ServerRequestAdapter.java

package rocks.inspectit.agent.java.tracing.core.adapter;

import io.opentracing.propagation.Format;

/**
 * Server request requestAdapter works together with the
 * {@link rocks.inspectit.agent.java.tracing.core.ServerInterceptor} in order to correctly retrieve
 * data from the server request. The requestAdapter is responsible for providing opentracing format
 * and carrier that can provide baggage that is propagated as well as for providing the basic
 * information about the request as propagation type and tags associated with the request.
 * <p>
 * This class is inspired by the Zipkin/Brave implementation, but is adapted to our needs.
 *
 * @param <C>
 *            type of the carrier provided by this adapter
 * @author Ivan Senic
 *
 */
public interface ServerRequestAdapter<C> extends RequestAdapter {

	/**
	 * Format that the carrier supports.
	 *
	 * @return Format that the carrier supports.
	 */
	Format<C> getFormat();

	/**
	 * Carrier for extracting the baggage.
	 *
	 * @return carrier
	 */
	C getCarrier();

}