private Span createSpan(List<SpanEvent> spanEventList) {
    DefaultTraceId traceId = new DefaultTraceId("test", 0, 1);
    Span span = new Span();

    for (SpanEvent spanEvent : spanEventList) {
      span.addToSpanEventList(spanEvent);
    }

    span.setAgentId("agentId");
    span.recordTraceId(traceId);
    return span;
  }