#i105939# Decided returning by const ref was a bad idea, coupling-

and in terms of unwanted side effects (think vector re-allocating the
mem). Fixed iterator-to-ptr conversion for obvious oversights.

basegfx/inc/basegfx/polygon/b2dpolygon.hxx

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace basegfx
         sal_uInt32 count() const;
 
         /// Coordinate interface
-        const basegfx::B2DPoint& getB2DPoint(sal_uInt32 nIndex) const;
+        basegfx::B2DPoint getB2DPoint(sal_uInt32 nIndex) const;
         void setB2DPoint(sal_uInt32 nIndex, const basegfx::B2DPoint& rValue);
 
         /// Coordinate insert/append
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ namespace basegfx
             @return
             The outer range of the bezier curve/polygon
         */
-        const B2DRange& getB2DRange() const;
+        B2DRange getB2DRange() const;
 
         /** insert other 2D polygons
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ namespace basegfx
         /// apply transformation given in matrix form
         void transform(const basegfx::B2DHomMatrix& rMatrix);
 
-        // point iterators
+        // point iterators (same iterator validity conditions as for vector)
         const B2DPoint* begin() const;
         const B2DPoint* end() const;
         B2DPoint* begin();

basegfx/inc/basegfx/polygon/b2dpolypolygon.hxx

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace basegfx
         // apply transformation given in matrix form to the polygon
         void transform(const basegfx::B2DHomMatrix& rMatrix);
 
-        // polygon iterators
+        // polygon iterators (same iterator validity conditions as for vector)
         const B2DPolygon* begin() const;
         const B2DPolygon* end() const;
         B2DPolygon* begin();

basegfx/inc/basegfx/range/b2dpolyrange.hxx

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace basegfx
          */
         B2DPolyPolygon solveCrossovers() const;
 
-        // element iterators
+        // element iterators (same iterator validity conditions as for vector)
         const B2DRange* begin() const;
         const B2DRange* end() const;
         B2DRange* begin();

basegfx/source/polygon/b2dpolygon.cxx

@@ -210,22 +210,34 @@ public:
 
     const basegfx::B2DPoint* begin() const
     {
-        return &maVector.front();
+        if(maVector.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return &maVector.front();
     }
 
     const basegfx::B2DPoint* end() const
     {
-        return &maVector[maVector.size()];
+        if(maVector.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return (&maVector.back())+1;
     }
 
     basegfx::B2DPoint* begin()
     {
-        return &maVector.front();
+        if(maVector.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return &maVector.front();
     }
 
     basegfx::B2DPoint* end()
     {
-        return &maVector[maVector.size()];
+        if(maVector.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return (&maVector.back())+1;
     }
 };
 
@@ -1201,7 +1213,7 @@ namespace basegfx
         return mpPolygon->count();
     }
 
-    const B2DPoint& B2DPolygon::getB2DPoint(sal_uInt32 nIndex) const
+    B2DPoint B2DPolygon::getB2DPoint(sal_uInt32 nIndex) const
     {
         OSL_ENSURE(nIndex < mpPolygon->count(), "B2DPolygon access outside range (!)");
 
@@ -1460,7 +1472,7 @@ namespace basegfx
         return mpPolygon->getDefaultAdaptiveSubdivision(*this);
     }
 
-    const B2DRange& B2DPolygon::getB2DRange() const
+    B2DRange B2DPolygon::getB2DRange() const
     {
         return mpPolygon->getB2DRange(*this);
     }

basegfx/source/polygon/b2dpolypolygon.cxx

@@ -169,22 +169,34 @@ public:
 
     const basegfx::B2DPolygon* begin() const
     {
-        return &maPolygons.front();
+        if(maPolygons.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return &maPolygons.front();
     }
 
     const basegfx::B2DPolygon* end() const
     {
-        return &maPolygons[maPolygons.size()];
+        if(maPolygons.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return (&maPolygons.back())+1;
     }
 
     basegfx::B2DPolygon* begin()
     {
-        return &maPolygons.front();
+        if(maPolygons.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return &maPolygons.front();
     }
 
     basegfx::B2DPolygon* end()
     {
-        return &maPolygons[maPolygons.size()];
+        if(maPolygons.empty())
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return &(maPolygons.back())+1;
     }
 };
 

basegfx/source/range/b2dpolyrange.cxx

@@ -229,22 +229,34 @@ namespace basegfx
 
         const B2DRange* begin() const
         {
-            return &maRanges.front();
+            if(maRanges.empty())
+                return 0;
+            else
+                return &maRanges.front();
         }
 
         const B2DRange* end() const
         {
-            return &maRanges[maRanges.size()];
+            if(maRanges.empty())
+                return 0;
+            else
+                return (&maRanges.back())+1;
         }
 
         B2DRange* begin()
         {
-            return &maRanges.front();
+            if(maRanges.empty())
+                return 0;
+            else
+                return &maRanges.front();
         }
 
         B2DRange* end()
         {
-            return &maRanges[maRanges.size()];
+            if(maRanges.empty())
+                return 0;
+            else
+                return (&maRanges.back())+1;
         }
 
     private: