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 Zipkin is a library with embedded use cases, such as inside Java agents or
 Android code.
 
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 For example, Android has a [hard limit on total methods in an application](https://developer.android.com/build/multidex#avoid).
 Fields marked private imply accessors in order to share state in the same
 package. We routinely share state, such as codec internals within a package.