I am exploring GraphQL and would like to know if there is any way of renaming the response field for example i have a POJO with these field
class POJO {
Long id;
String name;
}
GraphQL query:
type POJO {
id: Long
name: String
}
My response is something like this
{
"POJO" {
"id": 123,
"name": "abc"
}
}
Can i rename the name field to something like userName so that my response is below
{
"POJO" {
"id": 123,
"userName": "abc"
}
}
You can use GraphQL Aliases to modify individual keys in the JSON response.
If this is your original query
query {
POJO {
id
name
}
}
you can introduce a GraphQL alias userName
for the field name
like so:
query {
POJO {
id
userName: name
}
}
You can also use GraphQL aliases to use the same query or mutation field multiple times in the same GraphQL operation. This get's especially interesting when using field parameters:
query {
first: POJO(first: 1) {
id
name
}
second: POJO(first: 1, skip: 1) {
id
name
}
}
Looks like GraphQLName annotation can help.
Example from documentation :
"Additionally, @GraphQLName can be used to override field name. You can use @GraphQLDescription to set a description."
These can also be used for field parameters:
public String field(@GraphQLName("val") String value) {
return value;
}
The question is: how are you creating the schema in the first place? There's no intrinsic connection between Java and GraphQL types - they are completely unrelated unless you correlate them. So you can name the fields any way you want in the schema, and make a resolver (DataFetcher
) that gets the value from anywhere (thus any POJO field too).
If you're using a tool to generate the schema from Java types (graphql-java-annotations, graphql-spqr etc), then use that tool's facilities to drive the mapping. Both the mentioned tools allow customizing the mapping via annotations. GraphQL-SPQR enables the same via external configuration as well.
If you clarify your question further, I'll be able to give a more precise answer.