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| 1 | +# ExtendedTracer |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Utility methods to make it easier to use the OpenTelemetry tracer. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Usage Examples |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Here are some examples how the utility methods can help reduce boilerplate code. |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +### Tracing a function |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Before: |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +<!-- markdownlint-disable --> |
| 14 | +```java |
| 15 | +Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("reset_checkout").startSpan(); |
| 16 | +String transactionId; |
| 17 | +try (Scope scope = span.makeCurrent()) { |
| 18 | + transactionId = resetCheckout(cartId); |
| 19 | +} catch (Throwable e) { |
| 20 | + span.setStatus(StatusCode.ERROR); |
| 21 | + span.recordException(e); |
| 22 | + throw e; // or throw new RuntimeException(e) - depending on your error handling strategy |
| 23 | +} finally { |
| 24 | + span.end(); |
| 25 | +} |
| 26 | +``` |
| 27 | +<!-- markdownlint-enable --> |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +After: |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +```java |
| 32 | +import io.opentelemetry.extension.incubator.trace.ExtendedTracer; |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +ExtendedTracer extendedTracer = ExtendedTracer.create(tracer); |
| 35 | +String transactionId = extendedTracer.spanBuilder("reset_checkout").startAndCall(() -> resetCheckout(cartId)); |
| 36 | +``` |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +If you want to set attributes on the span, you can use the `startAndCall` method on the span builder: |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +```java |
| 41 | +import io.opentelemetry.extension.incubator.trace.ExtendedTracer; |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +ExtendedTracer extendedTracer = ExtendedTracer.create(tracer); |
| 44 | +String transactionId = extendedTracer.spanBuilder("reset_checkout") |
| 45 | + .setAttribute("foo", "bar") |
| 46 | + .startAndCall(() -> resetCheckout(cartId)); |
| 47 | +``` |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +Note: |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +- Use `startAndRun` instead of `startAndCall` if the function returns `void` (both on the tracer and span builder). |
| 52 | +- Exceptions are re-thrown without modification - see [Exception handling](#exception-handling) |
| 53 | + for more details. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +### Trace context propagation |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +Before: |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +```java |
| 60 | +Map<String, String> propagationHeaders = new HashMap<>(); |
| 61 | +openTelemetry |
| 62 | + .getPropagators() |
| 63 | + .getTextMapPropagator() |
| 64 | + .inject( |
| 65 | + Context.current(), |
| 66 | + propagationHeaders, |
| 67 | + (map, key, value) -> { |
| 68 | + if (map != null) { |
| 69 | + map.put(key, value); |
| 70 | + } |
| 71 | + }); |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +// add propagationHeaders to request headers and call checkout service |
| 74 | +``` |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +<!-- markdownlint-disable --> |
| 77 | +```java |
| 78 | +// in checkout service: get request headers into a Map<String, String> requestHeaders |
| 79 | +Map<String, String> requestHeaders = new HashMap<>(); |
| 80 | +String cartId = "cartId"; |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +SpanBuilder spanBuilder = tracer.spanBuilder("checkout_cart"); |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +TextMapGetter<Map<String, String>> TEXT_MAP_GETTER = |
| 85 | + new TextMapGetter<Map<String, String>>() { |
| 86 | + @Override |
| 87 | + public Set<String> keys(Map<String, String> carrier) { |
| 88 | + return carrier.keySet(); |
| 89 | + } |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | + @Override |
| 92 | + @Nullable |
| 93 | + public String get(@Nullable Map<String, String> carrier, String key) { |
| 94 | + return carrier == null ? null : carrier.get(key); |
| 95 | + } |
| 96 | + }; |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +Map<String, String> normalizedTransport = |
| 99 | + requestHeaders.entrySet().stream() |
| 100 | + .collect( |
| 101 | + Collectors.toMap( |
| 102 | + entry -> entry.getKey().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT), Map.Entry::getValue)); |
| 103 | +Context newContext = openTelemetry |
| 104 | + .getPropagators() |
| 105 | + .getTextMapPropagator() |
| 106 | + .extract(Context.current(), normalizedTransport, TEXT_MAP_GETTER); |
| 107 | +String transactionId; |
| 108 | +try (Scope ignore = newContext.makeCurrent()) { |
| 109 | + Span span = spanBuilder.setSpanKind(SERVER).startSpan(); |
| 110 | + try (Scope scope = span.makeCurrent()) { |
| 111 | + transactionId = processCheckout(cartId); |
| 112 | + } catch (Throwable e) { |
| 113 | + span.setStatus(StatusCode.ERROR); |
| 114 | + span.recordException(e); |
| 115 | + throw e; // or throw new RuntimeException(e) - depending on your error handling strategy |
| 116 | + } finally { |
| 117 | + span.end(); |
| 118 | + } |
| 119 | +} |
| 120 | +``` |
| 121 | +<!-- markdownlint-enable --> |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +After: |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +```java |
| 126 | +import io.opentelemetry.extension.incubator.propagation.ExtendedContextPropagators; |
| 127 | + |
| 128 | +Map<String, String> propagationHeaders = |
| 129 | + ExtendedContextPropagators.getTextMapPropagationContext(openTelemetry.getPropagators()); |
| 130 | +// add propagationHeaders to request headers and call checkout service |
| 131 | +``` |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | +```java |
| 134 | +import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind; |
| 135 | +import io.opentelemetry.extension.incubator.trace.ExtendedTracer; |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | +// in checkout service: get request headers into a Map<String, String> requestHeaders |
| 138 | +Map<String, String> requestHeaders = new HashMap<>(); |
| 139 | +String cartId = "cartId"; |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +ExtendedTracer extendedTracer = ExtendedTracer.create(tracer); |
| 142 | +String transactionId = extendedTracer.spanBuilder("checkout_cart") |
| 143 | + .setSpanKind(SpanKind.SERVER) |
| 144 | + .setParentFrom(openTelemetry.getPropagators(), requestHeaders) |
| 145 | + .startAndCall(() -> processCheckout(cartId)); |
| 146 | +``` |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | +## Exception handling |
| 149 | + |
| 150 | +`ExtendedTracer` re-throws exceptions without modification. This means you can |
| 151 | +catch exceptions around `ExtendedTracer` calls and handle them as you would without `ExtendedTracer`. |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +When an exception is encountered during an `ExtendedTracer` call, the span is marked as error and |
| 154 | +the exception is recorded. |
| 155 | + |
| 156 | +If you want to customize this behaviour, e.g. to only record the exception, because you are |
| 157 | +able to recover from the error, you can call the overloaded method of `startAndCall` or |
| 158 | +`startAndRun` that takes an exception handler: |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | +```java |
| 161 | +import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span; |
| 162 | +import io.opentelemetry.extension.incubator.trace.ExtendedTracer; |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | +ExtendedTracer extendedTracer = ExtendedTracer.create(tracer); |
| 165 | +String transactionId = extendedTracer.spanBuilder("checkout_cart") |
| 166 | + .startAndCall(() -> processCheckout(cartId), Span::recordException); |
| 167 | +``` |
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