trace.go raw
1 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
2 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
3
4 package otel // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
5
6 import (
7 "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
8 "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
9 )
10
11 // Tracer creates a named tracer that implements Tracer interface.
12 // If the name is an empty string then provider uses default name.
13 //
14 // This is short for GetTracerProvider().Tracer(name, opts...)
15 func Tracer(name string, opts ...trace.TracerOption) trace.Tracer {
16 return GetTracerProvider().Tracer(name, opts...)
17 }
18
19 // GetTracerProvider returns the registered global trace provider.
20 // If none is registered then an instance of NoopTracerProvider is returned.
21 //
22 // Use the trace provider to create a named tracer. E.g.
23 //
24 // tracer := otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer("example.com/foo")
25 //
26 // or
27 //
28 // tracer := otel.Tracer("example.com/foo")
29 func GetTracerProvider() trace.TracerProvider {
30 return global.TracerProvider()
31 }
32
33 // SetTracerProvider registers `tp` as the global trace provider.
34 func SetTracerProvider(tp trace.TracerProvider) {
35 global.SetTracerProvider(tp)
36 }
37