feat(sdk-trace-base)!: remove BasicTracerProvider#register() to impro…

…ve tree-shaking (#5503)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ For semantic convention package changes, see the [semconv CHANGELOG](packages/se
   * (user-facing): `ENVIRONMENT` has been removed without replacement
   * (user-facing): `RAW_ENVIRONMENT` has been removed without replacement
   * (user-facing): `parseEnvironment` has been removed without replacement
+* feat(sdk-trace-base): remove `BasicTracerProvider#register()` to improve tree-shaking [#5503](/~https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5503) @pichlermarc
+  * (user-facing): `BasicTracerProvider#register()` has been removed
+    * to register a global propagator, please use `propagation.setGlobalPropagator()` from `@opentelemetry/api`
+    * to register a global context manager, please use `context.setGlobalContextManager()` from `@opentelemetry/api`
 * feat!: set compilation target to ES2022 for all packages except `@opentelemetry/api`, `@opentelemetry/api-logs`, `@opentelemetry/api-events`, and `@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions` [#5456](/~https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/5456) @david-luna
   * (user-facing): drops browser runtimes which do not support ES2022 features
 

examples/basic-tracer-node/index.js

@@ -5,20 +5,13 @@ const { resourceFromAttributes } = require('@opentelemetry/resources');
 const { SEMRESATTRS_SERVICE_NAME } = require('@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions');
 const { BasicTracerProvider, ConsoleSpanExporter, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
 const { JaegerExporter } = require('@opentelemetry/exporter-jaeger');
+const { AsyncLocalStorageContextManager } = require("@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks");
+const {CompositePropagator, W3CTraceContextPropagator, W3CBaggagePropagator} = require("@opentelemetry/core");
 
 // Configure span processor to send spans to the exporter
 const exporter = new JaegerExporter({
   endpoint: 'http://localhost:14268/api/traces',
 });
-const provider = new BasicTracerProvider({
-  resource: resourceFromAttributes({
-    [SEMRESATTRS_SERVICE_NAME]: 'basic-service',
-  }),
-  spanProcessors: [
-    new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter),
-    new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()),
-  ]
-});
 
 /**
  * Initialize the OpenTelemetry APIs to use the BasicTracerProvider bindings.
@@ -29,7 +22,21 @@ const provider = new BasicTracerProvider({
  * do not register a global tracer provider, instrumentation which calls these
  * methods will receive no-op implementations.
  */
-provider.register();
+opentelemetry.trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(new BasicTracerProvider({
+  resource: resourceFromAttributes({
+    [SEMRESATTRS_SERVICE_NAME]: 'basic-service',
+  }),
+  spanProcessors: [
+    new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter),
+    new SimpleSpanProcessor(new ConsoleSpanExporter()),
+  ]
+}));
+opentelemetry.context.setGlobalContextManager(new AsyncLocalStorageContextManager());
+opentelemetry.propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new CompositePropagator({ propagators: [
+  new W3CTraceContextPropagator(),
+    new W3CBaggagePropagator()]
+}));
+
 const tracer = opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('example-basic-tracer-node');
 
 // Create a span. A span must be closed.

experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc/README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To see documentation and sample code for the metric exporter, see the [exporter-
 The OTLPTraceExporter in Node expects the URL to only be the hostname. It will not work with `/v1/traces`.
 
 ```js
-const { BasicTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
+const { NodeTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
 const { OTLPTraceExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc');
 
 const collectorOptions = {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const collectorOptions = {
 };
 
 const exporter = new OTLPTraceExporter(collectorOptions);
-const provider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter)]
 });
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ By default, plaintext connection is used. In order to use TLS in Node.js, provid
 const fs = require('fs');
 const grpc = require('@grpc/grpc-js');
 
-const { BasicTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
+const { NodeTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
 const { OTLPTraceExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc');
 
 const collectorOptions = {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ const collectorOptions = {
 };
 
 const exporter = new OTLPTraceExporter(collectorOptions);
-const provider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter)]
 });
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ The exporter can be configured to send custom metadata with each request as in t
 ```js
 const grpc = require('@grpc/grpc-js');
 
-const { BasicTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
+const { NodeTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
 const { OTLPTraceExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-grpc');
 
 const metadata = new grpc.Metadata();
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ const collectorOptions = {
 };
 
 const exporter = new OTLPTraceExporter(collectorOptions);
-const provider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter)]
 });
 

experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-http/README.md

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ provider.register();
 ## Traces in Node - JSON over http
 
 ```js
-const { BasicTracerProvider, BatchSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
+const { NodeTracerProvider, BatchSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
 const { OTLPTraceExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http');
 
 const collectorOptions = {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const collectorOptions = {
 };
 
 const exporter = new OTLPTraceExporter(collectorOptions);
-const provider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   spanProcessors: [
     new BatchSpanProcessor(exporter, {
       // The maximum queue size. After the size is reached spans are dropped.

experimental/packages/exporter-trace-otlp-proto/README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ To see documentation and sample code for the metric exporter, see the [exporter-
 ## Traces in Node - PROTO over http
 
 ```js
-const { BasicTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
+const { NodeTracerProvider, SimpleSpanProcessor } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node');
 const { OTLPTraceExporter } =  require('@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-proto');
 
 const collectorOptions = {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const collectorOptions = {
 };
 
 const exporter = new OTLPTraceExporter(collectorOptions);
-const provider = new BasicTracerProvider({
+const provider = new NodeTracerProvider({
   spanProcessors: [new SimpleSpanProcessor(exporter)]
 });
 

integration-tests/propagation-validation-server/validation-server.js

@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ propagation.setGlobalPropagator(new W3CTraceContextPropagator());
 // set global context manager
 context.setGlobalContextManager(new AsyncHooksContextManager());
 
-// Create a provider for activating and tracking spans
-const tracerProvider = new BasicTracerProvider();
-
-// Register the tracer
-tracerProvider.register();
+// set global tracer provider
+trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(new BasicTracerProvider());
 
 // Get a tracer
 const tracer = trace.getTracer("w3c-tests");

packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/README.md

@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ The `tracing` module contains the foundation for all tracing SDKs of [openteleme
 
 Used standalone, this module provides methods for manual instrumentation of code, offering full control over span creation for client-side JavaScript (browser) and Node.js.
 
-It does **not** provide automated instrumentation of known libraries, context propagation for asynchronous invocations or distributed-context out-of-the-box.
+It does **not** provide automated instrumentation of known libraries, context propagation or distributed-context out-of-the-box.
 
-For automated instrumentation for Node.js, please see
+For a `TracerProvider` that includes default context management and propagation for Node.js, please see
 [@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node](/~https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node).
 
+For a `TracerProvider` that includes default context management and propagation for Browser, please see
+[@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-web](/~https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/tree/main/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web).
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
@@ -22,16 +25,20 @@ npm install --save @opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base
 ## Usage
 
 ```js
-const opentelemetry = require('@opentelemetry/api');
+const { trace } = require('@opentelemetry/api');
 const { BasicTracerProvider } = require('@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base');
 
 // To start a trace, you first need to initialize the Tracer provider.
 // NOTE: The default OpenTelemetry tracer provider does not record any tracing information.
 //       Registering a working tracer provider allows the API methods to record traces.
-new BasicTracerProvider().register();
+trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(new BasicTracerProvider());
+
+// Important: requires a context manager and propagator to be registered manually.
+// propagation.setGlobalPropagator(propagator);     // replace `propagator` with your `TextMapPropagator`, for example: `W3CTraceContextPropagator` from `@openetelemetry/core`
+// context.setGlobalContextManager(contextManager); // replace `contextManager` with your `ContextManager`: `AsyncLocalStorageContextManager` from `@openetelemetry/async-hooks`
 
 // To create a span in a trace, we used the global singleton tracer to start a new span.
-const span = opentelemetry.trace.getTracer('default').startSpan('foo');
+const span = trace.getTracer('default').startSpan('foo');
 
 // Set a span attribute
 span.setAttribute('key', 'value');

packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/BasicTracerProvider.ts

@@ -14,26 +14,14 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import {
-  context,
-  propagation,
-  TextMapPropagator,
-  trace,
-  TracerProvider,
-  Tracer as ApiTracer,
-} from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import {
-  CompositePropagator,
-  W3CBaggagePropagator,
-  W3CTraceContextPropagator,
-  merge,
-} from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import { TracerProvider, Tracer as ApiTracer } from '@opentelemetry/api';
+import { merge } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { defaultResource, Resource } from '@opentelemetry/resources';
 import { SpanProcessor } from './SpanProcessor';
 import { Tracer } from './Tracer';
 import { loadDefaultConfig } from './config';
 import { MultiSpanProcessor } from './MultiSpanProcessor';
-import { SDKRegistrationConfig, TracerConfig } from './types';
+import { TracerConfig } from './types';
 import { reconfigureLimits } from './utility';
 
 export enum ForceFlushState {
@@ -43,10 +31,6 @@ export enum ForceFlushState {
   'unresolved',
 }
 
-function getDefaultPropagators(): TextMapPropagator[] {
-  return [new W3CTraceContextPropagator(), new W3CBaggagePropagator()];
-}
-
 /**
  * This class represents a basic tracer provider which platform libraries can extend
  */
@@ -99,31 +83,6 @@ export class BasicTracerProvider implements TracerProvider {
     return this._tracers.get(key)!;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Register this TracerProvider for use with the OpenTelemetry API.
-   * Undefined values may be replaced with defaults, and
-   * null values will be skipped.
-   *
-   * @param config Configuration object for SDK registration
-   */
-  register(config: SDKRegistrationConfig = {}): void {
-    trace.setGlobalTracerProvider(this);
-
-    if (config.contextManager) {
-      context.setGlobalContextManager(config.contextManager);
-    }
-
-    // undefined means "unset", null means don't register propagator
-    if (config.propagator !== null) {
-      propagation.setGlobalPropagator(
-        config.propagator ??
-          new CompositePropagator({
-            propagators: getDefaultPropagators(),
-          })
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
   forceFlush(): Promise<void> {
     const timeout = this._config.forceFlushTimeoutMillis;
     const promises = this._activeSpanProcessor['_spanProcessors'].map(

packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/test/common/BasicTracerProvider.test.ts

@@ -20,15 +20,8 @@ import {
   SpanContext,
   TraceFlags,
   ROOT_CONTEXT,
-  TextMapPropagator,
-  TextMapSetter,
-  Context,
-  TextMapGetter,
-  propagation,
   diag,
-  ContextManager,
 } from '@opentelemetry/api';
-import { CompositePropagator } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import { TraceState } from '@opentelemetry/core';
 import {
   defaultResource,
@@ -49,28 +42,8 @@ import { SpanImpl } from '../../src/Span';
 import { MultiSpanProcessor } from '../../src/MultiSpanProcessor';
 import { Tracer } from '../../src/Tracer';
 
-class DummyPropagator implements TextMapPropagator {
-  inject(context: Context, carrier: any, setter: TextMapSetter<any>): void {
-    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-  }
-  extract(context: Context, carrier: any, getter: TextMapGetter<any>): Context {
-    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-  }
-  fields(): string[] {
-    throw new Error('Method not implemented.');
-  }
-}
-
 describe('BasicTracerProvider', () => {
-  let setGlobalPropagatorStub: sinon.SinonSpy<[TextMapPropagator], boolean>;
-  let setGlobalContextManagerStub: sinon.SinonSpy<[ContextManager], boolean>;
-
   beforeEach(() => {
-    // to avoid actually registering the TraceProvider and leaking env to other tests
-    sinon.stub(trace, 'setGlobalTracerProvider');
-    setGlobalPropagatorStub = sinon.spy(propagation, 'setGlobalPropagator');
-    setGlobalContextManagerStub = sinon.spy(context, 'setGlobalContextManager');
-
     context.disable();
   });
 
@@ -312,65 +285,6 @@ describe('BasicTracerProvider', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('.register()', () => {
-    describe('propagator', () => {
-      it('should be set to a given value if it it provided', () => {
-        const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
-        provider.register({
-          propagator: new DummyPropagator(),
-        });
-
-        sinon.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(
-          setGlobalPropagatorStub,
-          sinon.match.instanceOf(DummyPropagator)
-        );
-      });
-
-      it('should use w3c trace context and baggage propagators by default', () => {
-        const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
-        provider.register();
-
-        sinon.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(
-          setGlobalPropagatorStub,
-          sinon.match.instanceOf(CompositePropagator)
-        );
-        assert.deepStrictEqual(setGlobalPropagatorStub.args[0][0].fields(), [
-          'traceparent',
-          'tracestate',
-          'baggage',
-        ]);
-      });
-    });
-    describe('contextManager', () => {
-      it('should not be set if not provided', () => {
-        const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
-        provider.register();
-
-        sinon.assert.notCalled(setGlobalContextManagerStub);
-      });
-
-      it('should be set if provided', () => {
-        const provider = new BasicTracerProvider();
-        const mockContextManager: ContextManager = {
-          active: sinon.stub(),
-          bind: sinon.stub(),
-          disable: sinon.stub(),
-          enable: sinon.stub(),
-          with: sinon.stub(),
-        };
-
-        provider.register({
-          contextManager: mockContextManager,
-        });
-
-        sinon.assert.calledOnceWithExactly(
-          setGlobalContextManagerStub,
-          mockContextManager
-        );
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('.startSpan()', () => {
     it('should start a span with name only', () => {
       const tracer = new BasicTracerProvider().getTracer('default');