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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2019 Nokia.
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ * http://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.
+ */
+
+// Package tracelibgo implements a function to create a configured tracer instance
+package tracelibgo
+
+import (
+ "io"
+
+ "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
+ "github.com/uber/jaeger-client-go"
+)
+
+// CreateTracer creates a tracer entry
+func CreateTracer(name string) (opentracing.Tracer, io.Closer) {
+ tracer, closer := jaeger.NewTracer(name,
+ jaeger.NewConstSampler(false),
+ jaeger.NewNullReporter())
+ return tracer, closer
+}