Replace PointerHolder with std::shared_ptr in library sources only

(patrepl and cleanpatch are my own utilities) patrepl s/PointerHolder/std::shared_ptr/g {include,libqpdf}/qpdf/*.hh patrepl s/PointerHolder/std::shared_ptr/g libqpdf/*.cc patrepl s/make_pointer_holder/std::make_shared/g libqpdf/*.cc patrepl s/make_array_pointer_holder/QUtil::make_shared_array/g libqpdf/*.cc patrepl s,qpdf/std::shared_ptr,qpdf/PointerHolder, **/*.cc **/*.hh git restore include/qpdf/PointerHolder.hh cleanpatch ./format-code

Replace PointerHolder with std::shared_ptr in library sources only
(patrepl and cleanpatch are my own utilities) patrepl s/PointerHolder/std::shared_ptr/g {include,libqpdf}/qpdf/*.hh patrepl s/PointerHolder/std::shared_ptr/g libqpdf/*.cc patrepl s/make_pointer_holder/std::make_shared/g libqpdf/*.cc patrepl s/make_array_pointer_holder/QUtil::make_shared_array/g libqpdf/*.cc patrepl s,qpdf/std::shared_ptr,qpdf/PointerHolder, **/*.cc **/*.hh git restore include/qpdf/PointerHolder.hh cleanpatch ./format-code
Jay Berkenbilt
1 parent ae819b53
Showing 68 changed files with 283 additions and 278 deletions
include/qpdf/Buffer.hh
include/qpdf/BufferInputSource.hh
include/qpdf/ClosedFileInputSource.hh
include/qpdf/FileInputSource.hh
include/qpdf/InputSource.hh
include/qpdf/JSON.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_Buffer.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_Concatenate.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_Count.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_DCT.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_Discard.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_Flate.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_QPDFTokenizer.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_RunLength.hh
include/qpdf/Pl_StdioFile.hh
include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
include/qpdf/QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper.hh
include/qpdf/QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper.hh
include/qpdf/QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper.hh
include/qpdf/QPDFEmbeddedFileDocumentHelper.hh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Buffer
     void copy(Buffer const&);
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // BUFFER_HH
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class BufferInputSource: public InputSource
         qpdf_offset_t max_offset;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDF_BUFFERINPUTSOURCE_HH
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ class ClosedFileInputSource: public InputSource
         std::string filename;
         qpdf_offset_t offset;
-        PointerHolder<FileInputSource> fis;
+        std::shared_ptr<FileInputSource> fis;
         bool stay_open;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDF_CLOSEDFILEINPUTSOURCE_HH
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class FileInputSource: public InputSource
         FILE* file;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDF_FILEINPUTSOURCE_HH
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class QPDF_DLL_CLASS InputSource
         Members(Members const&);
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDF_INPUTSOURCE_HH
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class JSON
         std::shared_ptr<JSON_value> value;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // JSON_HH
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Pl_Buffer: public Pipeline
     // Same as getBuffer but wraps the result in a shared pointer.
     QPDF_DLL
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> getBufferSharedPointer();
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getBufferSharedPointer();
     // getMallocBuffer behaves in the same was as getBuffer except the
     // buffer is allocated with malloc(), making it suitable for use
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ class Pl_Buffer: public Pipeline
         Members(Members const&);
         bool ready;
-        PointerHolder<Buffer> data;
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data;
         size_t total_size;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_BUFFER_HH
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Pl_Concatenate: public Pipeline
         Members(Members const&);
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_CONCATENATE_HH
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Pl_Count: public Pipeline
         unsigned char last_char;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_COUNT_HH
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Pl_DCT: public Pipeline
         CompressConfig* config_callback;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_DCT_HH
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Pl_Discard: public Pipeline
         Members(Members const&);
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_DISCARD_HH
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Pl_Flate: public Pipeline
         std::function<void(char const*, int)> callback;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_FLATE_HH
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class Pl_QPDFTokenizer: public Pipeline
         QPDFTokenizer tokenizer;
         Pl_Buffer buf;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_QPDFTOKENIZER_HH
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Pl_RunLength: public Pipeline
         unsigned int length;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_RUNLENGTH_HH
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Pl_StdioFile: public Pipeline
         FILE* file;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // PL_STDIOFILE_HH
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class QPDF
     // InputSource and use this method.
     QPDF_DLL
     void
-    processInputSource(PointerHolder<InputSource>, char const* password = 0);
+    processInputSource(std::shared_ptr<InputSource>, char const* password = 0);
     // Close or otherwise release the input source. Once this has been
     // called, no other methods of qpdf can be called safely except
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class QPDF
             std::map<int, QPDFXRefEntry> const& xref,
             std::map<int, qpdf_offset_t> const& lengths,
             std::map<int, int> const& obj_renumber,
-            PointerHolder<Buffer>& hint_stream,
+            std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& hint_stream,
             int& S,
             int& O)
         {
@@ -742,14 +742,14 @@ class QPDF
         friend class QPDFObjectHandle;
       private:
-        static PointerHolder<QPDFObject>
+        static std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
         resolve(QPDF* qpdf, int objid, int generation)
         {
             return qpdf->resolve(objid, generation);
         }
         static bool
         objectChanged(
-            QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og, PointerHolder<QPDFObject>& oph)
+            QPDF* qpdf, QPDFObjGen const& og, std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>& oph)
         {
             return qpdf->objectChanged(og, oph);
         }
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ class QPDF
         {
         }
         ObjCache(
-            PointerHolder<QPDFObject> object,
+            std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> object,
             qpdf_offset_t end_before_space,
             qpdf_offset_t end_after_space) :
             object(object),
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ class QPDF
         {
         }
-        PointerHolder<QPDFObject> object;
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> object;
         qpdf_offset_t end_before_space;
         qpdf_offset_t end_after_space;
     };
@@ -896,8 +896,8 @@ class QPDF
       public:
         ForeignStreamData(
-            PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp,
-            PointerHolder<InputSource> file,
+            std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
+            std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
             int foreign_objid,
             int foreign_generation,
             qpdf_offset_t offset,
@@ -905,8 +905,8 @@ class QPDF
             QPDFObjectHandle local_dict);
       private:
-        PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp;
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> file;
+        std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp;
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file;
         int foreign_objid;
         int foreign_generation;
         qpdf_offset_t offset;
@@ -930,12 +930,12 @@ class QPDF
         void registerForeignStream(
             QPDFObjGen const& local_og, QPDFObjectHandle foreign_stream);
         void registerForeignStream(
-            QPDFObjGen const& local_og, PointerHolder<ForeignStreamData>);
+            QPDFObjGen const& local_og, std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData>);
       private:
         QPDF& destination_qpdf;
         std::map<QPDFObjGen, QPDFObjectHandle> foreign_streams;
-        std::map<QPDFObjGen, PointerHolder<ForeignStreamData>>
+        std::map<QPDFObjGen, std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData>>
             foreign_stream_data;
     };
@@ -994,18 +994,18 @@ class QPDF
     void setLastObjectDescription(
         std::string const& description, int objid, int generation);
     QPDFObjectHandle readObject(
-        PointerHolder<InputSource>,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource>,
         std::string const& description,
         int objid,
         int generation,
         bool in_object_stream);
     size_t recoverStreamLength(
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
         int objid,
         int generation,
         qpdf_offset_t stream_offset);
     QPDFTokenizer::Token
-    readToken(PointerHolder<InputSource>, size_t max_len = 0);
+    readToken(std::shared_ptr<InputSource>, size_t max_len = 0);
     QPDFObjectHandle readObjectAtOffset(
         bool attempt_recovery,
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ class QPDF
         int exp_generation,
         int& act_objid,
         int& act_generation);
-    bool objectChanged(QPDFObjGen const& og, PointerHolder<QPDFObject>& oph);
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObject> resolve(int objid, int generation);
+    bool objectChanged(QPDFObjGen const& og, std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>& oph);
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> resolve(int objid, int generation);
     void resolveObjectsInStream(int obj_stream_number);
     void stopOnError(std::string const& message);
@@ -1031,13 +1031,13 @@ class QPDF
         bool suppress_warnings,
         bool will_retry);
     bool pipeForeignStreamData(
-        PointerHolder<ForeignStreamData>,
+        std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData>,
         Pipeline*,
         bool suppress_warnings,
         bool will_retry);
     static bool pipeStreamData(
-        PointerHolder<QPDF::EncryptionParameters> encp,
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> file,
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDF::EncryptionParameters> encp,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
         QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
         int objid,
         int generation,
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ class QPDF
         std::map<int, QPDFXRefEntry> const& xref,
         std::map<int, qpdf_offset_t> const& lengths,
         std::map<int, int> const& obj_renumber,
-        PointerHolder<Buffer>& hint_stream,
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& hint_stream,
         int& S,
         int& O);
@@ -1089,10 +1089,10 @@ class QPDF
     // methods to support encryption -- implemented in QPDF_encryption.cc
     static encryption_method_e
-    interpretCF(PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp, QPDFObjectHandle);
+    interpretCF(std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp, QPDFObjectHandle);
     void initializeEncryption();
     static std::string getKeyForObject(
-        PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp,
+        std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
         int objid,
         int generation,
         bool use_aes);
@@ -1106,8 +1106,8 @@ class QPDF
         EncryptionData const& data,
         bool& perms_valid);
     static void decryptStream(
-        PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp,
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> file,
+        std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
         QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
         Pipeline*& pipeline,
         int objid,
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ class QPDF
         unsigned long long unique_id;
         QPDFTokenizer tokenizer;
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> file;
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file;
         std::string last_object_description;
         bool provided_password_is_hex_key;
         bool ignore_xref_streams;
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ class QPDF
         std::ostream* out_stream;
         std::ostream* err_stream;
         bool attempt_recovery;
-        PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp;
+        std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp;
         std::string pdf_version;
         std::map<QPDFObjGen, QPDFXRefEntry> xref_table;
         std::set<int> deleted_objects;
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ class QPDF
         bool pushed_inherited_attributes_to_pages;
         std::vector<QPDFExc> warnings;
         std::map<unsigned long long, ObjCopier> object_copiers;
-        PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> copied_streams;
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> copied_streams;
         // copied_stream_data_provider is owned by copied_streams
         CopiedStreamDataProvider* copied_stream_data_provider;
         bool reconstructed_xref;
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ class QPDF
     // Keep all member variables inside the Members object, which we
     // dynamically allocate. This makes it possible to add new private
     // members without breaking binary compatibility.
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDF_HH
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper: public QPDFDocumentHelper
         std::map<std::string, std::set<QPDFObjGen>> name_to_fields;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFACROFORMDOCUMENTHELPER_HH
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         Members(Members const&);
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFANNOTATIONOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
     // parameters may be supplied using setters defined below.
     QPDF_DLL
     static QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper
-    createEFStream(QPDF& qpdf, PointerHolder<Buffer> data);
+    createEFStream(QPDF& qpdf, std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data);
     QPDF_DLL
     static QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper
     createEFStream(QPDF& qpdf, std::string const& data);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         Members(Members const&) = delete;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFEFSTREAMOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class QPDFEmbeddedFileDocumentHelper: public QPDFDocumentHelper
         std::shared_ptr<QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper> embedded_files;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFEMBEDDEDFILEDOCUMENTHELPER_HH
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class QPDFFileSpecObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         Members(Members const&) = delete;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFFILESPECOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         Members(Members const&);
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFFORMFIELDOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class QPDFJob
     std::shared_ptr<QPDF> processFile(
         char const* filename, char const* password, bool used_for_input);
     std::shared_ptr<QPDF> processInputSource(
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> is,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> is,
         char const* password,
         bool used_for_input);
     std::shared_ptr<QPDF> doProcess(
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         std::shared_ptr<NNTreeImpl> impl;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFNAMETREEOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         std::shared_ptr<NNTreeImpl> impl;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFNUMBERTREEOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     // objects that are ready from the object's input stream.
     QPDF_DLL
     static QPDFObjectHandle parse(
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
         std::string const& object_description,
         QPDFTokenizer&,
         bool& empty,
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     // handle the case of pages whose contents are split across
     // multiple streams.
     QPDF_DLL
-    void addTokenFilter(PointerHolder<TokenFilter> token_filter);
+    void addTokenFilter(std::shared_ptr<TokenFilter> token_filter);
     // Legacy helpers for parsing content streams. These methods are
     // not going away, but newer code should call the correspond
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     QPDF_DLL
     void pipePageContents(Pipeline* p);
     QPDF_DLL
-    void addContentTokenFilter(PointerHolder<TokenFilter> token_filter);
+    void addContentTokenFilter(std::shared_ptr<TokenFilter> token_filter);
     // End legacy content stream helpers
     // Called on a stream to filter the stream as if it were page
@@ -618,11 +618,11 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     // uncompressed stream data.  Example programs are provided that
     // illustrate this.
     QPDF_DLL
-    static QPDFObjectHandle newStream(QPDF* qpdf, PointerHolder<Buffer> data);
+    static QPDFObjectHandle newStream(QPDF* qpdf, std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data);
     // Create new stream with data from string.  This method will
     // create a copy of the data rather than using the user-provided
-    // buffer as in the PointerHolder<Buffer> version of newStream.
+    // buffer as in the std::shared_ptr<Buffer> version of newStream.
     QPDF_DLL
     static QPDFObjectHandle newStream(QPDF* qpdf, std::string const& data);
@@ -1089,12 +1089,12 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     // Returns filtered (uncompressed) stream data.  Throws an
     // exception if the stream is filtered and we can't decode it.
     QPDF_DLL
-    PointerHolder<Buffer>
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
     getStreamData(qpdf_stream_decode_level_e level = qpdf_dl_generalized);
     // Returns unfiltered (raw) stream data.
     QPDF_DLL
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> getRawStreamData();
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getRawStreamData();
     // Write stream data through the given pipeline. A null pipeline
     // value may be used if all you want to do is determine whether a
@@ -1201,13 +1201,13 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     // decryption filters have been applied, is as presented.
     QPDF_DLL
     void replaceStreamData(
-        PointerHolder<Buffer> data,
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);
     // Replace the stream's stream data with the given string.
     // This method will create a copy of the data rather than using
-    // the user-provided buffer as in the PointerHolder<Buffer> version
+    // the user-provided buffer as in the std::shared_ptr<Buffer> version
     // of replaceStreamData.
     QPDF_DLL
     void replaceStreamData(
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     // compute the length in advance.
     QPDF_DLL
     void replaceStreamData(
-        PointerHolder<StreamDataProvider> provider,
+        std::shared_ptr<StreamDataProvider> provider,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
         friend class QPDF;
       private:
-        static PointerHolder<QPDFObject>
+        static std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
         getObject(QPDFObjectHandle& o)
         {
             o.dereference();
@@ -1496,10 +1496,10 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
         QPDFObjectHandle,
         QPDF*,
         std::string const&,
-        PointerHolder<InputSource>,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource>,
         qpdf_offset_t);
     static QPDFObjectHandle parseInternal(
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
         std::string const& object_description,
         QPDFTokenizer& tokenizer,
         bool& empty,
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     void parseContentStream_internal(
         std::string const& description, ParserCallbacks* callbacks);
     static void parseContentStream_data(
-        PointerHolder<Buffer>,
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer>,
         std::string const& description,
         ParserCallbacks* callbacks,
         QPDF* context);
@@ -1527,7 +1527,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle
     QPDF* qpdf;
     int objid; // 0 for direct object
     int generation;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObject> obj;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> obj;
     bool reserved;
 };
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFDictItems
             std::set<std::string>::iterator iter;
             bool is_end;
         };
-        PointerHolder<Members> m;
+        std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
         value_type ivalue;
     };
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle::QPDFArrayItems
             int item_number;
             bool is_end;
         };
-        PointerHolder<Members> m;
+        std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
         value_type ivalue;
     };
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ class QPDFOutlineDocumentHelper: public QPDFDocumentHelper
         std::vector<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper> outlines;
         std::set<QPDFObjGen> seen;
         QPDFObjectHandle dest_dict;
-        PointerHolder<QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper> names_dest;
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper> names_dest;
         std::map<QPDFObjGen, std::vector<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper>> by_page;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFOUTLINEDOCUMENTHELPER_HH
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class QPDFOutlineObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
     // Return parent pointer. Returns a null pointer if this is a
     // top-level outline.
     QPDF_DLL
-    PointerHolder<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper> getParent();
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper> getParent();
     // Return children as a list.
     QPDF_DLL
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ class QPDFOutlineObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         Members(Members const&);
         QPDFOutlineDocumentHelper& dh;
-        PointerHolder<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper> parent;
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper> parent;
         std::vector<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper> kids;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFOUTLINEOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class QPDFPageDocumentHelper: public QPDFDocumentHelper
         Members(Members const&);
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFPAGEDOCUMENTHELPER_HH
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ class QPDFPageLabelDocumentHelper: public QPDFDocumentHelper
         Members();
         Members(Members const&);
-        PointerHolder<QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper> labels;
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper> labels;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFPAGELABELDOCUMENTHELPER_HH
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ class QPDFPageObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
     // stream. Also works on form XObjects.
     QPDF_DLL
     void addContentTokenFilter(
-        PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter);
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter);
     // A page's resources dictionary maps names to objects elsewhere
     // in the file. This method walks through a page's contents and
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class QPDFPageObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
         Members(Members const&);
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFPAGEOBJECTHELPER_HH
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class QPDFTokenizer
     // beginning of the token.
     QPDF_DLL
     Token readToken(
-        PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
         std::string const& context,
         bool allow_bad = false,
         size_t max_len = 0);
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class QPDFTokenizer
     // tt_inline_image or tt_bad. This is the only way readToken
     // returns a tt_inline_image token.
     QPDF_DLL
-    void expectInlineImage(PointerHolder<InputSource> input);
+    void expectInlineImage(std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input);
   private:
     QPDFTokenizer(QPDFTokenizer const&) = delete;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class QPDFTokenizer
     void resolveLiteral();
     bool isSpace(char);
     bool isDelimiter(char);
-    void findEI(PointerHolder<InputSource> input);
+    void findEI(std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input);
     enum state_e {
         st_top,
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ class QPDFTokenizer
         bool last_char_was_bs;
         bool last_char_was_cr;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFTOKENIZER_HH
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
     // Return getBuffer() in a shared pointer.
     QPDF_DLL
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> getBufferSharedPointer();
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getBufferSharedPointer();
     // Supply your own pipeline object.  Output will be written to
     // this pipeline, and QPDFWriter will call finish() on the
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
     // If you want to be notified of progress, derive a class from
     // ProgressReporter and override the reportProgress method.
     QPDF_DLL
-    void registerProgressReporter(PointerHolder<ProgressReporter>);
+    void registerProgressReporter(std::shared_ptr<ProgressReporter>);
     // Return the PDF version that will be written into the header.
     // Calling this method does all the preparation for writing, so it
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
         friend class QPDFWriter;
       public:
-        PipelinePopper(QPDFWriter* qw, PointerHolder<Buffer>* bp = 0) :
+        PipelinePopper(QPDFWriter* qw, std::shared_ptr<Buffer>* bp = 0) :
             qw(qw),
             bp(bp)
         {
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
       private:
         QPDFWriter* qw;
-        PointerHolder<Buffer>* bp;
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer>* bp;
         std::string stack_id;
     };
     friend class PipelinePopper;
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
     unsigned int bytesNeeded(long long n);
     void writeBinary(unsigned long long val, unsigned int bytes);
     void writeString(std::string const& str);
-    void writeBuffer(PointerHolder<Buffer>&);
+    void writeBuffer(std::shared_ptr<Buffer>&);
     void writeStringQDF(std::string const& str);
     void writeStringNoQDF(std::string const& str);
     void writePad(int nspaces);
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
         QPDFObjectHandle stream,
         bool& compress_stream,
         bool& is_metadata,
-        PointerHolder<Buffer>* stream_data);
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer>* stream_data);
     void unparseObject(
         QPDFObjectHandle object,
         int level,
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
         std::map<int, int> object_to_object_stream_no_gen;
         // For progress reporting
-        PointerHolder<ProgressReporter> progress_reporter;
+        std::shared_ptr<ProgressReporter> progress_reporter;
         int events_expected;
         int events_seen;
         int next_progress_report;
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ class QPDFWriter
     // Keep all member variables inside the Members object, which we
     // dynamically allocate. This makes it possible to add new private
     // members without breaking binary compatibility.
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // QPDFWRITER_HH
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ namespace QUtil
     QPDF_DLL
     void read_file_into_memory(
-        char const* filename, PointerHolder<char>& file_buf, size_t& size);
+        char const* filename, std::shared_ptr<char>& file_buf, size_t& size);
     // This used to be called strcasecmp, but that is a macro on some
     // platforms, so we have to give it a name that is not likely to
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void
 Buffer::copy(Buffer const& rhs)
 {
     if (this != &rhs) {
-        this->m = PointerHolder<Members>(new Members(rhs.m->size, 0, true));
+        this->m = std::shared_ptr<Members>(new Members(rhs.m->size, 0, true));
         if (this->m->size) {
             memcpy(this->m->buf, rhs.m->buf, this->m->size);
         }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void
 ClosedFileInputSource::before()
 {
     if (0 == this->m->fis.get()) {
-        this->m->fis = make_pointer_holder<FileInputSource>();
+        this->m->fis = std::make_shared<FileInputSource>();
         this->m->fis->setFilename(this->m->filename.c_str());
         this->m->fis->seek(this->m->offset, SEEK_SET);
         this->m->fis->setLastOffset(this->last_offset);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ FileInputSource::FileInputSource() :
 void
 FileInputSource::setFilename(char const* filename)
 {
-    this->m = PointerHolder<Members>(new Members(true));
+    this->m = std::shared_ptr<Members>(new Members(true));
     this->m->filename = filename;
     this->m->file = QUtil::safe_fopen(filename, "rb");
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ FileInputSource::setFilename(char const* filename)
 void
 FileInputSource::setFile(char const* description, FILE* filep, bool close_file)
 {
-    this->m = PointerHolder<Members>(new Members(close_file));
+    this->m = std::shared_ptr<Members>(new Members(close_file));
     this->m->filename = description;
     this->m->file = filep;
     this->seek(0, SEEK_SET);
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 OffsetInputSource::OffsetInputSource(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> proxied, qpdf_offset_t global_offset) :
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> proxied, qpdf_offset_t global_offset) :
     proxied(proxied),
     global_offset(global_offset)
 {
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ void
 Pl_Buffer::write(unsigned char* buf, size_t len)
 {
     if (this->m->data.get() == 0) {
-        this->m->data = make_pointer_holder<Buffer>(len);
+        this->m->data = std::make_shared<Buffer>(len);
     }
     size_t cur_size = this->m->data->getSize();
     size_t left = cur_size - this->m->total_size;
     if (left < len) {
         size_t new_size = std::max(this->m->total_size + len, 2 * cur_size);
-        auto b = make_pointer_holder<Buffer>(new_size);
+        auto b = std::make_shared<Buffer>(new_size);
         memcpy(b->getBuffer(), this->m->data->getBuffer(), this->m->total_size);
         this->m->data = b;
     }
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ Pl_Buffer::getBuffer()
         unsigned char* p = b->getBuffer();
         memcpy(p, this->m->data->getBuffer(), this->m->total_size);
     }
-    this->m = PointerHolder<Members>(new Members());
+    this->m = std::shared_ptr<Members>(new Members());
     return b;
 }
-PointerHolder<Buffer>
+std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
 Pl_Buffer::getBufferSharedPointer()
 {
-    return PointerHolder<Buffer>(getBuffer());
+    return std::shared_ptr<Buffer>(getBuffer());
 }
 void
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ Pl_Buffer::getMallocBuffer(unsigned char** buf, size_t* len)
     } else {
         *buf = nullptr;
     }
-    this->m = PointerHolder<Members>(new Members());
+    this->m = std::shared_ptr<Members>(new Members());
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Pl_DCT::finish()
 {
     this->m->buf.finish();
-    // Using a PointerHolder<Buffer> here and passing it into compress
+    // Using a std::shared_ptr<Buffer> here and passing it into compress
     // and decompress causes a memory leak with setjmp/longjmp. Just
     // use a pointer and delete it.
     Buffer* b = this->m->buf.getBuffer();
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Pl_PNGFilter::Pl_PNGFilter(
     }
     this->bytes_per_row = bpr & UINT_MAX;
     this->buf1 =
-        make_array_pointer_holder<unsigned char>(this->bytes_per_row + 1);
+        QUtil::make_shared_array<unsigned char>(this->bytes_per_row + 1);
     this->buf2 =
-        make_array_pointer_holder<unsigned char>(this->bytes_per_row + 1);
+        QUtil::make_shared_array<unsigned char>(this->bytes_per_row + 1);
     memset(this->buf1.get(), 0, this->bytes_per_row + 1);
     memset(this->buf2.get(), 0, this->bytes_per_row + 1);
     this->cur_row = this->buf1.get();
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void
 Pl_QPDFTokenizer::finish()
 {
     this->m->buf.finish();
-    auto input = PointerHolder<InputSource>(
+    auto input = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(
         // line-break
         new BufferInputSource(
             "tokenizer data", this->m->buf.getBuffer(), true));
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Pl_RC4::Pl_RC4(
     out_bufsize(out_bufsize),
     rc4(key_data, key_len)
 {
-    this->outbuf = make_array_pointer_holder<unsigned char>(out_bufsize);
+    this->outbuf = QUtil::make_shared_array<unsigned char>(out_bufsize);
 }
 Pl_RC4::~Pl_RC4()
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Pl_TIFFPredictor::Pl_TIFFPredictor(
     }
     this->bytes_per_row = bpr & UINT_MAX;
     this->cur_row =
-        make_array_pointer_holder<unsigned char>(this->bytes_per_row);
+        QUtil::make_shared_array<unsigned char>(this->bytes_per_row);
     memset(this->cur_row.get(), 0, this->bytes_per_row);
 }
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class InvalidInputSource: public InputSource
 };
 QPDF::ForeignStreamData::ForeignStreamData(
-    PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp,
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> file,
+    std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
     int foreign_objid,
     int foreign_generation,
     qpdf_offset_t offset,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ QPDF::CopiedStreamDataProvider::provideStreamData(
     bool suppress_warnings,
     bool will_retry)
 {
-    PointerHolder<ForeignStreamData> foreign_data =
+    std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData> foreign_data =
         this->foreign_stream_data[QPDFObjGen(objid, generation)];
     bool result = false;
     if (foreign_data.get()) {
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ QPDF::CopiedStreamDataProvider::registerForeignStream(
 void
 QPDF::CopiedStreamDataProvider::registerForeignStream(
-    QPDFObjGen const& local_og, PointerHolder<ForeignStreamData> foreign_stream)
+    QPDFObjGen const& local_og,
+    std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData> foreign_stream)
 {
     this->foreign_stream_data[local_og] = foreign_stream;
 }
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ QPDF::~QPDF()
     // If two objects are mutually referential (through each object
     // having an array or dictionary that contains an indirect
     // reference to the other), the circular references in the
-    // PointerHolder objects will prevent the objects from being
+    // std::shared_ptr objects will prevent the objects from being
     // deleted.  Walk through all objects in the object cache, which
     // is those objects that we read from the file, and break all
     // resolved references.  At this point, obviously no one is still
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ QPDF::processFile(char const* filename, char const* password)
 {
     FileInputSource* fi = new FileInputSource();
     fi->setFilename(filename);
-    processInputSource(PointerHolder<InputSource>(fi), password);
+    processInputSource(std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(fi), password);
 }
 void
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ QPDF::processFile(
 {
     FileInputSource* fi = new FileInputSource();
     fi->setFile(description, filep, close_file);
-    processInputSource(PointerHolder<InputSource>(fi), password);
+    processInputSource(std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(fi), password);
 }
 void
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ QPDF::processMemoryFile(
     char const* password)
 {
     processInputSource(
-        PointerHolder<InputSource>(
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(
             // line-break
             new BufferInputSource(
                 description,
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ QPDF::processMemoryFile(
 void
 QPDF::processInputSource(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> source, char const* password)
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> source, char const* password)
 {
     this->m->file = source;
     parse(password);
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ QPDF::processInputSource(
 void
 QPDF::closeInputSource()
 {
-    this->m->file = PointerHolder<InputSource>(new InvalidInputSource());
+    this->m->file = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(new InvalidInputSource());
 }
 void
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ QPDF::findHeader()
             // offsets in the file are such that 0 points to the
             // beginning of the header.
             QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF global offset");
-            this->m->file = PointerHolder<InputSource>(
+            this->m->file = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(
                 new OffsetInputSource(this->m->file, global_offset));
         }
     }
@@ -1182,7 +1183,7 @@ QPDF::processXRefStream(qpdf_offset_t xref_offset, QPDFObjectHandle&amp; xref_obj)
     // that this multiplication does not cause an overflow.
     size_t expected_size = entry_size * num_entries;
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> bp = xref_obj.getStreamData(qpdf_dl_specialized);
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> bp = xref_obj.getStreamData(qpdf_dl_specialized);
     size_t actual_size = bp->getSize();
     if (expected_size != actual_size) {
@@ -1516,7 +1517,7 @@ QPDF::setLastObjectDescription(
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDF::readObject(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
     std::string const& description,
     int objid,
     int generation,
@@ -1526,11 +1527,11 @@ QPDF::readObject(
     qpdf_offset_t offset = input->tell();
     bool empty = false;
-    PointerHolder<StringDecrypter> decrypter_ph;
+    std::shared_ptr<StringDecrypter> decrypter_ph;
     StringDecrypter* decrypter = 0;
     if (this->m->encp->encrypted && (!in_object_stream)) {
         decrypter_ph =
-            make_pointer_holder<StringDecrypter>(this, objid, generation);
+            std::make_shared<StringDecrypter>(this, objid, generation);
         decrypter = decrypter_ph.get();
     }
     QPDFObjectHandle object = QPDFObjectHandle::parse(
@@ -1706,7 +1707,7 @@ QPDF::findEndstream()
 size_t
 QPDF::recoverStreamLength(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
     int objid,
     int generation,
     qpdf_offset_t stream_offset)
@@ -1784,7 +1785,7 @@ QPDF::recoverStreamLength(
 }
 QPDFTokenizer::Token
-QPDF::readToken(PointerHolder<InputSource> input, size_t max_len)
+QPDF::readToken(std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input, size_t max_len)
 {
     return this->m->tokenizer.readToken(
         input, this->m->last_object_description, true, max_len);
@@ -1971,7 +1972,7 @@ QPDF::readObjectAtOffset(
 }
 bool
-QPDF::objectChanged(QPDFObjGen const& og, PointerHolder<QPDFObject>& oph)
+QPDF::objectChanged(QPDFObjGen const& og, std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>& oph)
 {
     // See if the object cached at og, if any, is the one passed in.
     // QPDFObjectHandle uses this to detect outdated handles to
@@ -1992,7 +1993,7 @@ QPDF::objectChanged(QPDFObjGen const&amp; og, PointerHolder&lt;QPDFObject&gt;&amp; oph)
     return (c->second.object.get() != oph.get());
 }
-PointerHolder<QPDFObject>
+std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>
 QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
 {
     // Check object cache before checking xref table.  This allows us
@@ -2011,7 +2012,7 @@ QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
             this->m->file->getLastOffset(),
             ("loop detected resolving object " + QUtil::int_to_string(objid) +
              " " + QUtil::int_to_string(generation))));
-        return PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Null);
+        return std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Null);
     }
     ResolveRecorder rr(this, og);
@@ -2071,7 +2072,7 @@ QPDF::resolve(int objid, int generation)
             ObjCache(QPDFObjectHandle::ObjAccessor::getObject(oh), -1, -1);
     }
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObject> result(this->m->obj_cache[og].object);
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> result(this->m->obj_cache[og].object);
     if (!result->hasDescription()) {
         result->setDescription(
             this,
@@ -2135,8 +2136,8 @@ QPDF::resolveObjectsInStream(int obj_stream_number)
     std::map<int, int> offsets;
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> bp = obj_stream.getStreamData(qpdf_dl_specialized);
-    auto input = PointerHolder<InputSource>(
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> bp = obj_stream.getStreamData(qpdf_dl_specialized);
+    auto input = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(
         // line-break
         new BufferInputSource(
             (this->m->file->getName() + " object stream " +
@@ -2496,7 +2497,7 @@ QPDF::copyStreamData(QPDFObjectHandle result, QPDFObjectHandle foreign)
         this->m->copied_stream_data_provider =
             new CopiedStreamDataProvider(*this);
         this->m->copied_streams =
-            PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>(
+            std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>(
                 this->m->copied_stream_data_provider);
     }
     QPDFObjGen local_og(result.getObjGen());
@@ -2513,7 +2514,7 @@ QPDF::copyStreamData(QPDFObjectHandle result, QPDFObjectHandle foreign)
         throw std::logic_error("unable to retrieve underlying"
                                " stream object from foreign stream");
     }
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> stream_buffer = stream->getStreamDataBuffer();
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> stream_buffer = stream->getStreamDataBuffer();
     if ((foreign_stream_qpdf->m->immediate_copy_from) &&
         (stream_buffer.get() == 0)) {
         // Pull the stream data into a buffer before attempting
@@ -2527,7 +2528,7 @@ QPDF::copyStreamData(QPDFObjectHandle result, QPDFObjectHandle foreign)
             old_dict.getKey("/DecodeParms"));
         stream_buffer = stream->getStreamDataBuffer();
     }
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> stream_provider =
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> stream_provider =
         stream->getStreamDataProvider();
     if (stream_buffer.get()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF copy foreign stream with buffer");
@@ -2543,7 +2544,7 @@ QPDF::copyStreamData(QPDFObjectHandle result, QPDFObjectHandle foreign)
             dict.getKey("/Filter"),
             dict.getKey("/DecodeParms"));
     } else {
-        auto foreign_stream_data = make_pointer_holder<ForeignStreamData>(
+        auto foreign_stream_data = std::make_shared<ForeignStreamData>(
             foreign_stream_qpdf->m->encp,
             foreign_stream_qpdf->m->file,
             foreign.getObjectID(),
@@ -2758,8 +2759,8 @@ QPDF::getCompressibleObjGens()
 bool
 QPDF::pipeStreamData(
-    PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp,
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> file,
+    std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
     QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
     int objid,
     int generation,
@@ -2870,7 +2871,7 @@ QPDF::pipeStreamData(
 bool
 QPDF::pipeForeignStreamData(
-    PointerHolder<ForeignStreamData> foreign,
+    std::shared_ptr<ForeignStreamData> foreign,
     Pipeline* pipeline,
     bool suppress_warnings,
     bool will_retry)
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper::adjustAppearanceStream(
             QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper AP parse error");
         }
         auto rr = new ResourceReplacer(dr_map, rf.getNamesByResourceType());
-        auto tf = PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter>(rr);
+        auto tf = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter>(rr);
         stream.addTokenFilter(tf);
     } catch (std::exception& e) {
         // No way to reproduce in test suite right now since error
@@ -792,13 +792,13 @@ QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper::transformAnnotations(
     QPDF* from_qpdf,
     QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper* from_afdh)
 {
-    PointerHolder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> afdhph;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> afdhph;
     if (!from_qpdf) {
         // Assume these are from the same QPDF.
         from_qpdf = &this->qpdf;
         from_afdh = this;
     } else if ((from_qpdf != &this->qpdf) && (!from_afdh)) {
-        afdhph = make_pointer_holder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*from_qpdf);
+        afdhph = std::make_shared<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*from_qpdf);
         from_afdh = afdhph.get();
     }
     bool foreign = (from_qpdf != &this->qpdf);
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper::getChecksum()
 }
 QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper
-QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper::createEFStream(QPDF& qpdf, PointerHolder<Buffer> data)
+QPDFEFStreamObjectHelper::createEFStream(
+    QPDF& qpdf, std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data)
 {
     return newFromStream(QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(&qpdf, data));
 }
@@ -915,6 +915,6 @@ QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper::generateTextAppearance(
     AS.addTokenFilter(
         // line-break
-        PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter>(
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter>(
             new ValueSetter(DA, V, opt, tf, bbox)));
 }
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ QPDFJob::processFile(
 std::shared_ptr<QPDF>
 QPDFJob::processInputSource(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> is, char const* password, bool used_for_input)
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> is, char const* password, bool used_for_input)
 {
     auto f1 = std::mem_fn(&QPDF::processInputSource);
     auto fn = std::bind(f1, std::placeholders::_1, is, std::placeholders::_2);
@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ QPDFJob::handleTransformations(QPDF&amp; pdf)
                     m->oi_min_height,
                     m->oi_min_area,
                     image);
-                PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> sdp(io);
+                std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> sdp(io);
                 if (io->evaluate(
                         "image " + name + " on page " +
                         QUtil::int_to_string(pageno))) {
@@ -2494,17 +2494,17 @@ QPDFJob::handlePageSpecs(
                 cout << prefix << ": processing " << page_spec.filename
                      << std::endl;
             });
-            PointerHolder<InputSource> is;
+            std::shared_ptr<InputSource> is;
             ClosedFileInputSource* cis = 0;
             if (!m->keep_files_open) {
                 QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFJob keep files open n");
                 cis = new ClosedFileInputSource(page_spec.filename.c_str());
-                is = PointerHolder<InputSource>(cis);
+                is = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(cis);
                 cis->stayOpen(true);
             } else {
                 QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFJob keep files open y");
                 FileInputSource* fis = new FileInputSource();
-                is = PointerHolder<InputSource>(fis);
+                is = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(fis);
                 fis->setFilename(page_spec.filename.c_str());
             }
             std::shared_ptr<QPDF> qpdf_ph =
@@ -3064,12 +3064,13 @@ QPDFJob::setWriterOptions(QPDF&amp; pdf, QPDFWriter&amp; w)
         w.forcePDFVersion(version, extension_level);
     }
     if (m->progress && m->outfilename) {
-        w.registerProgressReporter(PointerHolder<QPDFWriter::ProgressReporter>(
-            // line-break
-            new ProgressReporter(
-                *(this->m->cout),
-                this->m->message_prefix,
-                m->outfilename.get())));
+        w.registerProgressReporter(
+            std::shared_ptr<QPDFWriter::ProgressReporter>(
+                // line-break
+                new ProgressReporter(
+                    *(this->m->cout),
+                    this->m->message_prefix,
+                    m->outfilename.get())));
     }
 }
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ QPDFJob::Config::showObject(std::string const&amp; parameter)
 QPDFJob::Config*
 QPDFJob::Config::jobJsonFile(std::string const& parameter)
 {
-    PointerHolder<char> file_buf;
+    std::shared_ptr<char> file_buf;
     size_t size;
     QUtil::read_file_into_memory(parameter.c_str(), file_buf, size);
     try {
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::setObjectDescriptionFromInput(
     QPDFObjectHandle object,
     QPDF* context,
     std::string const& description,
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
     qpdf_offset_t offset)
 {
     object.setObjectDescription(
@@ -1337,14 +1337,14 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::replaceDict(QPDFObjectHandle new_dict)
     dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(obj.get())->replaceDict(new_dict);
 }
-PointerHolder<Buffer>
+std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
 QPDFObjectHandle::getStreamData(qpdf_stream_decode_level_e level)
 {
     assertStream();
     return dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(obj.get())->getStreamData(level);
 }
-PointerHolder<Buffer>
+std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
 QPDFObjectHandle::getRawStreamData()
 {
     assertStream();
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::pipeStreamData(
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> data,
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms)
 {
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(
     QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms)
 {
     assertStream();
-    auto b = make_pointer_holder<Buffer>(data.length());
+    auto b = std::make_shared<Buffer>(data.length());
     unsigned char* bp = b->getBuffer();
     memcpy(bp, data.c_str(), data.length());
     dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(obj.get())->replaceStreamData(
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(
-    PointerHolder<StreamDataProvider> provider,
+    std::shared_ptr<StreamDataProvider> provider,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms)
 {
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(
 {
     assertStream();
     auto sdp =
-        PointerHolder<StreamDataProvider>(new FunctionProvider(provider));
+        std::shared_ptr<StreamDataProvider>(new FunctionProvider(provider));
     dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(obj.get())->replaceStreamData(
         sdp, filter, decode_parms);
 }
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::replaceStreamData(
 {
     assertStream();
     auto sdp =
-        PointerHolder<StreamDataProvider>(new FunctionProvider(provider));
+        std::shared_ptr<StreamDataProvider>(new FunctionProvider(provider));
     dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(obj.get())->replaceStreamData(
         sdp, filter, decode_parms);
 }
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::coalesceContentStreams()
     QPDFObjectHandle new_contents = newStream(qpdf);
     this->replaceKey("/Contents", new_contents);
-    auto provider = PointerHolder<StreamDataProvider>(
+    auto provider = std::shared_ptr<StreamDataProvider>(
         new CoalesceProvider(*this, contents));
     new_contents.replaceStreamData(provider, newNull(), newNull());
 }
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parse(
     std::string const& object_str,
     std::string const& object_description)
 {
-    auto input = PointerHolder<InputSource>(
+    auto input = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(
         new BufferInputSource("parsed object", object_str));
     QPDFTokenizer tokenizer;
     bool empty = false;
@@ -1908,13 +1908,13 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parseContentStream_internal(
 void
 QPDFObjectHandle::parseContentStream_data(
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> stream_data,
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> stream_data,
     std::string const& description,
     ParserCallbacks* callbacks,
     QPDF* context)
 {
     size_t stream_length = stream_data->getSize();
-    auto input = PointerHolder<InputSource>(
+    auto input = std::shared_ptr<InputSource>(
         new BufferInputSource(description, stream_data.get()));
     QPDFTokenizer tokenizer;
     tokenizer.allowEOF();
@@ -1969,14 +1969,14 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parseContentStream_data(
 }
 void
-QPDFObjectHandle::addContentTokenFilter(PointerHolder<TokenFilter> filter)
+QPDFObjectHandle::addContentTokenFilter(std::shared_ptr<TokenFilter> filter)
 {
     coalesceContentStreams();
     this->getKey("/Contents").addTokenFilter(filter);
 }
 void
-QPDFObjectHandle::addTokenFilter(PointerHolder<TokenFilter> filter)
+QPDFObjectHandle::addTokenFilter(std::shared_ptr<TokenFilter> filter)
 {
     assertStream();
     return dynamic_cast<QPDF_Stream*>(obj.get())->addTokenFilter(filter);
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::addTokenFilter(PointerHolder&lt;TokenFilter&gt; filter)
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDFObjectHandle::parse(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
     std::string const& object_description,
     QPDFTokenizer& tokenizer,
     bool& empty,
@@ -1997,7 +1997,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::parse(
 QPDFObjectHandle
 QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
     std::string const& object_description,
     QPDFTokenizer& tokenizer,
     bool& empty,
@@ -2698,7 +2698,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(QPDF* qpdf)
 }
 QPDFObjectHandle
-QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(QPDF* qpdf, PointerHolder<Buffer> data)
+QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(QPDF* qpdf, std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data)
 {
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle newStream with data");
     QPDFObjectHandle result = newStream(qpdf);
@@ -2836,26 +2836,27 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::copyObject(
     this->objid = 0;
     this->generation = 0;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObject> new_obj;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> new_obj;
     if (isBool()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone bool");
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Bool(getBoolValue()));
+        new_obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Bool(getBoolValue()));
     } else if (isNull()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone null");
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Null());
+        new_obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Null());
     } else if (isInteger()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone integer");
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Integer(getIntValue()));
+        new_obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Integer(getIntValue()));
     } else if (isReal()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone real");
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Real(getRealValue()));
+        new_obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Real(getRealValue()));
     } else if (isName()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone name");
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Name(getName()));
+        new_obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Name(getName()));
     } else if (isString()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone string");
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_String(getStringValue()));
+        new_obj =
+            std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_String(getStringValue()));
     } else if (isArray()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone array");
         std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> items;
@@ -2868,7 +2869,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::copyObject(
                     visited, cross_indirect, first_level_only, stop_at_streams);
             }
         }
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Array(items));
+        new_obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Array(items));
     } else if (isDictionary()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFObjectHandle clone dictionary");
         std::set<std::string> keys = getKeys();
@@ -2883,7 +2884,7 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::copyObject(
                     visited, cross_indirect, first_level_only, stop_at_streams);
             }
         }
-        new_obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Dictionary(items));
+        new_obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Dictionary(items));
     } else {
         throw std::logic_error("QPDFObjectHandle::makeDirectInternal: "
                                "unknown object type");
@@ -3172,12 +3173,12 @@ QPDFObjectHandle::dereference()
         this->obj = nullptr;
     }
     if (this->obj.get() == 0) {
-        PointerHolder<QPDFObject> obj =
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject> obj =
             QPDF::Resolver::resolve(this->qpdf, this->objid, this->generation);
         if (obj.get() == 0) {
             // QPDF::resolve never returns an uninitialized object, but
             // check just in case.
-            this->obj = PointerHolder<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Null());
+            this->obj = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObject>(new QPDF_Null());
         } else if (dynamic_cast<QPDF_Reserved*>(obj.get())) {
             // Do not resolve
         } else {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ QPDFOutlineDocumentHelper::resolveNamedDest(QPDFObjectHandle name)
                 QPDFObjectHandle dests = names.getKey("/Dests");
                 if (dests.isDictionary()) {
                     this->m->names_dest =
-                        make_pointer_holder<QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper>(
+                        std::make_shared<QPDFNameTreeObjectHelper>(
                             dests, this->qpdf);
                 }
             }
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ QPDFOutlineObjectHelper::QPDFOutlineObjectHelper(
     QPDFObjectHandle cur = oh.getKey("/First");
     while (!cur.isNull()) {
         QPDFOutlineObjectHelper new_ooh(cur, dh, 1 + depth);
-        new_ooh.m->parent = make_pointer_holder<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper>(*this);
+        new_ooh.m->parent = std::make_shared<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper>(*this);
         this->m->kids.push_back(new_ooh);
         cur = cur.getKey("/Next");
     }
 }
-PointerHolder<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper>
+std::shared_ptr<QPDFOutlineObjectHelper>
 QPDFOutlineObjectHelper::getParent()
 {
     return this->m->parent;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ QPDFPageLabelDocumentHelper::QPDFPageLabelDocumentHelper(QPDF&amp; qpdf) :
 {
     QPDFObjectHandle root = qpdf.getRoot();
     if (root.hasKey("/PageLabels")) {
-        this->m->labels = make_pointer_holder<QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper>(
+        this->m->labels = std::make_shared<QPDFNumberTreeObjectHelper>(
             root.getKey("/PageLabels"), this->qpdf);
     }
 }
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ QPDFPageObjectHelper::pipeContents(Pipeline* p)
 void
 QPDFPageObjectHelper::addContentTokenFilter(
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter)
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter)
 {
     if (this->oh.isFormXObject()) {
         this->oh.addTokenFilter(token_filter);
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ QPDFPageObjectHelper::getFormXObjectForPage(bool handle_transformations)
                                 " XObject created from page will not work");
     }
     newdict.replaceKey("/BBox", bbox);
-    auto provider = PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>(
+    auto provider = std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>(
         new ContentProvider(this->oh));
     result.replaceStreamData(
         provider, QPDFObjectHandle::newNull(), QPDFObjectHandle::newNull());
@@ -1060,9 +1060,9 @@ QPDFPageObjectHelper::flattenRotation(QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper* afdh)
         std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> new_annots;
         std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> new_fields;
         std::set<QPDFObjGen> old_fields;
-        PointerHolder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> afdhph;
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> afdhph;
         if (!afdh) {
-            afdhph = make_pointer_holder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*qpdf);
+            afdhph = std::make_shared<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*qpdf);
             afdh = afdhph.get();
         }
         afdh->transformAnnotations(
@@ -1101,10 +1101,10 @@ QPDFPageObjectHelper::copyAnnotations(
     std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> new_annots;
     std::vector<QPDFObjectHandle> new_fields;
     std::set<QPDFObjGen> old_fields;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> afdhph;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> from_afdhph;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> afdhph;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper> from_afdhph;
     if (!afdh) {
-        afdhph = make_pointer_holder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*this_qpdf);
+        afdhph = std::make_shared<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*this_qpdf);
         afdh = afdhph.get();
     }
     if (this_qpdf == from_qpdf) {
@@ -1116,8 +1116,7 @@ QPDFPageObjectHelper::copyAnnotations(
                 " is not from the same QPDF as from_page");
         }
     } else {
-        from_afdhph =
-            make_pointer_holder<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*from_qpdf);
+        from_afdhph = std::make_shared<QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper>(*from_qpdf);
         from_afdh = from_afdhph.get();
     }
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ is_delimiter(char ch)
 class QPDFWordTokenFinder: public InputSource::Finder
 {
   public:
-    QPDFWordTokenFinder(PointerHolder<InputSource> is, std::string const& str) :
+    QPDFWordTokenFinder(
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource> is, std::string const& str) :
         is(is),
         str(str)
     {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class QPDFWordTokenFinder: public InputSource::Finder
     virtual bool check();
   private:
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> is;
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> is;
     std::string str;
 };
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ QPDFTokenizer::presentEOF()
 }
 void
-QPDFTokenizer::expectInlineImage(PointerHolder<InputSource> input)
+QPDFTokenizer::expectInlineImage(std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input)
 {
     if (this->m->state != st_top) {
         throw std::logic_error("QPDFTokenizer::expectInlineImage called"
@@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ QPDFTokenizer::expectInlineImage(PointerHolder&lt;InputSource&gt; input)
 }
 void
-QPDFTokenizer::findEI(PointerHolder<InputSource> input)
+QPDFTokenizer::findEI(std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input)
 {
     if (!input.get()) {
         return;
@@ -645,7 +646,7 @@ QPDFTokenizer::betweenTokens()
 QPDFTokenizer::Token
 QPDFTokenizer::readToken(
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> input,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> input,
     std::string const& context,
     bool allow_bad,
     size_t max_len)
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ QPDFWriter::getBuffer()
     return result;
 }
-PointerHolder<Buffer>
+std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
 QPDFWriter::getBufferSharedPointer()
 {
-    return PointerHolder<Buffer>(getBuffer());
+    return std::shared_ptr<Buffer>(getBuffer());
 }
 void
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeString(std::string const&amp; str)
 }
 void
-QPDFWriter::writeBuffer(PointerHolder<Buffer>& b)
+QPDFWriter::writeBuffer(std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& b)
 {
     this->m->pipeline->write(b->getBuffer(), b->getSize());
 }
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ QPDFWriter::willFilterStream(
     QPDFObjectHandle stream,
     bool& compress_stream,
     bool& is_metadata,
-    PointerHolder<Buffer>* stream_data)
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer>* stream_data)
 {
     compress_stream = false;
     is_metadata = false;
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ QPDFWriter::unparseObject(
         flags |= f_stream;
         bool compress_stream = false;
         bool is_metadata = false;
-        PointerHolder<Buffer> stream_data;
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer> stream_data;
         if (willFilterStream(
                 object, compress_stream, is_metadata, &stream_data)) {
             flags |= f_filtered;
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeObjectStream(QPDFObjectHandle object)
     // Generate stream itself.  We have to do this in two passes so we
     // can calculate offsets in the first pass.
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> stream_buffer;
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> stream_buffer;
     int first_obj = -1;
     bool compressed = false;
     for (int pass = 1; pass <= 2; ++pass) {
@@ -2667,7 +2667,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeHeader()
 void
 QPDFWriter::writeHintStream(int hint_id)
 {
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> hint_buffer;
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> hint_buffer;
     int S = 0;
     int O = 0;
     QPDF::Writer::generateHintStream(
@@ -2839,7 +2839,7 @@ QPDFWriter::writeXRefStream(
         p = pushPipeline(
             new Pl_PNGFilter("pngify xref", p, Pl_PNGFilter::a_encode, esize));
     }
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> xref_data;
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> xref_data;
     {
         PipelinePopper pp_xref(this, &xref_data);
         activatePipelineStack(pp_xref);
@@ -3098,13 +3098,13 @@ QPDFWriter::writeLinearized()
     }
     qpdf_offset_t hint_length = 0;
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> hint_buffer;
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> hint_buffer;
     // Write file in two passes.  Part numbers refer to PDF spec 1.4.
     FILE* lin_pass1_file = 0;
-    auto pp_pass1 = make_pointer_holder<PipelinePopper>(this);
-    auto pp_md5 = make_pointer_holder<PipelinePopper>(this);
+    auto pp_pass1 = std::make_shared<PipelinePopper>(this);
+    auto pp_md5 = std::make_shared<PipelinePopper>(this);
     for (int pass = 1; pass <= 2; ++pass) {
         if (pass == 1) {
             if (!this->m->lin_pass1_filename.empty()) {
@@ -3489,7 +3489,7 @@ QPDFWriter::indicateProgress(bool decrement, bool finished)
 }
 void
-QPDFWriter::registerProgressReporter(PointerHolder<ProgressReporter> pr)
+QPDFWriter::registerProgressReporter(std::shared_ptr<ProgressReporter> pr)
 {
     this->m->progress_reporter = pr;
 }
@@ -3497,7 +3497,7 @@ QPDFWriter::registerProgressReporter(PointerHolder&lt;ProgressReporter&gt; pr)
 void
 QPDFWriter::writeStandard()
 {
-    auto pp_md5 = make_pointer_holder<PipelinePopper>(this);
+    auto pp_md5 = std::make_shared<PipelinePopper>(this);
     if (this->m->deterministic_id) {
         pushMD5Pipeline(*pp_md5);
     }
@@ -221,19 +221,19 @@ QPDF_Stream::getLength() const
     return this->length;
 }
-PointerHolder<Buffer>
+std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
 QPDF_Stream::getStreamDataBuffer() const
 {
     return this->stream_data;
 }
-PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>
+std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>
 QPDF_Stream::getStreamDataProvider() const
 {
     return this->stream_provider;
 }
-PointerHolder<Buffer>
+std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
 QPDF_Stream::getStreamData(qpdf_stream_decode_level_e decode_level)
 {
     Pl_Buffer buf("stream data buffer");
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::getStreamData(qpdf_stream_decode_level_e decode_level)
     return buf.getBufferSharedPointer();
 }
-PointerHolder<Buffer>
+std::shared_ptr<Buffer>
 QPDF_Stream::getRawStreamData()
 {
     Pl_Buffer buf("stream data buffer");
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::pipeStreamData(
     // objects.
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Pipeline>> to_delete;
-    PointerHolder<ContentNormalizer> normalizer;
+    std::shared_ptr<ContentNormalizer> normalizer;
     std::shared_ptr<Pipeline> new_pipeline;
     if (filter) {
         if (encode_flags & qpdf_ef_compress) {
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::pipeStreamData(
         }
         if (encode_flags & qpdf_ef_normalize) {
-            normalizer = make_pointer_holder<ContentNormalizer>();
+            normalizer = std::make_shared<ContentNormalizer>();
             new_pipeline = std::make_shared<Pl_QPDFTokenizer>(
                 "normalizer", normalizer.get(), pipeline);
             to_delete.push_back(new_pipeline);
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::pipeStreamData(
 void
 QPDF_Stream::replaceStreamData(
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> data,
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms)
 {
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::replaceStreamData(
 void
 QPDF_Stream::replaceStreamData(
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> provider,
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> provider,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
     QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms)
 {
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ QPDF_Stream::replaceStreamData(
 void
 QPDF_Stream::addTokenFilter(
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter)
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter)
 {
     this->token_filters.push_back(token_filter);
 }
@@ -754,7 +754,8 @@ QPDF::recover_encryption_key_with_password(
 }
 QPDF::encryption_method_e
-QPDF::interpretCF(PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp, QPDFObjectHandle cf)
+QPDF::interpretCF(
+    std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp, QPDFObjectHandle cf)
 {
     if (cf.isName()) {
         std::string filter = cf.getName();
@@ -1079,7 +1080,7 @@ QPDF::initializeEncryption()
 std::string
 QPDF::getKeyForObject(
-    PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp,
+    std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
     int objid,
     int generation,
     bool use_aes)
@@ -1165,7 +1166,7 @@ QPDF::decryptString(std::string&amp; str, int objid, int generation)
         } else {
             QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF_encryption rc4 decode string");
             size_t vlen = str.length();
-            // Using PointerHolder guarantees that tmp will
+            // Using std::shared_ptr guarantees that tmp will
             // be freed even if rc4.process throws an exception.
             auto tmp = QUtil::make_unique_cstr(str);
             RC4 rc4(QUtil::unsigned_char_pointer(key), toI(key.length()));
@@ -1188,8 +1189,8 @@ QPDF::decryptString(std::string&amp; str, int objid, int generation)
 void
 QPDF::decryptStream(
-    PointerHolder<EncryptionParameters> encp,
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> file,
+    std::shared_ptr<EncryptionParameters> encp,
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> file,
     QPDF& qpdf_for_warning,
     Pipeline*& pipeline,
     int objid,
@@ -2120,7 +2120,7 @@ QPDF::generateHintStream(
     std::map<int, QPDFXRefEntry> const& xref,
     std::map<int, qpdf_offset_t> const& lengths,
     std::map<int, int> const& obj_renumber,
-    PointerHolder<Buffer>& hint_buffer,
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& hint_buffer,
     int& S,
     int& O)
 {
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ QUtil::os_wrapper(std::string const&amp; description, int status)
 }
 #ifdef _WIN32
-static PointerHolder<wchar_t>
+static std::shared_ptr<wchar_t>
 win_convert_filename(char const* filename)
 {
     // Convert the utf-8 encoded filename argument to wchar_t*. First,
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ win_convert_filename(char const* filename)
     std::string u16 = QUtil::utf8_to_utf16(filename);
     size_t len = u16.length();
     size_t wlen = (len / 2) - 1;
-    PointerHolder<wchar_t> wfilenamep(true, new wchar_t[wlen + 1]);
+    auto wfilenamep = QUtil::make_shared_array<wchar_t>(wlen + 1);
     wchar_t* wfilename = wfilenamep.get();
     wfilename[wlen] = 0;
     for (unsigned int i = 2; i < len; i += 2) {
@@ -471,9 +471,9 @@ QUtil::safe_fopen(char const* filename, char const* mode)
 {
     FILE* f = 0;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    PointerHolder<wchar_t> wfilenamep = win_convert_filename(filename);
+    std::shared_ptr<wchar_t> wfilenamep = win_convert_filename(filename);
     wchar_t* wfilename = wfilenamep.get();
-    PointerHolder<wchar_t> wmodep(true, new wchar_t[strlen(mode) + 1]);
+    auto wmodep = QUtil::make_shared_array<wchar_t>(strlen(mode) + 1);
     wchar_t* wmode = wmodep.get();
     wmode[strlen(mode)] = 0;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(mode); ++i) {
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ void
 QUtil::remove_file(char const* path)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    PointerHolder<wchar_t> wpath = win_convert_filename(path);
+    std::shared_ptr<wchar_t> wpath = win_convert_filename(path);
     os_wrapper(std::string("remove ") + path, _wunlink(wpath.get()));
 #else
     os_wrapper(std::string("remove ") + path, unlink(path));
@@ -628,8 +628,8 @@ QUtil::rename_file(char const* oldname, char const* newname)
     } catch (QPDFSystemError&) {
         // ignore
     }
-    PointerHolder<wchar_t> wold = win_convert_filename(oldname);
-    PointerHolder<wchar_t> wnew = win_convert_filename(newname);
+    std::shared_ptr<wchar_t> wold = win_convert_filename(oldname);
+    std::shared_ptr<wchar_t> wnew = win_convert_filename(newname);
     os_wrapper(
         std::string("rename ") + oldname + " " + newname,
         _wrename(wold.get(), wnew.get()));
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ QUtil::get_env(std::string const&amp; var, std::string* value)
     }
     if (value) {
-        PointerHolder<char> t = PointerHolder<char>(true, new char[len + 1]);
+        auto t = QUtil::make_shared_array<char>(len + 1);
         ::GetEnvironmentVariable(var.c_str(), t.get(), len);
         *value = t.get();
     }
@@ -1173,14 +1173,14 @@ QUtil::is_number(char const* p)
 void
 QUtil::read_file_into_memory(
-    char const* filename, PointerHolder<char>& file_buf, size_t& size)
+    char const* filename, std::shared_ptr<char>& file_buf, size_t& size)
 {
     FILE* f = safe_fopen(filename, "rb");
     FileCloser fc(f);
     fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END);
     size = QIntC::to_size(QUtil::tell(f));
     fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
-    file_buf = make_array_pointer_holder<char>(size);
+    file_buf = QUtil::make_shared_array<char>(size);
     char* buf_p = file_buf.get();
     size_t bytes_read = 0;
     size_t len = 0;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 struct _qpdf_error
 {
-    PointerHolder<QPDFExc> exc;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFExc> exc;
 };
 struct _qpdf_data
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ struct _qpdf_data
     _qpdf_data();
     ~_qpdf_data();
-    PointerHolder<QPDF> qpdf;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFWriter> qpdf_writer;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDF> qpdf;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFWriter> qpdf_writer;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFExc> error;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFExc> error;
     _qpdf_error tmp_error;
     std::list<QPDFExc> warnings;
     std::string tmp_string;
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ struct _qpdf_data
     unsigned long long size;
     char const* password;
     bool write_memory;
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> output_buffer;
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> output_buffer;
     // QPDFObjectHandle support
     bool silence_errors;
     bool oh_error_occurred;
-    std::map<qpdf_oh, PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle>> oh_cache;
+    std::map<qpdf_oh, std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle>> oh_cache;
     qpdf_oh next_oh;
     std::set<std::string> cur_iter_dict_keys;
     std::set<std::string>::const_iterator dict_iter;
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ static void
 call_init_write(qpdf_data qpdf)
 {
     qpdf->qpdf_writer =
-        make_pointer_holder<QPDFWriter>(*(qpdf->qpdf), qpdf->filename);
+        std::make_shared<QPDFWriter>(*(qpdf->qpdf), qpdf->filename);
 }
 static void
 call_init_write_memory(qpdf_data qpdf)
 {
-    qpdf->qpdf_writer = make_pointer_holder<QPDFWriter>(*(qpdf->qpdf));
+    qpdf->qpdf_writer = std::make_shared<QPDFWriter>(*(qpdf->qpdf));
     qpdf->qpdf_writer->setOutputMemory();
 }
@@ -144,15 +144,15 @@ trap_errors(qpdf_data qpdf, std::function&lt;void(qpdf_data)&gt; fn)
     try {
         fn(qpdf);
     } catch (QPDFExc& e) {
-        qpdf->error = make_pointer_holder<QPDFExc>(e);
+        qpdf->error = std::make_shared<QPDFExc>(e);
         status |= QPDF_ERRORS;
     } catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
         qpdf->error =
-            make_pointer_holder<QPDFExc>(qpdf_e_system, "", "", 0, e.what());
+            std::make_shared<QPDFExc>(qpdf_e_system, "", "", 0, e.what());
         status |= QPDF_ERRORS;
     } catch (std::exception& e) {
         qpdf->error =
-            make_pointer_holder<QPDFExc>(qpdf_e_internal, "", "", 0, e.what());
+            std::make_shared<QPDFExc>(qpdf_e_internal, "", "", 0, e.what());
         status |= QPDF_ERRORS;
     }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ qpdf_init()
 {
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "qpdf-c called qpdf_init");
     qpdf_data qpdf = new _qpdf_data();
-    qpdf->qpdf = make_pointer_holder<QPDF>();
+    qpdf->qpdf = std::make_shared<QPDF>();
     return qpdf;
 }
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ qpdf_error
 qpdf_next_warning(qpdf_data qpdf)
 {
     if (qpdf_more_warnings(qpdf)) {
-        qpdf->tmp_error.exc =
-            make_pointer_holder<QPDFExc>(qpdf->warnings.front());
+        qpdf->tmp_error.exc = std::make_shared<QPDFExc>(qpdf->warnings.front());
         qpdf->warnings.pop_front();
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "qpdf-c qpdf_next_warning returned warning");
         return &qpdf->tmp_error;
@@ -974,7 +973,7 @@ qpdf_register_progress_reporter(
 {
     QTC::TC("qpdf", "qpdf-c registered progress reporter");
     qpdf->qpdf_writer->registerProgressReporter(
-        PointerHolder<QPDFWriter::ProgressReporter>(
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFWriter::ProgressReporter>(
             new ProgressReporter(report_progress, data)));
 }
@@ -1035,7 +1034,7 @@ static qpdf_oh
 new_object(qpdf_data qpdf, QPDFObjectHandle const& qoh)
 {
     qpdf_oh oh = ++qpdf->next_oh; // never return 0
-    qpdf->oh_cache[oh] = make_pointer_holder<QPDFObjectHandle>(qoh);
+    qpdf->oh_cache[oh] = std::make_shared<QPDFObjectHandle>(qoh);
     return oh;
 }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class JSONHandler
         Handlers h;
     };
-    PointerHolder<Members> m;
+    std::shared_ptr<Members> m;
 };
 #endif // JSONHANDLER_HH
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 class OffsetInputSource: public InputSource
 {
   public:
-    OffsetInputSource(PointerHolder<InputSource>, qpdf_offset_t global_offset);
+    OffsetInputSource(
+        std::shared_ptr<InputSource>, qpdf_offset_t global_offset);
     virtual ~OffsetInputSource();
     virtual qpdf_offset_t findAndSkipNextEOL();
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ class OffsetInputSource: public InputSource
     virtual void unreadCh(char ch);
   private:
-    PointerHolder<InputSource> proxied;
+    std::shared_ptr<InputSource> proxied;
     qpdf_offset_t global_offset;
     qpdf_offset_t max_safe_offset;
 };
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Pl_PNGFilter: public Pipeline
     unsigned int bytes_per_pixel;
     unsigned char* cur_row;  // points to buf1 or buf2
     unsigned char* prev_row; // points to buf1 or buf2
-    PointerHolder<unsigned char> buf1;
-    PointerHolder<unsigned char> buf2;
+    std::shared_ptr<unsigned char> buf1;
+    std::shared_ptr<unsigned char> buf2;
     size_t pos;
     size_t incoming;
 };
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Pl_RC4: public Pipeline
     virtual void finish();
   private:
-    PointerHolder<unsigned char> outbuf;
+    std::shared_ptr<unsigned char> outbuf;
     size_t out_bufsize;
     RC4 rc4;
 };
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Pl_TIFFPredictor: public Pipeline
     unsigned int bytes_per_row;
     unsigned int samples_per_pixel;
     unsigned int bits_per_sample;
-    PointerHolder<unsigned char> cur_row;
+    std::shared_ptr<unsigned char> cur_row;
     size_t pos;
 };
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ class QPDF_Stream: public QPDFObject
     // Methods to help QPDF copy foreign streams
     qpdf_offset_t getOffset() const;
     size_t getLength() const;
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> getStreamDataBuffer() const;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getStreamDataBuffer() const;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider>
     getStreamDataProvider() const;
     // See comments in QPDFObjectHandle.hh for these methods.
@@ -49,18 +49,18 @@ class QPDF_Stream: public QPDFObject
         qpdf_stream_decode_level_e decode_level,
         bool suppress_warnings,
         bool will_retry);
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> getStreamData(qpdf_stream_decode_level_e);
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> getRawStreamData();
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getStreamData(qpdf_stream_decode_level_e);
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> getRawStreamData();
     void replaceStreamData(
-        PointerHolder<Buffer> data,
+        std::shared_ptr<Buffer> data,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);
     void replaceStreamData(
-        PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> provider,
+        std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> provider,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& filter,
         QPDFObjectHandle const& decode_parms);
     void
-    addTokenFilter(PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter);
+    addTokenFilter(std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter> token_filter);
     void replaceDict(QPDFObjectHandle new_dict);
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ class QPDF_Stream: public QPDFObject
     QPDFObjectHandle stream_dict;
     qpdf_offset_t offset;
     size_t length;
-    PointerHolder<Buffer> stream_data;
-    PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> stream_provider;
-    std::vector<PointerHolder<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter>> token_filters;
+    std::shared_ptr<Buffer> stream_data;
+    std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::StreamDataProvider> stream_provider;
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<QPDFObjectHandle::TokenFilter>> token_filters;
 };
 #endif // QPDF_STREAM_HH