remove use of typeStr

extension/sigv4authextension/config_test.go

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap/confmaptest"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/sigv4authextension/internal/metadata"
 )
 
 func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	factory := NewFactory()
 	cfg := factory.CreateDefaultConfig()
-	sub, err := cm.Sub(component.NewID(typeStr).String())
+	sub, err := cm.Sub(component.NewID(metadata.Type).String())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, component.UnmarshalConfig(sub, cfg))
 
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ func TestLoadConfigError(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	factory := NewFactory()
 	cfg := factory.CreateDefaultConfig()
-	sub, err := cm.Sub(component.NewIDWithName(typeStr, "missing_credentials").String())
+	sub, err := cm.Sub(component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "missing_credentials").String())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, component.UnmarshalConfig(sub, cfg))
 	assert.Error(t, component.ValidateConfig(cfg))

extension/sigv4authextension/factory.go

@@ -25,14 +25,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/extension/sigv4authextension/internal/metadata"
 )
 
-const (
-	// The value of extension "type" in configuration.
-	typeStr = "sigv4auth"
-)
-
 // NewFactory creates a factory for the Sigv4 Authenticator extension.
 func NewFactory() extension.Factory {
-	return extension.NewFactory(typeStr, createDefaultConfig, createExtension, metadata.Stability)
+	return extension.NewFactory(metadata.Type, createDefaultConfig, createExtension, metadata.Stability)
 }
 
 // createDefaultConfig() creates a Config struct with default values.