switch v := obj.(type) {
	case map[string]any:
		accum := make([]string, 0)
		for key, vv := range v {
			childwalk, err := walk(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s", path, separator, pathComponent(key)), ".", vv)
			if err != nil {
				return accum, err
			}
			accum = append(accum, childwalk...)
		}
		return accum, nil
	case []any:
		accum := make([]string, 0)
		for idx, vv := range v {

		// remove bucket from pathComponents as it is dyanamic and
		// hence not included in the collector path.
		pathComponents = pathComponents[:bucketIdx]
	}

	innerHandler := h.handle(pathComponents, isListingRequest, buckets)

	// Add tracing to the prom. handler
	tracedHandler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		tc, ok := r.Context().Value(mcontext.ContextTraceKey).(*mcontext.TraceCtxt)
		if ok {