NAME

OpenTelemetry::Propagator - An abstract interface for OpenTelemetry propagators

SYNOPSIS

use Object::Pad;

class My::Propagator :does(OpenTelemetry::Propagator) {
    method extract { ... }
    method inject  { ... }
    method keys    { ... }
}

my $propagator = My::Propagator->new;

# Inject data from the context to a carrier
my $carrier = {};
$propagator->inject( $carrier, $context );

# Extract data from a carrier to the context
my $new_context = $propagator->extract( $carrier, $context );

# Reset the carrier for further operations
delete @{$carrier}{ $propagator->keys };

DESCRIPTION

This package provides an Object::Pad role that defines the interface that OpenTelemetry propagator classes should implement. Propagators are objects that can interact with the context (which can be either an implicit or explicit instance of OpenTelemetry::Context) and inject or extract data using a variety of different formats.

It is the responsibility of propagator classes implementing this interface to define those formats.

METHODS

Although there is unfortunately no way to currently enforce it, this document describes the way the methods of a class implementing this role are expected to behave.

inject

$propagator = $propagator->inject(
    $carrier,
    $context // OpenTelemetry::Context->current,
    $setter  // OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TextMap::SETTER,
)

Injects data from the context into a carrier. Must take a mandatory reference to a carrier data structure into which the data will be injected, and an optional instance of OpenTelemetry::Context from where the data will be read. If no context is provided, the current context must be used.

To support different kinds of carriers, a setter subroutine reference can be passed as the third argument. This setter subroutine will be called with the carrier and a key / value pair, and is expected to store the value under the key in the carrier. If no setter is provided, classes implementing this interface should provide a default setter that is suitable for their use case.

This method must return the calling propagator.

extract

$new_context = $propagator->extract(
    $carrier,
    $context // OpenTelemetry::Context->current,
    $getter  // OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TextMap::GETTER,
)

Extracts data from a carrier into the context. Must take a mandatory reference to a carrier data structure from where the data will be extracted, and an optional instance of OpenTelemetry::Context into which the data will be written. If no context is provided, the current context must be used.

To support different kinds of carriers, a getter subroutine reference can be passed as the third argument. This getter will be called with the carrier and a string to be used as a key, and is expected to return the value stored under that key in the carrier. If no getter is provided, the default getter from OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TextMap will be used, which assumes the carrier can be used as a hash reference.

This method must return a new instance of OpenTelemetry::Context with the values from the provided context, and holding the data extracted from the carrier.

keys

@keys = $propagator->keys

Returns the list of keys under which this propagator injects data into a carrier. If the carrier needs to be cleared, these are the keys that need to be deleted.

SEE ALSO

OpenTelemetry::Context

OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TextMap

OpenTelemetry::Propagator::Composite

OpenTelemetry::Propagator::Baggage

OpenTelemetry::Propagator::TraceContext

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2023 by José Joaquín Atria.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.