[connector/otlpjson] Move stability to alpha (#34253)

**Description:** <Describe what has changed.>
<!--Ex. Fixing a bug - Describe the bug and how this fixes the issue.
Ex. Adding a feature - Explain what this achieves.-->
This is the 3rd PR for the new otlpjson connector
(#34208).
Moves its stability to `alpha`.

**Link to tracking Issue:** <Issue number if applicable>
#34208
#34239
#34249

**Testing:** <Describe what testing was performed and which tests were
added.> ~

**Documentation:** <Describe the documentation added.> Updated

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Signed-off-by: ChrsMark <chrismarkou92@gmail.com>

.chloggen/otlpjsoncon_alpha.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: otlpjsonconnector
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Move connector's stability to alpha.
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [34208, 34253]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]

cmd/otelcontribcol/builder-config.yaml

@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ connectors:
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector v0.105.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/failoverconnector v0.105.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector v0.105.0
+  - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/otlpjsonconnector v0.105.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/roundrobinconnector v0.105.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector v0.105.0
   - gomod: github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector v0.105.0
@@ -455,6 +456,7 @@ replaces:
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector => ../../connector/exceptionsconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/failoverconnector => ../../connector/failoverconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector => ../../connector/grafanacloudconnector
+  - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/otlpjsonconnector => ../../connector/otlpjsonconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/roundrobinconnector => ../../connector/roundrobinconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector => ../../connector/routingconnector
   - github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector => ../../connector/servicegraphconnector

cmd/otelcontribcol/go.mod

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/exceptionsconnector v0.105.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/failoverconnector v0.105.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector v0.105.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/otlpjsonconnector v0.105.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/roundrobinconnector v0.105.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector v0.105.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/servicegraphconnector v0.105.0
@@ -1266,6 +1267,8 @@ replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/fail
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/grafanacloudconnector => ../../connector/grafanacloudconnector
 
+replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/otlpjsonconnector => ../../connector/otlpjsonconnector
+
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/roundrobinconnector => ../../connector/roundrobinconnector
 
 replace github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/routingconnector => ../../connector/routingconnector

connector/otlpjsonconnector/README.md

@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
 | Issues        | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aopen%20label%3Aconnector%2Fotlpjson%20&label=open&color=orange&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aconnector%2Fotlpjson) [![Closed issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-search/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib?query=is%3Aissue%20is%3Aclosed%20label%3Aconnector%2Fotlpjson%20&label=closed&color=blue&logo=opentelemetry)](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+is%3Aissue+label%3Aconnector%2Fotlpjson) |
 | [Code Owners](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#becoming-a-code-owner)    | [@djaglowski](https://www.github.com/djaglowski), [@ChrsMark](https://www.github.com/ChrsMark) |
 
-[development]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#development
+[alpha]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector#alpha
 [contrib]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/tree/main/distributions/otelcol-contrib
 
 ## Supported Pipeline Types
 
 | [Exporter Pipeline Type] | [Receiver Pipeline Type] | [Stability Level] |
 | ------------------------ | ------------------------ | ----------------- |
-| logs | metrics | [development] |
-| logs | traces | [development] |
-| logs | logs | [development] |
+| logs | metrics | [alpha] |
+| logs | traces | [alpha] |
+| logs | logs | [alpha] |
 
 [Exporter Pipeline Type]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/connector/README.md#exporter-pipeline-type
 [Receiver Pipeline Type]: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/blob/main/connector/README.md#receiver-pipeline-type

connector/otlpjsonconnector/config.go

@@ -4,7 +4,3 @@
 package otlpjsonconnector // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/connector/otlpjsonconnector"
 
 type Config struct{}
-
-func (c *Config) Validate() error {
-	return nil
-}

connector/otlpjsonconnector/metadata.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 type: otlpjson
+scope_name: otelcol/otlpjson
 
 status:
   class: connector
   stability:
-    development: [logs_to_metrics, logs_to_traces, logs_to_logs]
+    alpha: [logs_to_metrics, logs_to_traces, logs_to_logs]
   distributions: [contrib]
   codeowners:
     active: [djaglowski, ChrsMark]