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+%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%% @author guru vishnu
+%%% Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+%%% or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+%%% distributed with this work for additional information
+%%% regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+%%% to you 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.
+%%%
+%%% @doc
+%%% This API uses the process dictionary to collect span information
+%%% and can be used when all span tags and events happen in the same
+%%% request handling process. Multiple spans can be stored with
+%%% different names stored in stack(Last In First Out) format.
+%%% This API allows creating nested spans for better tracing.
+%%% After starting the span, subsequent operations (e.g.
+%%% tag, log, finish) will automatically apply on the latest span.
+%%% The API supports pre filtering with the start_with_tags functions.
+%%% @end
+%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+-module(otter_span_spdict_api).
+-author("guruvishnu").
+-export([
+    start/1, start_with_tags/2,
+    finish/0,
+    log/1, tag/2
+]).
+
+-include_lib("otter_lib/include/otter.hrl").
+
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @doc start a new span on the process dictionary of the current process
+%% New span will be pushed on top of the stack and all tag/log operations
+%% will be performed on it.
+%% @end
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec start(Name :: info()) -> span().
+start(Name) ->
+    start_with_tags(Name, []).
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @doc start a new span with a list of tags on the process
+%% dictionary of the current process and invoke the pre filter
+%% @end
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec start_with_tags(Name :: info(), Tags :: [tag()]) -> span().
+start_with_tags(Name, Tags) ->
+    Span =
+        case stack_top() of
+            #span{trace_id = TraceId, parent_id = ParentId} ->
+                otter_lib_span:start_with_tags(Name, Tags, TraceId, ParentId);
+            _ ->
+                otter_lib_span:start_with_tags(Name, Tags)
+        end,
+    stack_push(Span),
+    Span.
+
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @doc Add a tag to the span in the process dictionary. If the span is
+%% not active, a fake/empty span is returned with the default values and
+%% timestamp set to 0.
+%% @end
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec tag(Key :: info(), Value :: info()) -> span().
+tag(Key, Value) ->
+    case stack_pop() of
+        Span when Span#span.timestamp =/= 0 ->
+            NewSpan = otter_lib_span:tag(Span, Key, Value),
+            stack_push(NewSpan),
+            NewSpan;
+        _ ->
+            #span{timestamp = 0}
+    end.
+
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @doc Add a log to the span in the process dictionary. If the span is
+%% not active, a "fake" span is returned with timestamp set to 0.
+%% @end
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec log(Text :: info()) -> span().
+log(Text) ->
+    case stack_pop() of
+        Span when Span#span.timestamp =/= 0 ->
+            NewSpan = otter_lib_span:log(Span, Text),
+            stack_push(NewSpan),
+            NewSpan;
+        _ ->
+            #span{timestamp = 0}
+    end.
+
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% @doc Finish collection of span information and invoke the span filter
+%% unless the span is marked as inactive (timestamp set to 0)
+%% Latest span will be finished in last in first out format
+%% @end
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-spec finish() -> ok.
+finish() ->
+    case stack_pop() of
+        Span when Span#span.timestamp =/= 0 ->
+            otter_filter:span(otter_lib_span:finish(Span));
+        _ ->
+            ok
+    end.
+
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Internal helper functions for stack operations
+%%----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-spec stack_top() -> span() | error.
+stack_top() ->
+    case get(otter_span_information_stack) of
+        SpanStack when is_list(SpanStack) andalso length(SpanStack) =/= 0 ->
+            [TopSpan | _RestSpan] = SpanStack,
+            TopSpan;
+        _ ->
+            error
+    end.
+
+-spec stack_push(span()) -> undefined.
+stack_push(Span) ->
+    case get(otter_span_information_stack) of
+        undefined ->
+            put(otter_span_information_stack, [Span]);
+        SpanStack ->
+            put(otter_span_information_stack, [Span | SpanStack])
+    end.
+
+-spec stack_pop() -> span() | error.
+stack_pop() ->
+    case get(otter_span_information_stack) of
+        SpanStack when is_list(SpanStack) andalso length(SpanStack) =/= 0 ->
+            [TopSpan | RestSpan] = SpanStack,
+            put(otter_span_information_stack, RestSpan),
+            TopSpan;
+        _ ->
+            error
+    end.
+