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``replaceKeyAndGetOld``, a ``null`` object if the object was not
previously there.
- - The method ``QPDFObjectHandle::getOwningQPDF`` now returns a
- null pointer (rather than an invalid pointer) if the owning
- ``QPDF`` object has been destroyed. This situation should
- generally not happen for correct code, but at least the
- situation is detectible now.
+ - It is now possible to detect when a ``QPDFObjectHandle`` is an
+ indirect object that belongs to a ``QPDF`` that has been
+ destroyed. Any attempt to unparse this type of
+ ``QPDFObjectHandle`` will throw a logic error. You can detect
+ this by calling the new ``QPDFObjectHandle::isDestroyed``
+ method. Also the ``QPDFObjectHandle::getOwningQPDF`` method now
+ returns a null pointer rather than an invalid pointer.
- The method ``QPDFObjectHandle::getQPDF`` returns a ``QPDF&``
(rather than a ``QPDF*``) and is an alternative to