HttpClientRequest (Brave Instrumentation: Http Adapters 5.9.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- brave.Request
- - brave.http.HttpRequest
  - - brave.http.HttpClientRequest

```
public abstract class HttpClientRequest
extends HttpRequest
```
Marks an interface for use in HttpClientHandler.handleSend(HttpClientRequest). This gives a standard type to consider when parsing an outgoing context.

Since:

5.7

See Also:

HttpClientResponse

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HttpClientRequest()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract void`	`header(String name, String value)`	Sets a request header with the indicated name.
`Span.Kind`	`spanKind()`

Methods inherited from class brave.http.HttpRequest
header, method, path, startTimestamp, url

Methods inherited from class brave.Request
toString, unwrap

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

- Constructor Detail
  - HttpClientRequest
```
public HttpClientRequest()
```
- Method Detail
  - spanKind
```
public final Span.Kind spanKind()
```
    Specified by:
    
    spanKind in class Request
  - header
```
@Nullable
public abstract void header(String name,
                            String value)
```
    Sets a request header with the indicated name. Null values are unsupported. This is only used when injecting a trace context as internally implemented by {link HttpClientHandler}. Calls during sampling or parsing are invalid.
    
    Since:
    
    5.7
    
    See Also:
    
    SETTER