As dependencies will also be called by **FastAPI** (the same as your *path operation functions*), the same rules apply while defining your functions.

You can use `async def` or normal `def`.

And you can declare dependencies with `async def` inside of normal `def` *path operation functions*, or `def` dependencies inside of `async def` *path operation functions*, etc.

It doesn't matter. **FastAPI** will know what to do.

/// note

    /**
     * Creates a composite function from a collection of functions.
     *
     * @param functions A collection of functions, each taking a String as input and returning a String.
     * @return A function that applies each function in the collection in order until a non-null result is found.
     *         If all functions return null, the composite function returns null.
     *

## pytest.mark.anyio { #pytest-mark-anyio }

If we want to call asynchronous functions in our tests, our test functions have to be asynchronous. AnyIO provides a neat plugin for this, that allows us to specify that some test functions are to be called asynchronously.

## HTTPX { #httpx }

Even if your **FastAPI** application uses normal `def` functions instead of `async def`, it is still an `async` application underneath.

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Functions;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;

/**
 * Tests for {@link Maps#transformValues(Map, Function)}.
 *
 * @author Isaac Shum
 */
@GwtCompatible
@NullMarked

 --%><%@taglib prefix="fmt" uri="jakarta.tags.fmt"%><%--
 --%><%@taglib prefix="fn" uri="jakarta.tags.functions" %><%--
 --%><%@taglib prefix="la" uri="http://lastaflute.org/latags" %><%--
 --%><%@taglib prefix="f" uri="http://lastaflute.org/functions" %><%--
 --%><%@taglib prefix="fe" uri="fess.tags.functions" %><%--

/**
 * Legacy version of {@link java.util.function.Function java.util.function.Function}.
 *
 * <p>The {@link Functions} class provides common functions and related utilities.
 *
 * <p>As this interface extends {@code java.util.function.Function}, an instance of this type can be
 * used as a {@code java.util.function.Function} directly. To use a {@code
 * java.util.function.Function} in a context where a {@code com.google.common.base.Function} is

    EquivalenceTester.of(Equivalence.equals().onResultOf(Functions.toStringFunction()))
        .addEquivalenceGroup(new IntValue(1), new IntValue(1))
        .addEquivalenceGroup(new IntValue(2))
        .test();
  }

  public void testOnResultOf_equals() {
    new EqualsTester()
        .addEqualityGroup(
            Equivalence.identity().onResultOf(Functions.toStringFunction()),

    EquivalenceTester.of(Equivalence.equals().onResultOf(Functions.toStringFunction()))
        .addEquivalenceGroup(new IntValue(1), new IntValue(1))
        .addEquivalenceGroup(new IntValue(2))
        .test();
  }

  public void testOnResultOf_equals() {
    new EqualsTester()
        .addEqualityGroup(
            Equivalence.identity().onResultOf(Functions.toStringFunction()),

///

/// tip

If you want to call `async` functions in your tests apart from sending requests to your FastAPI application (e.g. asynchronous database functions), have a look at the [Async Tests](../advanced/async-tests.md){.internal-link target=_blank} in the advanced tutorial.

///

## Separating tests { #separating-tests }

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Functions;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;

/**
 * Tests for {@link Maps#transformValues(Map, Function)}.
 *
 * @author Isaac Shum
 */
@GwtCompatible
@NullMarked