Class GraphQLScalarType

java.lang.Object
graphql.schema.GraphQLScalarType
All Implemented Interfaces:
GraphQLDirectiveContainer, GraphQLInputSchemaElement, GraphQLInputType, GraphQLNamedInputType, GraphQLNamedOutputType, GraphQLNamedSchemaElement, GraphQLNamedType, GraphQLNullableType, GraphQLOutputType, GraphQLSchemaElement, GraphQLType, GraphQLUnmodifiedType

A scalar type is a leaf node in the graphql tree of types. This class allows you to define new scalar types.
GraphQL provides a number of built‐in scalars, but type systems can add additional scalars with semantic meaning, for example, a GraphQL system could define a scalar called Time which, while serialized as a string, promises to conform to ISO‐8601. When querying a field of type Time, you can then rely on the ability to parse the result with an ISO‐8601 parser and use a client‐specific primitive for time.

From the spec : https://spec.graphql.org/October2021/#sec-Scalars

graphql-java ships with a set of predefined scalar types via Scalars

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