You only give `Depends` a single parameter.

This parameter must be something like a function.

You **don't call it** directly (don't add the parenthesis at the end), you just pass it as a parameter to `Depends()`.

And that function takes parameters in the same way that *path operation functions* do.

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        }
        return baseQuery + " sort:" + sortField;
    }

    /**
     * Appends a query string to the query buffer with proper formatting.
     * Handles OR operators and wraps complex queries in parentheses when necessary.
     *
     * @param queryBuf the StringBuilder to append to
     * @param query the query string to append
     */
    protected void appendQuery(final StringBuilder queryBuf, final String query) {