graphql/utilities/extendSchema.d.ts

import { DocumentNode } from '../language/ast';
import { GraphQLSchemaValidationOptions, GraphQLSchema } from '../type/schema';

interface Options extends GraphQLSchemaValidationOptions {
  /**
   * Descriptions are defined as preceding string literals, however an older
   * experimental version of the SDL supported preceding comments as
   * descriptions. Set to true to enable this deprecated behavior.
   * This option is provided to ease adoption and will be removed in v16.
   *
   * Default: false
   */
  commentDescriptions?: boolean;

  /**
   * Set to true to assume the SDL is valid.
   *
   * Default: false
   */
  assumeValidSDL?: boolean;
}

/**
 * Produces a new schema given an existing schema and a document which may
 * contain GraphQL type extensions and definitions. The original schema will
 * remain unaltered.
 *
 * Because a schema represents a graph of references, a schema cannot be
 * extended without effectively making an entire copy. We do not know until it's
 * too late if subgraphs remain unchanged.
 *
 * This algorithm copies the provided schema, applying extensions while
 * producing the copy. The original schema remains unaltered.
 *
 * Accepts options as a third argument:
 *
 *    - commentDescriptions:
 *        Provide true to use preceding comments as the description.
 *
 */
export function extendSchema(
  schema: GraphQLSchema,
  documentAST: DocumentNode,
  options?: Options,
): GraphQLSchema;