'Enum String' types

Certain pieces of information can only have a value from a predefined set, which should ideally be modeled using an Enum type. However, enum types have the limitation that its values can't include the "-" char, and there are ocassions when this can't be avoided.

For instance, it would make sense to have a CustomPostEnum enum type, listing all the custom post types that can be queried (i.e. those registered in the site, and which have been allowed to be queried). However, custom post types can include the "-" char in their names, as in the "some-custom-cpt" example below:

{
  customPosts(
    filter: {
      customPostTypes: ["post", "product", "some-custom-cpt"]
    }
  ) {
    # ...
  }
}Copy

Because of this limitation, this type cannot be an enum type. Instead, Gato GraphQL implements it as a custom "Enum String" type, which is a String type that can only receive a value from a pre-defined set, similar to an Enum.

Examples of EnumString types implemented in the GraphQL schema include:

• CustomPostEnumString
• TagTaxonomyEnumString
• CategoryTaxonomyEnumString
• MenuLocationEnumString

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Introspection: Querying the possible values for the "Enum String" types

We can retrieve the list of accepted values for each EnumString type via introspection:

query EnumStringTypePossibleValues {
  __schema {
    types {
      name
      extensions {
        # This will print the enum-like "possible values" for EnumString type resolvers, or `null` otherwise
        possibleValues
      }
    }
  }
}Copy