[resource] Remove an attribute

[CodeBlanch]

What are you trying to achieve?

I just got an interesting request from a user. They are using some .NET resource detectors like this:

otelOptions.SetResourceBuilder(
   ResourceBuilder.CreateDefault()
      .AddService(serviceName: "VoiceCompanionApp", serviceVersion: "1.0.0")
      .AddHostDetector()
      .AddProcessDetector()
      .AddProcessRuntimeDetector()
      .AddOperatingSystemDetector());

User wants to remove "hostname" & "username" attributes from the final resource.

There is a Merge operation defined in the spec but I don't see a way to remove specific keys via that mechanism.

Q: Should we extend Merge to support removal or add something dedicated?

/cc @flaviocdc

[cijothomas]

• @jsuereth who is driving Resource v2/Entities

[trask]

I believe this is going to be supported in declarative configuration in case that helps: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-configuration/blob/f27d8d9514c4e3bf661026567bfb5c2c61e553ce/examples/kitchen-sink.yaml#L364-L369

[pellared]

I think it still needs programmatic support.