type
The type keyword is used in TypeQL for matching a type by its label.
Syntax
The syntax of a type statement includes:
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Subject — a concept variable
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Predicate — the
typekeyword -
Object — a type label
Syntax
<concept-variable> type <type label>;Behavior
TypeQL statements with the type keyword are used in match clauses.
The type keyword adds a constraint for a concept variable to be of a specified type.
Usage in a match pattern
For this example, use a database with the IAM schema and sample data loaded.
Let’s fetch the user entity type:
Fetch type example
match
$u type user;
fetch $u;See example output
Output example
{ "u": { "label": "user", "root": "entity" } }