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

/// tip

You'll see what other "things", apart from functions, can be used as dependencies in the next chapter.

///

Whenever a new request arrives, **FastAPI** will take care of:

* Calling your dependency ("dependable") function with the correct parameters.

* It takes each **request** that comes to your application.
* It can then do something to that **request** or run any needed code.
* Then it passes the **request** to be processed by the rest of the application (by some *path operation*).
* It then takes the **response** generated by the application (by some *path operation*).

      if (iterations >= maxIterations) {
        @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // safe because we pass sort() a range that contains real Ts
        T[] castBuffer = (T[]) buffer;
        // We've already taken O(k log k), let's make sure we don't take longer than O(k log k).
        sort(castBuffer, left, right + 1, comparator);
        break;
      }
    }
    bufferSize = k;

### `HTMLResponse` { #htmlresponse }

Takes some text or bytes and returns an HTML response, as you read above.

### `PlainTextResponse` { #plaintextresponse }

Takes some text or bytes and returns a plain text response.

{* ../../docs_src/custom_response/tutorial005_py39.py hl[2,7,9] *}

### `JSONResponse` { #jsonresponse }

Takes some data and returns an `application/json` encoded response.

## Mounting a **FastAPI** application { #mounting-a-fastapi-application }

"Mounting" means adding a completely "independent" application in a specific path, that then takes care of handling everything under that path, with the _path operations_ declared in that sub-application.

### Top-level application { #top-level-application }

  }

  // TODO(cpovirk): instead of skipping, use a smaller number of steps
  @GwtIncompatible // works but takes 5 minutes to run
  public void testPeekingIteratorBehavesLikeIteratorOnThreeElementIterable() {
    actsLikeIteratorHelper(Lists.newArrayList("A", "B", "C"));
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // works but takes 5 minutes to run
  public void testPeekingIteratorAcceptsNullElements() {

	x.Client, err = x.NewClient(userName, password, authzID)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	x.ClientConversation = x.NewConversation()
	return nil
}

// Step takes a string provided from a server (or just an empty string for the
// very first conversation step) and attempts to move the authentication
// conversation forward.  It returns a string to be sent to the server or an

  }

  // TODO(cpovirk): instead of skipping, use a smaller number of steps
  @GwtIncompatible // works but takes 5 minutes to run
  public void testPeekingIteratorBehavesLikeIteratorOnThreeElementIterable() {
    actsLikeIteratorHelper(Lists.newArrayList("A", "B", "C"));
  }

  @GwtIncompatible // works but takes 5 minutes to run
  public void testPeekingIteratorAcceptsNullElements() {

#### Fix it with `secrets.compare_digest()` { #fix-it-with-secrets-compare-digest }

But in our code we are actually using `secrets.compare_digest()`.

In short, it will take the same time to compare `stanleyjobsox` to `stanleyjobson` than it takes to compare `johndoe` to `stanleyjobson`. And the same for the password.

    }
  }

  /**
   * Generates test cases for the given combination of scenario and timeouts. For methods that take
   * an explicit timeout value, all of the given timeoutsToUse result in individual test cases. For
   * methods that do not take an explicit timeout value, a single test case is generated only if the
   * implicit timeout of that method matches the given timeoutsToUse. For example, enter() is