if hasMetricsSpecs || hasBehaviorSpecs || hasMetricsStatuses || hasConditions {
		out = DeepCopyStringMap(in)
		delete(out, MetricSpecsAnnotation)
		delete(out, BehaviorSpecsAnnotation)
		delete(out, MetricStatusesAnnotation)
		delete(out, HorizontalPodAutoscalerConditionsAnnotation)
		return out, true
	}
	return in, false
}

// DeepCopyStringMap returns a copy of the input map.
// If input is nil, an empty map is returned.

			return err
		} else {
			out.Spec.TemplateGeneration = value64
			out.Annotations = deepCopyStringMap(out.Annotations)
			delete(out.Annotations, appsv1.DeprecatedTemplateGeneration)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

func deepCopyStringMap(m map[string]string) map[string]string {
	ret := make(map[string]string, len(m))
	for k, v := range m {
		ret[k] = v
	}
	return ret

			return err
		} else {
			out.Spec.TemplateGeneration = value64
			out.Annotations = deepCopyStringMap(out.Annotations)
			delete(out.Annotations, appsv1beta2.DeprecatedTemplateGeneration)
		}
	}

	return nil
}

func deepCopyStringMap(m map[string]string) map[string]string {
	ret := make(map[string]string, len(m))
	for k, v := range m {
		ret[k] = v
	}

		otherMetricsEnc, err := json.Marshal(otherMetrics)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		// copy before mutating
		if !copiedAnnotations {
			copiedAnnotations = true
			out.Annotations = autoscaling.DeepCopyStringMap(out.Annotations)
		}
		out.Annotations[autoscaling.MetricSpecsAnnotation] = string(otherMetricsEnc)
	}

	if len(in.Status.CurrentMetrics) > 0 {
		currentMetricsEnc, err := json.Marshal(currentMetrics)

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		// copy before mutating
		if !copiedAnnotations {
			//nolint:ineffassign
			copiedAnnotations = true
			out.Annotations = autoscaling.DeepCopyStringMap(out.Annotations)
		}
		out.Annotations[autoscaling.BehaviorSpecsAnnotation] = string(behaviorEnc)
	}

	return nil
}