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+# Spark Instrumentation
+
+This instrumentation is for
+[Spark](https://github.com/perwendel/spark) -
+a tiny web framework for Java. It is also sometimes referred to as
+"Spark Java" to differentiate it from Apache Spark.
+
+This instrumentation is NOT for Apache Spark.
+
+This instrumentation does not emit telemetry on its own. Instead, it extracts the HTTP route and attaches it to SERVER spans and HTTP server metrics.