public sealed class SpanContext : IMessage<SpanContext>, IEquatable<SpanContext>, IDeepCloneable<SpanContext>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Monitoring v3 API class SpanContext.
The context of a span. This is attached to an
[Exemplar][google.api.Distribution.Exemplar]
in [Distribution][google.api.Distribution] values during aggregation.
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This is attached to an\n\\[Exemplar\\]\\[google.api.Distribution.Exemplar\\]\nin \\[Distribution\\]\\[google.api.Distribution\\] values during aggregation.\n\nIt contains the name of a span with format: \n\n projects/[PROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER]/traces/[TRACE_ID]/spans/[SPAN_ID]\n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e SpanContext \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[SpanContext](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3/latest/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3.SpanContext), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[SpanContext](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3/latest/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3.SpanContext), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[SpanContext](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3/latest/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3.SpanContext), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3/latest/Google.Cloud.Monitoring.V3)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Monitoring.V3.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### SpanContext()\n\n public SpanContext()\n\n### SpanContext(SpanContext)\n\n public SpanContext(SpanContext other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### SpanName\n\n public string SpanName { get; set; }\n\nThe resource name of the span. The format is: \n\n projects/[PROJECT_ID_OR_NUMBER]/traces/[TRACE_ID]/spans/[SPAN_ID]\n\n`[TRACE_ID]` is a unique identifier for a trace within a project;\nit is a 32-character hexadecimal encoding of a 16-byte array.\n\n`[SPAN_ID]` is a unique identifier for a span within a trace; it\nis a 16-character hexadecimal encoding of an 8-byte array."]]
