feat(propagation): decouple propagation module from config and make it public#176
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…onfig trait Introduce a `PropagationConfig` trait that abstracts the 5 configuration fields needed by propagators, allowing external consumers (e.g. Lambda extension) to reuse the propagation module without depending on the full `Config` struct. - Make `propagation` module unconditionally public (was gated behind `test-utils` feature) - Add `PropagationConfig` trait with methods for propagation styles, extract-first behavior, and tags max length - Make `DatadogCompositePropagator` generic over `C: PropagationConfig` for zero-cost monomorphization - Implement `PropagationConfig` for `Config` to maintain backward compatibility - Re-export `TracePropagationStyle` from the propagation module
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What does this PR do?
Decouples the propagation module from the concrete Config struct by introducing a PropagationConfig trait. This makes DatadogCompositePropagator generic over any configuration type that implements the trait, and exports the propagation module unconditionally (previously
gated behind test-utils).
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Motivation
External consumers like the Lambda extension (bottlecap) have their own propagation code that duplicates what lives here. By decoupling propagation from the full Config struct (which carries 70+ fields and heavy dependencies), external crates can depend on
datadog-opentelemetry for propagation by implementing the lightweight PropagationConfig trait on their own config type — without pulling in the entire tracer configuration.
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