In this section, we will learn about the Hot Chocolate GraphQL server execution engine.

Request Middleware

The GraphQL execution is abstracted into a request pipeline composed of many request middleware. Each request middleware represents one part of executing a GraphQL request, like the parsing of the GraphQL request document or the semantical validation of the GraphQL request document.

Field middleware

Field middleware allows us to create reusable logic that is run before or after a resolver. It also allows us to access or even modify the result produced by a resolver.

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Resolver Compiler

The resolver compiler will compile for each resolver an optimized resolver pipeline. The resolver compiler can be customized by providing parameter expression builder.