A way to query on an empty array yaml data

Yaml files are in src/data. If you simply create a yaml file with an empty array, the yaml file won't be picked up as a graphql query type at load.

e.g.

# src/data/empty_array.yml

[]

query like this will fail since allEmptyArrayYaml itself doesn't exist.

{
  allEmptyArrayYaml{
    edges{
      node{
        character
      }
    }
  }
}

To avoid this query type mis-load, I placed a dummy type definition yaml (type_def.yml) file in src/data/array and src/data/empty_array. Then, when to query, filter the definition data to fetch only needed.

e.g.

{
  # unfilterd all results
  allArrayYaml{
    edges{
      node{
        data{
          character
        }
      }
    }
  }

  # unfilterd all results
  allEmptyArrayYaml{
    edges{
      node{
        data{
          character
        }
      }
    }
  }

  # remove definition data
  # shows array data in object.yml
  filteredAllArrayYaml: allArrayYaml(filter:{ data:{elemMatch:{typeDef: {ne: true}}}}){
    edges{
      node{
        data{
          character
        }
      }
    }
  }

  # remove definition data
  # returns null instead of [], but it won't cause a build error
  filteredAllEmptyArrayYaml: allEmptyArrayYaml(filter:{ data:{elemMatch:{typeDef: {ne: true}}}}){
    edges{
      node{
        data{
          character
        }
      }
    }
  }
}