Remove derprecated NewLogs[Request]Exporter funcs (#11661)

Signed-off-by: Bogdan Drutu <[email protected]>

.chloggen/rm-dep-exporterhelper.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: exporterhelper
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Remove derprecated NewLogs[Request]Exporter funcs
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [11661]
+
+# (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:
+
+# 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: [api]

exporter/exporterhelper/logs.go

@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ func NewLogs(
 	return NewLogsRequest(ctx, set, requestFromLogs(pusher), append(logsOpts, options...)...)
 }
 
-// Deprecated: [v0.112.0] use NewLogs.
-var NewLogsExporter = NewLogs
-
 // RequestFromLogsFunc converts plog.Logs data into a user-defined request.
 // Experimental: This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
 // until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
@@ -148,9 +145,6 @@ func NewLogsRequest(
 	}, err
 }
 
-// Deprecated: [v0.112.0] use NewLogsRequest.
-var NewLogsRequestExporter = NewLogsRequest
-
 type logsExporterWithObservability struct {
 	internal.BaseRequestSender
 	obsrep *internal.ObsReport

exporter/exporterhelper/metrics.go

@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ func NewMetrics(
 	return NewMetricsRequest(ctx, set, requestFromMetrics(pusher), append(metricsOpts, options...)...)
 }
 
-// Deprecated: [v0.112.0] use NewMetrics.
-var NewMetricsExporter = NewMetrics
-
 // RequestFromMetricsFunc converts pdata.Metrics into a user-defined request.
 // Experimental: This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
 // until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
@@ -148,9 +145,6 @@ func NewMetricsRequest(
 	}, err
 }
 
-// Deprecated: [v0.112.0] use NewMetricsRequest.
-var NewMetricsRequestExporter = NewMetricsRequest
-
 type metricsSenderWithObservability struct {
 	internal.BaseRequestSender
 	obsrep *internal.ObsReport

exporter/exporterhelper/traces.go

@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ func NewTraces(
 	return NewTracesRequest(ctx, set, requestFromTraces(pusher), append(tracesOpts, options...)...)
 }
 
-// Deprecated: [v0.112.0] use NewTraces.
-var NewTracesExporter = NewTraces
-
 // RequestFromTracesFunc converts ptrace.Traces into a user-defined Request.
 // Experimental: This API is at the early stage of development and may change without backward compatibility
 // until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/8122 is resolved.
@@ -148,9 +145,6 @@ func NewTracesRequest(
 	}, err
 }
 
-// Deprecated: [v0.112.0] use NewTracesRequest.
-var NewTracesRequestExporter = NewTracesRequest
-
 type tracesWithObservability struct {
 	internal.BaseRequestSender
 	obsrep *internal.ObsReport