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* Add documentation describing non-obvious points of Servlet instrumentations

* Change names of servlet based server spans
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iNikem committed May 25, 2020
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* limitations under the License.
*/
import com.google.common.io.Files
import io.opentelemetry.auto.bootstrap.instrumentation.decorator.HttpServerDecorator
import io.opentelemetry.auto.instrumentation.api.MoreTags
import io.opentelemetry.auto.instrumentation.api.Tags
import io.opentelemetry.auto.test.AgentTestRunner
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import static io.opentelemetry.trace.Span.Kind.SERVER

//TODO should this be HttpServerTest?
class JSPInstrumentationBasicTests extends AgentTestRunner {

static {
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trace(0, 3) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 3) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 3) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("POST")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 3) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored true
tags {
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trace(0, 3) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 7) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 2) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored true
tags {
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span(0) {
parent()
// serviceName jspWebappContext
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
// FIXME: this is not a great span name for serving static content.
// spanName "GET /$jspWebappContext/$staticFile"
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staticFile = "common/hello.html"
}

String expectedOperationName(String method) {
return method != null ? "HTTP $method" : HttpServerDecorator.DEFAULT_SPAN_NAME
//Simple class name plus method name of the entry point of the given servlet container.
//"Entry point" here means the first filter or servlet that accepts incoming requests.
//This will serve as a default name of the SERVER span created for this request.
protected String expectedOperationName() {
'ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter'
}
}
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* limitations under the License.
*/
import com.google.common.io.Files
import io.opentelemetry.auto.bootstrap.instrumentation.decorator.HttpServerDecorator
import io.opentelemetry.auto.instrumentation.api.MoreTags
import io.opentelemetry.auto.instrumentation.api.Tags
import io.opentelemetry.auto.test.AgentTestRunner
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trace(0, 5) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 3) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 9) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 7) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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trace(0, 4) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored true
tags {
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trace(0, 3) {
span(0) {
parent()
operationName expectedOperationName("GET")
operationName expectedOperationName()
spanKind SERVER
errored false
tags {
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res.close()
}

String expectedOperationName(String method) {
return method != null ? "HTTP $method" : HttpServerDecorator.DEFAULT_SPAN_NAME
//Simple class name plus method name of the entry point of the given servlet container.
//"Entry point" here means the first filter or servlet that accepts incoming requests.
//This will serve as a default name of the SERVER span created for this request.
protected String expectedOperationName() {
'ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter'
}
}
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# Instrumentation for Java Servlets

In order to fully understand how java servlet instrumentation work,
let us first take a look at the following stacktrace from Spring PetClinic application.
Unimportant frames are redacted, points of interests are highlighted and discussed below.

<pre>
<b>at org.springframework.samples.petclinic.owner.OwnerController.initCreationForm(OwnerController.java:60)</b>
...
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:87)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:1040)
<b>at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:943)</b>
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:1006)
<b>at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:898)</b>
<b>at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:634)</b>
<b>at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:883)</b>
<b>at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741)</b>
...
<b>at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)</b>
...
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
</pre>

Everything starts when HTTP request processing reaches the first class from Servlet specification.
In the example above this is `ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ServletRequest, ServletResponse)` method.
Let us call this first servlet specific method an "entry point".
This is the main target for `Servlet3Instrumentation` and `Servlet2Instrumentation` instrumenters:

`public void javax.servlet.FilterChain#doFilter(ServletRequest, ServletResponse)`

`public void javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet#service(ServletRequest, ServletResponse)`.

For example, Jetty Servlet container does not have default filter chain and in many cases will have
the second method as instrumentation entry point.
These instrumentations are located in two separate submodules `request-3.0` and `request-2.3`, respectively,
because they and corresponding tests depend on different versions of servlet specification.

Next, request passes several other methods from Servlet specification, such as

`protected void javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet#service(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)` or

`protected void org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet#doGet(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse)`.

They are the targets for `HttpServletInstrumentation`.
From the observability point of view nothing of interest usually happens inside these methods.
Thus it usually does not make sense to create spans from them, as they would only add useless noise.
For this reason `HttpServletInstrumentation` is disabled by default.
In rare cases when you need it, you can enable it using configuration property `ota.integration.servlet-service.enabled`.

In exactly the same situation are all other Servlet filters beyond the initial entry point.
Usually unimportant, they may be sometimes of interest during troubleshooting.
They are instrumented by `FilterInstrumentation` which is too disabled by default.
You can enable it with the configuration property `ota.integration.servlet-filter.enabled`.
At last, request processing may reach the specific framework that you application uses.
In this case Spring MVC and `OwnerController.initCreationForm`.

If all instrumentations are enabled, then a new span will be created for every highlighted frame.
All spans from Servlet API will have `kind=SERVER` and name based on corresponding class ana method names,
such as `ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter` or `FrameworkServlet.doGet`.
Span created by Spring MVC instrumentation will have `kind=INTERNAL` and named `OwnerController.initCreationForm`.

The state described above has one significant problem.
Observability backends usually aggregate traces based on their root spans.
This means that ALL traces from any application deployed to Servlet container will be grouped together.
Becaue their root spans will all have the same named based on common entry point.
In order to alleviate this problem, instrumentations for specific frameworks, such as Spring MVC here,
_update_ name of the span corresponding to the entry point.
Each framework instrumentation can decide what is the best span name based on framework implementation details.
Of course, still adhering to OpenTelemetry
[semantic conventions](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/master/specification/trace/semantic_conventions/http.md).
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// TODO: Figure out a better way to test with OSGi included.
class GlassFishServerTest extends HttpServerTest<GlassFish> {

// static {
// System.setProperty("ota.integration.grizzly.enabled", "true")
// }

@Override
URI buildAddress() {
return new URI("http://localhost:$port/$context/")
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@Override
void serverSpan(TraceAssert trace, int index, String traceID = null, String parentID = null, String method = "GET", ServerEndpoint endpoint = SUCCESS) {
trace.span(index) {
operationName expectedOperationName(method)
operationName entryPointName()
spanKind SERVER
errored endpoint.errored
if (parentID != null) {
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}
}
}

//Simple class name plus method name of the entry point of the given servlet container.
//"Entry point" here means the first filter or servlet that accepts incoming requests.
//This will serve as a default name of the SERVER span created for this request.
protected String entryPointName() {
'HttpServlet.service'
}
}

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import io.opentelemetry.auto.instrumentation.api.Tags;
import io.opentelemetry.trace.Span;
import io.opentelemetry.trace.Status;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.security.Principal;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import net.bytebuddy.asm.Advice;
import net.bytebuddy.implementation.bytecode.assign.Assigner;

public class Servlet2Advice {

@Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class)
public static SpanWithScope onEnter(
@Advice.This final Object servlet,
@Advice.Origin final Method method,
@Advice.Argument(0) final ServletRequest request,
@Advice.Argument(value = 1, typing = Assigner.Typing.DYNAMIC)
final ServletResponse response) {
@Advice.Argument(1) final ServletResponse response) {
if (!(request instanceof HttpServletRequest)) {
return null;
}

final boolean hasServletTrace = request.getAttribute(SPAN_ATTRIBUTE) instanceof Span;
final boolean invalidRequest = !(request instanceof HttpServletRequest);
if (invalidRequest || hasServletTrace) {
if (hasServletTrace) {
// Tracing might already be applied by the FilterChain or a parent request (forward/include).
return null;
}

final HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest = (HttpServletRequest) request;

// TODO this logic should be moved to Servlet2 specific Decorator
if (response instanceof HttpServletResponse) {
// For use by HttpServletResponseInstrumentation:
InstrumentationContext.get(HttpServletResponse.class, HttpServletRequest.class)
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}

final Span.Builder builder =
TRACER.spanBuilder(DECORATE.spanNameForRequest(httpServletRequest)).setSpanKind(SERVER);
TRACER.spanBuilder(DECORATE.spanNameForMethod(method)).setSpanKind(SERVER);
builder.setParent(extract(httpServletRequest, GETTER));

final Span span =
builder.setAttribute("span.origin.type", servlet.getClass().getName()).startSpan();

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if (spanWithScope == null) {
return;
}

final Span span = spanWithScope.getSpan();

if (response instanceof HttpServletResponse) {
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