Implementations MAY assume SpanKind.INTERNAL to be default.
Generated from protobuf enumSPAN_KIND_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
INTERNAL
Value: 1
Indicates that the span is used internally. Default value.
Generated from protobuf enumINTERNAL = 1;
SERVER
Value: 2
Indicates that the span covers server-side handling of an RPC or other
remote network request.
Generated from protobuf enumSERVER = 2;
CLIENT
Value: 3
Indicates that the span covers the client-side wrapper around an RPC or
other remote request.
Generated from protobuf enumCLIENT = 3;
PRODUCER
Value: 4
Indicates that the span describes producer sending a message to a broker.
Unlike client and server, there is no direct critical path latency
relationship between producer and consumer spans (e.g. publishing a
message to a pubsub service).
Generated from protobuf enumPRODUCER = 4;
CONSUMER
Value: 5
Indicates that the span describes consumer receiving a message from a
broker. Unlike client and server, there is no direct critical path
latency relationship between producer and consumer spans (e.g. receiving
a message from a pubsub service subscription).
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