Data loading workflow [DRAFT]

Workflow:

[Diagram]

1. Resolver: [FieldConfigInterface, QueryContextInterface, QueryInterface, QueryInterface]
2. Search Criteria creating [query, query parametrs, query context] => SearchCriteria
3. Data searhing [SearchCriteria] => matched identifiers
4. Data loading[query info, matched identifiers] => loaded data

Partipicsiants:

• ResolverInterface - entry point from an application

interface ResolverInterface
{
    public function resolve(
        FieldConfigInterface $fieldConfig,
        QueryInterface $query,
        QueryContextInterface $queryContext,        
        array $parentResolvedValue = []
    );
}

Ideally, initialize and pass just what resolver needed

• FieldConfigInterface - represents 'field' GraphQL config element

interface FieldConfigInterface extends \Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Config\ConfigElementInterface

• QueryContextInterface - represents context data

interface QueryContextInterface
{
    public function getStore(): StoreInterface;    
    public function getUser(): UserInterface;
}

Open question:

1. Immutability with setExtensionAttribues (for example for collect warnings)
2. Returning whole object or just identificator (store_code, user_id)

• QueryInterface - represents query structure and parameters

interface QueryInterface
{
    public function getStructure(): ResolveInfo    
    public function getArguments(): array;	
	public function getVariables(): array;
}

• array $parentResolvedValue - contains values resolved by parrent resolvers (container between resolvers)

• SearchCriteriaFactoryInreface - responsible for Search Criteria creating

interface SearchCriteriaFactoryInreface
{
    public function create(QueryInterface $query, QueryContextInterface $queryContext): SearchCriteriaInterface;    
}

• DataSearchInterface - responsible for matching and searching data

interface DataSearchInterface
{
    public function search(SearchCriteriaInterface $searchCriteria): array;    
}

Open question:

• Format of output data

• Work with current search API or using a lighter version

• Covering indexes (when the index contains enough data and don't need to load data from raw source)

• DataProviderInterface - responsible for loading data from raw storage

interface DataProviderInterface
{
    public function load(QueryStructure $queryStructure, QueryContextInterface $queryContext, array $identifiers): DataInterface;    
}

• QueryOutputProcessingInterface - responsible for processing data before output (for example set warnings to result)

interface QueryOutputProcessingInterface
{
    public function process(DataInterface $data): void;    
}

Base implementation works with \GraphQL\Executor\ExecutionResult (webonyx)