TracerProvider.cs

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using System.Diagnostics;

namespace OpenTelemetry.Trace
{
    /// <summary>
    /// TracerProvider is the entry point of the OpenTelemetry API. It provides access to <see cref="Tracer"/>.
    /// </summary>
    public class TracerProvider : BaseProvider
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TracerProvider"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        protected TracerProvider()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the default Tracer.
        /// </summary>
        public static TracerProvider Default { get; } = new TracerProvider();

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a tracer with given name and version.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name">Name identifying the instrumentation library.</param>
        /// <param name="version">Version of the instrumentation library.</param>
        /// <returns>Tracer instance.</returns>
        public Tracer GetTracer(string name, string version = null)
        {
            if (name == null)
            {
                name = string.Empty;
            }

            return new Tracer(new ActivitySource(name, version));
        }
    }
}