class OpenTelemetry::Trace::Span

{Span} must be ended by calling {#finish}.
mechanism.
prevents the mis-use of spans as an in-process information propagation
resulting status. Span cannot be used to retrieve these properties. This
add additional properties to it like attributes, links, events, name and
Once Span {Tracer#start_span is created} - Span operations can be used to
sub-operations.
end-to-end latency and, optionally, one or more sub-spans for its
form a trace tree. Often, a trace contains a root span that describes the
Span represents a single operation within a trace. Spans can be nested to

def add_attributes(attributes)

Returns:
  • (self) - returns itself

Parameters:
  • attributes (Hash{String => String, Numeric, Boolean, Array}) -- 
def add_attributes(attributes)
  self
end

def add_event(name, attributes: nil, timestamp: nil)

Returns:
  • (self) - returns itself

Parameters:
  • timestamp (optional Time) -- Optional timestamp for the event.
  • (optional Hash{String => String, Numeric, Boolean, Array}) --
  • name (String) -- Name of the event. 
def add_event(name, attributes: nil, timestamp: nil)
  self
end

def add_link(link)

Returns:
  • (self) - returns itself

Parameters:
  • the (OpenTelemetry::Trace::Link) -- link object to add on the {Span}. 
def add_link(link)
  self
end

def finish(end_timestamp: nil)

Returns:
  • (self) - returns itself

Parameters:
  • end_timestamp (Time) -- optional end timestamp for the span. 
def finish(end_timestamp: nil)
  self
end

def initialize(span_context: nil)

Other tags:
    Api: - private 
def initialize(span_context: nil)
  @context = span_context || SpanContext.new
end

def name=(new_name); end

Returns:
  • (void) -

Parameters:
  • new_name (String) -- The new operation name, which supersedes 
def name=(new_name); end

def record_exception(exception, attributes: nil); end

Returns:
  • (void) -

Parameters:
  • (optional Hash{String => String, Numeric, Boolean, Array}) --
  • exception (Exception) -- The exception to recorded 
def record_exception(exception, attributes: nil); end

def recording?

Returns:
  • (Boolean) - true if this Span is active and recording information 
def recording?
  false
end

def set_attribute(key, value)

Returns:
  • (self) - returns itself

Parameters:
  • value (String, Boolean, Numeric, Array) --
  • key (String) -- 
def set_attribute(key, value)
  self
end

def status=(status); end

Returns:
  • (void) -

Parameters:
  • status (Status) -- The new status, which overrides the default Span 
def status=(status); end