<name>deprecation</name>
          <description>A preferred alternative to this expression, in the case where it's deprecated.</description>
          <type>String</type>
        </field>
        <field>
          <version>1.0.0</version>
          <name>ban</name>
          <description>A preferred alternative to this expression, in the case where it's banned from use.</description>

The `lifespan` parameter of the `FastAPI` app takes an **async context manager**, so we can pass our new `lifespan` async context manager to it.

{* ../../docs_src/events/tutorial003.py hl[22] *}

## Alternative Events (deprecated)

/// warning

            The parameter is available only for compatibility.
            """
        ),
    ] = _Unset,
    alias: Annotated[
        Optional[str],
        Doc(
            """
            An alternative name for the parameter field.

            This will be used to extract the data and for the generated OpenAPI.
            It is particularly useful when you can't use the name you want because it

        /*
         * NOTE: This provides backward-compat with maven-deploy-plugin:2.4 which bypasses the repository factory when
         * using an alternative deployment location.
         */
        if (deploymentRepository instanceof DefaultArtifactRepository
                && deploymentRepository.getAuthentication() == null) {

 * lifecycle phase. Standard lifecycles use plugin execution {@code <phase>} or mojo default lifecycle phase to
 * calculate the execution plan, but custom lifecycles can use alternative mapping strategies.
 * <p>
 * Implementations of this interface must be annotated with either {@code @Named("lifecycle-id")} or equivalent plexus
 * {@code @Component} annotations.
 *
 * @since 3.2.0

![Swagger UI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/index/index-01-swagger-ui-simple.png)

### Alternative API docs

And now, go to <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc</a>.

You will see the alternative automatic documentation (provided by <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

![Swagger UI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/index/index-01-swagger-ui-simple.png)

### Alternative API docs

And now, go to <a href="http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc</a>.

You will see the alternative automatic documentation (provided by <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

# Custom Request and APIRoute class

In some cases, you may want to override the logic used by the `Request` and `APIRoute` classes.

In particular, this may be a good alternative to logic in a middleware.

For example, if you want to read or manipulate the request body before it is processed by your application.

/// danger

This is an "advanced" feature.

If you are just starting with **FastAPI** you might want to skip this section.

///

 * might be absent" as two distinct types in your program, which can aid clarity.
 *
 * <p>Some uses of this class include
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>As a method return type, as an alternative to returning {@code null} to indicate that no
 *       value was available
 *   <li>To distinguish between "unknown" (for example, not present in a map) and "known to have no

It is imported/included directly into FastAPI so that you can import it from `fastapi` and avoid accidentally importing the alternative `BackgroundTask` (without the `s` at the end) from `starlette.background`.