Cannot generate null value for type without mocking parent

chrisdarroch commented 2 years ago

Assuming the following schema:

type Query {
  fields: [Field!]!
}

interface Field {
  id: ID!
}

type FooField implements Field {
  sub: SubFoo
}

type SubFoo {
  name: String!
}

and I have a query as follows:

query ExampleQuery {
  fields {
    ...myFooFragment
  }
}

fragment myFooFragment on FooField {
  sub {
    name
  }
}

It's valid for this query to return null for the sub key.

When I mock that in a test as follows:

    environment.mock.queueOperationResolver((operation) =>
        MockPayloadGenerator.generate(operation, {
            SubFoo: () => null,
        })
    );

I would expect this to set the sub key to null in the response. What I'm seeing, though, is a generated value:

{ sub: { name: '<mock-value-for-field-"name">' } }

If I instead do this, it works...

    environment.mock.queueOperationResolver((operation) =>
        MockPayloadGenerator.generate(operation, {
            FooField: () => ({ sub: null }),
        })
    );

I get the expected value: