SpanKind.cs

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#nullable enable

namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace;

/// <summary>
/// Span kind.
/// </summary>
public enum SpanKind
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Span kind was not specified.
    /// </summary>
    Internal = 1,

    /// <summary>
    /// Server span represents request incoming from external component.
    /// </summary>
    Server = 2,

    /// <summary>
    /// Client span represents outgoing request to the external component.
    /// </summary>
    Client = 3,

    /// <summary>
    /// Producer span represents output provided to external components. Unlike client and
    /// server, there is no direct critical path latency relationship between producer and consumer
    /// spans.
    /// </summary>
    Producer = 4,

    /// <summary>
    /// Consumer span represents output received from an external component. Unlike client and
    /// server, there is no direct critical path latency relationship between producer and consumer
    /// spans.
    /// </summary>
    Consumer = 5,
}