Recursive Queries

GraphQL allows for types to recurse and allows queries of those recursive types to a particular depth. Cynic supports this in it's QueryFragment derive when users provide the recurse attribute on the field that recurses.

If we wanted to recursively fetch characters that were in a star wars film and the other films that they were in (and so on) we could do:

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
#[derive(cynic::QueryFragment, Debug)]
struct Film {
    title: Option<String>,
    character_connection: Option<CharacterConnection>,
}


#[derive(cynic::QueryFragment, Debug)]
#[cynic(graphql_type = "FilmCharacterConnection")]
struct CharacterConnection {
    characters: Option<Vec<Option<CharacterConnection>>>,
}

#[derive(cynic::QueryFragment, Debug)]
#[cynic(graphql_type = "Person")]
struct Character {
    name: Option<String>,
    films: Option<PersonFilmsConnection>
}

#[derive(cynic::QueryFragment, Debug)]
#[cynic(graphql_type = "Person")]
struct PersonFilmsConnection {
    #[cynic(recurse = "5")]
    films: Option<Vec<Option<Film>>>
}
}

The #[cynic(recurse = "5")] attribute on films in PersonFilmsConnection lets cynic know that it should recursively fetch films to a maximum depth of 5.

Recursive Field Types

When the recurse attribute is present on a field, the rust type that field is required to be may change from a non-recursive field.

• If the field is not nullable it will need to be wrapped in Option to account for the case where we finish recursing.
• If the field is nullable but not inside a list, it's normal Option will need to be wrapped in a Box, as this is required for recursive types in Rust.
• If the field is not nullable and not inside a list, it will also need a Box. This box goes inside the Option.

Some examples of the changes: