURI ()
     }
     // Is host a numeric IPv6 address?
     if ( ( mHostName.indexOf( ':' ) != -1 ) &&
-         ( mHostName[ 0 ] != sal_Unicode( '[' ) ) )
+         ( mHostName[ 0 ] != '[' ) )
     {
         aBuf.append( "[" );
         aBuf.append( mHostName );
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ OUString SerfUri::makeConnectionEndPointString(
 
     // Is host a numeric IPv6 address?
     if ( ( rHostName.indexOf( ':' ) != -1 ) &&
-         ( rHostName[ 0 ] != sal_Unicode( '[' ) ) )
+         ( rHostName[ 0 ] != '[' ) )
     {
         aBuf.append( "[" );
         aBuf.append( rHostName );
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx
index 82096f248fff..741a1de6dbec 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/UCBDeadPropertyValue.cxx
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static OUString decodeValue( const OUString & rValue )
                      &&
                      ( ';' == pValue[ nPos + 3 ] ) )
                 {
-                    aResult.append( sal_Unicode( '%' ) );
+                    aResult.append( '%' );
                     nPos += 3;
                 }
                 else
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static OUString decodeValue( const OUString & rValue )
                      &&
                      ( ';' == pValue[ nPos + 2 ] ) )
                 {
-                    aResult.append( sal_Unicode( '<' ) );
+                    aResult.append( '<' );
                     nPos += 2;
                 }
                 else
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static OUString decodeValue( const OUString & rValue )
                      &&
                      ( ';' == pValue[ nPos + 2 ] ) )
                 {
-                    aResult.append( sal_Unicode( '>' ) );
+                    aResult.append( '>' );
                     nPos += 2;
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavcontent.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavcontent.cxx
index f995bd098d5f..6269bd1a8e82 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavcontent.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavcontent.cxx
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static void lcl_sendPartialGETRequest( bool &bError,
                 // Parse the Content-Range to get the size
                 // vid. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.16
                 // Content-Range: <range unit> <bytes range>/<size>
-                sal_Int32 nSlash = aContentRange.lastIndexOf( sal_Unicode('/'));
+                sal_Int32 nSlash = aContentRange.lastIndexOf( '/' );
                 if ( nSlash != -1 )
                 {
                     rtl::OUString aSize = aContentRange.copy( nSlash + 1 );
diff --git a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavresponseparser.cxx b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavresponseparser.cxx
index 2da021fb880d..c77725f1ef58 100644
--- a/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavresponseparser.cxx
+++ b/ucb/source/ucp/webdav/webdavresponseparser.cxx
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ namespace
             {
                 if(aName.match(aStrXmlns, 0))
                 {
-                    const sal_Int32 nIndex(aName.indexOf(sal_Unicode(':'), 0));
+                    const sal_Int32 nIndex(aName.indexOf(':', 0));
 
                     if(-1 != nIndex && nIndex + 1 < nLen)
                     {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ namespace
 
         if(nLen)
         {
-            const sal_Int32 nIndex(rSource.indexOf(sal_Unicode(':'), 0));
+            const sal_Int32 nIndex(rSource.indexOf(':', 0));
 
             if(nIndex > 0 && ((nIndex + 1) < nLen))
             {
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ namespace
                 if(aNew.getLength())
                 {
                     // add one char when appending (see html1.1 spec)
-                    aNew += OUString(sal_Unicode(' '));
+                    aNew += OUString(' ');
                 }
 
                 aNew += aTrimmedChars;