TraceStructureWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.datadog.trace.common.writer.Writer , java.io.Closeable , java.lang.AutoCloseable
```
public class TraceStructureWriter
 implements Writer
                    
```

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`TraceStructureWriter()`
`TraceStructureWriter(boolean debugLog)`
`TraceStructureWriter(String outputFile)`
`TraceStructureWriter(String outputFile, boolean debugLog)`

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`write(List<DDSpan> trace)`	Write a trace represented by the entire list of all the finished spans
`void`	`start()`	Start the writer
`boolean`	`flush()`	Requests the writer to send all finished traces and block until complete.
`void`	`close()`	Indicates to the writer that no future writing will come and it should terminates allconnections and tasks
`void`	`incrementDropCounts(int spanCount)`	Count that a trace was captured for stats, but without reporting it.

Methods inherited from class java.io.Closeable
close
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - TraceStructureWriter
```
TraceStructureWriter()
```
  - TraceStructureWriter
```
TraceStructureWriter(boolean debugLog)
```
  - TraceStructureWriter
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TraceStructureWriter(String outputFile)
```
  - TraceStructureWriter
```
TraceStructureWriter(String outputFile, boolean debugLog)
```
- Method Detail
  - write
```
 void write(List<DDSpan> trace)
```
    Write a trace represented by the entire list of all the finished spans
    
    Parameters:
    
    trace - the list of spans to write
  - start
```
 void start()
```
    Start the writer
  - flush
```
 boolean flush()
```
    Requests the writer to send all finished traces and block until complete.
  - close
```
 void close()
```
    Indicates to the writer that no future writing will come and it should terminates allconnections and tasks
  - incrementDropCounts
```
 void incrementDropCounts(int spanCount)
```
    Count that a trace was captured for stats, but without reporting it.