EntryMetadata (opentelemetry-api 0.12.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- io.opentelemetry.api.baggage.EntryMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

BaggageEntryMetadata
```
@Immutable
public abstract class EntryMetadata
extends java.lang.Object
implements BaggageEntryMetadata
```
EntryMetadata contains properties associated with an Entry. This is an opaque wrapper for a String metadata value.
Deprecated, use BaggageEntryMetadata

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static EntryMetadata EMPTY
Deprecated.
Use BaggageEntryMetadata.empty()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static EntryMetadata`	`create(java.lang.String metadata)`	Deprecated. Use `BaggageEntryMetadata.create(String)`
`abstract java.lang.String`	`getValue()`	Returns the String value of this `EntryMetadata`.

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

- Field Detail
  - EMPTY
```
@Deprecated
public static final EntryMetadata EMPTY
```
    Deprecated.
    Use BaggageEntryMetadata.empty()
    
    Returns an empty metadata.
- Method Detail
  - create
```
@Deprecated
public static EntryMetadata create(java.lang.String metadata)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use BaggageEntryMetadata.create(String)
    
    Creates an EntryMetadata with the given value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    metadata - TTL of an Entry.
    
    Returns:
    
    an EntryMetadata.
  - getValue
```
public abstract java.lang.String getValue()
```
    Returns the String value of this EntryMetadata.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getValue in interface BaggageEntryMetadata
    
    Returns:
    
    the raw metadata value.