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diff --git a/docs/tutorial/test.hs b/docs/tutorial/test.hs
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@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
+import qualified Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as ByteString.Lazy.Char8
+import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HashMap
+import Language.GraphQL
+import Language.GraphQL.Type
+import qualified Language.GraphQL.Type.Out as Out
+
+-- GraphQL supports 3 kinds of operations: queries, mutations and subscriptions.
+-- Our first schema supports only queries.
+citeSchema :: Schema IO
+citeSchema = schema queryType
+
+-- GraphQL distinguishes between input and output types. Input types are field
+-- argument types and they are defined in Language.GraphQL.Type.In. Output types
+-- are result types, they are defined in Language.GraphQL.Type.Out. Root types
+-- are always object types.
+--
+-- Here we define a type "Query". The second argument is an optional
+-- description, the third one is the list of interfaces implemented by the
+-- object type. The last argument is a field map. Keys are field names, values
+-- are field definitions and resolvers. Resolvers are the functions, where the
+-- actual logic lives, they return values for the respective fields.
+queryType :: Out.ObjectType IO
+queryType = Out.ObjectType "Query" (Just "Root Query type.") []
+ $ HashMap.singleton "cite" citeResolver
+ where
+ -- 'ValueResolver' is a 'Resolver' data constructor, it combines a field
+ -- definition with its resolver function. This function resolves a value for
+ -- a field (as opposed to the 'EventStreamResolver' used by subscriptions).
+ -- Our resolver just returns a constant value.
+ citeResolver = ValueResolver citeField
+ $ pure "Piscis primum a capite foetat"
+
+ -- The first argument is an optional field description. The second one is
+ -- the field type and the third one is for arguments (we have none in this
+ -- example).
+ --
+ -- GraphQL has named and wrapping types. String is a scalar, named type.
+ -- Named types are nullable by default. To make our "cite" field
+ -- non-nullable, we wrap it in the wrapping type, Non-Null.
+ citeField = Out.Field
+ (Just "Provides a cite.") (Out.NonNullScalarType string) HashMap.empty
+
+-- Now we can execute a query. Since our schema defines only one field,
+-- everything we can do is to ask to resolve it and give back the result.
+-- Since subscriptions don't return plain values, the 'graphql' function returns
+-- an 'Either'. 'Left' is for subscriptions, 'Right' is for queries and
+-- mutations.
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+ Right result <- graphql citeSchema "{ cite }"
+ ByteString.Lazy.Char8.putStrLn $ Aeson.encode result
+
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/tutorial.lhs b/docs/tutorial/tutorial.lhs
index dc44c1e..6a68e35 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/tutorial.lhs
+++ b/docs/tutorial/tutorial.lhs
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ Now, as our first example, we are going to look at the example from
First we build a GraphQL schema.
> schema1 :: Schema IO
-> schema1 = Schema
-> { query = queryType , mutation = Nothing , subscription = Nothing }
+> schema1 = schema queryType
>
> queryType :: ObjectType IO
> queryType = ObjectType "Query" Nothing []
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ This runs the query by fetching the one field defined, returning
For this example, we're going to be using time.
> schema2 :: Schema IO
-> schema2 = Schema
-> { query = queryType2, mutation = Nothing, subscription = Nothing }
+> schema2 = schema queryType2
>
> queryType2 :: ObjectType IO
> queryType2 = ObjectType "Query" Nothing []
@@ -115,8 +113,7 @@ This runs the query, returning the current time
Now that we have two resolvers, we can define a schema which uses them both.
> schema3 :: Schema IO
-> schema3 = Schema
-> { query = queryType3, mutation = Nothing, subscription = Nothing }
+> schema3 = schema queryType3
>
> queryType3 :: ObjectType IO
> queryType3 = ObjectType "Query" Nothing [] $ HashMap.fromList