// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package trace import ( "context" "fmt" "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute" ) /* Sometimes information about a runtime environment can change dynamically or be delayed from startup. Instead of continuously recreating and distributing a TracerProvider with an immutable Resource or delaying the startup of your application on a slow-loading piece of information, annotate the created spans dynamically using a SpanProcessor. */ var ( // owner represents the owner of the application. In this example it is // stored as a simple string, but in real-world use this may be the // response to an asynchronous request. owner = "unknown" ownerKey = attribute.Key("owner") ) // Annotator is a SpanProcessor that adds attributes to all started spans. type Annotator struct { // AttrsFunc is called when a span is started. The attributes it returns // are set on the Span being started. AttrsFunc func() []attribute.KeyValue } func (a Annotator) OnStart(_ context.Context, s ReadWriteSpan) { s.SetAttributes(a.AttrsFunc()...) } func (a Annotator) Shutdown(context.Context) error { return nil } func (a Annotator) ForceFlush(context.Context) error { return nil } func (a Annotator) OnEnd(s ReadOnlySpan) { attr := s.Attributes()[0] fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", attr.Key, attr.Value.AsString()) } func ExampleSpanProcessor_annotated() { a := Annotator{ AttrsFunc: func() []attribute.KeyValue { return []attribute.KeyValue{ownerKey.String(owner)} }, } tracer := NewTracerProvider(WithSpanProcessor(a)).Tracer("annotated") // Simulate the situation where we want to annotate spans with an owner, // but at startup we do not now this information. Instead of waiting for // the owner to be known before starting and blocking here, start doing // work and update when the information becomes available. ctx := context.Background() _, s0 := tracer.Start(ctx, "span0") // Simulate an asynchronous call to determine the owner succeeding. We now // know that the owner of this application has been determined to be // Alice. Make sure all subsequent spans are annotated appropriately. owner = "alice" _, s1 := tracer.Start(ctx, "span1") s0.End() s1.End() // Output: // owner: unknown // owner: alice }