[client] add new module go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client (#9805)

**Description:** 
Create a new go module `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client`

**Link to tracking Issue:**
Fixes #9804

---------

Co-authored-by: Yang Song <[email protected]>

.chloggen/client_module.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: new_component
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: client
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Create a new go module `go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client`
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [9804]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext: This module contains generic representations of clients connecting to different receivers.
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []

Makefile

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ check-contrib:
 	@echo Setting contrib at $(CONTRIB_PATH) to use this core checkout
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(CONTRIB_PATH) for-all CMD="$(GOCMD) mod edit \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector=$(CURDIR) \
+		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client=$(CURDIR)/client \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component=$(CURDIR)/component  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth=$(CURDIR)/config/configauth  \
 		-replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression=$(CURDIR)/config/configcompression  \
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ restore-contrib:
 	@echo Restoring contrib at $(CONTRIB_PATH) to its original state
 	@$(MAKE) -C $(CONTRIB_PATH) for-all CMD="$(GOCMD) mod edit \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector \
+		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth  \
 		-dropreplace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression  \

client/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include ../Makefile.Common

client/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client
+
+go 1.21.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.105.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.12.0
+	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../consumer
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata => ../pdata
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../pdata/testdata
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../pdata/pprofile

cmd/builder/internal/builder/main_test.go

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var (
 	replaceModules = []string{
 		"",
 		"/component",
+		"/client",
 		"/config/configauth",
 		"/config/configcompression",
 		"/config/configgrpc",

cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ exporters:
 
 replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/client
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/component
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/config/configauth
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression => ${WORKSPACE_DIR}/config/configcompression

cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ providers:
 replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
+  - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol => ../../otelcol
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth => ../../config/configauth

cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.105.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v1.12.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configgrpc v0.105.0 // indirect
@@ -141,6 +142,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/otelcol => ../../otelcol
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component

config/configgrpc/go.mod

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mostynb/go-grpc-compression v1.2.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.105.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v1.12.0
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/globalgates
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth => ../configauth
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression => ../configcompression

config/confighttp/go.mod

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.105.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v1.12.0
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../consumer
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/testdata => ../../pdata/testdata
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pprofile => ../../pdata/pprofile

exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.105.0 // indirect
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver => ../../receiver
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer => ../../consumer
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
+
 retract (
 	v0.76.0 // Depends on retracted pdata v1.0.0-rc10 module, use v0.76.1
 	v0.69.0 // Release failed, use v0.69.1

exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.105.0 // indirect
@@ -141,3 +142,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/glo
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consumer/consumerprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../../consumer/consumertest
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client

extension/zpagesextension/go.mod

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v1.12.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v1.12.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.105.0 // indirect
@@ -126,3 +127,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/glo
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consumer/consumerprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../../consumer/consumertest
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client

internal/e2e/go.mod

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v1.12.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confignet v0.105.0 // indirect
@@ -154,3 +155,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../globalgates
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consumer/consumerprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../../consumer/consumertest
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client

otelcol/go.mod

@@ -154,3 +154,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../internal/global
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../consumer/consumerprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../consumer/consumertest
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../client

otelcol/otelcoltest/go.mod

@@ -172,3 +172,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/glo
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consumer/consumerprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../../consumer/consumertest
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client

processor/batchprocessor/go.mod

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.21.0
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.105.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.105.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.105.0
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor => ../
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component => ../../component
 
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client
+
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap => ../../confmap
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate => ../../featuregate

receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.105.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v1.12.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v1.12.0 // indirect
@@ -144,3 +145,5 @@ replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/internal/globalgates => ../../internal/glo
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumerprofiles => ../../consumer/consumerprofiles
 
 replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer/consumertest => ../../consumer/consumertest
+
+replace go.opentelemetry.io/collector/client => ../../client