Merge pull request #731 from m-holger/og_unparse

Tidy QPDFObjGen related code

Merge pull request #731 from m-holger/og_unparse
Tidy QPDFObjGen related code
Jay Berkenbilt · GitHub
2 parents 6f1041af 8b4afa42
Showing 22 changed files with 291 additions and 390 deletions
examples/pdf-create.cc
examples/pdf-custom-filter.cc
examples/pdf-invert-images.cc
include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
include/qpdf/QPDFObjGen.hh
include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh
libqpdf/CMakeLists.txt
libqpdf/QPDF.cc
libqpdf/QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper.cc
libqpdf/QPDFJob.cc
libqpdf/QPDFObjGen.cc
libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
libqpdf/QPDFPageObjectHelper.cc
libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
libqpdf/QPDF_Stream.cc
libqpdf/QPDF_encryption.cc
libqpdf/QPDF_json.cc
libqpdf/QPDF_linearization.cc
libqpdf/QPDF_optimization.cc
libqpdf/QPDF_pages.cc
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ class ImageProvider: public QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider
   public:
     ImageProvider(std::string const& color_space, std::string const& filter);
     virtual ~ImageProvider() = default;
-    virtual void
-    provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline);
+    virtual void provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* pipeline);
     size_t getWidth() const;
     size_t getHeight() const;
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ ImageProvider::getHeight() const
 }
 void
-ImageProvider::provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline)
+ImageProvider::provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* pipeline)
 {
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Pipeline>> to_delete;
     Pipeline* p = pipeline;
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ check(
             ImageProvider* p = new ImageProvider(desired_color_space, "null");
             std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> provider(p);
             Pl_Buffer b_p("get image data");
-            provider->provideStreamData(0, 0, &b_p);
+            provider->provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen(), &b_p);
             std::shared_ptr<Buffer> desired_data(b_p.getBuffer());
             if (desired_data->getSize() != actual_data->getSize()) {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class StreamReplacer: public QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider
     StreamReplacer(QPDF* pdf);
     virtual ~StreamReplacer() = default;
     virtual void
-    provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline) override;
+    provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const& og, Pipeline* pipeline) override;
     void registerStream(
         QPDFObjectHandle stream,
@@ -384,9 +384,8 @@ StreamReplacer::registerStream(
 }
 void
-StreamReplacer::provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline)
+StreamReplacer::provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const& og, Pipeline* pipeline)
 {
-    QPDFObjGen og(objid, generation);
     QPDFObjectHandle orig = this->copied_streams[og];
     // call maybeReplace again, this time with the pipeline and no
     // dict_updates. In this mode, maybeReplace doesn't make any
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ImageInverter: public QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider
   public:
     virtual ~ImageInverter() = default;
     virtual void
-    provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline) override;
+    provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const& og, Pipeline* pipeline) override;
     void registerImage(
         QPDFObjectHandle image,
@@ -82,12 +82,11 @@ ImageInverter::registerImage(
 }
 void
-ImageInverter::provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline)
+ImageInverter::provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const& og, Pipeline* pipeline)
 {
     // Use the object and generation number supplied to look up the
     // image data.  Then invert the image data and write the inverted
     // data to the pipeline.
-    QPDFObjGen og(objid, generation);
     std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data =
         this->copied_images[og].getStreamData(qpdf_dl_all);
     size_t size = data->getSize();
@@ -815,9 +815,9 @@ class QPDF
       private:
         static std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
-        resolve(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int generation)
+        resolve(QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og)
         {
-            return qpdf->resolve(objid, generation);
+            return qpdf->resolve(og);
         }
         static bool
         objectChanged(
@@ -879,8 +879,7 @@ class QPDF
         static bool
         pipeStreamData(
             QPDF* qpdf,
-            int objid,
-            int generation,
+            QPDFObjGen const& og,
             qpdf_offset_t offset,
             size_t length,
             QPDFObjectHandle dict,
@@ -889,8 +888,7 @@ class QPDF
             bool will_retry)
         {
             return qpdf->pipeStreamData(
-                objid,
-                generation,
+                og,
                 offset,
                 length,
                 dict,
@@ -959,8 +957,7 @@ class QPDF
         std::string user_password;
         std::string encryption_key;
         std::string cached_object_encryption_key;
-        int cached_key_objid;
-        int cached_key_generation;
+        QPDFObjGen cached_key_og;
         bool user_password_matched;
         bool owner_password_matched;
     };
@@ -973,8 +970,7 @@ class QPDF
         ForeignStreamData(
             std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
             std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
-            int foreign_objid,
-            int foreign_generation,
+            QPDFObjGen const& foreign_og,
             qpdf_offset_t offset,
             size_t length,
             QPDFObjectHandle local_dict);
@@ -982,8 +978,7 @@ class QPDF
       private:
         std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp;
         std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file;
-        int foreign_objid;
-        int foreign_generation;
+        QPDFObjGen foreign_og;
         qpdf_offset_t offset;
         size_t length;
         QPDFObjectHandle local_dict;
@@ -995,8 +990,7 @@ class QPDF
         CopiedStreamDataProvider(QPDF& destination_qpdf);
         virtual ~CopiedStreamDataProvider() = default;
         virtual bool provideStreamData(
-            int objid,
-            int generation,
+            QPDFObjGen const& og,
             Pipeline* pipeline,
             bool suppress_warnings,
             bool will_retry) override;
@@ -1017,14 +1011,13 @@ class QPDF
         friend class QPDF;
       public:
-        StringDecrypter(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int gen);
+        StringDecrypter(QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og);
         virtual ~StringDecrypter() = default;
         virtual void decryptString(std::string& val);
       private:
         QPDF* qpdf;
-        int objid;
-        int gen;
+        QPDFObjGen og;
     };
     class ResolveRecorder
@@ -1127,17 +1120,15 @@ class QPDF
     void insertXrefEntry(
         int obj, int f0, qpdf_offset_t f1, int f2, bool overwrite = false);
     void setLastObjectDescription(
-        std::string const& description, int objid, int generation);
+        std::string const& description, QPDFObjGen const& og);
     QPDFObjectHandle readObject(
         std::shared_ptr<InputSource>,
         std::string const& description,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         bool in_object_stream);
     size_t recoverStreamLength(
         std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         qpdf_offset_t stream_offset);
     QPDFTokenizer::Token
     readToken(std::shared_ptr<InputSource>, size_t max_len = 0);
@@ -1146,21 +1137,18 @@ class QPDF
         bool attempt_recovery,
         qpdf_offset_t offset,
         std::string const& description,
-        int exp_objid,
-        int exp_generation,
-        int& act_objid,
-        int& act_generation);
+        QPDFObjGen const& exp_og,
+        QPDFObjGen& og);
     bool objectChanged(QPDFObjGen const& og, std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>& oph);
-    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> resolve(int objid, int generation);
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> resolve(QPDFObjGen const& og);
     void resolveObjectsInStream(int obj_stream_number);
     void stopOnError(std::string const& message);
-    QPDFObjectHandle reserveObjectIfNotExists(int objid, int gen);
-    QPDFObjectHandle reserveStream(int objid, int gen);
+    QPDFObjectHandle reserveObjectIfNotExists(QPDFObjGen const& og);
+    QPDFObjectHandle reserveStream(QPDFObjGen const& og);
     // Calls finish() on the pipeline when done but does not delete it
     bool pipeStreamData(
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         qpdf_offset_t offset,
         size_t length,
         QPDFObjectHandle dict,
@@ -1176,8 +1164,7 @@ class QPDF
         std::shared_ptr<QPDF::EncryptionParameters> encp,
         std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
         QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         qpdf_offset_t offset,
         size_t length,
         QPDFObjectHandle dict,
@@ -1230,10 +1217,9 @@ class QPDF
     void initializeEncryption();
     static std::string getKeyForObject(
         std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         bool use_aes);
-    void decryptString(std::string&, int objid, int generation);
+    void decryptString(std::string&, QPDFObjGen const& og);
     static std::string compute_encryption_key_from_password(
         std::string const& password, EncryptionData const& data);
     static std::string recover_encryption_key_with_password(
@@ -1247,8 +1233,7 @@ class QPDF
         std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
         QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
         Pipeline*& pipeline,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         QPDFObjectHandle& stream_dict,
         std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Pipeline>>& heap);
@@ -1571,7 +1556,6 @@ class QPDF
     void dumpHSharedObject();
     void dumpHGeneric(HGeneric&);
     qpdf_offset_t adjusted_offset(qpdf_offset_t offset);
-    QPDFObjectHandle objGenToIndirect(QPDFObjGen const&);
     void
     calculateLinearizationData(std::map<int, int> const& object_stream_data);
     void pushOutlinesToPart(
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #define QPDFOBJGEN_HH
 #include <qpdf/DLL.h>
-#include <qpdf/QUtil.hh>
 #include <iostream>
 // This class represents an object ID and generation pair.  It is
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ class QPDFObjGen
     {
     }
     QPDF_DLL
-    QPDFObjGen(int obj, int gen) :
+    explicit QPDFObjGen(int obj, int gen) :
         obj(obj),
         gen(gen)
     {
@@ -48,13 +47,19 @@ class QPDFObjGen
     bool
     operator<(QPDFObjGen const& rhs) const
     {
-        return ((obj < rhs.obj) || ((obj == rhs.obj) && (gen < rhs.gen)));
+        return (obj < rhs.obj) || ((obj == rhs.obj) && (gen < rhs.gen));
     }
     QPDF_DLL
     bool
     operator==(QPDFObjGen const& rhs) const
     {
-        return ((obj == rhs.obj) && (gen == rhs.gen));
+        return (obj == rhs.obj) && (gen == rhs.gen);
+    }
+    QPDF_DLL
+    bool
+    operator!=(QPDFObjGen const& rhs) const
+    {
+        return (obj != rhs.obj) || (gen != rhs.gen);
     }
     QPDF_DLL
     int
@@ -69,18 +74,15 @@ class QPDFObjGen
         return gen;
     }
     QPDF_DLL
-    std::string
-    unparse() const
+    bool
+    isIndirect() const
     {
-        return QUtil::int_to_string(obj) + "," + QUtil::int_to_string(gen);
+        return obj != 0;
     }
     QPDF_DLL
-    friend std::ostream&
-    operator<<(std::ostream& os, const QPDFObjGen& og)
-    {
-        os << og.obj << "," << og.gen;
-        return os;
-    }
+    std::string unparse(char separator = ',') const;
+    QPDF_DLL
+    friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const QPDFObjGen& og);
   private:
     // This class does not use the Members pattern to avoid a memory
@@ -116,9 +116,16 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
         // indicating whether it ran without errors.
         QPDF_DLL
         virtual void
-        provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline);
+        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,
@@ -1429,21 +1436,20 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
       private:
         static QPDFObjectHandle
-        newIndirect(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int generation)
+        newIndirect(QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og)
         {
-            return QPDFObjectHandle::newIndirect(qpdf, objid, generation);
+            return QPDFObjectHandle::newIndirect(qpdf, og);
         }
         static QPDFObjectHandle
         newStream(
             QPDF* qpdf,
-            int objid,
-            int generation,
+            QPDFObjGen const& og,
             QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
             qpdf_offset_t offset,
             size_t length)
         {
             return QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(
-                qpdf, objid, generation, stream_dict, offset, length);
+                qpdf, og, stream_dict, offset, length);
         }
         // Reserve an object with a specific ID
         static QPDFObjectHandle
@@ -1550,7 +1556,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     bool isImage(bool exclude_imagemask = true);
   private:
-    QPDFObjectHandle(QPDF*, int objid, int generation);
+    QPDFObjectHandle(QPDF*, QPDFObjGen const& og);
     QPDFObjectHandle(std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> const&);
     enum parser_state_e {
@@ -1563,11 +1569,10 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     };
     // Private object factory methods
-    static QPDFObjectHandle newIndirect(QPDF*, int objid, int generation);
+    static QPDFObjectHandle newIndirect(QPDF*, QPDFObjGen const& og);
     static QPDFObjectHandle newStream(
         QPDF* qpdf,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
         qpdf_offset_t offset,
         size_t length);
@@ -1584,7 +1589,6 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
         bool stop_at_streams);
     void shallowCopyInternal(QPDFObjectHandle& oh, bool first_level_only);
     void releaseResolved();
-    std::string getObjGenAsStr() const;
     static void setObjectDescriptionFromInput(
         QPDFObjectHandle,
         QPDF*,
@@ -1618,8 +1622,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     // a substantial performance penalty since QPDFObjectHandle
     // objects are copied around so frequently.
     QPDF* qpdf;
-    int objid; // 0 for direct object
-    int generation;
+    QPDFObjGen og;
     std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> obj;
     bool reserved;
 };
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ set(libqpdf_SOURCES
   QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper.cc
   QPDFObject.cc
   QPDFObjectHandle.cc
+  QPDFObjGen.cc
   QPDFOutlineDocumentHelper.cc
   QPDFOutlineObjectHelper.cc
   QPDFPageDocumentHelper.cc
@@ -113,15 +113,13 @@ namespace
 QPDF::ForeignStreamData::ForeignStreamData(
     std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
     std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
-    int foreign_objid,
-    int foreign_generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& foreign_og,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
     size_t length,
     QPDFObjectHandle local_dict) :
     encp(encp),
     file(file),
-    foreign_objid(foreign_objid),
-    foreign_generation(foreign_generation),
+    foreign_og(foreign_og),
     offset(offset),
     length(length),
     local_dict(local_dict)
@@ -137,22 +135,19 @@ QPDF::CopiedStreamDataProvider::CopiedStreamDataProvider(
 bool
 QPDF::CopiedStreamDataProvider::provideStreamData(
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     Pipeline* pipeline,
     bool suppress_warnings,
     bool will_retry)
 {
-    std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData> foreign_data =
-        this->foreign_stream_data[QPDFObjGen(objid, generation)];
+    std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData> foreign_data = foreign_stream_data[og];
     bool result = false;
     if (foreign_data.get()) {
         result = destination_qpdf.pipeForeignStreamData(
             foreign_data, pipeline, suppress_warnings, will_retry);
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF copy foreign with data", result ? 0 : 1);
     } else {
-        QPDFObjectHandle foreign_stream =
-            this->foreign_streams[QPDFObjGen(objid, generation)];
+        auto foreign_stream = foreign_streams[og];
         result = foreign_stream.pipeStreamData(
             pipeline, nullptr, 0, qpdf_dl_none, suppress_warnings, will_retry);
         QTC::TC(
@@ -176,17 +171,16 @@ QPDF::CopiedStreamDataProvider::registerForeignStream(
     this->foreign_stream_data[local_og] = foreign_stream;
 }
-QPDF::StringDecrypter::StringDecrypter(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int gen) :
+QPDF::StringDecrypter::StringDecrypter(QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og) :
     qpdf(qpdf),
-    objid(objid),
-    gen(gen)
+    og(og)
 {
 }
 void
 QPDF::StringDecrypter::decryptString(std::string& val)
 {
-    qpdf->decryptString(val, objid, gen);
+    qpdf->decryptString(val, og);
 }
 std::string const&
@@ -205,8 +199,6 @@ QPDF::EncryptionParameters::EncryptionParameters() :
     cf_stream(e_none),
     cf_string(e_none),
     cf_file(e_none),
-    cached_key_objid(0),
-    cached_key_generation(0),
     user_password_matched(false),
     owner_password_matched(false)
 {
@@ -631,7 +623,7 @@ QPDF::reconstruct_xref(QPDFExc&amp; e)
             (!this->m->trailer.isInitialized()) &&
             (t1 == QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_word, "trailer"))) {
             QPDFObjectHandle t =
-                readObject(this->m->file, "trailer", 0, 0, false);
+                readObject(this->m->file, "trailer", QPDFObjGen(), false);
             if (!t.isDictionary()) {
                 // Oh well.  It was worth a try.
             } else {
@@ -969,7 +961,7 @@ QPDF::read_xrefTable(qpdf_offset_t xref_offset)
     // Set offset to previous xref table if any
     QPDFObjectHandle cur_trailer =
-        readObject(this->m->file, "trailer", 0, 0, false);
+        readObject(this->m->file, "trailer", QPDFObjGen(), false);
     if (!cur_trailer.isDictionary()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF missing trailer");
         throw QPDFExc(
@@ -1055,12 +1047,11 @@ QPDF::read_xrefStream(qpdf_offset_t xref_offset)
 {
     bool found = false;
     if (!this->m->ignore_xref_streams) {
-        int xobj;
-        int xgen;
+        QPDFObjGen x_og;
         QPDFObjectHandle xref_obj;
         try {
             xref_obj = readObjectAtOffset(
-                false, xref_offset, "xref stream", 0, 0, xobj, xgen);
+                false, xref_offset, "xref stream", QPDFObjGen(0, 0), x_og);
         } catch (QPDFExc&) {
             // ignore -- report error below
         }
@@ -1363,7 +1354,7 @@ QPDF::showXRefTable()
     for (auto const& iter: this->m->xref_table) {
         QPDFObjGen const& og = iter.first;
         QPDFXRefEntry const& entry = iter.second;
-        cout << og.getObj() << "/" << og.getGen() << ": ";
+        cout << og.unparse('/') << ": ";
         switch (entry.getType()) {
         case 1:
             cout << "uncompressed; offset = " << entry.getOffset();
@@ -1405,9 +1396,8 @@ QPDF::fixDanglingReferences(bool force)
     // For each non-scalar item to process, put it in the queue.
     std::list<QPDFObjectHandle> queue;
     queue.push_back(this->m->trailer);
-    for (auto const& iter: to_process) {
-        QPDFObjectHandle obj = QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(
-            this, iter.getObj(), iter.getGen());
+    for (auto const& og: to_process) {
+        QPDFObjectHandle obj = QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(this, og);
         if (obj.isDictionary() || obj.isArray()) {
             queue.push_back(obj);
         } else if (obj.isStream()) {
@@ -1473,29 +1463,24 @@ QPDF::getAllObjects()
     std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> result;
     for (auto const& iter: this->m->obj_cache) {
         QPDFObjGen const& og = iter.first;
-        result.push_back(
-            // line-break
-            QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(
-                this, og.getObj(), og.getGen()));
+        result.push_back(QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(this, og));
     }
     return result;
 }
 void
 QPDF::setLastObjectDescription(
-    std::string const& description, int objid, int generation)
+    std::string const& description, QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
     this->m->last_object_description.clear();
     if (!description.empty()) {
         this->m->last_object_description += description;
-        if (objid > 0) {
+        if (og.isIndirect()) {
             this->m->last_object_description += ": ";
         }
     }
-    if (objid > 0) {
-        this->m->last_object_description += "object " +
-            QUtil::int_to_string(objid) + " " +
-            QUtil::int_to_string(generation);
+    if (og.isIndirect()) {
+        this->m->last_object_description += "object " + og.unparse(' ');
     }
 }
@@ -1503,19 +1488,17 @@ QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDF::readObject(
     std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
     std::string const& description,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     bool in_object_stream)
 {
-    setLastObjectDescription(description, objid, generation);
+    setLastObjectDescription(description, og);
     qpdf_offset_t offset = input->tell();
     bool empty = false;
     std::shared_ptr<StringDecrypter> decrypter_ph;
     StringDecrypter* decrypter = 0;
     if (this->m->encp->encrypted && (!in_object_stream)) {
-        decrypter_ph =
-            std::make_shared<StringDecrypter>(this, objid, generation);
+        decrypter_ph = std::make_shared<StringDecrypter>(this, og);
         decrypter = decrypter_ph.get();
     }
     QPDFObjectHandle object = QPDFObjectHandle::parse(
@@ -1657,14 +1640,13 @@ QPDF::readObject(
             } catch (QPDFExc& e) {
                 if (this->m->attempt_recovery) {
                     warn(e);
-                    length = recoverStreamLength(
-                        input, objid, generation, stream_offset);
+                    length = recoverStreamLength(input, og, stream_offset);
                 } else {
                     throw e;
                 }
             }
             object = QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newStream(
-                this, objid, generation, object, stream_offset, length);
+                this, og, object, stream_offset, length);
         } else {
             input->seek(cur_offset, SEEK_SET);
         }
@@ -1692,8 +1674,7 @@ QPDF::findEndstream()
 size_t
 QPDF::recoverStreamLength(
     std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     qpdf_offset_t stream_offset)
 {
     // Try to reconstruct stream length by looking for
@@ -1718,11 +1699,10 @@ QPDF::recoverStreamLength(
     if (length) {
         qpdf_offset_t this_obj_offset = 0;
-        QPDFObjGen this_obj(0, 0);
+        QPDFObjGen this_og;
         // Make sure this is inside this object
         for (auto const& iter: this->m->xref_table) {
-            QPDFObjGen const& og = iter.first;
             QPDFXRefEntry const& entry = iter.second;
             if (entry.getType() == 1) {
                 qpdf_offset_t obj_offset = entry.getOffset();
@@ -1730,12 +1710,11 @@ QPDF::recoverStreamLength(
                     ((this_obj_offset == 0) ||
                      (this_obj_offset > obj_offset))) {
                     this_obj_offset = obj_offset;
-                    this_obj = og;
+                    this_og = iter.first;
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (this_obj_offset && (this_obj.getObj() == objid) &&
-            (this_obj.getGen() == generation)) {
+        if (this_obj_offset && (this_og == og)) {
             // Well, we found endstream\nendobj within the space
             // allowed for this object, so we're probably in good
             // shape.
@@ -1777,13 +1756,11 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
     bool try_recovery,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
     std::string const& description,
-    int exp_objid,
-    int exp_generation,
-    int& objid,
-    int& generation)
+    QPDFObjGen const& exp_og,
+    QPDFObjGen& og)
 {
     bool check_og = true;
-    if (exp_objid == 0) {
+    if (exp_og.getObj() == 0) {
         // This method uses an expect object ID of 0 to indicate that
         // we don't know or don't care what the actual object ID is at
         // this offset. This is true when we read the xref stream and
@@ -1795,7 +1772,7 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
         check_og = false;
         try_recovery = false;
     } else {
-        setLastObjectDescription(description, exp_objid, exp_generation);
+        setLastObjectDescription(description, exp_og);
     }
     if (!this->m->attempt_recovery) {
@@ -1841,9 +1818,9 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
                 offset,
                 "expected n n obj");
         }
-        objid = QUtil::string_to_int(tobjid.getValue().c_str());
-        generation = QUtil::string_to_int(tgen.getValue().c_str());
-
+        int objid = QUtil::string_to_int(tobjid.getValue().c_str());
+        int generation = QUtil::string_to_int(tgen.getValue().c_str());
+        og = QPDFObjGen(objid, generation);
         if (objid == 0) {
             QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF object id 0");
             throw QPDFExc(
@@ -1853,17 +1830,14 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
                 offset,
                 "object with ID 0");
         }
-
-        if (check_og &&
-            (!((objid == exp_objid) && (generation == exp_generation)))) {
+        if (check_og && (exp_og != og)) {
             QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF err wrong objid/generation");
             QPDFExc e(
                 qpdf_e_damaged_pdf,
                 this->m->file->getName(),
                 this->m->last_object_description,
                 offset,
-                (std::string("expected ") + QUtil::int_to_string(exp_objid) +
-                 " " + QUtil::int_to_string(exp_generation) + " obj"));
+                (std::string("expected ") + exp_og.unparse(' ') + " obj"));
             if (try_recovery) {
                 // Will be retried below
                 throw e;
@@ -1877,18 +1851,12 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
         if (try_recovery) {
             // Try again after reconstructing xref table
             reconstruct_xref(e);
-            QPDFObjGen og(exp_objid, exp_generation);
-            if (this->m->xref_table.count(og) &&
-                (this->m->xref_table[og].getType() == 1)) {
-                qpdf_offset_t new_offset = this->m->xref_table[og].getOffset();
+            if (this->m->xref_table.count(exp_og) &&
+                (this->m->xref_table[exp_og].getType() == 1)) {
+                qpdf_offset_t new_offset =
+                    this->m->xref_table[exp_og].getOffset();
                 QPDFObjectHandle result = readObjectAtOffset(
-                    false,
-                    new_offset,
-                    description,
-                    exp_objid,
-                    exp_generation,
-                    objid,
-                    generation);
+                    false, new_offset, description, exp_og, og);
                 QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF recovered in readObjectAtOffset");
                 return result;
             } else {
@@ -1898,8 +1866,7 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
                     "",
                     0,
                     std::string(
-                        "object " + QUtil::int_to_string(exp_objid) + " " +
-                        QUtil::int_to_string(exp_generation) +
+                        "object " + exp_og.unparse(' ') +
                         " not found in file after regenerating"
                         " cross reference table"));
                 return QPDFObjectHandle::newNull();
@@ -1909,8 +1876,7 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
         }
     }
-    QPDFObjectHandle oh =
-        readObject(this->m->file, description, objid, generation, false);
+    QPDFObjectHandle oh = readObject(this->m->file, description, og, false);
     if (!(readToken(this->m->file) ==
           QPDFTokenizer::Token(QPDFTokenizer::tt_word, "endobj"))) {
@@ -1922,7 +1888,6 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
             "expected endobj");
     }
-    QPDFObjGen og(objid, generation);
     if (!this->m->obj_cache.count(og)) {
         // Store the object in the cache here so it gets cached
         // whether we first know the offset or whether we first know
@@ -1987,12 +1952,11 @@ QPDF::objectChanged(QPDFObjGen const&amp; og, std::shared_ptr&lt;QPDFObject&gt;&amp; oph)
 }
 std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
-QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
+QPDF::resolve(QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
     // Check object cache before checking xref table.  This allows us
     // to insert things into the object cache that don't actually
     // exist in the file.
-    QPDFObjGen og(objid, generation);
     if (this->m->resolving.count(og)) {
         // This can happen if an object references itself directly or
         // indirectly in some key that has to be resolved during
@@ -2002,8 +1966,7 @@ QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
             qpdf_e_damaged_pdf,
             "",
             this->m->file->getLastOffset(),
-            ("loop detected resolving object " + QUtil::int_to_string(objid) +
-             " " + QUtil::int_to_string(generation)));
+            ("loop detected resolving object " + og.unparse(' ')));
         return QPDF_Null::create();
     }
     ResolveRecorder rr(this, og);
@@ -2016,16 +1979,9 @@ QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
                 {
                     qpdf_offset_t offset = entry.getOffset();
                     // Object stored in cache by readObjectAtOffset
-                    int aobjid;
-                    int ageneration;
-                    QPDFObjectHandle oh = readObjectAtOffset(
-                        true,
-                        offset,
-                        "",
-                        objid,
-                        generation,
-                        aobjid,
-                        ageneration);
+                    QPDFObjGen a_og;
+                    QPDFObjectHandle oh =
+                        readObjectAtOffset(true, offset, "", og, a_og);
                 }
                 break;
@@ -2039,8 +1995,7 @@ QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
                     this->m->file->getName(),
                     "",
                     0,
-                    ("object " + QUtil::int_to_string(objid) + "/" +
-                     QUtil::int_to_string(generation) +
+                    ("object " + og.unparse('/') +
                      " has unexpected xref entry type"));
             }
         } catch (QPDFExc& e) {
@@ -2050,8 +2005,7 @@ QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
                 qpdf_e_damaged_pdf,
                 "",
                 0,
-                ("object " + QUtil::int_to_string(objid) + "/" +
-                 QUtil::int_to_string(generation) +
+                ("object " + og.unparse('/') +
                  ": error reading object: " + e.what()));
         }
     }
@@ -2065,10 +2019,7 @@ QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
     std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> result(this->m->obj_cache[og].object);
     if (!result->hasDescription()) {
-        result->setDescription(
-            this,
-            ("object " + QUtil::int_to_string(objid) + " " +
-             QUtil::int_to_string(generation)));
+        result->setDescription(this, ("object " + og.unparse(' ')));
     }
     return result;
 }
@@ -2165,7 +2116,7 @@ QPDF::resolveObjectsInStream(int obj_stream_number)
             (entry.getObjStreamNumber() == obj_stream_number)) {
             int offset = iter.second;
             input->seek(offset, SEEK_SET);
-            QPDFObjectHandle oh = readObject(input, "", obj, 0, true);
+            QPDFObjectHandle oh = readObject(input, "", og, true);
             this->m->obj_cache[og] = ObjCache(
                 QPDFObjectHandle::ObjAccessor::getObject(oh),
                 end_before_space,
@@ -2187,48 +2138,46 @@ QPDF::makeIndirectObject(QPDFObjectHandle oh)
     QPDFObjGen next(max_objid + 1, 0);
     this->m->obj_cache[next] =
         ObjCache(QPDFObjectHandle::ObjAccessor::getObject(oh), -1, -1);
-    return QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(
-        this, next.getObj(), next.getGen());
+    return QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(this, next);
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
-QPDF::reserveObjectIfNotExists(int objid, int gen)
+QPDF::reserveObjectIfNotExists(QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
-    QPDFObjGen og(objid, gen);
     if ((!this->m->obj_cache.count(og)) && (!this->m->xref_table.count(og))) {
-        resolve(objid, gen);
-        replaceObject(objid, gen, QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::makeReserved());
+        resolve(og);
+        replaceObject(og, QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::makeReserved());
     }
-    return getObjectByID(objid, gen);
+    return getObjectByObjGen(og);
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
-QPDF::reserveStream(int objid, int gen)
+QPDF::reserveStream(QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
     return QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newStream(
-        this, objid, gen, QPDFObjectHandle::newDictionary(), 0, 0);
+        this, og, QPDFObjectHandle::newDictionary(), 0, 0);
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDF::getObjectByObjGen(QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
-    return getObjectByID(og.getObj(), og.getGen());
+    return QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(this, og);
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDF::getObjectByID(int objid, int generation)
 {
-    return QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(this, objid, generation);
+    return getObjectByObjGen(QPDFObjGen(objid, generation));
 }
 void
-QPDF::replaceObject(QPDFObjGen const& og, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
+QPDF::replaceObject(int objid, int generation, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
 {
-    replaceObject(og.getObj(), og.getGen(), oh);
+    replaceObject(QPDFObjGen(objid, generation), oh);
 }
 void
-QPDF::replaceObject(int objid, int generation, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
+QPDF::replaceObject(QPDFObjGen const& og, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
 {
     if (oh.isIndirect()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF replaceObject called with indirect object");
@@ -2237,10 +2186,9 @@ QPDF::replaceObject(int objid, int generation, QPDFObjectHandle oh)
     }
     // Force new object to appear in the cache
-    resolve(objid, generation);
+    resolve(og);
     // Replace the object in the object cache
-    QPDFObjGen og(objid, generation);
     this->m->ever_replaced_objects = true;
     this->m->obj_cache[og] =
         ObjCache(QPDFObjectHandle::ObjAccessor::getObject(oh), -1, -1);
@@ -2540,8 +2488,7 @@ QPDF::copyStreamData(QPDFObjectHandle result, QPDFObjectHandle foreign)
         auto foreign_stream_data = std::make_shared<ForeignStreamData>(
             foreign_stream_qpdf->m->encp,
             foreign_stream_qpdf->m->file,
-            foreign.getObjectID(),
-            foreign.getGeneration(),
+            foreign.getObjGen(),
             stream->getOffset(),
             stream->getLength(),
             dict);
@@ -2555,20 +2502,19 @@ QPDF::copyStreamData(QPDFObjectHandle result, QPDFObjectHandle foreign)
 }
 void
-QPDF::swapObjects(QPDFObjGen const& og1, QPDFObjGen const& og2)
+QPDF::swapObjects(int objid1, int generation1, int objid2, int generation2)
 {
-    swapObjects(og1.getObj(), og1.getGen(), og2.getObj(), og2.getGen());
+    swapObjects(
+        QPDFObjGen(objid1, generation1), QPDFObjGen(objid2, generation2));
 }
 void
-QPDF::swapObjects(int objid1, int generation1, int objid2, int generation2)
+QPDF::swapObjects(QPDFObjGen const& og1, QPDFObjGen const& og2)
 {
     // Force objects to be loaded into cache; then swap them in the
     // cache.
-    resolve(objid1, generation1);
-    resolve(objid2, generation2);
-    QPDFObjGen og1(objid1, generation1);
-    QPDFObjGen og2(objid2, generation2);
+    resolve(og1);
+    resolve(og2);
     ObjCache t = this->m->obj_cache[og1];
     this->m->ever_replaced_objects = true;
     this->m->obj_cache[og1] = this->m->obj_cache[og2];
@@ -2752,8 +2698,7 @@ QPDF::pipeStreamData(
     std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
     std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
     QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
     size_t length,
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
@@ -2764,14 +2709,7 @@ QPDF::pipeStreamData(
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Pipeline>> to_delete;
     if (encp->encrypted) {
         decryptStream(
-            encp,
-            file,
-            qpdf_for_warning,
-            pipeline,
-            objid,
-            generation,
-            stream_dict,
-            to_delete);
+            encp, file, qpdf_for_warning, pipeline, og, stream_dict, to_delete);
     }
     bool success = false;
@@ -2809,8 +2747,7 @@ QPDF::pipeStreamData(
                     "",
                     file->getLastOffset(),
                     ("error decoding stream data for object " +
-                     QUtil::int_to_string(objid) + " " +
-                     QUtil::int_to_string(generation) + ": " + e.what())));
+                     og.unparse(' ') + ": " + e.what())));
             if (will_retry) {
                 qpdf_for_warning.warn(
                     // line-break
@@ -2836,8 +2773,7 @@ QPDF::pipeStreamData(
 bool
 QPDF::pipeStreamData(
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
     size_t length,
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
@@ -2849,8 +2785,7 @@ QPDF::pipeStreamData(
         this->m->encp,
         this->m->file,
         *this,
-        objid,
-        generation,
+        og,
         offset,
         length,
         stream_dict,
@@ -2873,8 +2808,7 @@ QPDF::pipeForeignStreamData(
         foreign->encp,
         foreign->file,
         *this,
-        foreign->foreign_objid,
-        foreign->foreign_generation,
+        foreign->foreign_og,
         foreign->offset,
         foreign->length,
         foreign->local_dict,
@@ -991,8 +991,8 @@ QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper::transformAnnotations(
                     } else {
                         parent.warnIfPossible(
                             "while traversing field " +
-                            obj.getObjGen().unparse() + ", found parent (" +
-                            parent_og.unparse() +
+                            obj.getObjGen().unparse(',') + ", found parent (" +
+                            parent_og.unparse(',') +
                             ") that had not been seen, indicating likely"
                             " invalid field structure");
                     }
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ namespace
             size_t oi_min_area,
             QPDFObjectHandle& image);
         virtual ~ImageOptimizer() = default;
-        virtual void
-        provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline);
+        virtual void provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* pipeline);
         std::shared_ptr<Pipeline>
         makePipeline(std::string const& description, Pipeline* next);
         bool evaluate(std::string const& description);
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ ImageOptimizer::evaluate(std::string const&amp; description)
 }
 void
-ImageOptimizer::provideStreamData(int, int, Pipeline* pipeline)
+ImageOptimizer::provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* pipeline)
 {
     std::shared_ptr<Pipeline> p = makePipeline("", pipeline);
     if (p.get() == nullptr) {
@@ -947,7 +946,7 @@ QPDFJob::doShowObj(QPDF&amp; pdf)
     }
     if (error) {
         throw std::runtime_error(
-            "unable to get object " + obj.getObjGen().unparse());
+            "unable to get object " + obj.getObjGen().unparse(','));
     }
 }
@@ -995,7 +994,8 @@ QPDFJob::doListAttachments(QPDF&amp; pdf)
             auto efoh = i.second;
             *this->m->log->getInfo()
                 << key << " -> "
-                << efoh->getEmbeddedFileStream().getObjGen().unparse() << "\n";
+                << efoh->getEmbeddedFileStream().getObjGen().unparse(',')
+                << "\n";
             doIfVerbose([&](Pipeline& v, std::string const& prefix) {
                 auto desc = efoh->getDescription();
                 if (!desc.empty()) {
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ QPDFJob::doListAttachments(QPDF&amp; pdf)
                 for (auto i2: efoh->getEmbeddedFileStreams().ditems()) {
                     auto efs = QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper(i2.second);
                     v << "    " << i2.first << " -> "
-                      << efs.getObjectHandle().getObjGen().unparse() << "\n";
+                      << efs.getObjectHandle().getObjGen().unparse(',') << "\n";
                     v << "      creation date: " << efs.getCreationDate()
                       << "\n"
                       << "      modification date: " << efs.getModDate() << "\n"
@@ -2463,7 +2463,7 @@ QPDFJob::shouldRemoveUnreferencedResources(QPDF&amp; pdf)
                 QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFJob found resources in non-leaf");
                 doIfVerbose([&](Pipeline& v, std::string const& prefix) {
                     v << "  found resources in non-leaf page node "
-                      << og.getObj() << " " << og.getGen() << "\n";
+                      << og.unparse(' ') << "\n";
                 });
                 return true;
             }
@@ -2480,9 +2480,8 @@ QPDFJob::shouldRemoveUnreferencedResources(QPDF&amp; pdf)
                     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFJob found shared resources in leaf");
                     doIfVerbose([&](Pipeline& v, std::string const& prefix) {
                         v << "  found shared resources in leaf node "
-                          << og.getObj() << " " << og.getGen() << ": "
-                          << resources_og.getObj() << " "
-                          << resources_og.getGen() << "\n";
+                          << og.unparse(' ') << ": "
+                          << resources_og.unparse(' ') << "\n";
                     });
                     return true;
                 }
@@ -2497,8 +2496,7 @@ QPDFJob::shouldRemoveUnreferencedResources(QPDF&amp; pdf)
                     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFJob found shared xobject in leaf");
                     doIfVerbose([&](Pipeline& v, std::string const& prefix) {
                         v << "  found shared xobject in leaf node "
-                          << og.getObj() << " " << og.getGen() << ": "
-                          << xobject_og.getObj() << " " << xobject_og.getGen()
+                          << og.unparse(' ') << ": " << xobject_og.unparse(' ')
                           << "\n";
                     });
                     return true;
@@ -3375,7 +3373,7 @@ QPDFJob::writeJSON(QPDF&amp; pdf)
     auto wanted = getWantedJSONObjects();
     for (auto const& og: wanted) {
         std::ostringstream s;
-        s << "obj:" << og.getObj() << " " << og.getGen() << " R";
+        s << "obj:" << og.unparse(' ') << " R";
         json_objects.insert(s.str());
     }
     pdf.writeJSON(
+#include <qpdf/QPDFObjGen.hh>
+
+#include <qpdf/QUtil.hh>
+
+std::ostream&
+operator<<(std::ostream& os, const QPDFObjGen& og)
+{
+    os << og.obj << "," << og.gen;
+    return os;
+}
+
+std::string
+QPDFObjGen::unparse(char separator) const
+{
+    return QUtil::int_to_string(this->obj) + separator +
+        QUtil::int_to_string(this->gen);
+}
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider::~StreamDataProvider()
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider::provideStreamData(
+    QPDFObjGen const& og, Pipeline* pipeline)
+{
+    return provideStreamData(og.getObj(), og.getGen(), pipeline);
+}
+
+bool
+QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider::provideStreamData(
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
+    Pipeline* pipeline,
+    bool suppress_warnings,
+    bool will_retry)
+{
+    return provideStreamData(
+        og.getObj(), og.getGen(), pipeline, suppress_warnings, will_retry);
+}
+
+void
+QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider::provideStreamData(
     int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline)
 {
     throw std::logic_error(
@@ -90,8 +108,7 @@ namespace
         {
         }
         virtual ~CoalesceProvider() = default;
-        virtual void
-        provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline);
+        virtual void provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* pipeline);
       private:
         QPDFObjectHandle containing_page;
@@ -100,12 +117,11 @@ namespace
 } // namespace
 void
-CoalesceProvider::provideStreamData(int, int, Pipeline* p)
+CoalesceProvider::provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* p)
 {
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle coalesce provide stream data");
-    std::string description = "page object " +
-        QUtil::int_to_string(containing_page.getObjectID()) + " " +
-        QUtil::int_to_string(containing_page.getGeneration());
+    std::string description =
+        "page object " + containing_page.getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     std::string all_description;
     old_contents.pipeContentStreams(p, description, all_description);
 }
@@ -219,27 +235,22 @@ LastChar::getLastChar()
 QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFObjectHandle() :
     initialized(false),
-    qpdf(0),
-    objid(0),
-    generation(0),
+    qpdf(nullptr),
     reserved(false)
 {
 }
-QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFObjectHandle(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int generation) :
+QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFObjectHandle(QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og) :
     initialized(true),
     qpdf(qpdf),
-    objid(objid),
-    generation(generation),
+    og(og),
     reserved(false)
 {
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFObjectHandle(std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> const& data) :
     initialized(true),
-    qpdf(0),
-    objid(0),
-    generation(0),
+    qpdf(nullptr),
     obj(data),
     reserved(false)
 {
@@ -1431,15 +1442,14 @@ namespace
         }
         virtual void
-        provideStreamData(int, int, Pipeline* pipeline) override
+        provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* pipeline) override
         {
             p1(pipeline);
         }
         virtual bool
         provideStreamData(
-            int,
-            int,
+            QPDFObjGen const&,
             Pipeline* pipeline,
             bool suppress_warnings,
             bool will_retry) override
@@ -1482,26 +1492,19 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(
 QPDFObjGen
 QPDFObjectHandle::getObjGen() const
 {
-    return QPDFObjGen(this->objid, this->generation);
-}
-
-std::string
-QPDFObjectHandle::getObjGenAsStr() const
-{
-    return QUtil::int_to_string(this->objid) + " " +
-        QUtil::int_to_string(this->generation);
+    return og;
 }
 int
 QPDFObjectHandle::getObjectID() const
 {
-    return this->objid;
+    return og.getObj();
 }
 int
 QPDFObjectHandle::getGeneration() const
 {
-    return this->generation;
+    return og.getGen();
 }
 std::map<std::string, QPDFObjectHandle>
@@ -1556,7 +1559,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::arrayOrStreamToStreamArray(
         } else {
             all_description += ",";
         }
-        all_description += " stream " + item.getObjGenAsStr();
+        all_description += " stream " + item.getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     }
     return result;
@@ -1565,7 +1568,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::arrayOrStreamToStreamArray(
 std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle>
 QPDFObjectHandle::getPageContents()
 {
-    std::string description = "page object " + getObjGenAsStr();
+    std::string description = "page object " + getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     std::string all_description;
     return this->getKey("/Contents")
         .arrayOrStreamToStreamArray(description, all_description);
@@ -1674,7 +1677,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::unparse()
 {
     std::string result;
     if (this->isIndirect()) {
-        result = getObjGenAsStr() + " R";
+        result = getObjGen().unparse(' ') + " R";
     } else {
         result = unparseResolved();
     }
@@ -1789,7 +1792,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parse(
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::pipePageContents(Pipeline* p)
 {
-    std::string description = "page object " + getObjGenAsStr();
+    std::string description = "page object " + getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     std::string all_description;
     this->getKey("/Contents")
         .pipeContentStreams(p, description, all_description);
@@ -1813,7 +1816,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::pipeContentStreams(
             throw QPDFExc(
                 qpdf_e_damaged_pdf,
                 "content stream",
-                "content stream object " + stream.getObjGenAsStr(),
+                "content stream object " + stream.getObjGen().unparse(' '),
                 0,
                 "errors while decoding content stream");
         }
@@ -1829,7 +1832,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::pipeContentStreams(
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::parsePageContents(ParserCallbacks* callbacks)
 {
-    std::string description = "page object " + getObjGenAsStr();
+    std::string description = "page object " + getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     this->getKey("/Contents")
         .parseContentStream_internal(description, callbacks);
 }
@@ -1837,14 +1840,15 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parsePageContents(ParserCallbacks* callbacks)
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::parseAsContents(ParserCallbacks* callbacks)
 {
-    std::string description = "object " + getObjGenAsStr();
+    std::string description = "object " + getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     this->parseContentStream_internal(description, callbacks);
 }
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::filterPageContents(TokenFilter* filter, Pipeline* next)
 {
-    auto description = "token filter for page object " + getObjGenAsStr();
+    auto description =
+        "token filter for page object " + getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     Pl_QPDFTokenizer token_pipeline(description.c_str(), filter, next);
     this->pipePageContents(&token_pipeline);
 }
@@ -1852,7 +1856,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::filterPageContents(TokenFilter* filter, Pipeline* next)
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::filterAsContents(TokenFilter* filter, Pipeline* next)
 {
-    auto description = "token filter for object " + getObjGenAsStr();
+    auto description = "token filter for object " + getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     Pl_QPDFTokenizer token_pipeline(description.c_str(), filter, next);
     this->pipeStreamData(&token_pipeline, 0, qpdf_dl_specialized);
 }
@@ -2192,8 +2196,9 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal(
                     // Try to resolve indirect objects
                     object = newIndirect(
                         context,
-                        olist.at(olist.size() - 2).getIntValueAsInt(),
-                        olist.at(olist.size() - 1).getIntValueAsInt());
+                        QPDFObjGen(
+                            olist.at(olist.size() - 2).getIntValueAsInt(),
+                            olist.at(olist.size() - 1).getIntValueAsInt()));
                     olist.remove_last();
                     olist.remove_last();
                 } else if ((value == "endobj") && (state == st_top)) {
@@ -2481,9 +2486,9 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::setParsedOffset(qpdf_offset_t offset)
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
-QPDFObjectHandle::newIndirect(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int generation)
+QPDFObjectHandle::newIndirect(QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
-    if (objid == 0) {
+    if (!og.isIndirect()) {
         // Special case: QPDF uses objid 0 as a sentinel for direct
         // objects, and the PDF specification doesn't allow for object
         // 0. Treat indirect references to object 0 as null so that we
@@ -2492,7 +2497,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::newIndirect(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int generation)
         return newNull();
     }
-    return QPDFObjectHandle(qpdf, objid, generation);
+    return QPDFObjectHandle(qpdf, og);
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
@@ -2640,14 +2645,13 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::newDictionary(
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(
     QPDF* qpdf,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
     size_t length)
 {
-    QPDFObjectHandle result = QPDFObjectHandle(QPDF_Stream::create(
-        qpdf, objid, generation, stream_dict, offset, length));
+    QPDFObjectHandle result = QPDFObjectHandle(
+        QPDF_Stream::create(qpdf, og, stream_dict, offset, length));
     if (offset) {
         result.setParsedOffset(offset);
     }
@@ -2663,11 +2667,11 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(QPDF* qpdf)
     }
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle newStream");
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict = newDictionary();
-    QPDFObjectHandle result = qpdf->makeIndirectObject(
-        QPDFObjectHandle(QPDF_Stream::create(qpdf, 0, 0, stream_dict, 0, 0)));
+    QPDFObjectHandle result = qpdf->makeIndirectObject(QPDFObjectHandle(
+        QPDF_Stream::create(qpdf, QPDFObjGen(), stream_dict, 0, 0)));
     result.dereference();
     QPDF_Stream* stream = dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(result.obj.get());
-    stream->setObjGen(result.getObjectID(), result.getGeneration());
+    stream->setObjGen(result.getObjGen());
     return result;
 }
@@ -2695,8 +2699,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::newReserved(QPDF* qpdf)
     // Reserve a spot for this object by assigning it an object
     // number, but then return an unresolved handle to the object.
     QPDFObjectHandle reserved = qpdf->makeIndirectObject(makeReserved());
-    QPDFObjectHandle result =
-        newIndirect(qpdf, reserved.objid, reserved.generation);
+    QPDFObjectHandle result = newIndirect(qpdf, reserved.getObjGen());
     result.reserved = true;
     return result;
 }
@@ -2796,9 +2799,8 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::copyObject(
                                " reserved object handle direct");
     }
-    this->qpdf = 0;
-    this->objid = 0;
-    this->generation = 0;
+    qpdf = nullptr;
+    og = QPDFObjGen();
     std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> new_obj;
@@ -3112,7 +3114,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::dereference()
     }
     if (this->obj.get() == 0) {
         std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> obj =
-            QPDF::Resolver::resolve(this->qpdf, getObjectID(), getGeneration());
+            QPDF::Resolver::resolve(this->qpdf, getObjGen());
         if (obj.get() == 0) {
             // QPDF::resolve never returns an uninitialized object, but
             // check just in case.
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ namespace
         {
         }
         virtual ~ContentProvider() = default;
-        virtual void
-        provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* pipeline);
+        virtual void provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* pipeline);
       private:
         QPDFObjectHandle from_page;
@@ -30,12 +29,11 @@ namespace
 } // namespace
 void
-ContentProvider::provideStreamData(int, int, Pipeline* p)
+ContentProvider::provideStreamData(QPDFObjGen const&, Pipeline* p)
 {
     Pl_Concatenate concat("concatenate", p);
-    std::string description = "contents from page object " +
-        QUtil::int_to_string(from_page.getObjectID()) + " " +
-        QUtil::int_to_string(from_page.getGeneration());
+    std::string description =
+        "contents from page object " + from_page.getObjGen().unparse(' ');
     std::string all_description;
     from_page.getKey("/Contents")
         .pipeContentStreams(&concat, description, all_description);
@@ -1990,9 +1990,8 @@ QPDFWriter::writeObject(QPDFObjectHandle object, int object_stream_index)
     if (object_stream_index == -1) {
         if (this->m->qdf_mode && (!this->m->suppress_original_object_ids)) {
             writeString(
-                "%% Original object ID: " +
-                QUtil::int_to_string(object.getObjectID()) + " " +
-                QUtil::int_to_string(object.getGeneration()) + "\n");
+                "%% Original object ID: " + object.getObjGen().unparse(' ') +
+                "\n");
         }
         openObject(new_id);
         setDataKey(new_id);
@@ -110,14 +110,12 @@ StreamBlobProvider::operator()(Pipeline* p)
 QPDF_Stream::QPDF_Stream(
     QPDF* qpdf,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
     size_t length) :
     qpdf(qpdf),
-    objid(objid),
-    generation(generation),
+    og(og),
     filter_on_write(true),
     stream_dict(stream_dict),
     offset(offset),
@@ -128,23 +126,18 @@ QPDF_Stream::QPDF_Stream(
                                "object for dictionary");
     }
     setDescription(
-        this->qpdf,
-        this->qpdf->getFilename() + ", stream object " +
-            QUtil::int_to_string(this->objid) + " " +
-            QUtil::int_to_string(this->generation));
+        qpdf, qpdf->getFilename() + ", stream object " + og.unparse(' '));
 }
 std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
 QPDF_Stream::create(
     QPDF* qpdf,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
     size_t length)
 {
-    return do_create(
-        new QPDF_Stream(qpdf, objid, generation, stream_dict, offset, length));
+    return do_create(new QPDF_Stream(qpdf, og, stream_dict, offset, length));
 }
 std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
@@ -181,23 +174,21 @@ QPDF_Stream::releaseResolved()
 }
 void
-QPDF_Stream::setObjGen(int objid, int generation)
+QPDF_Stream::setObjGen(QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
-    if (!((this->objid == 0) && (this->generation == 0))) {
+    if (this->og.isIndirect()) {
         throw std::logic_error(
             "attempt to set object ID and generation of a stream"
             " that already has them");
     }
-    this->objid = objid;
-    this->generation = generation;
+    this->og = og;
 }
 std::string
 QPDF_Stream::unparse()
 {
     // Unparse stream objects as indirect references
-    return QUtil::int_to_string(this->objid) + " " +
-        QUtil::int_to_string(this->generation) + " R";
+    return og.unparse(' ') + " R";
 }
 JSON
@@ -619,17 +610,12 @@ QPDF_Stream::pipeStreamData(
         Pl_Count count("stream provider count", pipeline);
         if (this->stream_provider->supportsRetry()) {
             if (!this->stream_provider->provideStreamData(
-                    this->objid,
-                    this->generation,
-                    &count,
-                    suppress_warnings,
-                    will_retry)) {
+                    og, &count, suppress_warnings, will_retry)) {
                 filter = false;
                 success = false;
             }
         } else {
-            this->stream_provider->provideStreamData(
-                this->objid, this->generation, &count);
+            this->stream_provider->provideStreamData(og, &count);
         }
         qpdf_offset_t actual_length = count.getCount();
         qpdf_offset_t desired_length = 0;
@@ -642,10 +628,8 @@ QPDF_Stream::pipeStreamData(
                 // This would be caused by programmer error on the
                 // part of a library user, not by invalid input data.
                 throw std::runtime_error(
-                    "stream data provider for " +
-                    QUtil::int_to_string(this->objid) + " " +
-                    QUtil::int_to_string(this->generation) + " provided " +
-                    QUtil::int_to_string(actual_length) +
+                    "stream data provider for " + og.unparse(' ') +
+                    " provided " + QUtil::int_to_string(actual_length) +
                     " bytes instead of expected " +
                     QUtil::int_to_string(desired_length) + " bytes");
             }
@@ -661,8 +645,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::pipeStreamData(
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_Stream pipe original stream data");
         if (!QPDF::Pipe::pipeStreamData(
                 this->qpdf,
-                this->objid,
-                this->generation,
+                og,
                 this->offset,
                 this->length,
                 this->stream_dict,
@@ -1075,8 +1075,7 @@ QPDF::initializeEncryption()
 std::string
 QPDF::getKeyForObject(
     std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     bool use_aes)
 {
     if (!encp->encrypted) {
@@ -1084,26 +1083,24 @@ QPDF::getKeyForObject(
             "request for encryption key in non-encrypted PDF");
     }
-    if (!((objid == encp->cached_key_objid) &&
-          (generation == encp->cached_key_generation))) {
+    if (og != encp->cached_key_og) {
         encp->cached_object_encryption_key = compute_data_key(
             encp->encryption_key,
-            objid,
-            generation,
+            og.getObj(),
+            og.getGen(),
             use_aes,
             encp->encryption_V,
             encp->encryption_R);
-        encp->cached_key_objid = objid;
-        encp->cached_key_generation = generation;
+        encp->cached_key_og = og;
     }
     return encp->cached_object_encryption_key;
 }
 void
-QPDF::decryptString(std::string& str, int objid, int generation)
+QPDF::decryptString(std::string& str, QPDFObjGen const& og)
 {
-    if (objid == 0) {
+    if (!og.isIndirect()) {
         return;
     }
     bool use_aes = false;
@@ -1139,8 +1136,7 @@ QPDF::decryptString(std::string&amp; str, int objid, int generation)
         }
     }
-    std::string key =
-        getKeyForObject(this->m->encp, objid, generation, use_aes);
+    std::string key = getKeyForObject(this->m->encp, og, use_aes);
     try {
         if (use_aes) {
             QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_encryption aes decode string");
@@ -1175,9 +1171,8 @@ QPDF::decryptString(std::string&amp; str, int objid, int generation)
             this->m->file->getName(),
             this->m->last_object_description,
             this->m->file->getLastOffset(),
-            "error decrypting string for object " +
-                QUtil::int_to_string(objid) + " " +
-                QUtil::int_to_string(generation) + ": " + e.what());
+            "error decrypting string for object " + og.unparse() + ": " +
+                e.what());
     }
 }
@@ -1187,8 +1182,7 @@ QPDF::decryptStream(
     std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
     QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
     Pipeline*& pipeline,
-    int objid,
-    int generation,
+    QPDFObjGen const& og,
     QPDFObjectHandle& stream_dict,
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Pipeline>>& heap)
 {
@@ -1283,7 +1277,7 @@ QPDF::decryptStream(
             break;
         }
     }
-    std::string key = getKeyForObject(encp, objid, generation, use_aes);
+    std::string key = getKeyForObject(encp, og, use_aes);
     std::shared_ptr<Pipeline> new_pipeline;
     if (use_aes) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_encryption aes decode stream");
@@ -371,9 +371,10 @@ QPDF::JSONReactor::containerEnd(JSON const&amp; value)
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDF::JSONReactor::reserveObject(int obj, int gen)
 {
-    auto oh = pdf.reserveObjectIfNotExists(obj, gen);
+    QPDFObjGen og(obj, gen);
+    auto oh = pdf.reserveObjectIfNotExists(og);
     if (oh.isReserved()) {
-        this->reserved.insert(QPDFObjGen(obj, gen));
+        this->reserved.insert(og);
     }
     return oh;
 }
@@ -495,8 +496,7 @@ QPDF::JSONReactor::dictionaryItem(std::string const&amp; key, JSON const&amp; value)
                 QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_json updating existing stream");
             } else {
                 this->this_stream_needs_data = true;
-                replacement =
-                    pdf.reserveStream(tos.getObjectID(), tos.getGeneration());
+                replacement = pdf.reserveStream(tos.getObjGen());
                 replaceObject(tos, replacement, value);
             }
         } else {
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ QPDF::isLinearized()
         return false;
     }
-    QPDFObjectHandle candidate =
-        QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(this, lindict_obj, 0);
+    QPDFObjectHandle candidate = QPDFObjectHandle::Factory::newIndirect(
+        this, QPDFObjGen(lindict_obj, 0));
     if (!candidate.isDictionary()) {
         return false;
     }
@@ -325,11 +325,10 @@ QPDF::readLinearizationData()
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDF::readHintStream(Pipeline& pl, qpdf_offset_t offset, size_t length)
 {
-    int obj;
-    int gen;
+    QPDFObjGen og;
     QPDFObjectHandle H = readObjectAtOffset(
-        false, offset, "linearization hint stream", 0, 0, obj, gen);
-    ObjCache& oc = this->m->obj_cache[QPDFObjGen(obj, gen)];
+        false, offset, "linearization hint stream", QPDFObjGen(0, 0), og);
+    ObjCache& oc = this->m->obj_cache[og];
     qpdf_offset_t min_end_offset = oc.end_before_space;
     qpdf_offset_t max_end_offset = oc.end_after_space;
     if (!H.isStream()) {
@@ -707,7 +706,7 @@ QPDF::getUncompressedObject(
         return obj;
     } else {
         int repl = (*(object_stream_data.find(obj.getObjectID()))).second;
-        return objGenToIndirect(QPDFObjGen(repl, 0));
+        return getObjectByObjGen(QPDFObjGen(repl, 0));
     }
 }
@@ -1144,12 +1143,6 @@ QPDF::dumpHGeneric(HGeneric&amp; t)
         << "group_length: " << t.group_length << "\n";
 }
-QPDFObjectHandle
-QPDF::objGenToIndirect(QPDFObjGen const& og)
-{
-    return getObjectByID(og.getObj(), og.getGen());
-}
-
 void
 QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map<int, int> const& object_stream_data)
 {
@@ -1388,9 +1381,9 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
         stopOnError("found other than one root while"
                     " calculating linearization data");
     }
-    this->m->part4.push_back(objGenToIndirect(*(lc_root.begin())));
+    this->m->part4.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(*(lc_root.begin())));
     for (auto const& og: lc_open_document) {
-        this->m->part4.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+        this->m->part4.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
     }
     // Part 6: first page objects.  Note: implementation note 124
@@ -1419,11 +1412,11 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     // hint tables.
     for (auto const& og: lc_first_page_private) {
-        this->m->part6.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+        this->m->part6.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
     }
     for (auto const& og: lc_first_page_shared) {
-        this->m->part6.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+        this->m->part6.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
     }
     // Place the outline dictionary if it goes in the first page section.
@@ -1469,7 +1462,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
         for (auto const& og: this->m->obj_user_to_objects[ou]) {
             if (lc_other_page_private.count(og)) {
                 lc_other_page_private.erase(og);
-                this->m->part7.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+                this->m->part7.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
                 ++this->m->c_page_offset_data.entries.at(i).nobjects;
             }
         }
@@ -1486,7 +1479,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     // Order is unimportant.
     for (auto const& og: lc_other_page_shared) {
-        this->m->part8.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+        this->m->part8.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
     }
     // Part 9: other objects
@@ -1508,7 +1501,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     for (auto const& og: pages_ogs) {
         if (lc_other.count(og)) {
             lc_other.erase(og);
-            this->m->part9.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+            this->m->part9.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
         }
     }
@@ -1538,7 +1531,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
             for (auto const& og: ogs) {
                 if (lc_thumbnail_private.count(og)) {
                     lc_thumbnail_private.erase(og);
-                    this->m->part9.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+                    this->m->part9.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1551,7 +1544,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     // Place shared thumbnail objects
     for (auto const& og: lc_thumbnail_shared) {
-        this->m->part9.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+        this->m->part9.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
     }
     // Place outlines unless in first page
@@ -1561,7 +1554,7 @@ QPDF::calculateLinearizationData(std::map&lt;int, int&gt; const&amp; object_stream_data)
     // Place all remaining objects
     for (auto const& og: lc_other) {
-        this->m->part9.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+        this->m->part9.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
     }
     // Make sure we got everything exactly once.
@@ -1663,7 +1656,7 @@ QPDF::pushOutlinesToPart(
     lc_outlines.erase(outlines_og);
     part.push_back(outlines);
     for (auto const& og: lc_outlines) {
-        part.push_back(objGenToIndirect(og));
+        part.push_back(getObjectByObjGen(og));
         ++this->m->c_outline_data.nobjects;
     }
 }
@@ -252,9 +252,7 @@ QPDF::pushInheritedAttributesToPageInternal(
                 if ((warn_skipped_keys) && (cur_pages.hasKey("/Parent"))) {
                     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF unknown key not inherited");
                     setLastObjectDescription(
-                        "Pages object",
-                        cur_pages.getObjectID(),
-                        cur_pages.getGeneration());
+                        "Pages object", cur_pages.getObjGen());
                     warn(
                         qpdf_e_pages,
                         this->m->last_object_description,
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ QPDF::insertPageobjToPage(
             // that causes this to happen.
             setLastObjectDescription(
                 "page " + QUtil::int_to_string(pos) + " (numbered from zero)",
-                og.getObj(),
-                og.getGen());
+                og);
             throw QPDFExc(
                 qpdf_e_pages,
                 this->m->file->getName(),
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ QPDF::findPage(QPDFObjGen const&amp; og)
     auto it = this->m->pageobj_to_pages_pos.find(og);
     if (it == this->m->pageobj_to_pages_pos.end()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_pages findPage not found");
-        setLastObjectDescription("page object", og.getObj(), og.getGen());
+        setLastObjectDescription("page object", og);
         throw QPDFExc(
             qpdf_e_pages,
             this->m->file->getName(),
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ class QPDF_Stream: public QPDFObject
     virtual ~QPDF_Stream() = default;
     static std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> create(
         QPDF*,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
         qpdf_offset_t offset,
         size_t length);
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ class QPDF_Stream: public QPDFObject
     // Replace object ID and generation.  This may only be called if
     // object ID and generation are 0.  It is used by QPDFObjectHandle
     // when adding streams to files.
-    void setObjGen(int objid, int generation);
+    void setObjGen(QPDFObjGen const& og);
   protected:
     virtual void releaseResolved();
@@ -86,8 +85,7 @@ class QPDF_Stream: public QPDFObject
   private:
     QPDF_Stream(
         QPDF*,
-        int objid,
-        int generation,
+        QPDFObjGen const& og,
         QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict,
         qpdf_offset_t offset,
         size_t length);
@@ -111,8 +109,7 @@ class QPDF_Stream: public QPDFObject
     void setDictDescription();
     QPDF* qpdf;
-    int objid;
-    int generation;
+    QPDFObjGen og;
     bool filter_on_write;
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict;
     qpdf_offset_t offset;
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ class Provider: public QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider
     virtual void
     provideStreamData(int objid, int generation, Pipeline* p)
     {
+        // Don't change signature to use QPDFObjGen const& to detect
+        // problems forwarding to legacy implementations.
         p->write(b->getBuffer(), b->getSize());
         if (this->bad_length) {
             unsigned char ch = ' ';