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opentelemetry-sdk: clarify Resource.create usage #4372

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these attributes can be included in the Resource.*

Resource objects are created with `Resource.create`, which accepts attributes
(key-values). Resources should NOT be created via constructor, and working with
(key-values). Resources should NOT be created via constructor except by `ResourceDetector`
instances which can't use `Resource.create` to avoid infinite loops. Working with
`Resource` objects should only be done via the Resource API methods. Resource
attributes can also be passed at process invocation in the
:envvar:`OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` environment variable. You should register
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) -> "Resource":
"""Creates a new `Resource` from attributes.

`ResourceDetector` instances should not call this method.

Args:
attributes: Optional zero or more key-value pairs.
schema_url: Optional URL pointing to the schema
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@abc.abstractmethod
def detect(self) -> "Resource":
"""Don't call `Resource.create` here to avoid an infinite loop, instead instantiate `Resource` directly"""
raise NotImplementedError()


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