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+# Copyright 2019, OpenTelemetry Authors
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+"""
+The OpenTelemetry tracing API describes the classes used to generate
+distributed traces.
+
+The :class:`.Tracer` class controls access to the execution context, and
+manages span creation. Each operation in a trace is represented by a
+:class:`.Span`, which records the start, end time, and metadata associated with
+the operation.
+
+This module provides abstract (i.e. unimplemented) classes required for
+tracing, and a concrete no-op ``BlankSpan`` that allows applications to use the
+API package alone without a supporting implementation.
+
+The tracer supports implicit and explicit context propagation. By default spans
+are created as children of the currently active span, and the newly-created
+span becomes the new active span::
+
+    from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import tracer
+
+    # Create a new root span, set it as the current span in context
+    with tracer.span("parent"):
+        # Attach a new child and update the current span
+        with tracer.span("child"):
+            do_work():
+        # Close child span, set parent as current
+    # Close parent span, set default span as current
+
+Under explicit context propagation there is no concept of an active span, and
+the caller is responsible for managing the span's lifetime::
+
+    from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import tracer
+    from your.integration import deserialize_span
+
+    parent = deserialize_span(serialized_span)
+    # Explicit parent span assignment
+    with tracer.span("child", parent=parent) as child:
+        do_work(span=child)
+
+Applications should generally use a single global tracer, and use either
+implicit or explicit context propagation consistently throughout.
+
+.. versionadded:: 0.1.0
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Iterator
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+
+
+class Tracer(object):
+    """Handles span creation and in-process context propagation.
+
+    This class provides methods for manipulating the context, creating spans,
+    and controlling spans' lifecycles.
+    """
+
+    def get_current_span(self) -> Span:
+        """Get the currently active span from the context.
+
+        Returns:
+            The currently active :class:`.Span`.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def span(self, name: str, parent: Span=None) -> Iterator[None]:
+        """Context manager for span creation.
+
+        Create a new child of the current span, or create a root span if no
+        current span exists. Start the span and set it as the current span in
+        this tracer's context.
+
+        On exiting the context manager stop the span and set its parent as the
+        current span.
+
+        Example::
+
+            with tracer.span("one") as parent:
+                parent.add_event("parent's event")
+                with tracer.span("two") as child:
+                    child.add_event("child's event")
+                    tracer.get_current_span()  # returns child
+                tracer.get_current_span()      # returns parent
+            tracer.get_current_span()          # returns the previously active span
+
+        Args:
+            name: The name of the span to be created.
+            parent: This span's parent.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: if ``name`` is null.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def create_span(self, name: str, parent: Span=None) -> Span:
+        """Create a new span as a child of the currently active span.
+
+        If called with ``parent`` this method won't affect the tracer's
+        context.
+
+        See ``span`` for a context manager that controls the span's lifetime.
+
+        Args:
+            name: The name of the span to be created.
+            parent: This span's parent.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: if ``name`` is null.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class Span(object):
+    """A span represents a single operation within a trace.
+    """
+
+    def start(self) -> None:
+        """Set the current time as the span's start time.
+
+        Each span represents a single operation. The span's start time is the
+        wall time at which the operation started.
+
+        Only the first call to ``start`` should modify the span, and
+        implementations are free to ignore or raise on further calls.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def end(self) -> None:
+        """Set the current time as the span's end time.
+
+        The span's end time is the wall time at which the operation finished.
+
+        Only the first call to ``end`` should modify the span, and
+        implementations are free to ignore or raise on further calls.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def get_context(self) -> SpanContext:
+        """Get an immutable snapshot of this span.
+
+        Returns:
+            A :class:`.SpanContext` with a copy of this span's immutable state.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class SpanContext(object):
+    """The state of a Span to propagate between processes.
+
+    This class includes the immutable attributes of a :class:`.Span` that must
+    be propagated to a span's children and across process boundaries.
+
+    Args:
+        trace_id: The ID of the trace that this span belongs to.
+        span_id: This span's ID.
+        options: Global trace options to propagate.
+        state: Global tracing-system-specific info to propagate.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 trace_id: str,
+                 span_id: str,
+                 options: TraceOptions,
+                 state: TraceState) -> SpanContext:
+        pass
+
+
+# TODO
+class TraceOptions(int):
+    pass
+
+
+# TODO
+class TraceState(dict):
+    pass