import { Tracer, Span, SpanOptions, TimeInput, Attributes, SpanStatus } from "@opentelemetry/api";
/**
 * startView uses the given tracer to create a span that follows Embrace's semantics for representing a view
 */
declare const startView: (tracer: Tracer, viewName: string) => Span;
/**
 * endAsFailed offers a shortcut for setting the span's status as ERROR and then ending it
 */
declare const endAsFailed: (span: Span) => void;
/**
 * asParent puts the given span into a context that can then be used as an argument to a tracer's
 * `startSpan` call, e.g.: `tracer.startSpan("the-child", {}, asParent(parentSpan));`
 */
declare const asParent: (span: Span) => import("@opentelemetry/api").Context;
/**
 * recordCompletedSpan starts and then immediately stops a span, forwarding on the given options to invocations
 * of `startSpan`, `addEvent`, `setStatus`, and `end` as appropriate
 */
type CompletedSpanOptions = SpanOptions & {
    parent?: Span;
    events?: {
        name: string;
        attributes?: Attributes;
        timeStamp?: TimeInput;
    }[];
    status?: SpanStatus;
    endTime?: TimeInput;
};
declare const recordCompletedSpan: (tracer: Tracer, name: string, options?: CompletedSpanOptions) => void;
export { startView, endAsFailed, asParent, recordCompletedSpan };
export type { CompletedSpanOptions };