Deprecate SpanExporterFactory in favor of ConfigurableSpanExporterProvider
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ import java.util.Set;
* A {@link SpanExporterFactory} acts as the bootstrap for a {@link SpanExporter} implementation. An
* exporter must register its implementation of a {@link SpanExporterFactory} through the Java SPI
* framework.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use {@code io.opentelemetry.sdk.autoconfigure.spi.ConfigurableSpanExporterProvider}
+ * from the {@code opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure} instead.
*/
+@Deprecated
public interface SpanExporterFactory {
/**
* Creates an instance of a {@link SpanExporter} based on the provided configuration.
