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### Alternative API docs

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You will see the alternative automatic documentation (provided by <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

    /**
     * 
     */
    public static final char[] HEX_DIGITS = {
        '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'
    };


    /**
     * This is an alternative to the <code>java.lang.Integer.toHexString</code>
     * method. It is an efficient relative that also will pad the left side so
     * that the result is <code>size</code> digits.
     * 
     * @param val

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### Alternative API-Dokumentation

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Sie sehen die alternative automatische Dokumentation (bereitgestellt von <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

![Swagger UI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/img/index/index-01-swagger-ui-simple.png)

### Alternative API docs

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You will see the alternative automatic documentation (provided by <a href="https://github.com/Rebilly/ReDoc" class="external-link" target="_blank">ReDoc</a>):

        Cell a = as[i];
        if (a != null) sum += a.value;
      }
    }
    return sum;
  }

  /**
   * Resets variables maintaining the sum to zero. This method may be a useful alternative to
   * creating a new adder, but is only effective if there are no concurrent updates. Because this
   * method is intrinsically racy, it should only be used when it is known that no threads are
   * concurrently updating.

 * ExecutionException}, the exception's {@linkplain #getCause() cause} comes from a failed task,
 * possibly run in another thread.
 *
 * <p>{@code UncheckedExecutionException} is intended as an alternative to {@code
 * ExecutionException} when the exception thrown by a task is an unchecked exception. However, it
 * may also wrap a checked exception in some cases.
 *

    "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss zzz",
    // RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036 with any TZ.
    "EEEE, dd-MMM-yy HH:mm:ss zzz",
    // ANSI C's asctime() format
    "EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy",
    // Alternative formats:
    "EEE, dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
    "EEE, dd-MMM-yyyy HH-mm-ss z",
    "EEE, dd MMM yy HH:mm:ss z",
    "EEE dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
    "EEE dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z",
    "EEE dd-MMM-yyyy HH-mm-ss z",

        #### Utility: compare with alternatives


        There is always *some* alternative to adding a new feature to Guava, even if it's just
        forking Guava yourself.


        We want to see that new features have some significant advantage over the alternatives.
        These advantages can take

```

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//// tab | Python 3.8+

```Python hl_lines="1  4"
{!> ../../docs_src/python_types/tutorial009.py!}
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+ Alternative

```Python hl_lines="1  4"
{!> ../../docs_src/python_types/tutorial009b.py!}
```

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#### `Union` oder `Optional` verwenden?

# Custom Request and APIRoute class

In some cases, you may want to override the logic used by the `Request` and `APIRoute` classes.

In particular, this may be a good alternative to logic in a middleware.

For example, if you want to read or manipulate the request body before it is processed by your application.

/// danger

This is an "advanced" feature.

If you are just starting with **FastAPI** you might want to skip this section.

///