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Circular import solution
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Description
I would like to contribute a solution to the circular import problem. As far as I can see, currently this problem has some workaround through the `Dynamic` type:
https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene/issues/522#issuecomment-626075061
From my point of view strategy described in this link is pretty much elegant, since it uses `type` argument from Scheme constructor, which has relevant description:
```
types (List[GraphQLType], optional): List of any types to include in schema that
may not be introspected through root types.
```
But instead of creating new types and making syntax even more complicated and non-readable, I would like to propose a solution with schema pushing down to the `import_string` method from utils.
Apparently, it was not difficult task:
I made fast and simple changes in interfaces, in order to do this:
Changed `type` method interface of `Field` class:
```python
def type(self, schema):
return get_type(self._type, schema)
```
Then reducer invocation [here](https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene/blob/e24ac547d670d90931cc2392d2330787747c041f/graphene/types/schema.py#L299) :
```python
def construct_fields_for_type(self, map, type, is_input_type=False):
fields = OrderedDict()
for name, field in type._meta.fields.items():
if isinstance(field, Dynamic):
field = get_field_as(field.get_type(self.schema), _as=Field)
if not field:
continue
map = self.reducer(map, field.type(self.schema))
field_type = self.get_field_type(map, field.type(self.schema))
```
Small changes for `get_type` method:
```python
def get_type(_type, schema=None):
if isinstance(_type, string_types):
return import_string(_type, schema=schema)
```
```python
def import_string(type_name, dotted_attributes=None, schema=None):
if schema:
try:
scheme_type = next(type_ for type_ in schema.types if type_._meta.name == type_name)
return scheme_type
except StopIteration:
pass
....
```
At the end of a day I was able to run code from [link](https://github.com/graphql-python/graphene/issues/522#issuecomment-626075061) without problems.
```python
from graphene import ObjectType, List
class FooBarBaz(ObjectType):
foo_bars = List('FooBar', required= True)
```
It is a small fix, I made them with respect to my first impression of graphene structure.
Please, give me feedback, if this solution is okay for you, I will make a pull request.
If not, please, describe why and how can I then avoid circular import
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