1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
index 26b15ef9..b366c33f 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFObject.hh
@@ -12,11 +12,33 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+class QPDF;
+class QPDFObjectHandle;
+
 class QPDFObject
 {
   public:
     virtual ~QPDFObject() {}
     virtual std::string unparse() = 0;
+
+    // Accessor to give specific access to non-public methods
+    class ObjAccessor
+    {
+	friend class QPDF;
+	friend class QPDFObjectHandle;
+      private:
+	static void releaseResolved(QPDFObject* o)
+	{
+	    if (o)
+	    {
+		o->releaseResolved();
+	    }
+	}
+    };
+    friend class ObjAccessor;
+
+  protected:
+    virtual void releaseResolved() {}
 };
 
 #endif // __QPDFOBJECT_HH__