diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index cd7c2b4..424a9f1 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -636,8 +636,7 @@ int
 QPDF::getExtensionLevel()
 {
     if (Integer ExtensionLevel = getRoot()["/Extensions"]["/ADBE"]["/ExtensionLevel"]) {
-        int result = ExtensionLevel;
-        return result;
+        return ExtensionLevel.value<int>();
     }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.cc
index 3e61673..61c929c 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.cc
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ size_t
 QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper::getSize()
 {
     if (Integer Size = getParam("/Size")) {
-        size_t result = Size;
-        return result;
+        return Size.value<size_t>();
     }
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
index 7770df6..0d820a6 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc
@@ -852,13 +852,7 @@ int
 QPDFObjectHandle::getIntValueAsInt() const
 {
     try {
-        return Integer(*this);
-    } catch (std::underflow_error&) {
-        warn("requested value of integer is too small; returning INT_MIN");
-        return INT_MIN;
-    } catch (std::overflow_error&) {
-        warn("requested value of integer is too big; returning INT_MAX");
-        return INT_MAX;
+        return Integer(*this).value<int>();
     } catch (std::invalid_argument&) {
         typeWarning("integer", "returning 0");
         return 0;
@@ -879,10 +873,7 @@ unsigned long long
 QPDFObjectHandle::getUIntValue() const
 {
     try {
-        return Integer(*this);
-    } catch (std::underflow_error&) {
-        warn("unsigned value request for negative number; returning 0");
-        return 0;
+        return Integer(*this).value<unsigned long long>();
     } catch (std::invalid_argument&) {
         typeWarning("integer", "returning 0");
         return 0;
@@ -903,13 +894,7 @@ unsigned int
 QPDFObjectHandle::getUIntValueAsUInt() const
 {
     try {
-        return Integer(*this);
-    } catch (std::underflow_error&) {
-        warn("unsigned integer value request for negative number; returning 0");
-        return 0;
-    } catch (std::overflow_error&) {
-        warn("requested value of unsigned integer is too big; returning UINT_MAX");
-        return UINT_MAX;
+        return Integer(*this).value<unsigned int>();
     } catch (std::invalid_argument&) {
         typeWarning("integer", "returning 0");
         return 0;
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_linearization.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_linearization.cc
index d5522ad..f9ed6ed 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_linearization.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_linearization.cc
@@ -487,20 +487,20 @@ Lin::readLinearizationData()
     );
 
     // file_size initialized by isLinearized()
-    linp_.first_page_object = O;
+    linp_.first_page_object = O.value<int>();
     linp_.first_page_end = E;
-    linp_.npages = N;
+    linp_.npages = N.value<size_t>();
     linp_.xref_zero_offset = T;
-    linp_.first_page = P ? P : 0;
+    linp_.first_page = P ? P.value<int>() : 0;
     linp_.H_offset = H_0;
     linp_.H_length = H_1;
 
     // Read hint streams
 
     Pl_Buffer pb("hint buffer");
-    auto H0 = readHintStream(pb, H_0, H_1);
+    auto H0 = readHintStream(pb, H_0, H_1.value<size_t>());
     if (H_2) {
-        (void)readHintStream(pb, H_2, H_3);
+        (void)readHintStream(pb, H_2, H_3.value<size_t>());
     }
 
     // PDF 1.4 hint tables that we ignore:
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ Lin::readLinearizationData()
 
     readHPageOffset(BitStream(h_buf, h_size));
 
-    size_t HSi = HS;
+    size_t HSi = HS.value<size_t>();
     if (HSi < 0 || HSi >= h_size) {
         throw damagedPDF("linearization hint table", "/S (shared object) offset is out of bounds");
     }
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ Lin::readLinearizationData()
             "/O (outline) offset is out of bounds",
             "linearization dictionary" //
         );
-        size_t HOi = HO;
+        size_t HOi = HO.value<size_t>();
         readHGeneric(BitStream(h_buf + HO, h_size - HOi), outline_hints_);
     }
 }
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh
index 0f478a8..cccbd7d 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh
@@ -345,6 +345,42 @@ namespace qpdf
         // std::invalid_argument exception.
         int64_t value() const;
 
+        // Return the integer value. If the object is not a valid integer, throw a
+        // std::invalid_argument exception. If the object is out of range for the target type,
+        // replicate the existing QPDFObjectHandle behavior.
+        template <std::integral T>
+        T
+        value() const
+        {
+            try {
+                return static_cast<T>(*this);
+            } catch (std::underflow_error&) {
+                if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, int>) {
+                    warn("requested value of integer is too small; returning INT_MIN");
+                } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, unsigned int>) {
+                    warn("unsigned integer value request for negative number; returning 0");
+                } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, unsigned long long>) {
+                    warn("unsigned value request for negative number; returning 0");
+                } else {
+                    warn(
+                        "underflow while converting integer object; returning smallest possible "
+                        "value");
+                }
+                return std::numeric_limits<T>::min();
+            } catch (std::overflow_error&) {
+                if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, int>) {
+                    warn("requested value of integer is too big; returning INT_MAX");
+                } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<T, unsigned int>) {
+                    warn("requested value of unsigned integer is too big; returning UINT_MAX");
+                } else {
+                    warn(
+                        "overflow while converting integer object; returning largest possible "
+                        "value");
+                }
+                return std::numeric_limits<T>::max();
+            }
+        }
+
         // Return true if object value is equal to the 'rhs' value. Return false if the object is
         // not a valid Integer.
         friend bool
@@ -367,7 +403,7 @@ namespace qpdf
             return std::cmp_greater(lhs.value(), rhs) ? std::strong_ordering::greater
                                                       : std::strong_ordering::equal;
         }
-    };
+    }; // class Integer
 
     bool
     operator==(std::integral auto lhs, Integer const& rhs)
diff --git a/libtests/CMakeLists.txt b/libtests/CMakeLists.txt
index db5dfa3..d388fe7 100644
--- a/libtests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libtests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ set(TEST_PROGRAMS
   md5
   nntree
   numrange
+  objects
   obj_table
   pdf_version
   pl_function
diff --git a/libtests/objects.cc b/libtests/objects.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee9c7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libtests/objects.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#include <qpdf/assert_test.h>
+
+// This program tests miscellaneous object handle functionality
+
+#include <qpdf/QPDF.hh>
+
+#include <qpdf/QIntC.hh>
+#include <qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh>
+#include <qpdf/QUtil.hh>
+
+#include <climits>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+
+static char const* whoami = nullptr;
+
+void
+usage()
+{
+    std::cerr << "Usage: " << whoami << " n filename1 [arg2]" << '\n';
+    exit(2);
+}
+
+#define assert_compare_numbers(expected, expr) compare_numbers(#expr, expected, expr)
+
+template <typename T1, typename T2>
+static void
+compare_numbers(char const* description, T1 const& expected, T2 const& actual)
+{
+    if (expected != actual) {
+        std::cerr << description << ": expected = " << expected << "; actual = " << actual << '\n';
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+test_0(QPDF& pdf, char const* arg2)
+{
+    // Test int size checks. This test will fail if int and long long are the same size.
+    QPDFObjectHandle t = pdf.getTrailer();
+    unsigned long long q1_l = 3ULL * QIntC::to_ulonglong(INT_MAX);
+    long long q1 = QIntC::to_longlong(q1_l);
+    long long q2_l = 3LL * QIntC::to_longlong(INT_MIN);
+    long long q2 = QIntC::to_longlong(q2_l);
+    unsigned int q3_i = UINT_MAX;
+    long long q3 = QIntC::to_longlong(q3_i);
+    t.replaceKey("/Q1", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(q1));
+    t.replaceKey("/Q2", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(q2));
+    t.replaceKey("/Q3", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(q3));
+    assert_compare_numbers(q1, t.getKey("/Q1").getIntValue());
+    assert_compare_numbers(q1_l, t.getKey("/Q1").getUIntValue());
+    assert_compare_numbers(INT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q1").getIntValueAsInt());
+    try {
+        assert_compare_numbers(0u, QPDFObjectHandle::newNull().getUIntValueAsUInt());
+        std::cerr << "convert null to uint did not throw\n";
+    } catch (QPDFExc const&) {
+        std::cerr << "caught expected type error\n";
+    }
+    assert_compare_numbers(std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max(), Integer(q1).value<int8_t>());
+    assert_compare_numbers(std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min(), Integer(-q1).value<int8_t>());
+    try {
+        int8_t q1_8 = Integer(q1);
+        std::cerr << "q1_8: " << std::to_string(q1_8) << '\n';
+    } catch (std::overflow_error const&) {
+        std::cerr << "caught expected int8_t overflow error\n";
+    }
+    try {
+        int8_t q1_8 = Integer(-q1);
+        std::cerr << "q1_8: " << std::to_string(q1_8) << '\n';
+    } catch (std::underflow_error const&) {
+        std::cerr << "caught expected int8_t underflow error\n";
+    }
+    assert_compare_numbers(std::numeric_limits<uint8_t>::max(), Integer(q1).value<uint8_t>());
+    assert_compare_numbers(0, Integer(-q1).value<uint8_t>());
+    try {
+        uint8_t q1_u8 = Integer(q1);
+        std::cerr << "q1_u8: " << std::to_string(q1_u8) << '\n';
+    } catch (std::overflow_error const&) {
+        std::cerr << "caught expected uint8_t overflow error\n";
+    }
+    try {
+        uint8_t q1_u8 = Integer(-q1);
+        std::cerr << "q1_u8: " << std::to_string(q1_u8) << '\n';
+    } catch (std::underflow_error const&) {
+        std::cerr << "caught expected uint8_t underflow error\n";
+    }
+    assert_compare_numbers(UINT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q1").getUIntValueAsUInt());
+    assert_compare_numbers(q2_l, t.getKey("/Q2").getIntValue());
+    assert_compare_numbers(0U, t.getKey("/Q2").getUIntValue());
+    assert_compare_numbers(INT_MIN, t.getKey("/Q2").getIntValueAsInt());
+    assert_compare_numbers(0U, t.getKey("/Q2").getUIntValueAsUInt());
+    assert_compare_numbers(INT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q3").getIntValueAsInt());
+    assert_compare_numbers(UINT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q3").getUIntValueAsUInt());
+}
+
+void
+runtest(int n, char const* filename1, char const* arg2)
+{
+    // Most tests here are crafted to work on specific files.  Look at
+    // the test suite to see how the test is invoked to find the file
+    // that the test is supposed to operate on.
+
+    std::set<int> ignore_filename = {};
+
+    QPDF pdf;
+    std::shared_ptr<char> file_buf;
+    FILE* filep = nullptr;
+    if (ignore_filename.contains(n)) {
+        // Ignore filename argument entirely
+    } else {
+        size_t size = 0;
+        QUtil::read_file_into_memory(filename1, file_buf, size);
+        pdf.processMemoryFile(filename1, file_buf.get(), size);
+    }
+
+    std::map<int, void (*)(QPDF&, char const*)> test_functions = {
+        {0, test_0},
+    };
+
+    auto fn = test_functions.find(n);
+    if (fn == test_functions.end()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error(std::string("invalid test ") + QUtil::int_to_string(n));
+    }
+    (fn->second)(pdf, arg2);
+
+    if (filep) {
+        fclose(filep);
+    }
+    std::cout << "test " << n << " done" << '\n';
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+    QUtil::setLineBuf(stdout);
+    if ((whoami = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) == nullptr) {
+        whoami = argv[0];
+    } else {
+        ++whoami;
+    }
+
+    if ((argc < 3) || (argc > 4)) {
+        usage();
+    }
+
+    try {
+        int n = QUtil::string_to_int(argv[1]);
+        char const* filename1 = argv[2];
+        char const* arg2 = argv[3];
+        runtest(n, filename1, arg2);
+    } catch (std::exception& e) {
+        std::cerr << e.what() << '\n';
+        exit(2);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libtests/qtest/objects.test b/libtests/qtest/objects.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dec720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libtests/qtest/objects.test
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+require 5.008;
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+
+chdir("objects") or die "chdir testdir failed: $!\n";
+
+require TestDriver;
+
+
+my $td = new TestDriver('objects');
+
+my $n_tests = 1;
+
+
+$td->runtest("integer type checks",
+             {$td->COMMAND => "objects 0 minimal.pdf"},
+             {$td->FILE => "test0.out", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0},
+             $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
+
+$td->report($n_tests);
diff --git a/libtests/qtest/objects/minimal.pdf b/libtests/qtest/objects/minimal.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7e01f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libtests/qtest/objects/minimal.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+%PDF-1.3
+1 0 obj
+<<
+  /Type /Catalog
+  /Pages 2 0 R
+>>
+endobj
+
+2 0 obj
+<<
+  /Type /Pages
+  /Kids [
+    3 0 R
+  ]
+  /Count 1
+>>
+endobj
+
+3 0 obj
+<<
+  /Type /Page
+  /Parent 2 0 R
+  /MediaBox [0 0 612 792]
+  /Contents 4 0 R
+  /Resources <<
+    /ProcSet 5 0 R
+    /Font <<
+      /F1 6 0 R
+    >>
+  >>
+>>
+endobj
+
+4 0 obj
+<<
+  /Length 44
+>>
+stream
+BT
+  /F1 24 Tf
+  72 720 Td
+  (Potato) Tj
+ET
+endstream
+endobj
+
+5 0 obj
+[
+  /PDF
+  /Text
+]
+endobj
+
+6 0 obj
+<<
+  /Type /Font
+  /Subtype /Type1
+  /Name /F1
+  /BaseFont /Helvetica
+  /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding
+>>
+endobj
+
+xref
+0 7
+0000000000 65535 f 
+0000000009 00000 n 
+0000000063 00000 n 
+0000000135 00000 n 
+0000000307 00000 n 
+0000000403 00000 n 
+0000000438 00000 n 
+trailer <<
+  /Size 7
+  /Root 1 0 R
+>>
+startxref
+556
+%%EOF
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/test62.out b/libtests/qtest/objects/test0.out
index 50bdf99..94a1ddc 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/test62.out
+++ b/libtests/qtest/objects/test0.out
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 requested value of integer is too big; returning INT_MAX
+caught expected type error
+overflow while converting integer object; returning largest possible value
+underflow while converting integer object; returning smallest possible value
+caught expected int8_t overflow error
+caught expected int8_t underflow error
+overflow while converting integer object; returning largest possible value
+underflow while converting integer object; returning smallest possible value
+caught expected uint8_t overflow error
+caught expected uint8_t underflow error
 requested value of unsigned integer is too big; returning UINT_MAX
 unsigned value request for negative number; returning 0
 requested value of integer is too small; returning INT_MIN
 unsigned integer value request for negative number; returning 0
 requested value of integer is too big; returning INT_MAX
-test 62 done
+test 0 done
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/error-condition.test b/qpdf/qtest/error-condition.test
index 8c2e523..0f31f67 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/error-condition.test
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/error-condition.test
@@ -109,17 +109,12 @@ $td->runtest("C API: no recovery",
              {$td->FILE => "c-no-recovery.out",
               $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0},
              $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
-
-$td->runtest("integer type checks",
-             {$td->COMMAND => "test_driver 62 minimal.pdf"},
-             {$td->FILE => "test62.out", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0},
-             $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
 $td->runtest("getValueAs... accessor checks",
              {$td->COMMAND => "test_driver 85 -"},
              {$td->FILE => "test85.out", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0},
              $td->NORMALIZE_NEWLINES);
 
-$n_tests += @badfiles + 11;
+$n_tests += @badfiles + 10;
 
 # Recovery tests.  These are mostly after-the-fact -- when recovery
 # was implemented, some degree of recovery was possible on many of the
diff --git a/qpdf/test_driver.cc b/qpdf/test_driver.cc
index b9a4e2f..834cbc4 100644
--- a/qpdf/test_driver.cc
+++ b/qpdf/test_driver.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDFJob.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper.hh>
+#include <qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle_private.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDFOutlineDocumentHelper.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDFPageDocumentHelper.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDFPageLabelDocumentHelper.hh>
@@ -189,8 +190,7 @@ static void
 compare_numbers(char const* description, T1 const& expected, T2 const& actual)
 {
     if (expected != actual) {
-        std::cerr << description << ": expected = " << expected << "; actual = " << actual
-                  << std::endl;
+        std::cerr << description << ": expected = " << expected << "; actual = " << actual << '\n';
     }
 }
 
@@ -2279,28 +2279,8 @@ test_61(QPDF& pdf, char const* arg2)
 static void
 test_62(QPDF& pdf, char const* arg2)
 {
-    // Test int size checks. This test will fail if int and long
-    // long are the same size.
-    QPDFObjectHandle t = pdf.getTrailer();
-    unsigned long long q1_l = 3ULL * QIntC::to_ulonglong(INT_MAX);
-    long long q1 = QIntC::to_longlong(q1_l);
-    long long q2_l = 3LL * QIntC::to_longlong(INT_MIN);
-    long long q2 = QIntC::to_longlong(q2_l);
-    unsigned int q3_i = UINT_MAX;
-    long long q3 = QIntC::to_longlong(q3_i);
-    t.replaceKey("/Q1", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(q1));
-    t.replaceKey("/Q2", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(q2));
-    t.replaceKey("/Q3", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(q3));
-    assert_compare_numbers(q1, t.getKey("/Q1").getIntValue());
-    assert_compare_numbers(q1_l, t.getKey("/Q1").getUIntValue());
-    assert_compare_numbers(INT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q1").getIntValueAsInt());
-    assert_compare_numbers(UINT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q1").getUIntValueAsUInt());
-    assert_compare_numbers(q2_l, t.getKey("/Q2").getIntValue());
-    assert_compare_numbers(0U, t.getKey("/Q2").getUIntValue());
-    assert_compare_numbers(INT_MIN, t.getKey("/Q2").getIntValueAsInt());
-    assert_compare_numbers(0U, t.getKey("/Q2").getUIntValueAsUInt());
-    assert_compare_numbers(INT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q3").getIntValueAsInt());
-    assert_compare_numbers(UINT_MAX, t.getKey("/Q3").getUIntValueAsUInt());
+    // Test int size checks. This test will fail if int and long long are the same size.
+    // Moved to libtests/objects
 }
 
 static void