Create a user-defined type (UDT)

User-defined types (UDTs) can be created as GraphQL object types. UDTs are optional, but if you wish to use a UDT in another object type definition, you’ll want to create the UDT first. Once created, you can include the type in the schema deployed via the GraphQL playground. Here are two examples that create a UDT called Address that includes a street, city, state, and zipcode, and a UDT called Review that includes a book title, comment, rating and review data.

  • Address UDT

  • Review UDT

type Address @cql_entity(target: UDT) @cql_input { (1)
 street: String
 city: String
 state: String
 zipCode: String @cql_column(name: "zip_code")
}
type Review @cql_entity(target: UDT) @cql_input {
 bookTitle: String @cql_column(name: "book_title")
 comment: String
 rating: Int
 reviewDate: Date @cql_column(name: "review_date")
}

Directives in example:

1 The @cql_entity(target: UDT) denotes that the type is stored as a user-defined type (UDT) in the underlying database table.