Document that @Async is not supported in @Configuration classes

This commit is contained in:
Sam Brannen
2019-03-03 18:29:45 +01:00
parent a9f251db42
commit 6daf33deff

View File

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
* Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
* Copyright 2002-2019 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.
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Annotation that marks a method as a candidate for <i>asynchronous</i> execution.
* Can also be used at the type level, in which case all of the type's methods are
* considered as asynchronous.
* considered as asynchronous. Note, however, that {@code @Async} is not supported
* on methods declared within a
* {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration @Configuration} class.
*
* <p>In terms of target method signatures, any parameter types are supported.
* However, the return type is constrained to either {@code void} or
@@ -55,13 +57,13 @@ public @interface Async {
/**
* A qualifier value for the specified asynchronous operation(s).
* <p>May be used to determine the target executor to be used when executing this
* method, matching the qualifier value (or the bean name) of a specific
* {@link java.util.concurrent.Executor Executor} or
* <p>May be used to determine the target executor to be used when executing
* the asynchronous operation(s), matching the qualifier value (or the bean
* name) of a specific {@link java.util.concurrent.Executor Executor} or
* {@link org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor TaskExecutor}
* bean definition.
* <p>When specified on a class level {@code @Async} annotation, indicates that the
* given executor should be used for all methods within the class. Method level use
* <p>When specified on a class-level {@code @Async} annotation, indicates that the
* given executor should be used for all methods within the class. Method-level use
* of {@code Async#value} always overrides any value set at the class level.
* @since 3.1.2
*/