"Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
      form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
      editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
      represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes
      of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain

import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList;
import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertEquals;
import static junit.framework.TestCase.assertTrue;
import static junit.framework.TestCase.fail;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap;
import com.google.common.collect.LinkedHashMultiset;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;

      "Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in Source or Object
      form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
      editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
      represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship. For the purposes
      of this License, Derivative Works shall not include works that remain

import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Uninterruptibles;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.concurrent.GuardedBy;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.concurrent.LazyInit;
import com.google.j2objc.annotations.RetainedWith;
import com.google.j2objc.annotations.Weak;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InvalidObjectException;

import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;
import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.stream.Collector;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

Remember I told you before that `Annotated` can be used to add metadata to your parameters in the [Python Types Intro](../python-types.md#type-hints-with-metadata-annotations){.internal-link target=_blank}?

Now it's the time to use it with FastAPI. 🚀

We had this type annotation:

//// tab | Python 3.10+

```Python
q: str | None = None
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+

```Python
q: Union[str, None] = None

import static java.lang.Math.min;
import static java.math.RoundingMode.HALF_EVEN;
import static java.math.RoundingMode.HALF_UP;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
import com.google.common.primitives.UnsignedLongs;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.math.RoundingMode;

/**

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Function;
import com.google.common.base.Objects;
import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import com.google.common.primitives.Ints;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkPositionIndexes;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Converter;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.InlineMe;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.AbstractList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkPositionIndexes;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Converter;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.InlineMe;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.AbstractList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;