From 17f4679712035c02dc710ca5029f10107293e053 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juliuskoval <juliuskoval@seznam.cz>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:27:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] making OtlpExporter public

---
 .../.publicApi/Stable/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt                  | 3 +++
 .../OtlpLogExporter.cs                                         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/.publicApi/Stable/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/.publicApi/Stable/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index e69de29bb2d..508ace4d8ec 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/.publicApi/Stable/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/.publicApi/Stable/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OtlpLogExporter
+OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OtlpLogExporter.OtlpLogExporter(OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OtlpExporterOptions options) -> void
+override OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OtlpLogExporter.Export(in OpenTelemetry.Batch<OpenTelemetry.Logs.LogRecord> logRecordBatch) -> OpenTelemetry.ExportResult
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpLogExporter.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpLogExporter.cs
index 757691d1702..ec2554fb0d3 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpLogExporter.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/OtlpLogExporter.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Exporter;
 /// Exporter consuming <see cref="LogRecord"/> and exporting the data using
 /// the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP).
 /// </summary>
-internal sealed class OtlpLogExporter : BaseExporter<LogRecord>
+public sealed class OtlpLogExporter : BaseExporter<LogRecord>
 {
     private readonly IExportClient<OtlpCollector.ExportLogsServiceRequest> exportClient;
     private readonly OtlpLogRecordTransformer otlpLogRecordTransformer;

From c3edb4da63684a2a24e73fb8e10e52e4c4cb3a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juliuskoval <juliuskoval@seznam.cz>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:49:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added a changelog entry

---
 src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
index f1dfe571404..31d6b8143b4 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Made `OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OtlpLogExporter` public. ([#4979](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/4979))
+
 ## 1.7.0-alpha.1
 
 Released 2023-Oct-16