* possible sequences of these operations, up to a given number of steps. So, if the caller
 * specifies to use <i>n</i> steps, a total of <i>3^n</i> tests are actually performed.
 *
 * <p>For instance, if <i>steps</i> is 5, one example sequence that will be tested is:
 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>remove();
 *   <li>hasNext()
 *   <li>hasNext();
 *   <li>remove();
 *   <li>next();

But there are situations where you might need to access the `Request` object directly.

## Details about the `Request` object { #details-about-the-request-object }

As **FastAPI** is actually **Starlette** underneath, with a layer of several tools on top, you can use Starlette's <a href="https://www.starlette.dev/requests/" class="external-link" target="_blank">`Request`</a> object directly when you need to.

`Header` is a "sister" class of `Path`, `Query` and `Cookie`. It also inherits from the same common `Param` class.

But remember that when you import `Query`, `Path`, `Header`, and others from `fastapi`, those are actually functions that return special classes.

///

/// info

To declare headers, you need to use `Header`, because otherwise the parameters would be interpreted as query parameters.

///

It is also built to work as a future reference so you can come back and see exactly what you need.

## Run the code { #run-the-code }

All the code blocks can be copied and used directly (they are actually tested Python files).

To run any of the examples, copy the code to a file `main.py`, and start `fastapi dev` with:

<div class="termy">

```console

     * comment: Does it send mock mail? (true: no send actually, logging only)
     * @return The value of found property. (NotNull: if not found, exception but basically no way)
     */
    String getMailSendMock();

    /**
     * Is the property for the key 'mail.send.mock' true? <br>
     * The value is, e.g. true <br>
     * comment: Does it send mock mail? (true: no send actually, logging only)

    try {
      assertEquals(0, Queues.drain(q, ImmutableList.of(), 0, 10, MILLISECONDS));
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
      throw new AssertionError();
    }

    // but does the wait actually occurs?
    @SuppressWarnings("unused") // https://errorprone.info/bugpattern/FutureReturnValueIgnored
    Future<?> possiblyIgnoredError = threadPool.submit(new Interrupter(currentThread()));
    try {

And of course, it supports the same:

* data validation
* data serialization
* data documentation, etc.

This works the same way as with Pydantic models. And it is actually achieved in the same way underneath, using Pydantic.

/// info

Keep in mind that dataclasses can't do everything Pydantic models can do.

So, you might still need to use Pydantic models.

```Python
from unicorn import UnicornMiddleware

app = SomeASGIApp()

new_app = UnicornMiddleware(app, some_config="rainbow")
```

But FastAPI (actually Starlette) provides a simpler way to do it that makes sure that the internal middlewares handle server errors and custom exception handlers work properly.

For that, you use `app.add_middleware()` (as in the example for CORS).

   * RateLimiter being unused, we increase storedPermits by 1. Say we leave the RateLimiter unused
   * for 10 seconds (i.e., we expected a request at time X, but we are at time X + 10 seconds before
   * a request actually arrives; this is also related to the point made in the last paragraph), thus
   * storedPermits becomes 10.0 (assuming maxStoredPermits >= 10.0). At that point, a request of

        registration.updateHeartbeat();

        // After update, should not be expired with long timeout
        assertFalse(registration.isExpired(60000));

        // Verify heartbeat was actually updated
        assertTrue(registration.getLastHeartbeat() > initialTime);
    }

    @Test
    void testExpiration() throws InterruptedException {