service

Documentation

Overview

Package service handles the command-line, configuration, and runs the OpenTelemetry Collector.

Index

• Variables
• type Application
  • func New(factories config.Factories) *Application
  • func (app *Application) Context() context.Context
  • func (app *Application) ReportFatalError(err error)
  • func (app *Application) Start() error

Variables

var (
	// AppTelemetry is application's own telemetry.
	AppTelemetry = &appTelemetry{}
)

Types

type Application

type Application struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Application represents a collector application

func New

func New(
	factories config.Factories,
) *Application

New creates and returns a new instance of Application.

func (*Application) Context

func (app *Application) Context() context.Context

Context returns a context provided by the host to be used on the receiver operations.

func (*Application) ReportFatalError

func (app *Application) ReportFatalError(err error)

ReportFatalError is used to report to the host that the receiver encountered a fatal error (i.e.: an error that the instance can't recover from) after its start function has already returned.

func (*Application) Start

func (app *Application) Start() error

Start starts the collector according to the command and configuration given by the user.