Writer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Closeable , java.lang.AutoCloseable
```
public interface Writer
 implements Closeable
                    
```
A writer is responsible to send collected spans to some place

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract void`	`write(List<DDSpan> trace)`	Write a trace represented by the entire list of all the finished spans
`abstract void`	`start()`	Start the writer
`abstract boolean`	`flush()`	Requests the writer to send all finished traces and block until complete.
`abstract void`	`close()`	Indicates to the writer that no future writing will come and it should terminates allconnections and tasks
`abstract 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

- Method Detail
  - write
```
 abstract 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
```
 abstract void start()
```
    Start the writer
  - flush
```
 abstract boolean flush()
```
    Requests the writer to send all finished traces and block until complete.
  - close
```
 abstract void close()
```
    Indicates to the writer that no future writing will come and it should terminates allconnections and tasks
  - incrementDropCounts
```
 abstract void incrementDropCounts(int spanCount)
```
    Count that a trace was captured for stats, but without reporting it.