RpcClientRequest (Brave Instrumentation: Rpc Adapters 5.13.9 API)

java.lang.Object
- brave.Request
- - brave.rpc.RpcRequest
  - - brave.rpc.RpcClientRequest

```
public abstract class RpcClientRequest
extends RpcRequest
```
Marks an interface for use in RpcClientHandler.handleSend(RpcClientRequest). This gives a standard type to consider when parsing an outgoing context.

Since:

5.8

See Also:

RpcClientResponse

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

RpcClientRequest()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`propagationField(String keyName, String value)`	Sets a propagation field with the indicated name.
`Span.Kind`	`spanKind()`

Methods inherited from class brave.rpc.RpcRequest
method, parseRemoteIpAndPort, service, startTimestamp

Methods inherited from class brave.Request
toString, unwrap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - RpcClientRequest
```
public RpcClientRequest()
```
- Method Detail
  - spanKind
```
public final Span.Kind spanKind()
```
    Specified by:
    
    spanKind in class Request
  - propagationField
```
protected void propagationField(String keyName,
                                String value)
```
    Sets a propagation field with the indicated name. null values are unsupported.
    Notes
    
    This is only used when injecting a trace context as internally implemented by RpcClientHandler. Calls during sampling or parsing are invalid and may be ignored by instrumentation.
    Header based requests will use headers, but this could set RPC envelopes or even binary data.
    
    Parameters:
    
    keyName - key used for Propagation.Setter.put(R, K, java.lang.String)
    
    value - value used for Propagation.Setter.put(R, K, java.lang.String)
    
    Since:
    
    5.12
    
    See Also:
    
    SETTER, Propagation.keys(), BaggagePropagation.allKeyNames(Propagation)