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\u003ccode\u003eApiTracer\u003c/code\u003e, each corresponding to a single logical operation, as it is intended to trace operations.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003enewTracer\u003c/code\u003e method creates a new \u003ccode\u003eApiTracer\u003c/code\u003e instance, requiring a parent \u003ccode\u003eApiTracer\u003c/code\u003e, a \u003ccode\u003eSpanName\u003c/code\u003e, and an \u003ccode\u003eOperationType\u003c/code\u003e to define the tracing context.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation mentions that for internal use, google-cloud-java libraries should extend the \u003ccode\u003eBaseApiTracerFactory\u003c/code\u003e class.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Interface ApiTracerFactory (2.69.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.69.0 (latest)](/java/docs/reference/gax/latest/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.68.2](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.68.2/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- 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[2.14.0](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.14.0/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.13.0](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.13.0/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.12.2](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.12.2/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.11.0](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.11.0/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.10.0](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.10.0/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.9.0](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.9.0/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.8.1](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.8.1/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory)\n- [2.7.1](/java/docs/reference/gax/2.7.1/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracerFactory) \n\n public interface ApiTracerFactory\n\nA factory to create new instances of [ApiTracer](/java/docs/reference/gax/latest/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracer)s.\n\nIn general a single instance of an [ApiTracer](/java/docs/reference/gax/latest/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracer) will correspond to a single logical\noperation.\n\nFor internal use only. google-cloud-java libraries should extend [BaseApiTracerFactory](/java/docs/reference/gax/latest/com.google.api.gax.tracing.BaseApiTracerFactory).\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### newTracer(ApiTracer parent, SpanName spanName, ApiTracerFactory.OperationType operationType)\n\n public abstract ApiTracer newTracer(ApiTracer parent, SpanName spanName, ApiTracerFactory.OperationType operationType)\n\nCreate a new [ApiTracer](/java/docs/reference/gax/latest/com.google.api.gax.tracing.ApiTracer) that will be a child of the current context."]]