this.iterator = iterator;
  }

  @Override
  public Iterator<E> iterator() {
    if (iterator == null) {
      // TODO: throw something else? Do we worry that people's code and tests
      // might be relying on this particular type of exception?
      throw new IllegalStateException();
    }
    try {
      return iterator;
    } finally {
      iterator = null;
    }
  }

/// tip

Some editors check for unused function parameters, and show them as errors.

Using these `dependencies` in the *path operation decorator* you can make sure they are executed while avoiding editor/tooling errors.

It might also help avoid confusion for new developers that see an unused parameter in your code and could think it's unnecessary.

///

/// info

In this example we use invented custom headers `X-Key` and `X-Token`.

The way HTML forms (`<form></form>`) sends the data to the server normally uses a "special" encoding for that data, it's different from JSON.

**FastAPI** will make sure to read that data from the right place instead of JSON.

/// note | Technical Details

Data from forms is normally encoded using the "media type" `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.

  }

  private static final class NullFriendlyComparator<T> implements Comparator<T>, Serializable {
    @Override
    public int compare(T left, T right) {
      return String.valueOf(left).compareTo(String.valueOf(right));
    }
  }

      Runnable runnable, @ParametricNullness V result) {
    return new TrustedListenableFutureTask<>(callable(runnable, result));
  }

  /*
   * In certain circumstances, this field might theoretically not be visible to an afterDone() call
   * triggered by cancel(). For details, see the comments on the fields of TimeoutFuture.
   *
   * <p>{@code volatile} is required for j2objc transpiling:

import jcifs.smb.NtlmPasswordAuthentication;

/**
 * This class is used internally by {@code NtlmHttpFilter},
 * {@code NtlmServlet}, and {@code NetworkExplorer} to negotiate password
 * hashes via NTLM SSP with MSIE. It might also be used directly by servlet
 * containers to incorporate similar functionality.
 * <p>
 * How NTLMSSP is used in conjunction with HTTP and MSIE clients is

Just functions that look the same as the *path operation functions*.

But still, it is very powerful, and allows you to declare arbitrarily deeply nested dependency "graphs" (trees).

/// tip

All this might not seem as useful with these simple examples.

But you will see how useful it is in the chapters about **security**.

And you will also see the amounts of code it will save you.

<img src="/img/tutorial/path-operation-configuration/image01.png">

### Tags with Enums { #tags-with-enums }

If you have a big application, you might end up accumulating **several tags**, and you would want to make sure you always use the **same tag** for related *path operations*.

In these cases, it could make sense to store the tags in an `Enum`.

You can create production applications with **FastAPI** right now (and you have probably been doing it for some time), you just have to make sure that you use a version that works correctly with the rest of your code.

## Pin your `fastapi` version { #pin-your-fastapi-version }

}

// JoinNestedRelationNames nested relationships like `Manager__Company`
func JoinNestedRelationNames(relationNames []string) string {
	return strings.Join(relationNames, nestedRelationSplit)
}

// RTrimSlice Right trims the given slice by given length
func RTrimSlice[T any](v []T, trimLen int) []T {
	if trimLen >= len(v) { // trimLen greater than slice len means fully sliced
		return v[:0]
	}