} else {
            changed = metadata.merge(this.metadata);
        }

        // beware meta-versions!
        String version = metadata.getVersion();
        if (Artifact.LATEST_VERSION.equals(version) || Artifact.RELEASE_VERSION.equals(version)) {
            // meta-versions are not valid <version/> values...don't write them.
            metadata.setVersion(null);
        }

If you have an older version, you would get errors when trying to use `Annotated`.

Make sure you [Upgrade the FastAPI version](../deployment/versions.md#upgrading-the-fastapi-versions){.internal-link target=_blank} to at least 0.95.1 before using `Annotated`.

///

## Use `Annotated` in the type for the `q` parameter { #use-annotated-in-the-type-for-the-q-parameter }

Security
========

## Supported Versions

| Version | Supported           | Notes                                        |
| ------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| 5.x     | ✅                  | APIs subject to change in alpha releases.    |
| 4.x     | ✅                  | Android 5.0+ (API level 21+) and on Java 8+. |
| 3.x     | ❌ Ended 2021-12-31 | Android 2.3+ (API level 9+) and Java 7+.     |

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Disables Animal Sniffer's checking of compatibility with older versions of Java/Android.
 *
 * <p>Each package's copy of this annotation needs to be listed in our {@code pom.xml}.
 */
@Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE, FIELD})

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Disables Animal Sniffer's checking of compatibility with older versions of Java/Android.
 *
 * <p>Each package's copy of this annotation needs to be listed in our {@code pom.xml}.
 */
@Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE, FIELD})

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Disables Animal Sniffer's checking of compatibility with older versions of Java/Android.
 *
 * <p>Each package's copy of this annotation needs to be listed in our {@code pom.xml}.
 */
@Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE, FIELD})

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Disables Animal Sniffer's checking of compatibility with older versions of Java/Android.
 *
 * <p>Each package's copy of this annotation needs to be listed in our {@code pom.xml}.
 */
@Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE, FIELD})

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Disables Animal Sniffer's checking of compatibility with older versions of Java/Android.
 *
 * <p>Each package's copy of this annotation needs to be listed in our {@code pom.xml}.
 */
@Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE, FIELD})

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Disables Animal Sniffer's checking of compatibility with older versions of Java/Android.
 *
 * <p>Each package's copy of this annotation needs to be listed in our {@code pom.xml}.
 */
@Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE, FIELD})

import java.util.SortedSet;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Superinterface of {@link SortedMultiset} to introduce a bridge method for {@code elementSet()},
 * to ensure binary compatibility with older Guava versions that specified {@code elementSet()} to
 * return {@code SortedSet}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtIncompatible
interface SortedMultisetBridge<E extends @Nullable Object> extends Multiset<E> {
  @Override