silverstripe-framework/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/19_GraphQL/03_working_with_generic_types/01_creating_a_generic_type.md

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title: Creating a generic type
summary: Creating a type that doesn't map to a DataObject
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# Working with Generic Types

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## Creating a generic type

Let's create a simple type that will work with the inbuilt features of Silverstripe CMS.
We'll define some languages based on the `i18n` API.

**app/_graphql/types.yml**
```yaml
Country:
  fields:
    code: String!
    name: String!
```

We've defined a type called `Country` that has two fields: `code` and `name`. An example record
could be something like:

```php
[
    'code' => 'bt',
    'name' => 'Bhutan'
]
```

That's all we have to do for now! We'll need to tell GraphQL how to get this data, but first
we need to [building a custom query](building_a_custom_query) to see how we can use it.

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