SchedulingTaskExecutor provides prefersShortLivedTasks default method

Issue: SPR-17116

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/SchedulingTaskExecutor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,21 +42,20 @@ import org.springframework.core.task.AsyncTaskExecutor;
 public interface SchedulingTaskExecutor extends AsyncTaskExecutor {
 
 	/**
-	 * Does this {@code TaskExecutor} prefer short-lived tasks over
-	 * long-lived tasks?
-	 * <p>A {@code SchedulingTaskExecutor} implementation can indicate
-	 * whether it prefers submitted tasks to perform as little work as they
-	 * can within a single task execution. For example, submitted tasks
-	 * might break a repeated loop into individual subtasks which submit a
-	 * follow-up task afterwards (if feasible).
-	 * <p>This should be considered a hint. Of course {@code TaskExecutor}
-	 * clients are free to ignore this flag and hence the
-	 * {@code SchedulingTaskExecutor} interface overall. However, thread
-	 * pools will usually indicated a preference for short-lived tasks, to be
-	 * able to perform more fine-grained scheduling.
-	 * @return {@code true} if this {@code TaskExecutor} prefers
-	 * short-lived tasks
+	 * Does this {@code TaskExecutor} prefer short-lived tasks over long-lived tasks?
+	 * <p>A {@code SchedulingTaskExecutor} implementation can indicate whether it
+	 * prefers submitted tasks to perform as little work as they can within a single
+	 * task execution. For example, submitted tasks might break a repeated loop into
+	 * individual subtasks which submit a follow-up task afterwards (if feasible).
+	 * <p>This should be considered a hint. Of course {@code TaskExecutor} clients
+	 * are free to ignore this flag and hence the {@code SchedulingTaskExecutor}
+	 * interface overall. However, thread pools will usually indicated a preference
+	 * for short-lived tasks, allowing for more fine-grained scheduling.
+	 * @return {@code true} if this executor prefers short-lived tasks (the default),
+	 * {@code false} otherwise (for treatment like a regular {@code TaskExecutor})
 	 */
-	boolean prefersShortLivedTasks();
+	default boolean prefersShortLivedTasks() {
+		return true;
+	}
 
 }

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/concurrent/ConcurrentTaskExecutor.java

@@ -166,14 +166,6 @@ public class ConcurrentTaskExecutor implements AsyncListenableTaskExecutor, Sche
 		return this.adaptedExecutor.submitListenable(task);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * This task executor prefers short-lived work units.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public boolean prefersShortLivedTasks() {
-		return true;
-	}
-
 
 	private static TaskExecutorAdapter getAdaptedExecutor(Executor concurrentExecutor) {
 		if (managedExecutorServiceClass != null && managedExecutorServiceClass.isInstance(concurrentExecutor)) {

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/concurrent/ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.java

@@ -381,12 +381,4 @@ public class ThreadPoolTaskExecutor extends ExecutorConfigurationSupport
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * This task executor prefers short-lived work units.
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public boolean prefersShortLivedTasks() {
-		return true;
-	}
-
 }

spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/scheduling/concurrent/ThreadPoolTaskScheduler.java

@@ -298,11 +298,6 @@ public class ThreadPoolTaskScheduler extends ExecutorConfigurationSupport
 		}
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public boolean prefersShortLivedTasks() {
-		return true;
-	}
-
 
 	// TaskScheduler implementation