@Autowired Tracer tracer;

// derives a sample rate from an annotation on a java method
DeclarativeSampler<Traced> sampler = DeclarativeSampler.create(Traced::sampleRate);

@Around("@annotation(traced)")
public Object traceThing(ProceedingJoinPoint pjp, Traced traced) throws Throwable {
  // When there is no trace in progress, this decides using an annotation
  Sampler decideUsingAnnotation = declarativeSampler.toSampler(traced);
  Tracer tracer = tracer.withSampler(decideUsingAnnotation);

  // This code looks the same as if there was no declarative override
  ScopedSpan span = tracer.startScopedSpan(spanName(pjp));
  try {
    return pjp.proceed();
  } catch (RuntimeException | Error e) {
    span.error(e);
    throw e;
  } finally {
    span.finish();
  }
}

@Autowired Tracer tracer;
@Autowired Sampler fallback;

Span nextSpan(final Request input) {
  Sampler requestBased = Sampler() {
    @Override public boolean isSampled(long traceId) {
      if (input.url().startsWith("/experimental")) {
        return true;
      } else if (input.url().startsWith("/static")) {
        return false;
      }
      return fallback.isSampled(traceId);
    }
  };
  return tracer.withSampler(requestBased).nextSpan();
}

@Bean
public Sampler defaultSampler() {
    return Sampler.ALWAYS_SAMPLE;
}