Add context API (#792)

* chore: add context API

packages/opentelemetry-api/src/api/context.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright 2020, OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {
+  ScopeManager,
+  NoopScopeManager,
+  Context,
+} from '@opentelemetry/scope-base';
+
+/**
+ * Singleton object which represents the entry point to the OpenTelemetry Context API
+ */
+export class ContextAPI {
+  private static _instance?: ContextAPI;
+  private _scopeManager: ScopeManager = new NoopScopeManager();
+
+  /** Empty private constructor prevents end users from constructing a new instance of the API */
+  private constructor() {}
+
+  /** Get the singleton instance of the Scope API */
+  public static getInstance(): ContextAPI {
+    if (!this._instance) {
+      this._instance = new ContextAPI();
+    }
+
+    return this._instance;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the current context manager. Returns the initialized context manager
+   */
+  public initGlobalContextManager(scopeManager: ScopeManager): ScopeManager {
+    this._scopeManager = scopeManager;
+    return scopeManager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the currently active context
+   */
+  public active(): Context {
+    return this._scopeManager.active();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Execute a function with an active context
+   *
+   * @param fn function to execute in a context
+   * @param context context to be active during function execution. Defaults to the currently active context
+   */
+  public with<T extends (...args: unknown[]) => ReturnType<T>>(
+    fn: T,
+    context: Context = this.active()
+  ): ReturnType<T> {
+    return this._scopeManager.with(context, fn);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Bind a context to a target function or event emitter
+   *
+   * @param target function or event emitter to bind
+   * @param context context to bind to the event emitter or function. Defaults to the currently active context
+   */
+  public bind<T>(target: T, context: Context = this.active()): T {
+    return this._scopeManager.bind(target, context);
+  }
+}

packages/opentelemetry-api/src/index.ts

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ export * from './trace/tracer';
 
 export { Context } from '@opentelemetry/scope-base';
 
+import { ContextAPI } from './api/context';
+/** Entrypoint for context API */
+export const context = ContextAPI.getInstance();
+
 import { TraceAPI } from './api/trace';
 /** Entrypoint for trace API */
 export const trace = TraceAPI.getInstance();
@@ -59,4 +63,5 @@ export const metrics = MetricsAPI.getInstance();
 export default {
   trace,
   metrics,
+  context,
 };