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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.
-
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-package opentelemetry.proto.trace.v1;
-
-option csharp_namespace = "OpenTelemetry.Proto.Collector.Trace.V1";
-option java_multiple_files = true;
-option java_package = "io.opentelemetry.proto.trace.v1";
-option java_outer_classname = "TraceConfigProto";
-option go_package = "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/collector/trace/v1";
-
-// Global configuration of the trace service. All fields must be specified, or
-// the default (zero) values will be used for each type.
-message TraceConfig {
-
-  // The global default sampler used to make decisions on span sampling.
-  oneof sampler {
-    ConstantSampler constant_sampler = 1;
-
-    TraceIdRatioBased trace_id_ratio_based = 2;
-
-    RateLimitingSampler rate_limiting_sampler = 3;
-  }
-
-  // The global default max number of attributes per span.
-  int64 max_number_of_attributes = 4;
-
-  // The global default max number of annotation events per span.
-  int64 max_number_of_timed_events= 5;
-
-  // The global default max number of attributes per timed event.
-  int64 max_number_of_attributes_per_timed_event = 6;
-
-  // The global default max number of link entries per span.
-  int64 max_number_of_links = 7;
-
-  // The global default max number of attributes per span.
-  int64 max_number_of_attributes_per_link = 8;
-}
-
-// Sampler that always makes a constant decision on span sampling.
-message ConstantSampler {
-  // How spans should be sampled:
-  // - Always off
-  // - Always on
-  // - Always follow the parent Span's decision (off if no parent).
-  enum ConstantDecision {
-    ALWAYS_OFF = 0;
-    ALWAYS_ON = 1;
-    ALWAYS_PARENT = 2;
-  }
-  ConstantDecision decision = 1;
-}
-
-// Sampler that tries to uniformly sample traces with a given ratio.
-// The ratio of sampling a trace is equal to that of the specified ratio.
-message TraceIdRatioBased {
-  // The desired ratio of sampling. Must be within [0.0, 1.0].
-  double samplingRatio = 1;
-}
-
-// Sampler that tries to sample with a rate per time window.
-message RateLimitingSampler {
-  // Rate per second.
-  int64 qps = 1;
-}