Jun2018 spec: Handle type extensions

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Jun2018 spec: Handle type extensions #183

Open jlouis opened 6 years ago

jlouis commented 6 years ago

Rather than doing this work as part of #182, and in #161 we created this task for handling extensions of type schemas. It is a really nice idea, and we should definitely support it. But it is a separate issue and to keep focus in #182 I'm trying to avoid it on a first pass.

jlouis commented 6 years ago

Probable implementation path:

Support something like graphql:extend_schema(File) or if we have multi-tenancy: graphql:extend_schema(Schema, File). This will extend the current schema with the new definitions inside File and "monkey patch" the existing schema.
Typical use case: support a local schema definition for internal use only, but inherit everything from the public schema so it is a strict superset.