Merge SpanContext into Span and make DefaultSpan private #1712

anuraaga · 2020-09-26T08:47:44Z

While open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#999 won't be merged, I think we can say that we have SpanContext, it just happens to be merged into Span as an implementation detail.

The API seems to be vastly simplified by this change. Far less dancing, no creating a Span just to have a container for storing in Context - we always just work with Spans. No need to explain to users what the difference between SpanContext and Context is, we only have one context. How to link to a span? Add a link to the span.

I noticed that we use DefaultSpan for three purposes currently

A propagated span, as in Define Propagation-only Span to simplify active Span logic in Context. opentelemetry-specification#994. I added Span.getPropagated
An unsampled, no-op span. I added Span.getUnsampled, though not sure it's a better name than Span.getNoop
A test span just to use as a holder of context in unit tests. I just used Span.getPropagated for most of these though it's not technically precise, but we could just as easily define a test utility for this and I don't think it's a huge deal

Let me know any thoughts. Will finish up with javadoc if seems ok.

Fixes #1704
Fixes #1135

codecov · 2020-09-26T09:03:12Z

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Merging #1712 into master will decrease coverage by 0.19%.
The diff coverage is 86.03%.

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...pentelemetry/opentracingshim/ScopeManagerShim.java	`72.72% <0.00%> (-9.10%)`	`5.00 <0.00> (ø)`
.../main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/Sampler.java	`100.00% <ø> (ø)`	`0.00 <0.00> (ø)`
...telemetry/sdk/trace/export/BatchSpanProcessor.java	`86.00% <0.00%> (-3.34%)`	`8.00 <1.00> (ø)`
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...opentelemetry/opentracingshim/SpanBuilderShim.java	`54.16% <33.33%> (-0.48%)`	`22.00 <1.00> (ø)`
...telemetry/extensions/trace/propagation/Common.java	`72.22% <50.00%> (ø)`	`10.00 <0.00> (ø)`
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.../main/java/io/opentelemetry/trace/DefaultSpan.java	`70.21% <66.66%> (-10.56%)`	`26.00 <12.00> (+7.00)`	⬇️
api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/trace/Span.java	`81.25% <70.00%> (-18.75%)`	`7.00 <7.00> (+7.00)`	⬇️
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Oberon00 · 2020-09-26T11:14:02Z

api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/trace/Link.java

+  String getTraceIdAsHexString();
+
+  String getSpanIdAsHexString();
+
+  TraceState getTraceState();
+
+  byte getTraceFlags();


This actually seems worse than before. Could we return a DefaultSpan here instead?

Link is strange in being over-coupled to export right now. I don't think export structures should be based on e.g., Span so I'll look at it in #1714.

Oberon00 · 2020-09-26T11:16:29Z

This PR is already huge. I suggest moving the "make DefaultSpan private" to a separate/follow-up PR. You could select this PR's branch as target branch and link it in the PR description. Or ensure it is separate in the commit history of this PR at least.

anuraaga · 2020-09-26T11:42:31Z

@Oberon00 I found a lot of code using SpanContext and DefaultSpan interchangeably. So I think the story of this PR isn't complete without combining both. If the direction is ok, I can split out the DefaultSpan visibility change if others also find it changes the reviewability significantly.

bogdandrutu

This needs to go to the specs, because we remove an important concept from the API

anuraaga · 2020-09-27T01:08:09Z

Yeah but since open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#999 is marked after-ga it won't be acted on right? Are we stuck with the cruft because of that? I would still say we haven't really removed anything, it's just a matter of presentation within the Java code.

trask · 2020-09-27T02:35:27Z

opentracing_shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/SpanContextShim.java

+  private final String traceId;
+  private final String spanId;
+  private final byte traceFlags;
+  private final TraceState traceState;


does it work to store a propagated Span here instead?

trask · 2020-09-27T03:02:49Z

@bogdandrutu can you give us some options for how we can move forward with this before GA?

This looks like a really good change, especially now with Propagated Span, SpanContext class doesn't seem to be pulling any weight.

I also think this is a very good point from @anuraaga:

When users come to tracing for the first time, I think they understand the concept of a span. And they notice that a span is supposed to have a trace id and span id, they see this in tracing UIs. The presence of SpanContext seems to just add indirection that complicates the model for new users. It's especially confusing with a similarly named but very different Context.

trask · 2020-09-27T11:09:15Z

@anuraaga maybe go ahead and send spec PR for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#999? IIRC after-ga means not required for ga, it doesn't preclude a spec PR from being accepted prior to GA, I would think especially a spec PR that doesn't require other SDKs to do any new work

Oberon00 · 2020-09-27T12:18:38Z

Spec is already frozen for non-editorial changes. Maybe you can get an exception for that one though? As it does not increase (required) work for SIGs.

trask · 2020-09-28T04:07:16Z

I added this topic to the maintainers meeting agenda for tomorrow to explore our options

anuraaga · 2020-09-28T04:18:57Z

@trask (I think) it's just a one line change so doesn't hurt to make a PR indeed :) open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#1022

iNikem · 2020-09-28T04:31:18Z

Does current spec prevent us from having SpanContext as interface, btw?

anuraaga · 2020-09-28T04:35:21Z

@iNikem Nope that was changed in open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#969. So for issues of bridging, I think an interface would be fine too if this can't be accepted. But I realized the API could be made much simpler here while working on that PR :)

iNikem · 2020-09-28T04:39:03Z

If we make SpanContext an interface, and make Span implement it, maybe we can still simplify Java API significantly without direct contradiction to spec?

anuraaga · 2020-09-28T07:26:12Z

@iNikem Didn't think of that idea - seems to be an ok option if SpanContext must survive but a bit of an unnecessary interface. Guess I can start with it to get this out of draft

carlosalberto · 2020-09-29T14:15:24Z

opentracing_shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/ScopeManagerShim.java

    io.opentelemetry.trace.Span span = tracer().getCurrentSpan();
-    if (DefaultSpan.getInvalid().equals(span)) {
+    if (!span.isValid()) {


Slightly incorrect, as in OT it's possible to set an invalid Span (one with zero-ed ids) as the active instance. We should check against Span.getInvalid()

Do you think you can give me a unit test that fails with the current code? OTel has many invalid checks, for example in instrumentation - I'd be surprised if we could even support a zero'd but live span in OTel. I'm guessing OT would propagate such a span, but OTel won't - so maybe we can just unify this behavior with the OTel semantics? Anyways a unit test would probably make things very clear, I'm not changing it back if we can't get the current code to fail first :)

Another way to phrase my point of confusion - I would think returning a singleton for an invalid span is a performance optimization but wouldn't expect any behavior change. So if the use of a singleton is relied on here, it's unexpected and seems fragile. If it's required I need to add some more detailed docs.

Not supporting valid spans with all zero trace or span ID is something that irks me about OTel actually, see open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#753

anuraaga · 2020-10-13T08:06:52Z

Separated out #1791 so closing this

anuraaga requested review from trask, carlosalberto, jkwatson and bogdandrutu September 26, 2020 08:47

Merge SpanContext into Span.

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OTel isn't null

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Link should be implemented in Span, not SpanData #1714

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Allow SpanContext to be exposed directly on Span. open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#1022

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Merge SpanContext into Span open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification#1033

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Remove DefaultSpan from public API. #1791

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