Add "Directives All the Way Down" blog post - #10062
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Pull request overview
Adds a new website blog post announcing Hot Chocolate 16.4 support for applying directives to directive definitions (“directives all the way down”), including examples for SDL, implementation-first, and code-first, plus introspection and non-deprecation use cases.
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- Adds a new blog post explaining the GraphQL spec change (DIRECTIVE_DEFINITION) and Hot Chocolate 16.4 support.
- Includes practical examples for deprecating directives and reading the new introspection fields/arguments.
- Links readers to the corresponding docs section for full reference.
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| description: "GraphQL directives can now be applied to directive definitions themselves in Hot Chocolate 16.4, so you can finally deprecate a directive and attach metadata to your schema's own extension points." | ||
| tags: ["hotchocolate", "graphql", "directives", "deprecation"] | ||
| featuredImage: "header.png" |
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Summary
@deprecated, and the introspection surface (__Directive.isDeprecated/deprecationReason,__Schema.directives(includeDeprecated:)).@requiresOptIn,@tag, bring-your-own metadata directives) and closes by inviting reader use cases.(Pure content addition, so no test plan.)