opentelemetry-go/api/trace/sampler.go

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package trace

import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/kv"

type Sampler interface {
	// ShouldSample returns a Decision that contains a decision whether to sample
	// or not sample the span to be created. Decision is based on a Sampler specific
	// algorithm that takes into account one or more input parameters.
	ShouldSample(
		sc SpanContext,
		remote bool,
		traceID ID,
		spanID SpanID,
		spanName string,
		spanKind SpanKind,
		attributes []kv.KeyValue,
		links []Link,
	) Decision

	// Description returns of the sampler. It contains its name or short description
	// and its configured properties.
	// For example 'ProbabilitySampler:{0.00001}'
	Description() string
}

type Decision struct {
	// Sampled is set true if the span should be sampled.
	Sampled bool

	// Attributes provides insight into Sample	r's decision process.
	// It could be empty slice or nil if no attributes are recorded by the sampler.
	Attributes []kv.KeyValue
}