OpenTelemetry.Trace.Tracer

public class Tracer

Tracer is the class responsible for creating TelemetrySpan.

public static TelemetrySpan CurrentSpan { get; }

Gets the current span from the context.

Sets the given span as the current one in the context.

public TelemetrySpan StartActiveSpan(string name, SpanKind kind, ref TelemetrySpan parentSpan, SpanAttributes initialAttributes = null, IEnumerable<Link> links = null, DateTimeOffset startTime = default)

Starts a span and make it the current active span.

public TelemetrySpan StartActiveSpan(string name, SpanKind kind = 1, ref SpanContext parentContext = null, SpanAttributes initialAttributes = null, IEnumerable<Link> links = null, DateTimeOffset startTime = default)

Starts a span and make it the current active span.

public TelemetrySpan StartRootSpan(string name, SpanKind kind = 1, SpanAttributes initialAttributes = null, IEnumerable<Link> links = null, DateTimeOffset startTime = default)

Starts root span.

public TelemetrySpan StartSpan(string name, SpanKind kind, ref TelemetrySpan parentSpan, SpanAttributes initialAttributes = null, IEnumerable<Link> links = null, DateTimeOffset startTime = default)

Starts a span and does not make it as current span.

public TelemetrySpan StartSpan(string name, SpanKind kind = 1, ref SpanContext parentContext = null, SpanAttributes initialAttributes = null, IEnumerable<Link> links = null, DateTimeOffset startTime = default)

Starts a span and does not make it as current span.