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<h1 id="unions"><a class="header" href="#unions">Unions</a></h1>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">GraphQL unions</a> represent an object that could be one of a list of <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Objects">GraphQL object</a> types, but provides for no guaranteed fields between those types. They also differ from <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Interfaces">interfaces</a> in that <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Objects">object</a> types declare what <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Interfaces">interfaces</a> they implement, but are not aware of what <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">unions</a> contain them.</p>
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<p>From the server's point of view, <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">GraphQL unions</a> are somewhat similar to <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Interfaces">interfaces</a>: the main difference is that they don't contain fields on their own, and so, we only need to represent a value, <em>dispatchable</em> into concrete <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Objects">objects</a>.</p>
<p>Obviously, the most straightforward approach to express <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">GraphQL unions</a> in <a href="https://www.rust-lang.org">Rust</a> is to use <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items/enumerations.html#enumerations">enums</a>. In <a href="https://docs.rs/juniper">Juniper</a> this may be done by using <a href="https://docs.rs/juniper/0.16.0/juniper/derive.GraphQLUnion.html"><code>#[derive(GraphQLInterface)]</code></a> attribute on them:</p>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust edition2021"><span class="boring">extern crate derive_more;
</span><span class="boring">extern crate juniper;
</span><span class="boring">use derive_more::From;
</span><span class="boring">use juniper::{GraphQLObject, GraphQLUnion};
</span><span class="boring">
</span>#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
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struct Human {
id: String,
home_planet: String,
}
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#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
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struct Droid {
id: String,
primary_function: String,
}
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#[derive(From, GraphQLUnion)]
// ^^^^ only for convenience, and may be omitted
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enum Character {
Human(Human),
Droid(Droid),
}
<span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">fn main() {}</span></code></pre></pre>
<h3 id="renaming"><a class="header" href="#renaming">Renaming</a></h3>
<p>Just as with <a href="objects/index.html#renaming">renaming GraphQL objects</a>, we can override the default <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">union</a> name by using the <code>#[graphql(name = "...")]</code> attribute:</p>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust edition2021"><span class="boring">extern crate juniper;
</span><span class="boring">use juniper::{GraphQLObject, GraphQLUnion};
</span><span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
</span><span class="boring">struct Human {
</span><span class="boring"> id: String,
</span><span class="boring"> home_planet: String,
</span><span class="boring">}
</span><span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
</span><span class="boring">struct Droid {
</span><span class="boring"> id: String,
</span><span class="boring"> primary_function: String,
</span><span class="boring">}
</span><span class="boring">
</span>#[derive(GraphQLUnion)]
#[graphql(name = "CharacterUnion")]
enum Character { // exposed as `CharacterUnion` in GraphQL schema
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Human(Human),
Droid(Droid),
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}
<span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">fn main() {}</span></code></pre></pre>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: Unlike <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items/enumerations.html#enumerations">Rust enum variants</a>, <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">GraphQL union members</a> don't have any special names aside from the ones provided by <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Objects">objects</a> themselves, and so, obviously, <strong>cannot be renamed</strong>.</p>
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<h3 id="documentation"><a class="header" href="#documentation">Documentation</a></h3>
<p>Similarly to <a href="objects/index.html#documentation">documenting GraphQL objects</a>, we can <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Descriptions">document</a> a <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">GraphQL union</a> via <code>#[graphql(description = "...")]</code> attribute or <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/comments.html#doc-comments">Rust doc comments</a>:</p>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust edition2021"><span class="boring">extern crate juniper;
</span><span class="boring">use juniper::{GraphQLObject, GraphQLUnion};
</span><span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
</span><span class="boring">struct Human {
</span><span class="boring"> id: String,
</span><span class="boring"> home_planet: String,
</span><span class="boring">}
</span><span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
</span><span class="boring">struct Droid {
</span><span class="boring"> id: String,
</span><span class="boring"> primary_function: String,
</span><span class="boring">}
</span><span class="boring">
</span>/// This doc comment is visible in both Rust API docs and GraphQL schema
/// descriptions.
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#[derive(GraphQLUnion)]
enum Character {
/// This doc comment is visible only in Rust API docs.
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Human(Human),
/// This doc comment is visible only in Rust API docs.
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Droid(Droid),
}
/// This doc comment is visible only in Rust API docs.
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#[derive(GraphQLUnion)]
#[graphql(description = "This description overwrites the one from doc comment.")]
// ^^^^^^^^^^^ or `desc` shortcut, up to your preference
enum Person {
/// This doc comment is visible only in Rust API docs.
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Human(Human),
}
<span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">fn main() {}</span></code></pre></pre>
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<blockquote>
<p><strong>NOTE</strong>: Unlike <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items/enumerations.html#enumerations">Rust enum variants</a>, <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Unions">GraphQL union members</a> don't have any special constructors aside from the provided <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Objects">objects</a> directly, and so, <strong>cannot be <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Descriptions">documented</a></strong>, but rather reuse <a href="https://spec.graphql.org/October2021#sec-Descriptions">object descriptions</a> "as is".</p>
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</blockquote>
<h3 id="ignoring"><a class="header" href="#ignoring">Ignoring</a></h3>
<p>In some rare situations we may want to omit exposing an <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items/enumerations.html#enumerations">enum</a> variant in a <a href="https://graphql.org/learn/schema">GraphQL schema</a>. <a href="enums.html#ignoring">Similarly to GraphQL enums</a>, we can just annotate the variant with the <code>#[graphql(ignore)]</code> attribute.</p>
<p>As an example, let's consider the situation where we need to bind some type parameter <code>T</code> for doing interesting type-level stuff in our resolvers. To achieve this we need to have <code>PhantomData&lt;T&gt;</code>, but we don't want it exposed in the GraphQL schema.</p>
<pre><pre class="playground"><code class="language-rust edition2021"><span class="boring">extern crate derive_more;
</span><span class="boring">extern crate juniper;
</span><span class="boring">use std::marker::PhantomData;
</span><span class="boring">use derive_more::From;
</span><span class="boring">use juniper::{GraphQLObject, GraphQLUnion};
</span><span class="boring">
</span>#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
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struct Human {
id: String,
home_planet: String,
}
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#[derive(GraphQLObject)]
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struct Droid {
id: String,
primary_function: String,
}
#[derive(From, GraphQLUnion)]
enum Character&lt;S&gt; {
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Human(Human),
Droid(Droid),
#[from(ignore)]
#[graphql(ignore)]
// ^^^^^^ or `skip`, up to your preference
_State(PhantomData&lt;S&gt;),
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}
<span class="boring">
</span><span class="boring">fn main() {}</span></code></pre></pre>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>WARNING</strong>: It's the <em>library user's responsibility</em> to ensure that ignored <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/items/enumerations.html#enumerations">enum</a> variant is <strong>never</strong> returned from resolvers, otherwise resolving the <a href="https://graphql.org">GraphQL</a> query will <strong>panic in runtime</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>TIP</strong>: See more available features in the API docs of the <a href="https://docs.rs/juniper/0.16.0/juniper/derive.GraphQLUnion.html"><code>#[derive(GraphQLUnion)]</code></a> attribute.</p>
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