Refactor QPDFJob::Input methods to pass QPDFJob reference

By-pass an issue calling QPDFJob::createQPDF from pikepdf. See https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/issues/1312

Refactor QPDFJob::Input methods to pass QPDFJob reference
By-pass an issue calling QPDFJob::createQPDF from pikepdf. See https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/issues/1312
m-holger
1 parent 7c8156f4
Showing 3 changed files with 22 additions and 23 deletions
libqpdf/QPDFJob.cc
libqpdf/qpdf/QPDFJob_private.hh
manual/release-notes.rst
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ struct QPDFJob::PageNo
 };
 QPDFJob::QPDFJob() :
-    m(std::make_shared<Members>(*this))
+    m(std::make_shared<Members>())
 {
 }
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ added_page(QPDF&amp; pdf, QPDFPageObjectHelper page)
 // Initialize all members that depend on the QPDF object. If both qpdf and  qpdf_p are null do
 // nothing.
 void
-QPDFJob::Input::initialize(Inputs& in, QPDF* a_qpdf)
+QPDFJob::Input::initialize(QPDFJob& job, Inputs& in, QPDF* a_qpdf)
 {
     qpdf = a_qpdf ? a_qpdf : qpdf_p.get();
     if (qpdf) {
@@ -2340,8 +2340,8 @@ QPDFJob::Input::initialize(Inputs&amp; in, QPDF* a_qpdf)
         n_pages = static_cast<int>(orig_pages.size());
         copied_pages = std::vector<bool>(orig_pages.size(), false);
-        if (in.job.m->remove_unreferenced_page_resources != QPDFJob::re_no) {
-            remove_unreferenced = in.job.shouldRemoveUnreferencedResources(*qpdf);
+        if (job.m->remove_unreferenced_page_resources != QPDFJob::re_no) {
+            remove_unreferenced = job.shouldRemoveUnreferencedResources(*qpdf);
         }
         if (doc.page_labels().hasPageLabels()) {
             in.any_page_labels = true;
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ QPDFJob::Inputs::infile_name(std::string const&amp; name)
 }
 void
-QPDFJob::Inputs::process(std::string const& filename, QPDFJob::Input& input)
+QPDFJob::Inputs::process(QPDFJob& job, std::string const& filename, QPDFJob::Input& input)
 {
     // Open the PDF file and store the QPDF object. Do not canonicalize the file name. Using two
     // different paths to refer to the same file is a documented workaround for duplicating a page.
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ QPDFJob::Inputs::process(std::string const&amp; filename, QPDFJob::Input&amp; input)
             password.data(),
             true);
     }
-    input.initialize(*this);
+    input.initialize(job, *this);
     if (input.cfis) {
         input.cfis->stayOpen(false);
@@ -2406,7 +2406,7 @@ QPDFJob::Inputs::process(std::string const&amp; filename, QPDFJob::Input&amp; input)
 }
 void
-QPDFJob::Inputs::process_all()
+QPDFJob::Inputs::process_all(QPDFJob& job)
 {
     if (!infile_name().empty()) {
         files.erase("");
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ QPDFJob::Inputs::process_all()
     for (auto& [filename, input]: files) {
         if (!input.qpdf) {
-            process(filename, input);
+            process(job, filename, input);
         }
         for (auto& selection: selections) {
@@ -2519,10 +2519,10 @@ QPDFJob::handlePageSpecs(QPDF&amp; pdf)
         return;
     }
     auto& main_input = m->inputs.files[m->infile_name()];
-    main_input.initialize(m->inputs, &pdf);
+    main_input.initialize(*this, m->inputs, &pdf);
     // Parse all section and translate them into lists of actual pages.
-    m->inputs.process_all();
+    m->inputs.process_all(*this);
     // Clear all pages out of the primary QPDF's pages tree but leave the objects in place in the
     // file so they can be re-added without changing their object numbers. This enables other things
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct QPDFJob::Selection
 // filename.  This is a documented work-around.
 struct QPDFJob::Input
 {
-    void initialize(Inputs& in, QPDF* qpdf = nullptr);
+    void initialize(QPDFJob& job, Inputs& in, QPDF* qpdf = nullptr);
     std::string password;
     std::unique_ptr<QPDF> qpdf_p;
@@ -56,12 +56,8 @@ struct QPDFJob::Inputs
     // These default values are duplicated in help and docs.
     static int constexpr DEFAULT_KEEP_FILES_OPEN_THRESHOLD = 200;
-    Inputs(QPDFJob& job) :
-        job(job)
-    {
-    }
-    void process(std::string const& filename, QPDFJob::Input& file_spec);
-    void process_all();
+    void process(QPDFJob& job, std::string const& filename, QPDFJob::Input& file_spec);
+    void process_all(QPDFJob& job);
     // Destroy all owned QPDF objects. Return false if any of the QPDF objects recorded warnings.
     bool clear();
@@ -90,9 +86,6 @@ struct QPDFJob::Inputs
     std::vector<Selection> selections;
     bool any_page_labels{false};
-
-  private:
-    QPDFJob& job;
 };
 struct QPDFJob::RotationSpec
@@ -150,9 +143,8 @@ class QPDFJob::Members
     friend class QPDFJob;
   public:
-    Members(QPDFJob& job) :
-        log(d_cfg.log()),
-        inputs(job)
+    Members() :
+        log(d_cfg.log())
     {
     }
     Members(Members const&) = delete;
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ more detail.
 .. x.y.z: not yet released
+
+12.3.1: not yet released
+  - Bug fixes
+
+    - Fix a bug causing ``QPDFJob::createQPDF`` to fail if called
+      from pikepdf.
+
 12.3.0: January 10, 2026
   - Release changes