I started Libre-Office Calc with the following command:

```
$ libreoffice --calc --accept="socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ServiceManager"

import uno

# Class so I don't have to do this crap over and over again...
class UnoStruct():
    localContext = None
    resolver = None
    ctx = None
    smgr = None
    desktop = None
    model = None
    def __init__(self ):
        print("BEGIN: constructor")
        # get the uno component context from the PyUNO runtime
        localContext = uno.getComponentContext()

        # create the UnoUrlResolver
        resolver = localContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext("com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver", localContext )

        # connect to the running office
        ctx = resolver.resolve( "uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext" )
        smgr = ctx.ServiceManager

        # get the central desktop object
        desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext( "com.sun.star.frame.Desktop",ctx)

        # access the current writer document
        model = desktop.getCurrentComponent()

        print("END: constructor")

```

And then I call it with:

```
myUno = UnoStruct()
BEGIN: constructor
END: constructor

```

And attempt to get it with 

```
active_sheet = myUno.model.CurrentController.ActiveSheet

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'CurrentController'

```

and it appears that the `model` is `None` (null)

```
>>> active_sheet = myUno.model
>>> print( myUno.model )
None
>>> print( myUno )
<__main__.UnoStruct object at 0x7faea8e06748>

```

So what happened to it in the constructor? Shouldn't it still be there? I'm trying to avoid the boiler plate code.