• Dependency the toolkit, such as using maven or gradle

   <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId>
      <artifactId>apm-toolkit-trace</artifactId>
      <version>${skywalking.version}</version>
   </dependency>

• Use TraceContext.traceId() API to obtain traceId.

import org.apache.skywalking.apm.toolkit.trace.TraceContext;
...

modelAndView.addObject("traceId", TraceContext.traceId());

• Use TraceContext.segmentId() API to obtain segmentId.

import org.apache.skywalking.apm.toolkit.trace.TraceContext;
...

modelAndView.addObject("segmentId", TraceContext.segmentId());

• Use TraceContext.spanId() API to obtain spanId.

import org.apache.skywalking.apm.toolkit.trace.TraceContext;
...

modelAndView.addObject("spanId", TraceContext.spanId());

Sample codes only

• Add @Trace to any method you want to trace. After that, you can see the span in the Stack.

• Methods annotated with @Tag will try to tag the current active span with the given key (Tag#key()) and (Tag#value()), if there is no active span at all, this annotation takes no effect. @Tag can be repeated, and can be used in companion with @Trace, see examples below. The value of Tag is the same as what are supported in Customize Enhance Trace.

• Add custom tag in the context of traced method, ActiveSpan.tag("key", "val").

• ActiveSpan.error() Mark the current span as error status.

• ActiveSpan.error(String errorMsg) Mark the current span as error status with a message.

• ActiveSpan.error(Throwable throwable) Mark the current span as error status with a Throwable.

• ActiveSpan.debug(String debugMsg) Add a debug level log message in the current span.

• ActiveSpan.info(String infoMsg) Add an info level log message in the current span.

• ActiveSpan.setOperationName(String operationName) Customize an operation name.

ActiveSpan.tag("my_tag", "my_value");
ActiveSpan.error();
ActiveSpan.error("Test-Error-Reason");

ActiveSpan.error(new RuntimeException("Test-Error-Throwable"));
ActiveSpan.info("Test-Info-Msg");
ActiveSpan.debug("Test-debug-Msg");

/**
 * The codes below will generate a span,
 * and two types of tags, 
      one type tag: keys are `tag1` and `tag2`, values are the passed-in parameters, respectively, 
      the other type tag: keys are `username`  and `age`, values are the return value in User, respectively
 */
@Trace
@Tag(key = "tag1", value = "arg[0]")
@Tag(key = "tag2", value = "arg[1]")
@Tag(key = "username", value = "returnedObj.username")
@Tag(key = "age", value = "returnedObj.age")
public User methodYouWantToTrace(String param1, String param2) {
    // ActiveSpan.setOperationName("Customize your own operation name, if this is an entry span, this would be an endpoint name");
    // ...
}

• Use TraceContext.putCorrelation() API to put custom data in tracing context.

Optional<String> previous = TraceContext.putCorrelation("customKey", "customValue");

CorrelationContext will remove the item when the value is null or empty.

• Use TraceContext.getCorrelation() API to get custom data.

Optional<String> value = TraceContext.getCorrelation("customKey");

CorrelationContext configuration descriptions could be found in the agent configuration documentation, with correlation. as the prefix.