# Dependencies in path operation decorators { #dependencies-in-path-operation-decorators }

In some cases you don't really need the return value of a dependency inside your *path operation function*.

Or the dependency doesn't return a value.

But you still need it to be executed/solved.

For those cases, instead of declaring a *path operation function* parameter with `Depends`, you can add a `list` of `dependencies` to the *path operation decorator*.

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 * conformance of concrete {@link SortedMap} subclasses to that contract.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
// TODO: Use this class to test classes besides ImmutableSortedMap.
@GwtCompatible
public abstract class SortedMapInterfaceTest<K, V> extends MapInterfaceTest<K, V> {

  protected SortedMapInterfaceTest(
      boolean allowsNullKeys,
      boolean allowsNullValues,

You write standard Python with types:

```Python
from datetime import date

from pydantic import BaseModel

# Declare a variable as a str
# and get editor support inside the function
def main(user_id: str):
    return user_id


# A Pydantic model
class User(BaseModel):
    id: int
    name: str
    joined: date
```

That can then be used like:

```Python

      - coverage-combine
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Dump GitHub context
        env:
          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
        run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
      - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
        uses: re-actors/alls-green@release/v1
        with:

    try {
      return fromValid(specifier);
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
      // Since the IAE can originate at several different points inside
      // fromValid(), we implement this method in terms of that one rather
      // than the reverse.

      ParseException parseException = new ParseException("Invalid host specifier: " + specifier, 0);

 * function doing a good job of distributing the elements to the buckets to a distribution not far
 * from uniform), and amortized since some operations can trigger a hash table resize.
 *
 * <p>As compared with {@link java.util.LinkedHashMap}, this structure places significantly reduced
 * load on the garbage collector by only using a constant number of internal objects.
 *

Then, behind the scenes, it would put that JSON-compatible data (e.g. a `dict`) inside of a `JSONResponse` that would be used to send the response to the client.

But you can return a `JSONResponse` directly from your *path operations*.

It might be useful, for example, to return custom headers or cookies.

     * @return file representing the tool executable, or null if the tool cannot be found
     */
    String findTool(String toolName);

    /**
     * Let the toolchain decide if it matches requirements defined
     * in the toolchain plugin configuration.
     *
     * @param requirements key value pair, may not be {@code null}

   |
   | * provides: A list of key/value-pairs.
   |   Based on the toolchain-configuration in the pom.xml Maven will search for
   |   matching <provides/> configuration. You can decide for yourself which key-value
   |   pairs to use. Often used keys are 'version', 'vendor' and 'arch'. By default
   |   the version has a special meaning. If you configured in the pom.xml '1.5'