Denormalized Type composition about graphqlite HOT 2 CLOSED

Hey Jacob,

I assume everyone is simply returning their models 1:1 with GraphQL types.

Yes, I almost always map GraphQL types with my models.

Are you sure you want to have a custom type that aggregates several models / collections? Could you not fetch one object type and then fetch the others via aggregation?

Note that you could try to use interfaces (one interface per model) and build your custom type by creating a PHP class that implements the interfaces you want to aggregate. That way, each field declared in an interface would be available in the aggregated object.

See https://graphqlite.thecodingmachine.io/docs/next/inheritance-interfaces#mapping-interfaces

Does it answer your question?

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Maybe. Interfaces could help to some extent.

Assuming we're using some type of aggregation approach, how would this be handled with a GraphQL type? Do you have an example?

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