Equal sign inside object destructuring curly braces

Question

I saw this statement in Graphql directive definition:

const { resolve = defaultFieldResolver } = field;

I know the part const { resolve } = field; means getting resolve property of the field object out and storing it in a local variable resolve. But what I'm coming across for the first time is the = defaultFieldResolver part. What does the equal sign do here? I've done a thorough google search but maybe I'm not aware of the right keyword to search or this is probably something new.

Here's the link of the article where I saw this.

Thanks a bunch.

It provides a default value if `field` doesn't have a `resolve` property. — Barmar, Jun 04 '21 at 23:24

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '21 at 23:25

That means if field contains a resolve property, extract it:

const defaultFieldResolver = 'defaultFieldResolver';

const field = { resolve: 'resolve' };

const { resolve = defaultFieldResolver } = field;

console.log(resolve);

If field doesn't contain a resolve property, assign defaultFieldResolver to the resolve variable instead.

const defaultFieldResolver = 'defaultFieldResolver';

const field = {};

const { resolve = defaultFieldResolver } = field;

console.log(resolve);

Equal sign inside object destructuring curly braces

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