Support `custom root type names` in schema (e.g. query_root instead of Query)

[MathisPct]

Hi DGS team 👋

We’re currently using DGS Codegen to generate Java client code from a GraphQL schema that is generated by Hasura.

Hasura generates a valid GraphQL schema with custom root type names, such as query_root, mutation_root, and subscription_root, instead of the usual Query, Mutation, and Subscription.

Example schema:

schema {
  query: query_root
  mutation: mutation_root
  subscription: subscription_root
}

type query_root {
  # some fields here
}

type mutation_root {
  # some fields here
}

type subscription_root {
  # some fields here
}

While this is perfectly valid according to the GraphQL spec (see GraphQL spec 3.2), it seems that DGS Codegen relies on the root types being named Query, Mutation, and Subscription, and does not generate code for these custom root types.

Our current workaround

As a workaround, we manually rewrite the schema before passing it to DGS Codegen:

schema {
  query: Query
  mutation: Mutation
  subscription: Subscription
}

# then copy contents from query_root to Query, etc.

This allows client code generation to work properly, but it’s a manual.

Feature request

Would it be possible for DGS Codegen to allow users to configure the names of the root types (query, mutation, subscription) via codegen config ?

Motivation

This would improve compatibility with Hasura and any other GraphQL server that uses valid non-standard root type names, without requiring manual schema rewriting.

Sources

deweyjose/graphqlcodegen#245 (comment)