def to_header(self, span_context):
        """Convert a SpanContext object to header in binary format.

        :type span_context:
            :class:`~opencensus.trace.span_context.SpanContext`
        :param span_context: SpanContext object.

        :rtype: bytes
        :returns: A trace context header in binary format.
        """
        trace_id = span_context.trace_id
        span_id = span_context.span_id
        trace_options = int(span_context.trace_options.trace_options_byte)

        # If there is no span_id in this context, set it to 0, which is
        # considered invalid and won't be set as the downstream parent span_id.
        if span_id is None:
            span_id = span_context_module.INVALID_SPAN_ID

        # Convert trace_id to bytes with length 16, treat span_id as 64 bit
        # integer which is unsigned long long type and convert it to bytes with
        # length 8, trace_option is integer with length 1.
        return struct.pack(
            BINARY_FORMAT,
            VERSION_ID,
            TRACE_ID_FIELD_ID,
            binascii.unhexlify(trace_id),
            SPAN_ID_FIELD_ID,
            binascii.unhexlify(span_id),
            TRACE_OPTION_FIELD_ID,
            trace_options)
Convert a SpanContext object to header in binary format.

        :type span_context:
            :class:`~opencensus.trace.span_context.SpanContext`
        :param span_context: SpanContext object.

        :rtype: bytes
        :returns: A trace context header in binary format.