initial span receiver for kudu poc commit
diff --git a/htrace-kudu/pom.xml b/htrace-kudu/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional
+information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file to
+You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use
+this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required
+by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the
+License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
+OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <artifactId>htrace-kudu</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>htrace</artifactId>
+    <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>
+    <version>4.1.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>htrace-kudu</name>
+  <description>
+    htrace-kudu is the tools to send tracing information
+    to an kudu database for analysis later.
+  </description>
+  <url>http://incubator.apache.org/projects/htrace.html</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <kudu.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</kudu.version>
+    <hadoop.version>2.6.0-cdh5.4.7</hadoop.version>
+    <createDependencyReducedPom>true</createDependencyReducedPom>
+  </properties>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>cdh.repo</id>
+      <name>Cloudera Repositories</name>
+      <url>https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
+  <build>
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>${basedir}/src/main</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include>webapps/**</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptorRefs>
+            <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+          </descriptorRefs>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <createDependencyReducedPom>${createDependencyReducedPom}</createDependencyReducedPom>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <relocations>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.apache.commons.logging</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>org.apache.htrace.shaded.commons.logging</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>com.google.protobuf</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>org.apache.htrace.shaded.com.google.protobuf</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+              </relocations>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <!-- explicitly define maven-deploy-plugin after other to force exec order -->
+        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Module deps. -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>
+      <artifactId>htrace-core4</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>
+      <artifactId>htrace-core4</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <classifier>tests</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>2.5.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- Global deps. -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- KUDU specific deps. -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.kududb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kudu-client</artifactId>
+      <version>${kudu.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
+      <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>compile-protobuf</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>compile-protobuf</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hadoop-maven-plugins</artifactId>
+            <version>2.7.1</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <protocVersion>${protobuf.version}</protocVersion>
+              <protocCommand>${protoc.path}</protocCommand>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>compile-protoc</id>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>protoc</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <imports>
+                    <param>${basedir}/src/main/protobuf</param>
+                  </imports>
+                  <source>
+                    <directory>${basedir}/src/main/protobuf</directory>
+                    <includes>
+                      <include>Span.proto</include>
+                    </includes>
+                  </source>
+                  <output>${basedir}/src/main/java/</output>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>dist</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <!--Make it so assembly:single does nothing in here-->
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <skipAssembly>true</skipAssembly>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>doclint-disable</id>
+      <activation><jdk>[1.8,)</jdk></activation>
+      <properties>
+         <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/KuduHTraceConfiguration.java b/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/KuduHTraceConfiguration.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.htrace;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.htrace.core.HTraceConfiguration;
+
+public class KuduHTraceConfiguration extends HTraceConfiguration {
+
+  public static final String KEY_PREFIX = "kudu.";
+  private final Configuration conf;
+
+  public KuduHTraceConfiguration(Configuration conf) {
+    this.conf = conf;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String get(String key) {
+    return conf.get(KEY_PREFIX + key);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String get(String key, String defaultValue) {
+    return conf.get(KEY_PREFIX + key, defaultValue);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
+    return conf.getBoolean(KEY_PREFIX + key, defaultValue);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int getInt(String key, int defaultValue) {
+    return conf.getInt(KEY_PREFIX + key, defaultValue);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/impl/KuduClientConfiguration.java b/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/impl/KuduClientConfiguration.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.htrace.impl;
+
+import org.kududb.client.KuduClient;
+import org.kududb.client.KuduClient.KuduClientBuilder;
+
+public class KuduClientConfiguration {
+
+  private String host;
+  private String port;
+  private int workerCount;
+  private int bossCount;
+  private boolean isStatisticsEnabled;
+  private long adminOperationTimeout;
+  private long operationTimeout;
+  private long socketReadTimeout;
+
+  public KuduClientConfiguration(String host, String port) {
+    this.host = host;
+    this.port = port;
+  }
+
+  public void setWorkerCount(int workerCount) {
+    this.workerCount = workerCount;
+  }
+
+  public void setBossCount(int bossCount) {
+    this.bossCount = bossCount;
+  }
+
+  public void setIsStatisticsEnabled(boolean isStatisticsEnabled) {
+    this.isStatisticsEnabled = isStatisticsEnabled;
+  }
+
+  public void setAdminOperationTimeout(long adminOperationTimeout) {
+    this.adminOperationTimeout = adminOperationTimeout;
+  }
+
+  public void setOperationTimeout(long operationTimeout) {
+    this.operationTimeout = operationTimeout;
+  }
+
+  public void setSocketReadTimeout(long socketReadTimeout) {
+    this.socketReadTimeout = socketReadTimeout;
+  }
+
+  public KuduClient buildClient() {
+    KuduClientBuilder builder = new KuduClient
+            .KuduClientBuilder(host.concat(":").concat(port));
+    if (Integer.valueOf(workerCount) != null) {
+      builder.workerCount(workerCount);
+    }
+    if (Integer.valueOf(bossCount) != null) {
+      builder.bossCount(bossCount);
+    }
+    if (!Boolean.valueOf(isStatisticsEnabled)) {
+      builder.disableStatistics();
+    }
+    if (Long.valueOf(adminOperationTimeout) != null) {
+      builder.defaultAdminOperationTimeoutMs(adminOperationTimeout);
+    }
+    if (Long.valueOf(operationTimeout) != null) {
+      builder.defaultOperationTimeoutMs(operationTimeout);
+    }
+    if (Long.valueOf(socketReadTimeout) != null) {
+      builder.defaultSocketReadTimeoutMs(socketReadTimeout);
+    }
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/impl/KuduConstants.java b/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/impl/KuduConstants.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.htrace.impl;
+
+public class KuduConstants {
+
+  public static final String KUDU_MASTER_HOST_KEY = "htrace.kudu.master.host";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_KUDU_MASTER_HOST = "127.0.0.1";
+  public static final String KUDU_MASTER_PORT_KEY = "htrace.kudu.master.port";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_KUDU_MASTER_PORT = "7051";
+  public static final String SPAN_BLOCKING_QUEUE_SIZE_KEY = "htrace.kudu.span.queue.size";
+  public static final int DEFAULT_SPAN_BLOCKING_QUEUE_SIZE = 1000;
+  public static final String KUDU_TABLE_KEY = "htrace.kudu.table";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_KUDU_TABLE = "htrace";
+  public static final String MAX_SPAN_BATCH_SIZE_KEY = "htrace.kudu.batch.size";
+  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_SPAN_BATCH_SIZE = 100;
+  public static final String NUM_PARALLEL_THREADS_KEY = "htrace.kudu.num.threads";
+  public static final int DEFAULT_NUM_PARALLEL_THREADS = 1;
+  public static final String KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN_ID_KEY = "htrace.kudu.column.spanid";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN_ID = "span_id";
+  public static final String KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN_KEY = "htrace.kudu.column.span";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN = "span";
+  public static final String KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN_KEY = "htrace.kudu.column.rootspan";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN = "root_span";
+  public static final String KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN_START_TIME_KEY = "htrace.kudu.column.rootspan.starttime";
+  public static final String DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN_START_TIME = "root_span_start_time";
+  public static final String KUDU_CLIENT_WORKER_COUNT_KEY = "htrace.kudu.client.worker.count";
+  public static final String KUDU_CLIENT_BOSS_COUNT_KEY = "htrace.kudu.client.boss.count";
+  public static final String KUDU_CLIENT_STATISTICS_ENABLED_KEY = "htrace.kudu.client.statistics.enabled";
+  public static final String KUDU_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_ADMIN_OPERATION_KEY = "htrace.kudu.client.timeout.admin.operation";
+  public static final String KUDU_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPERATION_KEY = "htrace.kudu.client.timeout.operation";
+  public static final String KUDU_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_SOCKET_READ_KEY = "htrace.kudu.client.timeout.socket.read";
+
+}
diff --git a/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/impl/KuduSpanReceiver.java b/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/impl/KuduSpanReceiver.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.htrace.impl;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.htrace.core.HTraceConfiguration;
+import org.apache.htrace.core.Span;
+import org.apache.htrace.core.SpanReceiver;
+import org.apache.htrace.core.TimelineAnnotation;
+import org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos;
+import org.kududb.client.Bytes;
+import org.kududb.client.KuduClient;
+import org.kududb.client.KuduSession;
+import org.kududb.client.KuduTable;
+import org.kududb.client.Insert;
+import org.kududb.client.PartialRow;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+public class KuduSpanReceiver extends SpanReceiver {
+
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(KuduSpanReceiver.class);
+
+  private static final int SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT = 30;
+  private static final int MAX_ERRORS = 10;
+  private final BlockingQueue<Span> queue;
+  private final AtomicBoolean running = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+  private final KuduClientConfiguration clientConf;
+  private final int maxSpanBatchSize;
+  private final ThreadFactory threadFactory = new ThreadFactory() {
+    private final AtomicLong receiverIndex = new AtomicLong(0);
+
+    @Override
+    public Thread newThread(Runnable runnable) {
+      Thread thread = new Thread(runnable);
+      thread.setDaemon(true);
+      thread.setName(String.format("kuduSpanReceiver-%d",
+              receiverIndex.getAndIncrement()));
+      return thread;
+    }
+  };
+  private ExecutorService service;
+  private String table;
+  private String column_span_id;
+  private String column_span;
+  private String column_root_span;
+  private String column_root_span_start_time;
+
+  public KuduSpanReceiver(HTraceConfiguration conf) {
+    this.clientConf =
+            new KuduClientConfiguration(conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_MASTER_HOST_KEY,
+                    KuduConstants.DEFAULT_KUDU_MASTER_HOST),
+                    conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_MASTER_PORT_KEY,
+                            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_KUDU_MASTER_PORT));
+    this.clientConf.setBossCount(conf.getInt(KuduConstants.KUDU_CLIENT_BOSS_COUNT_KEY,
+            Integer.valueOf(null)));
+    this.clientConf.setWorkerCount(conf.getInt(KuduConstants.KUDU_CLIENT_WORKER_COUNT_KEY,
+            Integer.valueOf(null)));
+    this.clientConf.setIsStatisticsEnabled(conf.getBoolean(KuduConstants.KUDU_CLIENT_STATISTICS_ENABLED_KEY,
+            Boolean.valueOf(null)));
+    this.clientConf
+            .setAdminOperationTimeout(Long.valueOf(conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_ADMIN_OPERATION_KEY,
+                    String.valueOf(null))));
+    this.clientConf
+            .setOperationTimeout(Long.valueOf(conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPERATION_KEY,
+                    String.valueOf(null))));
+    this.clientConf
+            .setSocketReadTimeout(Long.valueOf(conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_SOCKET_READ_KEY,
+                    String.valueOf(null))));
+    this.queue = new ArrayBlockingQueue<Span>(conf.getInt(KuduConstants.SPAN_BLOCKING_QUEUE_SIZE_KEY,
+            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_SPAN_BLOCKING_QUEUE_SIZE));
+    this.table = conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_TABLE_KEY, KuduConstants.DEFAULT_KUDU_TABLE);
+    this.column_span_id = conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN_ID_KEY,
+            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN_ID);
+    this.column_span = conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN_KEY,
+            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_SPAN);
+    this.column_root_span = conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN_KEY,
+            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN);
+    this.column_root_span_start_time = conf.get(KuduConstants.KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN_START_TIME_KEY,
+            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_KUDU_COLUMN_ROOT_SPAN_START_TIME);
+    this.maxSpanBatchSize = conf.getInt(KuduConstants.MAX_SPAN_BATCH_SIZE_KEY,
+            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_MAX_SPAN_BATCH_SIZE);
+    if (this.service != null) {
+      this.service.shutdownNow();
+      this.service = null;
+    }
+    int numThreads = conf.getInt(KuduConstants.NUM_PARALLEL_THREADS_KEY,
+            KuduConstants.DEFAULT_NUM_PARALLEL_THREADS);
+    this.service = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(numThreads, threadFactory);
+    for (int i = 0; i < numThreads; i++) {
+      this.service.submit(new KuduSpanReceiver.WriteSpanRunnable());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close() throws IOException {
+    running.set(false);
+    service.shutdown();
+    try {
+      if (!service.awaitTermination(SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+        LOG.error("Timeout " + SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT + " " + TimeUnit.SECONDS +
+                " reached while shutting worker threads which process enqued spans." +
+                " Enqueued spans which are left in blocking queue is dropped.");
+      }
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      LOG.warn("Interrupted exception occured while terminating thread service executor.", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void receiveSpan(Span span) {
+    if (running.get()) {
+      try {
+        this.queue.add(span);
+      } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+        LOG.error("Error trying to enqueue span ("
+                + span.getDescription()
+                + ") to the queue. Blocking Queue is currently reached its capacity.");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private class WriteSpanRunnable implements Runnable {
+
+    private KuduSession session;
+    private KuduClient client;
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+      SpanProtos.Span.Builder sbuilder = SpanProtos.Span.newBuilder();
+      SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder tlbuilder =
+              SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.newBuilder();
+      List<Span> dequeuedSpans = new ArrayList<Span>(maxSpanBatchSize);
+      long errorCount = 0;
+      while (running.get() || queue.size() > 0) {
+        Span firstSpan = null;
+        try {
+          firstSpan = queue.poll(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+          if (firstSpan != null) {
+            dequeuedSpans.add(firstSpan);
+            queue.drainTo(dequeuedSpans, maxSpanBatchSize - 1);
+          }
+        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+          LOG.error("Interrupted Exception occurred while polling to " +
+                  "retrieve first span from blocking queue");
+        }
+        startSession();
+        if (dequeuedSpans.isEmpty()) {
+          try {
+            this.session.flush();
+          } catch (java.lang.Exception e) {
+            LOG.error("Failed to flush writes to Kudu.");
+            closeSession();
+          }
+          continue;
+        }
+        try {
+          for (Span span : dequeuedSpans) {
+            sbuilder.clear()
+                    .setTraceId(span.getSpanId().getHigh())
+                    .setStart(span.getStartTimeMillis())
+                    .setStop(span.getStopTimeMillis())
+                    .setSpanId(span.getSpanId().getLow())
+                    .setProcessId(span.getTracerId())
+                    .setDescription(span.getDescription());
+
+            if (span.getParents().length == 0) {
+              sbuilder.setParentId(0);
+            } else if (span.getParents().length > 0) {
+              sbuilder.setParentId(span.getParents()[0].getLow());
+            }
+            for (TimelineAnnotation ta : span.getTimelineAnnotations()) {
+              sbuilder.addTimeline(tlbuilder.clear()
+                      .setTime(ta.getTime())
+                      .setMessage(ta.getMessage())
+                      .build());
+            }
+            KuduTable tableRef = client.openTable(table);
+            Insert insert = tableRef.newInsert();
+            PartialRow row = insert.getRow();
+            row.addBinary(column_span_id, Bytes.fromLong(span.getSpanId().getHigh()));
+            row.addBinary(column_span, sbuilder.build().toByteArray());
+            if (span.getParents().length == 0) {
+              row.addBinary(column_root_span_start_time, Bytes.fromLong(span.getStartTimeMillis()));
+              row.addBinary(column_root_span, sbuilder.build().toByteArray());
+            }
+            this.session.apply(insert);
+          }
+          dequeuedSpans.clear();
+          errorCount = 0;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          errorCount += 1;
+          if (errorCount < MAX_ERRORS) {
+            try {
+              queue.addAll(dequeuedSpans);
+            } catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
+              LOG.error("Exception occured while writing spans kudu datastore. " +
+                      "Trying to re-enqueue de-queued spans to blocking queue for writing but failed. " +
+                      "Dropped " + dequeuedSpans.size() + " dequeued span(s) which were due written" +
+                      "into kudu datastore");
+            }
+          }
+          closeSession();
+          try {
+            Thread.sleep(500);
+          } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
+            LOG.error("Interrupted Exception occurred while allowing kudu to re-stabilized");
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      closeSession();
+    }
+
+    private void closeSession() {
+      try {
+        if (this.session != null) {
+          this.session.close();
+          this.session = null;
+        }
+      } catch (java.lang.Exception e) {
+        LOG.warn("Failed to close Kudu session. " + e.getMessage());
+      }
+    }
+
+    private void startSession() {
+      if (this.session == null) {
+        if (this.client == null) {
+          client = clientConf.buildClient();
+        }
+        session = client.newSession();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/protobuf/generated/SpanProtos.java b/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/protobuf/generated/SpanProtos.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98b8adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htrace-kudu/src/main/java/org/apache/htrace/protobuf/generated/SpanProtos.java
@@ -0,0 +1,2241 @@
+// Generated by the protocol buffer compiler.  DO NOT EDIT!
+// source: Span.proto
+
+package org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated;
+
+public final class SpanProtos {
+  private SpanProtos() {}
+  public static void registerAllExtensions(
+      com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistry registry) {
+  }
+  public interface TimelineAnnotationOrBuilder
+      extends com.google.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder {
+
+    // required int64 time = 1;
+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+     */
+    boolean hasTime();
+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+     */
+    long getTime();
+
+    // required string message = 2;
+    /**
+     * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+     */
+    boolean hasMessage();
+    /**
+     * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+     */
+    java.lang.String getMessage();
+    /**
+     * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+     */
+    com.google.protobuf.ByteString
+        getMessageBytes();
+  }
+  /**
+   * Protobuf type {@code TimelineAnnotation}
+   */
+  public static final class TimelineAnnotation extends
+      com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage
+      implements TimelineAnnotationOrBuilder {
+    // Use TimelineAnnotation.newBuilder() to construct.
+    private TimelineAnnotation(com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+      this.unknownFields = builder.getUnknownFields();
+    }
+    private TimelineAnnotation(boolean noInit) { this.unknownFields = com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet.getDefaultInstance(); }
+
+    private static final TimelineAnnotation defaultInstance;
+    public static TimelineAnnotation getDefaultInstance() {
+      return defaultInstance;
+    }
+
+    public TimelineAnnotation getDefaultInstanceForType() {
+      return defaultInstance;
+    }
+
+    private final com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet unknownFields;
+    @java.lang.Override
+    public final com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet
+        getUnknownFields() {
+      return this.unknownFields;
+    }
+    private TimelineAnnotation(
+        com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream input,
+        com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+      initFields();
+      int mutable_bitField0_ = 0;
+      com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet.Builder unknownFields =
+          com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet.newBuilder();
+      try {
+        boolean done = false;
+        while (!done) {
+          int tag = input.readTag();
+          switch (tag) {
+            case 0:
+              done = true;
+              break;
+            default: {
+              if (!parseUnknownField(input, unknownFields,
+                                     extensionRegistry, tag)) {
+                done = true;
+              }
+              break;
+            }
+            case 8: {
+              bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
+              time_ = input.readInt64();
+              break;
+            }
+            case 18: {
+              bitField0_ |= 0x00000002;
+              message_ = input.readBytes();
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+        throw e.setUnfinishedMessage(this);
+      } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+        throw new com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException(
+            e.getMessage()).setUnfinishedMessage(this);
+      } finally {
+        this.unknownFields = unknownFields.build();
+        makeExtensionsImmutable();
+      }
+    }
+    public static final com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+        getDescriptor() {
+      return org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_descriptor;
+    }
+
+    protected com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable
+        internalGetFieldAccessorTable() {
+      return org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_fieldAccessorTable
+          .ensureFieldAccessorsInitialized(
+              org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.class, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder.class);
+    }
+
+    public static com.google.protobuf.Parser<TimelineAnnotation> PARSER =
+        new com.google.protobuf.AbstractParser<TimelineAnnotation>() {
+      public TimelineAnnotation parsePartialFrom(
+          com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream input,
+          com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+          throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+        return new TimelineAnnotation(input, extensionRegistry);
+      }
+    };
+
+    @java.lang.Override
+    public com.google.protobuf.Parser<TimelineAnnotation> getParserForType() {
+      return PARSER;
+    }
+
+    private int bitField0_;
+    // required int64 time = 1;
+    public static final int TIME_FIELD_NUMBER = 1;
+    private long time_;
+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+     */
+    public boolean hasTime() {
+      return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000001) == 0x00000001);
+    }
+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+     */
+    public long getTime() {
+      return time_;
+    }
+
+    // required string message = 2;
+    public static final int MESSAGE_FIELD_NUMBER = 2;
+    private java.lang.Object message_;
+    /**
+     * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+     */
+    public boolean hasMessage() {
+      return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000002) == 0x00000002);
+    }
+    /**
+     * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+     */
+    public java.lang.String getMessage() {
+      java.lang.Object ref = message_;
+      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
+        return (java.lang.String) ref;
+      } else {
+        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = 
+            (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
+        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
+        if (bs.isValidUtf8()) {
+          message_ = s;
+        }
+        return s;
+      }
+    }
+    /**
+     * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+     */
+    public com.google.protobuf.ByteString
+        getMessageBytes() {
+      java.lang.Object ref = message_;
+      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
+        com.google.protobuf.ByteString b = 
+            com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8(
+                (java.lang.String) ref);
+        message_ = b;
+        return b;
+      } else {
+        return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
+      }
+    }
+
+    private void initFields() {
+      time_ = 0L;
+      message_ = "";
+    }
+    private byte memoizedIsInitialized = -1;
+    public final boolean isInitialized() {
+      byte isInitialized = memoizedIsInitialized;
+      if (isInitialized != -1) return isInitialized == 1;
+
+      if (!hasTime()) {
+        memoizedIsInitialized = 0;
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (!hasMessage()) {
+        memoizedIsInitialized = 0;
+        return false;
+      }
+      memoizedIsInitialized = 1;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    public void writeTo(com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream output)
+                        throws java.io.IOException {
+      getSerializedSize();
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000001) == 0x00000001)) {
+        output.writeInt64(1, time_);
+      }
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000002) == 0x00000002)) {
+        output.writeBytes(2, getMessageBytes());
+      }
+      getUnknownFields().writeTo(output);
+    }
+
+    private int memoizedSerializedSize = -1;
+    public int getSerializedSize() {
+      int size = memoizedSerializedSize;
+      if (size != -1) return size;
+
+      size = 0;
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000001) == 0x00000001)) {
+        size += com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream
+          .computeInt64Size(1, time_);
+      }
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000002) == 0x00000002)) {
+        size += com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream
+          .computeBytesSize(2, getMessageBytes());
+      }
+      size += getUnknownFields().getSerializedSize();
+      memoizedSerializedSize = size;
+      return size;
+    }
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+    @java.lang.Override
+    protected java.lang.Object writeReplace()
+        throws java.io.ObjectStreamException {
+      return super.writeReplace();
+    }
+
+    @java.lang.Override
+    public boolean equals(final java.lang.Object obj) {
+      if (obj == this) {
+       return true;
+      }
+      if (!(obj instanceof org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation)) {
+        return super.equals(obj);
+      }
+      org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation other = (org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation) obj;
+
+      boolean result = true;
+      result = result && (hasTime() == other.hasTime());
+      if (hasTime()) {
+        result = result && (getTime()
+            == other.getTime());
+      }
+      result = result && (hasMessage() == other.hasMessage());
+      if (hasMessage()) {
+        result = result && getMessage()
+            .equals(other.getMessage());
+      }
+      result = result &&
+          getUnknownFields().equals(other.getUnknownFields());
+      return result;
+    }
+
+    private int memoizedHashCode = 0;
+    @java.lang.Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+      if (memoizedHashCode != 0) {
+        return memoizedHashCode;
+      }
+      int hash = 41;
+      hash = (19 * hash) + getDescriptorForType().hashCode();
+      if (hasTime()) {
+        hash = (37 * hash) + TIME_FIELD_NUMBER;
+        hash = (53 * hash) + hashLong(getTime());
+      }
+      if (hasMessage()) {
+        hash = (37 * hash) + MESSAGE_FIELD_NUMBER;
+        hash = (53 * hash) + getMessage().hashCode();
+      }
+      hash = (29 * hash) + getUnknownFields().hashCode();
+      memoizedHashCode = hash;
+      return hash;
+    }
+
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(
+        com.google.protobuf.ByteString data)
+        throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(data);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(
+        com.google.protobuf.ByteString data,
+        com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(data, extensionRegistry);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(byte[] data)
+        throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(data);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(
+        byte[] data,
+        com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(data, extensionRegistry);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
+        throws java.io.IOException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(input);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(
+        java.io.InputStream input,
+        com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws java.io.IOException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(input, extensionRegistry);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
+        throws java.io.IOException {
+      return PARSER.parseDelimitedFrom(input);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseDelimitedFrom(
+        java.io.InputStream input,
+        com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws java.io.IOException {
+      return PARSER.parseDelimitedFrom(input, extensionRegistry);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(
+        com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream input)
+        throws java.io.IOException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(input);
+    }
+    public static org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parseFrom(
+        com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream input,
+        com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws java.io.IOException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(input, extensionRegistry);
+    }
+
+    public static Builder newBuilder() { return Builder.create(); }
+    public Builder newBuilderForType() { return newBuilder(); }
+    public static Builder newBuilder(org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation prototype) {
+      return newBuilder().mergeFrom(prototype);
+    }
+    public Builder toBuilder() { return newBuilder(this); }
+
+    @java.lang.Override
+    protected Builder newBuilderForType(
+        com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.BuilderParent parent) {
+      Builder builder = new Builder(parent);
+      return builder;
+    }
+    /**
+     * Protobuf type {@code TimelineAnnotation}
+     */
+    public static final class Builder extends
+        com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.Builder<Builder>
+       implements org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotationOrBuilder {
+      public static final com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+          getDescriptor() {
+        return org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_descriptor;
+      }
+
+      protected com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable
+          internalGetFieldAccessorTable() {
+        return org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_fieldAccessorTable
+            .ensureFieldAccessorsInitialized(
+                org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.class, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder.class);
+      }
+
+      // Construct using org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.newBuilder()
+      private Builder() {
+        maybeForceBuilderInitialization();
+      }
+
+      private Builder(
+          com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.BuilderParent parent) {
+        super(parent);
+        maybeForceBuilderInitialization();
+      }
+      private void maybeForceBuilderInitialization() {
+        if (com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.alwaysUseFieldBuilders) {
+        }
+      }
+      private static Builder create() {
+        return new Builder();
+      }
+
+      public Builder clear() {
+        super.clear();
+        time_ = 0L;
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000001);
+        message_ = "";
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000002);
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      public Builder clone() {
+        return create().mergeFrom(buildPartial());
+      }
+
+      public com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+          getDescriptorForType() {
+        return org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_descriptor;
+      }
+
+      public org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation getDefaultInstanceForType() {
+        return org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.getDefaultInstance();
+      }
+
+      public org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation build() {
+        org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation result = buildPartial();
+        if (!result.isInitialized()) {
+          throw newUninitializedMessageException(result);
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
+
+      public org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation buildPartial() {
+        org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation result = new org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation(this);
+        int from_bitField0_ = bitField0_;
+        int to_bitField0_ = 0;
+        if (((from_bitField0_ & 0x00000001) == 0x00000001)) {
+          to_bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
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+        result.time_ = time_;
+        if (((from_bitField0_ & 0x00000002) == 0x00000002)) {
+          to_bitField0_ |= 0x00000002;
+        }
+        result.message_ = message_;
+        result.bitField0_ = to_bitField0_;
+        onBuilt();
+        return result;
+      }
+
+      public Builder mergeFrom(com.google.protobuf.Message other) {
+        if (other instanceof org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation) {
+          return mergeFrom((org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation)other);
+        } else {
+          super.mergeFrom(other);
+          return this;
+        }
+      }
+
+      public Builder mergeFrom(org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation other) {
+        if (other == org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.getDefaultInstance()) return this;
+        if (other.hasTime()) {
+          setTime(other.getTime());
+        }
+        if (other.hasMessage()) {
+          bitField0_ |= 0x00000002;
+          message_ = other.message_;
+          onChanged();
+        }
+        this.mergeUnknownFields(other.getUnknownFields());
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      public final boolean isInitialized() {
+        if (!hasTime()) {
+          
+          return false;
+        }
+        if (!hasMessage()) {
+          
+          return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      public Builder mergeFrom(
+          com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream input,
+          com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+          throws java.io.IOException {
+        org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation parsedMessage = null;
+        try {
+          parsedMessage = PARSER.parsePartialFrom(input, extensionRegistry);
+        } catch (com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+          parsedMessage = (org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation) e.getUnfinishedMessage();
+          throw e;
+        } finally {
+          if (parsedMessage != null) {
+            mergeFrom(parsedMessage);
+          }
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+      private int bitField0_;
+
+      // required int64 time = 1;
+      private long time_ ;
+      /**
+       * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public boolean hasTime() {
+        return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000001) == 0x00000001);
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public long getTime() {
+        return time_;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder setTime(long value) {
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
+        time_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>required int64 time = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder clearTime() {
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000001);
+        time_ = 0L;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      // required string message = 2;
+      private java.lang.Object message_ = "";
+      /**
+       * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+       */
+      public boolean hasMessage() {
+        return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000002) == 0x00000002);
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+       */
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+          message_ = s;
+          return s;
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+        }
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+      /**
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+       */
+      public com.google.protobuf.ByteString
+          getMessageBytes() {
+        java.lang.Object ref = message_;
+        if (ref instanceof String) {
+          com.google.protobuf.ByteString b = 
+              com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8(
+                  (java.lang.String) ref);
+          message_ = b;
+          return b;
+        } else {
+          return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
+        }
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder setMessage(
+          java.lang.String value) {
+        if (value == null) {
+    throw new NullPointerException();
+  }
+  bitField0_ |= 0x00000002;
+        message_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>required string message = 2;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder clearMessage() {
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000002);
+        message_ = getDefaultInstance().getMessage();
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
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+    /**
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+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 parent_id = 2;</code>
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+    /**
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+    // required int64 stop = 4;
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+    /**
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+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 span_id = 5;</code>
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+     * <code>required string process_id = 6;</code>
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+    /**
+     * <code>required string process_id = 6;</code>
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+    /**
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+    /**
+     * <code>required string description = 7;</code>
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+    java.lang.String getDescription();
+    /**
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+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 trace_id = 1;</code>
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+    // required int64 parent_id = 2;
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+    /**
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+    /**
+     * <code>required int64 start = 3;</code>
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+      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
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+        com.google.protobuf.ByteString b = 
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+        return this;
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+      // required int64 parent_id = 2;
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+        onChanged();
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+        onChanged();
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+        onChanged();
+        return this;
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+        onChanged();
+        return this;
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+      /**
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+        spanId_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
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+      /**
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+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000010);
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+  bitField0_ |= 0x00000020;
+        processId_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
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+      public Builder clearProcessId() {
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000020);
+        processId_ = getDefaultInstance().getProcessId();
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>required string process_id = 6;</code>
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+        if (value == null) {
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+  bitField0_ |= 0x00000020;
+        processId_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
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+      // required string description = 7;
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+      /**
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+       */
+      public boolean hasDescription() {
+        return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000040) == 0x00000040);
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+      /**
+       * <code>required string description = 7;</code>
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+        java.lang.Object ref = description_;
+        if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
+          java.lang.String s = ((com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref)
+              .toStringUtf8();
+          description_ = s;
+          return s;
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+      /**
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+        java.lang.Object ref = description_;
+        if (ref instanceof String) {
+          com.google.protobuf.ByteString b = 
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+                  (java.lang.String) ref);
+          description_ = b;
+          return b;
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+      /**
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+      public Builder setDescription(
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+        if (value == null) {
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+  bitField0_ |= 0x00000040;
+        description_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
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+      public Builder clearDescription() {
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000040);
+        description_ = getDefaultInstance().getDescription();
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
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+      /**
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+        if (value == null) {
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+  bitField0_ |= 0x00000040;
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+      /**
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+      public Builder setTimeline(
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+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          if (value == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+          }
+          ensureTimelineIsMutable();
+          timeline_.set(index, value);
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.setMessage(index, value);
+        }
+        return this;
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+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
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+      public Builder setTimeline(
+          int index, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder builderForValue) {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          ensureTimelineIsMutable();
+          timeline_.set(index, builderForValue.build());
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.setMessage(index, builderForValue.build());
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
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+      public Builder addTimeline(org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation value) {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          if (value == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+          }
+          ensureTimelineIsMutable();
+          timeline_.add(value);
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.addMessage(value);
+        }
+        return this;
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+      /**
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+      public Builder addTimeline(
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+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          if (value == null) {
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+          }
+          ensureTimelineIsMutable();
+          timeline_.add(index, value);
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.addMessage(index, value);
+        }
+        return this;
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+      /**
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+      public Builder addTimeline(
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+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          ensureTimelineIsMutable();
+          timeline_.add(builderForValue.build());
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.addMessage(builderForValue.build());
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
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+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
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+          timeline_.add(index, builderForValue.build());
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+          timelineBuilder_.addMessage(index, builderForValue.build());
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+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder addAllTimeline(
+          java.lang.Iterable<? extends org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation> values) {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          ensureTimelineIsMutable();
+          super.addAll(values, timeline_);
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.addAllMessages(values);
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder clearTimeline() {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          timeline_ = java.util.Collections.emptyList();
+          bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000080);
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.clear();
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder removeTimeline(int index) {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          ensureTimelineIsMutable();
+          timeline_.remove(index);
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          timelineBuilder_.remove(index);
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder getTimelineBuilder(
+          int index) {
+        return getTimelineFieldBuilder().getBuilder(index);
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotationOrBuilder getTimelineOrBuilder(
+          int index) {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          return timeline_.get(index);  } else {
+          return timelineBuilder_.getMessageOrBuilder(index);
+        }
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public java.util.List<? extends org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotationOrBuilder> 
+           getTimelineOrBuilderList() {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ != null) {
+          return timelineBuilder_.getMessageOrBuilderList();
+        } else {
+          return java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList(timeline_);
+        }
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder addTimelineBuilder() {
+        return getTimelineFieldBuilder().addBuilder(
+            org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.getDefaultInstance());
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder addTimelineBuilder(
+          int index) {
+        return getTimelineFieldBuilder().addBuilder(
+            index, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.getDefaultInstance());
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>repeated .TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;</code>
+       */
+      public java.util.List<org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder> 
+           getTimelineBuilderList() {
+        return getTimelineFieldBuilder().getBuilderList();
+      }
+      private com.google.protobuf.RepeatedFieldBuilder<
+          org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotationOrBuilder> 
+          getTimelineFieldBuilder() {
+        if (timelineBuilder_ == null) {
+          timelineBuilder_ = new com.google.protobuf.RepeatedFieldBuilder<
+              org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotation.Builder, org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated.SpanProtos.TimelineAnnotationOrBuilder>(
+                  timeline_,
+                  ((bitField0_ & 0x00000080) == 0x00000080),
+                  getParentForChildren(),
+                  isClean());
+          timeline_ = null;
+        }
+        return timelineBuilder_;
+      }
+
+      // @@protoc_insertion_point(builder_scope:Span)
+    }
+
+    static {
+      defaultInstance = new Span(true);
+      defaultInstance.initFields();
+    }
+
+    // @@protoc_insertion_point(class_scope:Span)
+  }
+
+  private static com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+    internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_descriptor;
+  private static
+    com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable
+      internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_fieldAccessorTable;
+  private static com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+    internal_static_Span_descriptor;
+  private static
+    com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable
+      internal_static_Span_fieldAccessorTable;
+
+  public static com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor
+      getDescriptor() {
+    return descriptor;
+  }
+  private static com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor
+      descriptor;
+  static {
+    java.lang.String[] descriptorData = {
+      "\n\nSpan.proto\"3\n\022TimelineAnnotation\022\014\n\004ti" +
+      "me\030\001 \002(\003\022\017\n\007message\030\002 \002(\t\"\251\001\n\004Span\022\020\n\010tr" +
+      "ace_id\030\001 \002(\003\022\021\n\tparent_id\030\002 \002(\003\022\r\n\005start" +
+      "\030\003 \002(\003\022\014\n\004stop\030\004 \002(\003\022\017\n\007span_id\030\005 \002(\003\022\022\n" +
+      "\nprocess_id\030\006 \002(\t\022\023\n\013description\030\007 \002(\t\022%" +
+      "\n\010timeline\030\010 \003(\0132\023.TimelineAnnotationB0\n" +
+      "\035org.htrace.protobuf.generatedB\nSpanProt" +
+      "osH\001\240\001\001"
+    };
+    com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner assigner =
+      new com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner() {
+        public com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistry assignDescriptors(
+            com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor root) {
+          descriptor = root;
+          internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_descriptor =
+            getDescriptor().getMessageTypes().get(0);
+          internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_fieldAccessorTable = new
+            com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable(
+              internal_static_TimelineAnnotation_descriptor,
+              new java.lang.String[] { "Time", "Message", });
+          internal_static_Span_descriptor =
+            getDescriptor().getMessageTypes().get(1);
+          internal_static_Span_fieldAccessorTable = new
+            com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable(
+              internal_static_Span_descriptor,
+              new java.lang.String[] { "TraceId", "ParentId", "Start", "Stop", "SpanId", "ProcessId", "Description", "Timeline", });
+          return null;
+        }
+      };
+    com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor
+      .internalBuildGeneratedFileFrom(descriptorData,
+        new com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor[] {
+        }, assigner);
+  }
+
+  // @@protoc_insertion_point(outer_class_scope)
+}
diff --git a/htrace-kudu/src/main/protobuf/Span.proto b/htrace-kudu/src/main/protobuf/Span.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8dc369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htrace-kudu/src/main/protobuf/Span.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+option java_package = "org.apache.htrace.protobuf.generated";
+option java_outer_classname = "SpanProtos";
+option java_generate_equals_and_hash = true;
+option optimize_for = SPEED;
+
+message TimelineAnnotation {
+  required int64 time = 1;
+  required string message = 2;
+}
+
+message Span {
+  required int64 trace_id = 1;
+  required int64 parent_id = 2;
+  required int64 start = 3;
+  required int64 stop = 4;
+  required int64 span_id = 5;
+  required string process_id = 6;
+  required string description = 7;
+  repeated TimelineAnnotation timeline = 8;
+}
diff --git a/htrace-kudu/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/htrace-kudu/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..416c975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htrace-kudu/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# By default, everything goes to console and file
+log4j.rootLogger=WARN, A1
+
+# A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender.
+log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%t] %-5p %c - %m%n
+log4j.appender.A1.ImmediateFlush=true
+
+log4j.logger.org.apache.htrace=INFO, A1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 932f29a..879c8f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     <module>htrace-hbase</module>
     <module>htrace-flume</module>
     <module>htrace-htraced</module>
+    <module>htrace-kudu</module>
   </modules>
 
   <licenses>