* equals()} contract.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use {@link
   * java.util.Objects#equals} instead.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeSuggester") // would introduce fully qualified references to Objects
  public static boolean equal(@Nullable Object a, @Nullable Object b) {
    return java.util.Objects.equals(a, b);
  }

  /**

 * a file or directory that would be more accessible.
 */
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible
@J2ObjCIncompatible
abstract class TempFileCreator {
  static final TempFileCreator INSTANCE = pickSecureCreator();

  /**
   * @throws IllegalStateException if the directory could not be created (to implement the contract

   * worker runs and exhausts the queue, another thread enqueues a task and fails to schedule the
   * worker, and then the first thread's call to delegate.execute() returns. Without this counter,
   * it would observe the QUEUING state and set it to QUEUED, and the worker would never be
   * scheduled again for future submissions.
   */
  @GuardedBy("queue")
  private long workerRunCount = 0;

  @RetainedWith private final QueueWorker worker = new QueueWorker();

We can do better...

## What makes a dependency { #what-makes-a-dependency }

Up to now you have seen dependencies declared as functions.

But that's not the only way to declare dependencies (although it would probably be the more common).

The key factor is that a dependency should be a "callable".

A "**callable**" in Python is anything that Python can "call" like a function.

It would also mean that if you get data from the `Request` object directly (for example, read the body) it won't be validated, converted or documented (with OpenAPI, for the automatic API user interface) by FastAPI.

Although any other parameter declared normally (for example, the body with a Pydantic model) would still be validated, converted, annotated, etc.

```python
from main import app
```

If your code was structured like:

```
.
├── backend
│   ├── main.py
│   ├── __init__.py
```

Then you would set the `entrypoint` as:

```toml
[tool.fastapi]
entrypoint = "backend.main:app"
```

which would be equivalent to:

```python
from backend.main import app
```

### `fastapi dev` with path { #fastapi-dev-with-path }

Because we are using a relative URL, if your API was located at `https://example.com/`, then it would refer to `https://example.com/token`. But if your API was located at `https://example.com/api/v1/`, then it would refer to `https://example.com/api/v1/token`.

   * FeatureSpecificTestSuiteBuilder.suppressing()}.
   */
  /*
   * TODO(cpovirk): or we could make HOLES_FORBIDDEN a feature. Or we could declare that
   * implementations are permitted to throw IAE if a hole is requested, and we could update
   * test*Hole to permit IAE. (But might this ignore genuine bugs?) But see the TODO above
   * testLower, which could make this all unnecessary
   */
  public static Method[] getHoleMethods() {

        Did you *actually* encounter the need for this enhancement in a real-world scenario, or does
        it just seem like a sensible behavior for the feature to have?


        Before we make significant changes to existing features in Guava, we really want to be sure
        that it's for a use case that actually comes up in the real world. We want to hear the
        real-world use case so the community can discuss and debate whether this feature is actually

   * equals()} contract.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use {@link
   * java.util.Objects#equals} instead.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeSuggester") // would introduce fully qualified references to Objects
  public static boolean equal(@Nullable Object a, @Nullable Object b) {
    return java.util.Objects.equals(a, b);
  }

  /**