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Implement spec: MetricFilter

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Description

Describe the solution you'd like
Implement the following 3 features, as shown in compliance metric:

  • A metric Producer accepts an optional metric Filter
  • The metric Reader implementation supports registering metric Filter and passing them its registered metric Producers
  • The metric SDK's metric Producer implementations uses the metric Filter

Additional context
The metric filter specifications PR: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/pull/3566

Plan

  • Implement MetricFilter
  • Fix OpenCensusMetricProducer to implement with MetricFilter and not use default implementation

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  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked compliance matrix and MetricFilter specification PR, then trace the Metric Producer, metric Reader, SDK producer, and OpenCensusMetricProducer implementations. Done means the three listed filter behaviors are implemented and OpenCensusMetricProducer no longer relies on the default implementation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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