forward declaration of AnalyzeResult

haystack/components/converters/azure.py

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def _convert_tables_and_text(self, result: "AnalyzeResult", meta: Optional[Dict[
  docs = [*tables, text]
  return docs
 
- def _convert_tables(self, result: AnalyzeResult, meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Document]:
+ def _convert_tables(self, result: "AnalyzeResult", meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Document]:
  """
  Converts the tables extracted by Azure's Document Intelligence service into Haystack Documents.
  :param result: The AnalyzeResult Azure object
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def _convert_tables(self, result: AnalyzeResult, meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]])
 
  return converted_tables
 
- def _convert_to_natural_text(self, result: AnalyzeResult, meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Document:
+ def _convert_to_natural_text(self, result: "AnalyzeResult", meta: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> Document:
  """
  This converts the `AnalyzeResult` object into a single Document. We add "\f" separators between to
  differentiate between the text on separate pages. This is the expected format for the PreProcessor.

releasenotes/notes/AnalyzeResult-forward-declaration-5ed1bd9b6dc62c6f.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+ - |
+ Forward declaration of `AnalyzeResult` type in `AzureOCRDocumentConverter`.
+
+ `AnalyzeResult` is already imported in a lazy import block.
+ The forward declaration avoids issues when `azure-ai-formrecognizer>=3.2.0b2` is not installed.