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Edge

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Edge - AWS X-Ray

Information about a connection between two services. An edge can be a synchronous connection, such as typical call between client and service, or an asynchronous link, such as a Lambda function which retrieves an event from an SNS queue.

Contents

Aliases

Aliases for the edge.

Type: Array of Alias objects

Required: No

EdgeType

Describes an asynchronous connection, with a value of link.

Type: String

Required: No

EndTime

The end time of the last segment on the edge.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

ReceivedEventAgeHistogram

A histogram that maps the spread of event age when received by consumers. Age is calculated each time an event is received. Only populated when EdgeType is link.

Type: Array of HistogramEntry objects

Required: No

ReferenceId

Identifier of the edge. Unique within a service map.

Type: Integer

Required: No

ResponseTimeHistogram

A histogram that maps the spread of client response times on an edge. Only populated for synchronous edges.

Type: Array of HistogramEntry objects

Required: No

StartTime

The start time of the first segment on the edge.

Type: Timestamp

Required: No

SummaryStatistics

Response statistics for segments on the edge.

Type: EdgeStatistics object

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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