capturing exception type rather than entire stacktrace

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/CensusSpringAspect.java b/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/CensusSpringAspect.java
index 4d230982..54a88f27 100644
--- a/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/CensusSpringAspect.java
+++ b/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/CensusSpringAspect.java
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public class CensusSpringAspect {
   }
 
   /**
-   * trace handles methods executed with the `@Traced` annotation. A new span will be
-   * created with an optionally customizable span name.
+   * trace handles methods executed with the `@Traced` annotation. A new span will be created with
+   * an optionally customizable span name.
    *
    * @param call the join point to execute
    * @return the result of the invocation
diff --git a/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/Handler.java b/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/Handler.java
index 66fb1b24..84dfe275 100644
--- a/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/Handler.java
+++ b/contrib/spring/src/main/java/io/opencensus/contrib/spring/aop/Handler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import io.opencensus.trace.SpanBuilder;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Status;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Tracer;
 import io.opencensus.trace.Tracing;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
@@ -45,11 +44,9 @@ final class Handler {
       return call.proceed();
 
     } catch (Throwable t) {
-      StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(512);
-
       Map<String, AttributeValue> attributes = new HashMap<String, AttributeValue>();
       attributes.put("message", AttributeValue.stringAttributeValue(t.getMessage()));
-      attributes.put("stackTrace", AttributeValue.stringAttributeValue(sw.toString()));
+      attributes.put("type", AttributeValue.stringAttributeValue(t.getClass().toString()));
 
       Span span = tracer.getCurrentSpan();
       span.addAnnotation("error", attributes);