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// Copyright (c) 2005-2024 Jay Berkenbilt
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#ifndef QPDFOBJECTHANDLE_HH
#define QPDFOBJECTHANDLE_HH

#ifdef QPDF_FUTURE
# include <qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_future.hh>
#else

# include <qpdf/Constants.h>
# include <qpdf/DLL.h>
# include <qpdf/Types.h>

# include <functional>
# include <map>
# include <memory>
# include <set>
# include <string>
# include <vector>

# include <qpdf/Buffer.hh>
# include <qpdf/InputSource.hh>
# include <qpdf/JSON.hh>
# include <qpdf/PointerHolder.hh> // unused -- remove in qpdf 12 (see #785)
# include <qpdf/QPDFObjGen.hh>
# include <qpdf/QPDFTokenizer.hh>

class Pipeline;
class QPDF;
class QPDF_Array;
class QPDF_Bool;
class QPDF_Dictionary;
class QPDF_InlineImage;
class QPDF_Integer;
class QPDF_Name;
class QPDF_Null;
class QPDF_Operator;
class QPDF_Real;
class QPDF_Reserved;
class QPDF_Stream;
class QPDF_String;
class QPDFObject;
class QPDFTokenizer;
class QPDFExc;
class Pl_QPDFTokenizer;
class QPDFMatrix;
class QPDFParser;

class QPDFObjectHandle
{
    friend class QPDFParser;

  public:
    // This class is used by replaceStreamData.  It provides an alternative way of associating
    // stream data with a stream.  See comments on replaceStreamData and newStream for additional
    // details.
    class QPDF_DLL_CLASS StreamDataProvider
    {
      public:
        QPDF_DLL
        StreamDataProvider(bool supports_retry = false);

        QPDF_DLL
        virtual ~StreamDataProvider();
        // The implementation of this function must write stream data to the given pipeline. The
        // stream data must conform to whatever filters are explicitly associated with the stream.
        // QPDFWriter may, in some cases, add compression, but if it does, it will update the
        // filters as needed. Every call to provideStreamData for a given stream must write the same
        // data. Note that, when writing linearized files, qpdf will call your provideStreamData
        // twice, and if it generates different output, you risk generating invalid output or having
        // qpdf throw an exception. The object ID and generation passed to this method are those
        // that belong to the stream on behalf of which the provider is called. They may be ignored
        // or used by the implementation for indexing or other purposes. This information is made
        // available just to make it more convenient to use a single StreamDataProvider object to
        // provide data for multiple streams.

        // A few things to keep in mind:
        //
        // * Stream data providers must not modify any objects since   they may be called after some
        //   parts of the file have already been written.
        //
        // * Since qpdf may call provideStreamData multiple times when writing linearized files, if
        //   the work done by your stream data provider is slow or computationally intensive, you
        //   might want to implement your own cache.
        //
        // * Once you have called replaceStreamData, the original stream data is no longer directly
        //   accessible from the   stream, but this is easy to work around by copying the stream to
        //   a separate QPDF object. The qpdf library implements this very efficiently without
        //   actually making a copy of the stream data. You can find examples of this pattern in
        //   some of the examples, including pdf-custom-filter.cc and pdf-invert-images.cc.

        // Prior to qpdf 10.0.0, it was not possible to handle errors the way pipeStreamData does or
        // to pass back success. Starting in qpdf 10.0.0, those capabilities have been added by
        // allowing an alternative provideStreamData to be implemented. You must implement at least
        // one of the versions of provideStreamData below. If you implement the version that
        // supports retry and returns a value, you should pass true as the value of supports_retry
        // in the base class constructor. This will cause the library to call that version of the
        // method, which should also return a boolean indicating whether it ran without errors.
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual void provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const& og, Pipeline* pipeline);
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual bool provideStreamData(
            QPDFObjGen const& og, Pipeline* pipeline, bool suppress_warnings, bool will_retry);
        QPDF_DLL virtual void provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline);
        QPDF_DLL virtual bool provideStreamData(
            int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline, bool suppress_warnings, bool will_retry);
        QPDF_DLL
        bool supportsRetry();

      private:
        bool supports_retry;
    };

    // The TokenFilter class provides a way to filter content streams in a lexically aware fashion.
    // TokenFilters can be attached to streams using the addTokenFilter or addContentTokenFilter
    // methods or can be applied on the spot by filterPageContents. You may also use
    // Pl_QPDFTokenizer directly if you need full control.
    //
    // The handleToken method is called for each token, including the eof token, and then handleEOF
    // is called at the very end. Handlers may call write (or writeToken) to pass data downstream.
    // Please see examples/pdf-filter-tokens.cc and examples/pdf-count-strings.cc for examples of
    // using TokenFilters.
    //
    // Please note that when you call token.getValue() on a token of type tt_string or tt_name, you
    // get the canonical, "parsed" representation of the token. For a string, this means that there
    // are no delimiters, and for a name, it means that all escaping (# followed by two hex digits)
    // has been resolved. qpdf's internal representation of a name includes the leading slash. As
    // such, you can't write the value of token.getValue() directly to output that is supposed to be
    // valid PDF syntax. If you want to do that, you need to call writeToken() instead, or you can
    // retrieve the token as it appeared in the input with token.getRawValue(). To construct a new
    // string or name token from a canonical representation, use
    // QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_string, "parsed-str") or
    // QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_name,
    // "/Canonical-Name"). Tokens created this way won't have a PDF-syntax raw value, but you can
    // still write them with writeToken(). Example:
    // writeToken(QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_name, "/text/plain"))
    // would write `/text#2fplain`, and
    // writeToken(QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_string, "a\\(b")) would write `(a\(b)`.
    class QPDF_DLL_CLASS TokenFilter
    {
      public:
        QPDF_DLL
        TokenFilter() = default;
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual ~TokenFilter() = default;
        virtual void handleToken(QPDFTokenizer::Token const&) = 0;
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual void handleEOF();

        class PipelineAccessor
        {
            friend class Pl_QPDFTokenizer;

          private:
            static void
            setPipeline(TokenFilter* f, Pipeline* p)
            {
                f->setPipeline(p);
            }
        };

      protected:
        QPDF_DLL
        void write(char const* data, size_t len);
        QPDF_DLL
        void write(std::string const& str);
        QPDF_DLL
        void writeToken(QPDFTokenizer::Token const&);

      private:
        QPDF_DLL_PRIVATE
        void setPipeline(Pipeline*);

        Pipeline* pipeline;
    };

    // This class is used by parse to decrypt strings when reading an object that contains encrypted
    // strings.
    class StringDecrypter
    {
      public:
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual ~StringDecrypter() = default;
        virtual void decryptString(std::string& val) = 0;
    };

    // This class is used by parsePageContents. Callers must instantiate a subclass of this with
    // handlers defined to accept QPDFObjectHandles that are parsed from the stream.
    class QPDF_DLL_CLASS ParserCallbacks
    {
      public:
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual ~ParserCallbacks() = default;
        // One of the handleObject methods must be overridden.
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual void handleObject(QPDFObjectHandle);
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual void handleObject(QPDFObjectHandle, size_t offset, size_t length);

        virtual void handleEOF() = 0;

        // Override this if you want to know the full size of the contents, possibly after
        // concatenation of multiple streams. This is called before the first call to handleObject.
        QPDF_DLL
        virtual void contentSize(size_t);

      protected:
        // Implementors may call this method during parsing to terminate parsing early. This method
        // throws an exception that is caught by parsePageContents, so its effect is immediate.
        QPDF_DLL
        void terminateParsing();
    };

    // Convenience object for rectangles
    class Rectangle
    {
      public:
        Rectangle() :
            llx(0.0),
            lly(0.0),
            urx(0.0),
            ury(0.0)
        {
        }
        Rectangle(double llx, double lly, double urx, double ury) :
            llx(llx),
            lly(lly),
            urx(urx),
            ury(ury)
        {
        }

        double llx;
        double lly;
        double urx;
        double ury;
    };

    // Convenience object for transformation matrices. See also QPDFMatrix. Unfortunately we can't
    // replace this with QPDFMatrix because QPDFMatrix's default constructor creates the identity
    // transform matrix and this one is all zeroes.
    class Matrix
    {
      public:
        Matrix() :
            a(0.0),
            b(0.0),
            c(0.0),
            d(0.0),
            e(0.0),
            f(0.0)
        {
        }
        Matrix(double a, double b, double c, double d, double e, double f) :
            a(a),
            b(b),
            c(c),
            d(d),
            e(e),
            f(f)
        {
        }

        double a;
        double b;
        double c;
        double d;
        double e;
        double f;
    };

    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle() = default;
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle(QPDFObjectHandle const&) = default;
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle& operator=(QPDFObjectHandle const&) = default;

    // Return true if the QPDFObjectHandle is initialized. This allows object handles to be used in
    // if statements with initializer.
    QPDF_DLL
    explicit inline operator bool() const noexcept;

    [[deprecated("use operator bool()")]] QPDF_DLL inline bool isInitialized() const;

    // This method returns true if the QPDFObjectHandle objects point to exactly the same underlying
    // object, meaning that changes to one are reflected in the other, or "if you paint one, the
    // other one changes color." This does not perform a structural comparison of the contents of
    // the objects.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isSameObjectAs(QPDFObjectHandle const&) const;

    // Return type code and type name of underlying object.  These are useful for doing rapid type
    // tests (like switch statements) or for testing and debugging.
    QPDF_DLL
    qpdf_object_type_e getTypeCode();
    QPDF_DLL
    char const* getTypeName();

    // Exactly one of these will return true for any initialized object. Operator and InlineImage
    // are only allowed in content streams.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isBool();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isNull();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isInteger();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isReal();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isName();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isString();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isOperator();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isInlineImage();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isArray();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isDictionary();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isStream();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isReserved();

    // True for objects that are direct nulls. Does not attempt to resolve objects. This is intended
    // for internal use, but it can be used as an efficient way to check for nulls that are not
    // indirect objects.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isDirectNull() const;

    // This returns true in addition to the query for the specific type for indirect objects.
    QPDF_DLL
    inline bool isIndirect() const;

    // This returns true for indirect objects from a QPDF that has been destroyed. Trying unparse
    // such an object will throw a logic_error.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isDestroyed();

    // True for everything except array, dictionary, stream, word, and inline image.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isScalar();

    // True if the object is a name object representing the provided name.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isNameAndEquals(std::string const& name);

    // True if the object is a dictionary of the specified type and subtype, if any.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isDictionaryOfType(std::string const& type, std::string const& subtype = "");

    // True if the object is a stream of the specified type and subtype, if any.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isStreamOfType(std::string const& type, std::string const& subtype = "");

    // Public factory methods

    // Wrap an object in an array if it is not already an array. This is a helper for cases in which
    // something in a PDF may either be a single item or an array of items, which is a common idiom.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle wrapInArray();

    // Construct an object of any type from a string representation of the object.  Throws QPDFExc
    // with an empty filename and an offset into the string if there is an error.  Any indirect
    // object syntax (obj gen R) will cause a logic_error exception to be thrown.  If
    // object_description is provided, it will appear in the message of any QPDFExc exception thrown
    // for invalid syntax. See also the global `operator ""_qpdf` defined below.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle
    parse(std::string const& object_str, std::string const& object_description = "");

    // Construct an object of any type from a string representation of the object. Indirect object
    // syntax (obj gen R) is allowed and will create indirect references within the passed-in
    // context. If object_description is provided, it will appear in the message of any QPDFExc
    // exception thrown for invalid syntax. Note that you can't parse an indirect object reference
    // all by itself as parse will stop at the end of the first complete object, which will just be
    // the first number and will report that there is trailing data at the end of the string.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle
    parse(QPDF* context, std::string const& object_str, std::string const& object_description = "");

    // Construct an object as above by reading from the given InputSource at its current position
    // and using the tokenizer you supply.  Indirect objects and encrypted strings are permitted.
    // This method was intended to be called by QPDF for parsing objects that are ready from the
    // object's input stream.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle parse(
        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
        std::string const& object_description,
        QPDFTokenizer&,
        bool& empty,
        StringDecrypter* decrypter,
        QPDF* context);

    // Return the offset where the object was found when parsed. A negative value means that the
    // object was created without parsing. If the object is in a stream, the offset is from the
    // beginning of the stream. Otherwise, the offset is from the beginning of the file.
    QPDF_DLL
    qpdf_offset_t getParsedOffset();

    // Older method: stream_or_array should be the value of /Contents from a page object. It's more
    // convenient to just call QPDFPageObjectHelper::parsePageContents on the page object, and error
    // messages will also be more useful because the page object information will be known.
    QPDF_DLL
    static void parseContentStream(QPDFObjectHandle stream_or_array, ParserCallbacks* callbacks);

    // When called on a stream or stream array that is some page's content streams, do the same as
    // pipePageContents. This method is a lower level way to do what
    // QPDFPageObjectHelper::pipePageContents does, but it allows you to perform this operation on a
    // contents object that is disconnected from a page object. The description argument should
    // describe the containing page and is used in error messages. The all_description argument is
    // initialized to something that could be used to describe the result of the pipeline. It is the
    // description amended with the identifiers of the underlying objects. Please note that if there
    // is an array of content streams, p->finish() is called after each stream. If you pass a
    // pipeline that doesn't allow write() to be called after finish(), you can wrap it in an
    // instance of Pl_Concatenate and then call manualFinish() on the Pl_Concatenate pipeline at the
    // end.
    QPDF_DLL
    void
    pipeContentStreams(Pipeline* p, std::string const& description, std::string& all_description);

    // As of qpdf 8, it is possible to add custom token filters to a stream. The tokenized stream
    // data is passed through the token filter after all original filters but before content stream
    // normalization if requested. This is a low-level interface to add it to a stream. You will
    // usually want to call QPDFPageObjectHelper::addContentTokenFilter instead, which can be
    // applied to a page object, and which will automatically handle the case of pages whose
    // contents are split across multiple streams.
    QPDF_DLL
    void addTokenFilter(std::shared_ptr<TokenFilter> token_filter);

    // Legacy helpers for parsing content streams. These methods are not going away, but newer code
    // should call the correspond methods in QPDFPageObjectHelper instead. The specification and
    // behavior of these methods are the same as the identically named methods in that class, but
    // newer functionality will be added there.
    QPDF_DLL
    void parsePageContents(ParserCallbacks* callbacks);
    QPDF_DLL
    void filterPageContents(TokenFilter* filter, Pipeline* next = nullptr);
    // See comments for QPDFPageObjectHelper::pipeContents.
    QPDF_DLL
    void pipePageContents(Pipeline* p);
    QPDF_DLL
    void addContentTokenFilter(std::shared_ptr<TokenFilter> token_filter);
    // End legacy content stream helpers

    // Called on a stream to filter the stream as if it were page contents. This can be used to
    // apply a TokenFilter to a form XObject, whose data is in the same format as a content stream.
    QPDF_DLL
    void filterAsContents(TokenFilter* filter, Pipeline* next = nullptr);
    // Called on a stream to parse the stream as page contents. This can be used to parse a form
    // XObject.
    QPDF_DLL
    void parseAsContents(ParserCallbacks* callbacks);

    // Type-specific factories
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newNull();
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newBool(bool value);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newInteger(long long value);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newReal(std::string const& value);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle
    newReal(double value, int decimal_places = 0, bool trim_trailing_zeroes = true);
    // Note about name objects: qpdf's internal representation of a PDF name is a sequence of bytes,
    // excluding the NUL character, and starting with a slash. Name objects as represented in the
    // PDF specification can contain characters escaped with #, but such escaping is not of concern
    // when calling QPDFObjectHandle methods not directly relating to parsing. For example,
    // newName("/text/plain").getName() and parse("/text#2fplain").getName() both return
    // "/text/plain", while newName("/text/plain").unparse() and parse("/text#2fplain").unparse()
    // both return "/text#2fplain". When working with the qpdf API for creating, retrieving, and
    // modifying objects, you want to work with the internal, canonical representation. For names
    // containing alphanumeric characters, dashes, and underscores, there is no difference between
    // the two representations. For a lengthy discussion, see
    // https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/discussions/625.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newName(std::string const& name);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newString(std::string const& str);
    // Create a string encoded from the given utf8-encoded string appropriately encoded to appear in
    // PDF files outside of content streams, such as in document metadata form field values, page
    // labels, outlines, and similar locations. We try ASCII first, then PDFDocEncoding, then UTF-16
    // as needed to successfully encode all the characters.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newUnicodeString(std::string const& utf8_str);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newOperator(std::string const&);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newInlineImage(std::string const&);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newArray();
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newArray(std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> const& items);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newArray(Rectangle const&);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newArray(Matrix const&);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newArray(QPDFMatrix const&);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newDictionary();
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newDictionary(std::map<std::string, QPDFObjectHandle> const& items);

    // Create an array from a rectangle. Equivalent to the rectangle form of newArray.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newFromRectangle(Rectangle const&);
    // Create an array from a matrix. Equivalent to the matrix form of newArray.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newFromMatrix(Matrix const&);
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newFromMatrix(QPDFMatrix const&);

    // Note: new stream creation methods have were added to the QPDF class starting with
    // version 11.2.0. The ones in this class are here for backward compatibility.

    // Create a new stream and associate it with the given qpdf object. A subsequent call must be
    // made to replaceStreamData() to provide data for the stream. The stream's dictionary may be
    // retrieved by calling getDict(), and the resulting dictionary may be modified. Alternatively,
    // you can create a new dictionary and call replaceDict to install it. From QPDF 11.2, you can
    // call QPDF::newStream() instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newStream(QPDF* qpdf);

    // Create a new stream and associate it with the given qpdf object. Use the given buffer as the
    // stream data. The stream dictionary's /Length key will automatically be set to the size of the
    // data buffer. If additional keys are required, the stream's dictionary may be retrieved by
    // calling getDict(), and the resulting dictionary may be modified. This method is just a
    // convenient wrapper around the newStream() and replaceStreamData(). It is a convenience
    // methods for streams that require no parameters beyond the stream length. Note that you don't
    // have to deal with compression yourself if you use QPDFWriter. By default, QPDFWriter will
    // automatically compress uncompressed stream data. Example programs are provided that
    // illustrate this. From QPDF 11.2, you can call QPDF::newStream()
    // instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newStream(QPDF* qpdf, std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data);

    // Create new stream with data from string. This method will create a copy of the data rather
    // than using the user-provided buffer as in the std::shared_ptr<Buffer> version of newStream.
    // From QPDF 11.2, you can call QPDF::newStream() instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newStream(QPDF* qpdf, std::string const& data);

    // A reserved object is a special sentinel used for qpdf to reserve a spot for an object that is
    // going to be added to the QPDF object.  Normally you don't have to use this type since you can
    // just call QPDF::makeIndirectObject.  However, in some cases, if you have to create objects
    // with circular references, you may need to create a reserved object so that you can have a
    // reference to it and then replace the object later.  Reserved objects have the special
    // property that they can't be resolved to direct objects.  This makes it possible to replace a
    // reserved object with a new object while preserving existing references to them.  When you are
    // ready to replace a reserved object with its replacement, use QPDF::replaceReserved for this
    // purpose rather than the more general QPDF::replaceObject.  It is an error to try to write a
    // QPDF with QPDFWriter if it has any reserved objects in it. From QPDF 11.4, you can call
    // QPDF::newReserved() instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    static QPDFObjectHandle newReserved(QPDF* qpdf);

    // Provide an owning qpdf and object description. The library does this automatically with
    // objects that are read from the input PDF and with objects that are created programmatically
    // and inserted into the QPDF as a new indirect object. Most end user code will not need to call
    // this. If an object has an owning qpdf and object description, it enables qpdf to give
    // warnings with proper context in some cases where it would otherwise raise exceptions. It is
    // okay to add objects without an owning_qpdf to objects that have one, but it is an error to
    // have a QPDF contain objects with owning_qpdf set to something else. To add objects from
    // another qpdf, use copyForeignObject instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    void setObjectDescription(QPDF* owning_qpdf, std::string const& object_description);
    QPDF_DLL
    bool hasObjectDescription();

    // Accessor methods
    //
    // (Note: this comment is referenced in qpdf-c.h and the manual.)
    //
    // In PDF files, objects have specific types, but there is nothing that prevents PDF files from
    // containing objects of types that aren't expected by the specification.
    //
    // There are two flavors of accessor methods:
    //
    // * getSomethingValue() returns the value and issues a type   warning if the type is incorrect.
    //
    // * getValueAsSomething() returns false if the value is the wrong type. Otherwise, it returns
    //   true and initializes a reference of the appropriate type. These methods never issue type
    //   warnings.
    //
    // The getSomethingValue() accessors and some of the other methods expect objects of a
    // particular type. Prior to qpdf 8, calling an accessor on a method of the wrong type, such as
    // trying to get a dictionary key from an array, trying to get the string value of a number,
    // etc., would throw an exception, but since qpdf 8, qpdf issues a warning and recovers using
    // the following behavior:
    //
    // * Requesting a value of the wrong type (int value from string,   array item from a scalar or
    //   dictionary, etc.) will return a zero-like value for that type: false for boolean, 0 for
    //   number, the empty string for string, or the null object for an object handle.
    //
    // * Accessing an array item that is out of bounds will return a null object.
    //
    // * Attempts to mutate an object of the wrong type (e.g., attempting to add a dictionary key to
    //   a scalar or array) will be ignored.
    //
    // When any of these fallback behaviors are used, qpdf issues a warning. Starting in qpdf 10.5,
    // these warnings have the error code qpdf_e_object. Prior to 10.5, they had the error code
    // qpdf_e_damaged_pdf. If the QPDFObjectHandle is associated with a QPDF object (as is the case
    // for all objects whose origin was a PDF file), the warning is issued using the normal warning
    // mechanism (as described in QPDF.hh), making it possible to suppress or otherwise detect them.
    // If the QPDFObjectHandle is not associated with a QPDF object (meaning it was created
    // programmatically), an exception will be thrown.
    //
    // The way to avoid getting any type warnings or exceptions, even when working with malformed
    // PDF files, is to always check the type of a QPDFObjectHandle before accessing it (for
    // example, make sure that isString() returns true before calling getStringValue()) and to
    // always be sure that any array indices are in bounds.
    //
    // For additional discussion and rationale for this behavior, see the section in the QPDF manual
    // entitled "Object Accessor Methods".

    // Methods for bool objects
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getBoolValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsBool(bool&);

    // Methods for integer objects. Note: if an integer value is too big (too far away from zero in
    // either direction) to fit in the requested return type, the maximum or minimum value for that
    // return type may be returned. For example, on a system with 32-bit int, a numeric object with
    // a value of 2^40 (or anything too big for 32 bits) will be returned as INT_MAX.
    QPDF_DLL
    long long getIntValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsInt(long long&);
    QPDF_DLL
    int getIntValueAsInt();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsInt(int&);
    QPDF_DLL
    unsigned long long getUIntValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsUInt(unsigned long long&);
    QPDF_DLL
    unsigned int getUIntValueAsUInt();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsUInt(unsigned int&);

    // Methods for real objects
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getRealValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsReal(std::string&);

    // Methods that work for both integer and real objects
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isNumber();
    QPDF_DLL
    double getNumericValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsNumber(double&);

    // Methods for name objects. The returned name value is in qpdf's canonical form with all
    // escaping resolved. See comments for newName() for details.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getName();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsName(std::string&);

    // Methods for string objects
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getStringValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsString(std::string&);

    // If a string starts with the UTF-16 marker, it is converted from UTF-16 to UTF-8. Otherwise,
    // it is treated as a string encoded with PDF Doc Encoding. PDF Doc Encoding is identical to
    // ISO-8859-1 except in the range from 0200 through 0240, where there is a mapping of characters
    // to Unicode. QPDF versions prior to version 8.0.0 erroneously left characters in that range
    // unmapped.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getUTF8Value();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsUTF8(std::string&);

    // Methods for content stream objects
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getOperatorValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsOperator(std::string&);
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getInlineImageValue();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getValueAsInlineImage(std::string&);

    // Methods for array objects; see also name and array objects.

    // Return an object that enables iteration over members. You can do
    //
    // for (auto iter: obj.aitems())
    // {
    //     // iter is an array element
    // }
    class QPDFArrayItems;
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFArrayItems aitems();

    QPDF_DLL
    int getArrayNItems();
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getArrayItem(int n);
    // Note: QPDF arrays internally optimize memory for arrays containing lots of nulls. Calling
    // getArrayAsVector may cause a lot of memory to be allocated for very large arrays with lots of
    // nulls.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> getArrayAsVector();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isRectangle();
    // If the array is an array of four numeric values, return as a rectangle. Otherwise, return the
    // rectangle [0, 0, 0, 0]
    QPDF_DLL
    Rectangle getArrayAsRectangle();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isMatrix();
    // If the array is an array of six numeric values, return as a matrix. Otherwise, return the
    // matrix [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0]
    QPDF_DLL
    Matrix getArrayAsMatrix();

    // Methods for dictionary objects. In all dictionary methods, keys are specified/represented as
    // canonical name strings starting with a leading slash and not containing any PDF syntax
    // escaping. See comments for getName() for details.

    // Return an object that enables iteration over members. You can do
    //
    // for (auto iter: obj.ditems())
    // {
    //     // iter.first is the key
    //     // iter.second is the value
    // }
    class QPDFDictItems;
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFDictItems ditems();

    // Return true if key is present.  Keys with null values are treated as if they are not present.
    // This is as per the PDF spec.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool hasKey(std::string const&);
    // Return the value for the key.  If the key is not present, null is returned.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getKey(std::string const&);
    // If the object is null, return null. Otherwise, call getKey(). This makes it easier to access
    // lower-level dictionaries, as in
    // auto font = page.getKeyIfDict("/Resources").getKeyIfDict("/Font");
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getKeyIfDict(std::string const&);
    // Return all keys.  Keys with null values are treated as if they are not present.  This is as
    // per the PDF spec.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::set<std::string> getKeys();
    // Return dictionary as a map.  Entries with null values are included.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::map<std::string, QPDFObjectHandle> getDictAsMap();

    // Methods for name and array objects. The name value is in qpdf's canonical form with all
    // escaping resolved. See comments for newName() for details.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isOrHasName(std::string const&);

    // Make all resources in a resource dictionary indirect. This just goes through all entries of
    // top-level subdictionaries and converts any direct objects to indirect objects. This can be
    // useful to call before mergeResources if it is going to be called multiple times to prevent
    // resources from being copied multiple times.
    QPDF_DLL
    void makeResourcesIndirect(QPDF& owning_qpdf);

    // Merge resource dictionaries. If the "conflicts" parameter is provided, conflicts in
    // dictionary subitems are resolved, and "conflicts" is initialized to a map such that
    // conflicts[resource_type][old_key] == [new_key]
    //
    // See also makeResourcesIndirect, which can be useful to call before calling this.
    //
    // This method does nothing if both this object and the other object are not dictionaries.
    // Otherwise, it has following behavior, where "object" refers to the object whose method is
    // invoked, and "other" refers to the argument:
    //
    // * For each key in "other" whose value is an array:
    //   * If "object" does not have that entry, shallow copy it.
    //   * Otherwise, if "object" has an array in the same place, append to that array any objects
    //     in "other"'s array that are not already present.
    // * For each key in "other" whose value is a dictionary:
    //   * If "object" does not have that entry, shallow copy it.
    //   * Otherwise, for each key in the subdictionary:
    //     * If key is not present in "object"'s entry, shallow copy it if direct or just add it if
    //       indirect.
    //     * Otherwise, if conflicts are being detected:
    //       * If there is a key (oldkey) already in the dictionary that points to the same indirect
    //         destination as key, indicate that key was replaced by oldkey. This would happen if
    //         these two resource dictionaries have previously been merged.
    //       * Otherwise pick a new key (newkey) that is unique within the resource dictionary,
    //         store that in the resource dictionary with key's destination as its destination, and
    //         indicate that key was replaced by newkey.
    //
    // The primary purpose of this method is to facilitate merging of resource dictionaries that are
    // supposed to have the same scope as each other. For example, this can be used to merge a form
    // XObject's /Resources dictionary with a form field's /DR or to merge two /DR dictionaries. The
    // "conflicts" parameter may be previously initialized. This method adds to whatever is already
    // there, which can be useful when merging with multiple things.
    QPDF_DLL
    void mergeResources(
        QPDFObjectHandle other,
        std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>* conflicts = nullptr);

    // Get all resource names from a resource dictionary. If this object is a dictionary, this
    // method returns a set of all the keys in all top-level subdictionaries. For resources
    // dictionaries, this is the collection of names that may be referenced in the content stream.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::set<std::string> getResourceNames();

    // Find a unique name within a resource dictionary starting with a given prefix. This method
    // works by appending a number to the given prefix. It searches starting with min_suffix and
    // sets min_suffix to selected value upon return. This can be used to increase efficiency if
    // adding multiple items with the same prefix. (Why doesn't it set min_suffix to the next
    // number? Well, maybe you aren't going to actually use the name it returns.) If you are calling
    // this multiple times on the same resource dictionary, you can initialize resource_names by
    // calling getResourceNames(), incrementally update it as you add resources, and keep passing it
    // in so that getUniqueResourceName doesn't have to traverse the resource dictionary each time
    // it's called.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getUniqueResourceName(
        std::string const& prefix,
        int& min_suffix,
        std::set<std::string>* resource_names = nullptr);

    // A QPDFObjectHandle has an owning QPDF if it is associated with ("owned by") a specific QPDF
    // object. Indirect objects always have an owning QPDF. Direct objects that are read from the
    // input source will also have an owning QPDF. Programmatically created objects will only have
    // one if setObjectDescription was called.
    //
    // When the QPDF object that owns an object is destroyed, the object is changed into a null, and
    // its owner is cleared. Therefore you should not retain the value of an owning QPDF beyond the
    // life of the QPDF. If in doubt, ask for it each time you need it.

    // getOwningQPDF returns a pointer to the owning QPDF is the object has one. Otherwise, it
    // returns a null pointer. Use this when you are able to handle the case of an object that
    // doesn't have an owning QPDF.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDF* getOwningQPDF() const;
    // getQPDF, new in qpdf 11, returns a reference owning QPDF. If there is none, it throws a
    // runtime_error. Use this when you know the object has to have an owning QPDF, such as when
    // it's a known indirect object. Since streams are always indirect objects, this method can be
    // used safely for streams. If error_msg is specified, it will be used at the contents of the
    // runtime_error if there is now owner.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDF& getQPDF(std::string const& error_msg = "") const;

    // Create a shallow copy of an object as a direct object, but do not traverse across indirect
    // object boundaries. That means that, for dictionaries and arrays, any keys or items that were
    // indirect objects will still be indirect objects that point to the same place. In the
    // strictest sense, this is not a shallow copy because it recursively descends arrays and
    // dictionaries; it just doesn't cross over indirect objects. See also unsafeShallowCopy(). You
    // can't copy a stream this way. See copyStream() instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle shallowCopy();

    // Create a true shallow copy of an array or dictionary, just copying the immediate items
    // (array) or keys (dictionary). This is "unsafe" because, if you *modify* any of the items in
    // the copy, you are modifying the original, which is almost never what you want. However, if
    // your intention is merely to *replace* top-level items or keys and not to modify lower-level
    // items in the copy, this method is much faster than shallowCopy().
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle unsafeShallowCopy();

    // Create a copy of this stream. The new stream and the old stream are independent: after the
    // copy, either the original or the copy's dictionary or data can be modified without affecting
    // the other. This uses StreamDataProvider internally, so no unnecessary copies of the stream's
    // data are made. If the source stream's data is already being provided by a StreamDataProvider,
    // the new stream will use the same one, so you have to make sure your StreamDataProvider can
    // handle that case. But if you're already using a StreamDataProvider, you probably don't need
    // to call this method.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle copyStream();

    // Mutator methods.

    // Since qpdf 11: for mutators that may add or remove an item, there are additional versions
    // whose names contain "AndGet" that return the added or removed item. For example:
    //
    //   auto new_dict = dict.replaceKeyAndGetNew(
    //       "/New", QPDFObjectHandle::newDictionary());
    //
    //   auto old_value = dict.replaceKeyAndGetOld(
    //       "/New", "(something)"_qpdf);

    // Recursively copy this object, making it direct. An exception is thrown if a loop is detected.
    // With allow_streams true, keep indirect object references to streams. Otherwise, throw an
    // exception if any sub-object is a stream. Note that, when allow_streams is true and a stream
    // is found, the resulting object is still associated with the containing qpdf. When
    // allow_streams is false, the object will no longer be connected to the original QPDF object
    // after this call completes successfully.
    QPDF_DLL
    void makeDirect(bool allow_streams = false);

    // Mutator methods for array objects
    QPDF_DLL
    void setArrayItem(int, QPDFObjectHandle const&);
    QPDF_DLL
    void setArrayFromVector(std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> const& items);
    // Insert an item before the item at the given position ("at") so that it has that position
    // after insertion. If "at" is equal to the size of the array, insert the item at the end.
    QPDF_DLL
    void insertItem(int at, QPDFObjectHandle const& item);
    // Like insertItem but return the item that was inserted.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle insertItemAndGetNew(int at, QPDFObjectHandle const& item);
    // Append an item to an array.
    QPDF_DLL
    void appendItem(QPDFObjectHandle const& item);
    // Append an item, and return the newly added item.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle appendItemAndGetNew(QPDFObjectHandle const& item);
    // Remove the item at that position, reducing the size of the array by one.
    QPDF_DLL
    void eraseItem(int at);
    // Erase and item and return the item that was removed.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle eraseItemAndGetOld(int at);

    // Mutator methods for dictionary objects

    // Replace value of key, adding it if it does not exist. If value is null, remove the key.
    QPDF_DLL
    void replaceKey(std::string const& key, QPDFObjectHandle const& value);
    // Replace value of key and return the value.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle replaceKeyAndGetNew(std::string const& key, QPDFObjectHandle const& value);
    // Replace value of key and return the old value, or null if the key was previously not present.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle replaceKeyAndGetOld(std::string const& key, QPDFObjectHandle const& value);
    // Remove key, doing nothing if key does not exist.
    QPDF_DLL
    void removeKey(std::string const& key);
    // Remove key and return the old value. If the old value didn't exist, return a null object.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle removeKeyAndGetOld(std::string const& key);

    // ABI: Remove in qpdf 12
    [[deprecated("use replaceKey -- it does the same thing")]] QPDF_DLL void
    replaceOrRemoveKey(std::string const& key, QPDFObjectHandle const&);

    // Methods for stream objects
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getDict();

    // By default, or if true passed, QPDFWriter will attempt to filter a stream based on decode
    // level, whether compression is enabled, and its ability to filter. Passing false will prevent
    // QPDFWriter from attempting to filter the stream even if it can. This includes both decoding
    // and compressing. This makes it possible for you to prevent QPDFWriter from uncompressing and
    // recompressing a stream that it knows how to operate on for any application-specific reason,
    // such as that you have already optimized its filtering. Note that this doesn't affect any
    // other ways to get the stream's data, such as pipeStreamData or getStreamData.
    QPDF_DLL
    void setFilterOnWrite(bool);
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getFilterOnWrite();

    // If addTokenFilter has been called for this stream, then the original data should be
    // considered to be modified. This means we should avoid optimizations such as not filtering a
    // stream that is already compressed.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isDataModified();

    // Returns filtered (uncompressed) stream data.  Throws an exception if the stream is filtered
    // and we can't decode it.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getStreamData(qpdf_stream_decode_level_e level = qpdf_dl_generalized);

    // Returns unfiltered (raw) stream data.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getRawStreamData();

    // Write stream data through the given pipeline. A null pipeline value may be used if all you
    // want to do is determine whether a stream is filterable and would be filtered based on the
    // provided flags. If flags is 0, write raw stream data and return false. Otherwise, the flags
    // alter the behavior in the following way:
    //
    // encode_flags:
    //
    // qpdf_sf_compress -- compress data with /FlateDecode if no other compression filters are
    // applied.
    //
    // qpdf_sf_normalize -- tokenize as content stream and normalize tokens
    //
    // decode_level:
    //
    // qpdf_dl_none -- do not decode any streams.
    //
    // qpdf_dl_generalized -- decode supported general-purpose filters. This includes
    // /ASCIIHexDecode, /ASCII85Decode, /LZWDecode, and /FlateDecode.
    //
    // qpdf_dl_specialized -- in addition to generalized filters, also decode supported non-lossy
    // specialized filters. This includes /RunLengthDecode.
    //
    // qpdf_dl_all -- in addition to generalized and non-lossy specialized filters, decode supported
    // lossy filters. This includes /DCTDecode.
    //
    // If, based on the flags and the filters and decode parameters, we determine that we know how
    // to apply all requested filters, do so and return true if we are successful.
    //
    // The exact meaning of the return value differs the different versions of this function, but
    // for any version, the meaning has been the same. For the main version, added in qpdf 10, the
    // return value indicates whether the overall operation succeeded. The filter parameter, if
    // specified, will be set to whether or not filtering was attempted. If filtering was not
    // requested, this value will be false even if the overall operation succeeded.
    //
    // If filtering is requested but this method returns false, it means there was some error in the
    // filtering, in which case the resulting data is likely partially filtered and/or incomplete
    // and may not be consistent with the configured filters. QPDFWriter handles this by attempting
    // to get the stream data without filtering, but callers should consider a false return value
    // when decode_level is not qpdf_dl_none to be a potential loss of data. If you intend to retry
    // in that case, pass true as the value of will_retry. This changes the warning issued by the
    // library to indicate that the operation will be retried without filtering to avoid data loss.

    // Return value is overall success, even if filtering is not requested.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool pipeStreamData(
        Pipeline*,
        bool* filtering_attempted,
        int encode_flags,
        qpdf_stream_decode_level_e decode_level,
        bool suppress_warnings = false,
        bool will_retry = false);

    // Legacy version. Return value is whether filtering was attempted. There is no way to determine
    // success if filtering was not attempted.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool pipeStreamData(
        Pipeline*,
        int encode_flags,
        qpdf_stream_decode_level_e decode_level,
        bool suppress_warnings = false,
        bool will_retry = false);

    // Legacy pipeStreamData. This maps to the the flags-based pipeStreamData as follows:
    //  filter = false                  -> encode_flags = 0
    //  filter = true                   -> decode_level = qpdf_dl_generalized
    //    normalize = true -> encode_flags |= qpdf_sf_normalize
    //    compress = true  -> encode_flags |= qpdf_sf_compress
    // Return value is whether filtering was attempted.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool pipeStreamData(Pipeline*, bool filter, bool normalize, bool compress);

    // Replace a stream's dictionary.  The new dictionary must be consistent with the stream's data.
    // This is most appropriately used when creating streams from scratch that will use a stream
    // data provider and therefore start with an empty dictionary.  It may be more convenient in
    // this case than calling getDict and modifying it for each key.  The pdf-create example does
    // this.
    QPDF_DLL
    void replaceDict(QPDFObjectHandle const&);

    // REPLACING STREAM DATA

    // Note about all replaceStreamData methods: whatever values are passed as filter and
    // decode_parms will overwrite /Filter and /DecodeParms in the stream. Passing a null object
    // (QPDFObjectHandle::newNull()) will remove those values from the stream dictionary. From qpdf
    // 11, passing an *uninitialized* QPDFObjectHandle (QPDFObjectHandle()) will leave any existing
    // values untouched.

    // Replace this stream's stream data with the given data buffer. The stream's /Length key is
    // replaced with the length of the data buffer. The stream is interpreted as if the data read
    // from the file, after any decryption filters have been applied, is as presented.
    QPDF_DLL
    void replaceStreamData(
        std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);

    // Replace the stream's stream data with the given string. This method will create a copy of the
    // data rather than using the user-provided buffer as in the std::shared_ptr<Buffer> version of
    // replaceStreamData.
    QPDF_DLL
    void replaceStreamData(
        std::string const& data,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);

    // As above, replace this stream's stream data.  Instead of directly providing a buffer with the
    // stream data, call the given provider's provideStreamData method.  See comments on the
    // StreamDataProvider class (defined above) for details on the method.  The data must be
    // consistent with filter and decode_parms as provided.  Although it is more complex to use this
    // form of replaceStreamData than the one that takes a buffer, it makes it possible to avoid
    // allocating memory for the stream data.  Example programs are provided that use both forms of
    // replaceStreamData.

    // Note about stream length: for any given stream, the provider must provide the same amount of
    // data each time it is called. This is critical for making linearization work properly.
    // Versions of qpdf before 3.0.0 required a length to be specified here.  Starting with
    // version 3.0.0, this is no longer necessary (or permitted).  The first time the stream data
    // provider is invoked for a given stream, the actual length is stored. Subsequent times, it is
    // enforced that the length be the same as the first time.

    // If you have gotten a compile error here while building code that worked with older versions
    // of qpdf, just omit the length parameter.  You can also simplify your code by not having to
    // compute the length in advance.
    QPDF_DLL
    void replaceStreamData(
        std::shared_ptr<StreamDataProvider> provider,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);

    // Starting in qpdf 10.2, you can use C++-11 function objects instead of StreamDataProvider.

    // The provider should write the stream data to the pipeline. For a one-liner to replace stream
    // data with the contents of a file, pass QUtil::file_provider(filename) as provider.
    QPDF_DLL
    void replaceStreamData(
        std::function<void(Pipeline*)> provider,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);
    // The provider should write the stream data to the pipeline, returning true if it succeeded
    // without errors.
    QPDF_DLL
    void replaceStreamData(
        std::function<bool(Pipeline*, bool suppress_warnings, bool will_retry)> provider,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
        QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);

    // Access object ID and generation.  For direct objects, return object ID 0.

    // NOTE: Be careful about calling getObjectID() and getGeneration() directly as this can lead to
    // the pattern of depending on object ID or generation without the other.  In general, when
    // keeping track of object IDs, it's better to use QPDFObjGen instead.

    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjGen getObjGen() const;
    QPDF_DLL
    inline int getObjectID() const;
    QPDF_DLL
    inline int getGeneration() const;

    QPDF_DLL
    std::string unparse();
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string unparseResolved();
    // For strings only, force binary representation. Otherwise, same as unparse.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string unparseBinary();

    // Return encoded as JSON. The constant JSON::LATEST can be used to specify the latest available
    // JSON version. The JSON is generated as follows:
    // * Arrays, dictionaries, booleans, nulls, integers, and real numbers are represented by their
    //   native JSON types.
    // * Names are encoded as strings representing the canonical representation (after parsing #xx)
    //   and preceded by a slash, just as unparse() returns. For example, the JSON for the
    //   PDF-syntax name /Text#2fPlain would be "/Text/Plain".
    // * Indirect references are encoded as strings containing "obj gen R"
    // * Strings
    //   * JSON v1: Strings are encoded as UTF-8 strings with unrepresentable binary characters
    //     encoded as \uHHHH. Characters in PDF Doc encoding that don't have bidirectional unicode
    //     mappings are not reversible. There is no way to tell the difference between a string that
    //     looks like a name or indirect object from an actual name or indirect object.
    //   * JSON v2:
    //     * Unicode strings and strings encoded with PDF Doc encoding that can be bidirectionally
    //       mapped to Unicode (which is all strings without undefined characters) are represented
    //       as "u:" followed by the UTF-8 encoded string. Example:
    //       "u:potato".
    //     * All other strings are represented as "b:" followed by a hexadecimal encoding of the
    //       string. Example: "b:0102cacb"
    // * Streams
    //   * JSON v1: Only the stream's dictionary is encoded. There is no way to tell a stream from a
    //     dictionary other than context.
    //   * JSON v2: A stream is encoded as {"dict": {...}} with the value being the encoding of the
    //     stream's dictionary. Since "dict" does not otherwise represent anything, this is
    //     unambiguous. The getStreamJSON() call can be used to add encoding of the stream's data.
    // * Object types that are only valid in content streams (inline image, operator) are serialized
    //   as "null". Attempting to serialize a "reserved" object is an error.
    // If dereference_indirect is true and this is an indirect object, show the actual contents of
    // the object. The effect of dereference_indirect applies only to this object. It is not
    // recursive.
    QPDF_DLL
    JSON getJSON(int json_version, bool dereference_indirect = false);

    // Write the object encoded as JSON to a pipeline. This is equivalent to, but more efficient
    // than, calling getJSON(json_version, dereference_indirect).write(p, depth). See the
    // documentation for getJSON and JSON::write for further detail.
    QPDF_DLL
    void
    writeJSON(int json_version, Pipeline* p, bool dereference_indirect = false, size_t depth = 0);

    // Deprecated version uses v1 for backward compatibility.
    // ABI: remove for qpdf 12
    [[deprecated("Use getJSON(int version)")]] QPDF_DLL JSON
    getJSON(bool dereference_indirect = false);

    // This method can be called on a stream to get a more extended JSON representation of the
    // stream that includes the stream's data. The JSON object returned is always a dictionary whose
    // "dict" key is an encoding of the stream's dictionary. The representation of the data is
    // determined by the json_data field.
    //
    // The json_data field may have the value qpdf_sj_none, qpdf_sj_inline, or qpdf_sj_file.
    //
    // If json_data is qpdf_sj_none, stream data is not represented.
    //
    // If json_data is qpdf_sj_inline or qpdf_sj_file, then stream data is filtered or not based on
    // the value of decode_level, which has the same meaning as with pipeStreamData.
    //
    // If json_data is qpdf_sj_inline, the base64-encoded stream data is included in the "data"
    // field of the dictionary that is returned.
    //
    // If json_data is qpdf_sj_file, then the Pipeline ("p") and data_filename argument must be
    // supplied. The value of data_filename is stored in the resulting json in the "datafile" key
    // but is not otherwise use. The stream data itself (raw or filtered depending on decode level),
    // is written to the pipeline via pipeStreamData().
    //
    // NOTE: When json_data is qpdf_sj_inline, the QPDF object from which the stream originates must
    // remain valid until after the JSON object is written.
    QPDF_DLL
    JSON getStreamJSON(
        int json_version,
        qpdf_json_stream_data_e json_data,
        qpdf_stream_decode_level_e decode_level,
        Pipeline* p,
        std::string const& data_filename);

    // Legacy helper methods for commonly performed operations on pages. Newer code should use
    // QPDFPageObjectHelper instead. The specification and behavior of these methods are the same as
    // the identically named methods in that class, but newer functionality will be added there.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::map<std::string, QPDFObjectHandle> getPageImages();
    QPDF_DLL
    std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> getPageContents();
    QPDF_DLL
    void addPageContents(QPDFObjectHandle contents, bool first);
    QPDF_DLL
    void rotatePage(int angle, bool relative);
    QPDF_DLL
    void coalesceContentStreams();
    // End legacy page helpers

    // Issue a warning about this object if possible. If the object has a description, a warning
    // will be issued using the owning QPDF as context. Otherwise, a message will be written to the
    // default logger's error stream, which is standard error if not overridden. Objects read
    // normally from the file have descriptions. See comments on setObjectDescription for additional
    // details.
    QPDF_DLL
    void warnIfPossible(std::string const& warning);

    // Provide access to specific classes for recursive disconnected().
    class DisconnectAccess
    {
        friend class QPDF_Dictionary;
        friend class QPDF_Stream;

      private:
        static void
        disconnect(QPDFObjectHandle o)
        {
            o.disconnect();
        }
    };

    // Convenience routine: Throws if the assumption is violated. Your code will be better if you
    // call one of the isType methods and handle the case of the type being wrong, but these can be
    // convenient if you have already verified the type.
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertInitialized() const;

    QPDF_DLL
    void assertNull();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertBool();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertInteger();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertReal();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertName();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertString();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertOperator();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertInlineImage();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertArray();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertDictionary();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertStream();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertReserved();

    QPDF_DLL
    void assertIndirect();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertScalar();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertNumber();

    // The isPageObject method checks the /Type key of the object. This is not completely reliable
    // as there are some otherwise valid files whose /Type is wrong for page objects. qpdf is
    // slightly more accepting but may still return false here when treating the object as a page
    // would work. Use this sparingly.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isPageObject();
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isPagesObject();
    QPDF_DLL
    void assertPageObject();

    QPDF_DLL
    bool isFormXObject();

    // Indicate if this is an image. If exclude_imagemask is true, don't count image masks as
    // images.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isImage(bool exclude_imagemask = true);

    // The following methods do not form part of the public API and are for internal use only.

    QPDFObjectHandle(std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> const& obj) :
        obj(obj)
    {
    }
    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
    getObj()
    {
        return obj;
    }
    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
    getObj() const
    {
        return obj;
    }
    QPDFObject*
    getObjectPtr()
    {
        return obj.get();
    }
    QPDFObject* const
    getObjectPtr() const
    {
        return obj.get();
    }

    void writeJSON(int json_version, JSON::Writer& p, bool dereference_indirect = false);

  private:
    QPDF_Array* asArray() const;
    QPDF_Bool* asBool() const;
    QPDF_Dictionary* asDictionary() const;
    QPDF_InlineImage* asInlineImage() const;
    QPDF_Integer* asInteger() const;
    QPDF_Name* asName() const;
    QPDF_Null* asNull() const;
    QPDF_Operator* asOperator() const;
    QPDF_Real* asReal() const;
    QPDF_Reserved* asReserved() const;
    QPDF_Stream* asStream() const;
    QPDF_Stream* asStreamWithAssert() const;
    QPDF_String* asString() const;

    void typeWarning(char const* expected_type, std::string const& warning) const;
    void objectWarning(std::string const& warning) const;
    void assertType(char const* type_name, bool istype) const;
    void makeDirect(QPDFObjGen::set& visited, bool stop_at_streams);
    void disconnect();
    void setParsedOffset(qpdf_offset_t offset);
    void parseContentStream_internal(std::string const& description, ParserCallbacks* callbacks);
    static void parseContentStream_data(
        std::shared_ptr<Buffer>,
        std::string const& description,
        ParserCallbacks* callbacks,
        QPDF* context);
    std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>
    arrayOrStreamToStreamArray(std::string const& description, std::string& all_description);
    static void warn(QPDF*, QPDFExc const&);
    void checkOwnership(QPDFObjectHandle const&) const;

    // Moving members of QPDFObjectHandle into a smart pointer incurs a substantial performance
    // penalty since QPDFObjectHandle objects are copied around so frequently.
    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> obj;
};

# ifndef QPDF_NO_QPDF_STRING
// This is short for QPDFObjectHandle::parse, so you can do

// auto oh = "<< /Key (value) >>"_qpdf;

// If this is causing problems in your code, define QPDF_NO_QPDF_STRING to prevent the declaration
// from being here.

/* clang-format off */
// Disable formatting for this declaration: emacs font-lock in cc-mode (as of 28.1) treats the rest
// of the file as a string if clang-format removes the space after "operator", and as of
// clang-format 15, there's no way to prevent it from doing so.
QPDF_DLL
QPDFObjectHandle operator ""_qpdf(char const* v, size_t len);
/* clang-format on */

# endif // QPDF_NO_QPDF_STRING

class QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFDictItems
{
    // This class allows C++-style iteration, including range-for iteration, around dictionaries.
    // You can write

    // for (auto iter: QPDFDictItems(dictionary_obj))
    // {
    //     // iter.first is a string
    //     // iter.second is a QPDFObjectHandle
    // }

    // See examples/pdf-name-number-tree.cc for a demonstration of using this API.

  public:
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFDictItems(QPDFObjectHandle const& oh);

    class iterator
    {
        friend class QPDFDictItems;

      public:
        typedef std::pair<std::string, QPDFObjectHandle> T;
        using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
        using value_type = T;
        using difference_type = long;
        using pointer = T*;
        using reference = T&;

        QPDF_DLL
        virtual ~iterator() = default;
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator& operator++();
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator
        operator++(int)
        {
            iterator t = *this;
            ++(*this);
            return t;
        }
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator& operator--();
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator
        operator--(int)
        {
            iterator t = *this;
            --(*this);
            return t;
        }
        QPDF_DLL
        reference operator*();
        QPDF_DLL
        pointer operator->();
        QPDF_DLL
        bool operator==(iterator const& other) const;
        QPDF_DLL
        bool
        operator!=(iterator const& other) const
        {
            return !operator==(other);
        }

      private:
        iterator(QPDFObjectHandle& oh, bool for_begin);
        void updateIValue();

        class Members
        {
            friend class QPDFDictItems::iterator;

          public:
            QPDF_DLL
            ~Members() = default;

          private:
            Members(QPDFObjectHandle& oh, bool for_begin);
            Members() = delete;
            Members(Members const&) = delete;

            QPDFObjectHandle& oh;
            std::set<std::string> keys;
            std::set<std::string>::iterator iter;
            bool is_end;
        };
        std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
        value_type ivalue;
    };

    QPDF_DLL
    iterator begin();
    QPDF_DLL
    iterator end();

  private:
    QPDFObjectHandle oh;
};

class QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFArrayItems
{
    // This class allows C++-style iteration, including range-for iteration, around arrays. You can
    // write

    // for (auto iter: QPDFArrayItems(array_obj))
    // {
    //     // iter is a QPDFObjectHandle
    // }

    // See examples/pdf-name-number-tree.cc for a demonstration of using this API.

  public:
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFArrayItems(QPDFObjectHandle const& oh);

    class iterator
    {
        friend class QPDFArrayItems;

      public:
        typedef QPDFObjectHandle T;
        using iterator_category = std::bidirectional_iterator_tag;
        using value_type = T;
        using difference_type = long;
        using pointer = T*;
        using reference = T&;

        QPDF_DLL
        virtual ~iterator() = default;
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator& operator++();
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator
        operator++(int)
        {
            iterator t = *this;
            ++(*this);
            return t;
        }
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator& operator--();
        QPDF_DLL
        iterator
        operator--(int)
        {
            iterator t = *this;
            --(*this);
            return t;
        }
        QPDF_DLL
        reference operator*();
        QPDF_DLL
        pointer operator->();
        QPDF_DLL
        bool operator==(iterator const& other) const;
        QPDF_DLL
        bool
        operator!=(iterator const& other) const
        {
            return !operator==(other);
        }

      private:
        iterator(QPDFObjectHandle& oh, bool for_begin);
        void updateIValue();

        class Members
        {
            friend class QPDFArrayItems::iterator;

          public:
            QPDF_DLL
            ~Members() = default;

          private:
            Members(QPDFObjectHandle& oh, bool for_begin);
            Members() = delete;
            Members(Members const&) = delete;

            QPDFObjectHandle& oh;
            int item_number;
            bool is_end;
        };
        std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
        value_type ivalue;
    };

    QPDF_DLL
    iterator begin();
    QPDF_DLL
    iterator end();

  private:
    QPDFObjectHandle oh;
};

inline int
QPDFObjectHandle::getObjectID() const
{
    return getObjGen().getObj();
}

inline int
QPDFObjectHandle::getGeneration() const
{
    return getObjGen().getGen();
}

inline bool
QPDFObjectHandle::isIndirect() const
{
    return (obj != nullptr) && (getObjectID() != 0);
}

inline bool
QPDFObjectHandle::isInitialized() const
{
    return obj != nullptr;
}

inline QPDFObjectHandle::operator bool() const noexcept
{
    return static_cast<bool>(obj);
}

#endif // QPDF_FUTURE
#endif // QPDFOBJECTHANDLE_HH