// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 // Package x contains support for OTel metric SDK experimental features. // // This package should only be used for features defined in the specification. // It should not be used for experiments or new project ideas. package x // import "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/internal/x" import ( "os" "strconv" "strings" ) var ( // Exemplars is an experimental feature flag that defines if exemplars // should be recorded for metric data-points. // // To enable this feature set the OTEL_GO_X_EXEMPLAR environment variable // to the case-insensitive string value of "true" (i.e. "True" and "TRUE" // will also enable this). Exemplars = newFeature("EXEMPLAR", func(v string) (string, bool) { if strings.ToLower(v) == "true" { return v, true } return "", false }) // CardinalityLimit is an experimental feature flag that defines if // cardinality limits should be applied to the recorded metric data-points. // // To enable this feature set the OTEL_GO_X_CARDINALITY_LIMIT environment // variable to the integer limit value you want to use. // // Setting OTEL_GO_X_CARDINALITY_LIMIT to a value less than or equal to 0 // will disable the cardinality limits. CardinalityLimit = newFeature("CARDINALITY_LIMIT", func(v string) (int, bool) { n, err := strconv.Atoi(v) if err != nil { return 0, false } return n, true }) ) // Feature is an experimental feature control flag. It provides a uniform way // to interact with these feature flags and parse their values. type Feature[T any] struct { key string parse func(v string) (T, bool) } func newFeature[T any](suffix string, parse func(string) (T, bool)) Feature[T] { const envKeyRoot = "OTEL_GO_X_" return Feature[T]{ key: envKeyRoot + suffix, parse: parse, } } // Key returns the environment variable key that needs to be set to enable the // feature. func (f Feature[T]) Key() string { return f.key } // Lookup returns the user configured value for the feature and true if the // user has enabled the feature. Otherwise, if the feature is not enabled, a // zero-value and false are returned. func (f Feature[T]) Lookup() (v T, ok bool) { // https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/62effed618589a0bec416a87e559c0a9d96289bb/specification/configuration/sdk-environment-variables.md#parsing-empty-value // // > The SDK MUST interpret an empty value of an environment variable the // > same way as when the variable is unset. vRaw := os.Getenv(f.key) if vRaw == "" { return v, ok } return f.parse(vRaw) } // Enabled returns if the feature is enabled. func (f Feature[T]) Enabled() bool { _, ok := f.Lookup() return ok }