geronimo-opentracing-spec/src/main/java/io/opentracing/Scope.java

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package io.opentracing;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * Abstract a span life.
 */
public interface Scope extends Closeable {

    /**
     * remove the span from the manager (active() will not return it anymore).
     */
    @Override
    void close();

    /**
     * @return the related span.
     */
    Span span();
}