What is the reason why “synchronized” is not allowed in Java 8 interface methods?

Question

In Java 8, I can easily write:

interface Interface1 {
    default void method1() {
        synchronized (this) {
            // Something
        }
    }

          


        

Answer 1

public class ParentSync {

public synchronized void parentStart() {
    System.out.println("I am " + this.getClass() + " . parentStarting. now:" + nowStr());
    try {
        Thread.sleep(30000);
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    System.out.println("I am " + this.getClass() + " . parentFinished. now" + nowStr());
}

private String nowStr() {
    return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
}
}


public class SonSync1 extends ParentSync {
public void sonStart() {
    System.out.println("I am " + this.getClass() + ". sonStarting,calling parent now ... ");
    super.parentStart();
    System.out.println("I am " + this.getClass() + ". sonFinished");
}
}



public class SonSync2 extends ParentSync {

public void sonStart() {
    System.out.println("I am " + this.getClass() + ". sonStarting,calling parent now ... ");
    super.parentStart();
    System.out.println("I am " + this.getClass() + ". sonFinished");
}
}



public class SyncTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    new Thread(() -> {
        new SonSync1().sonStart();
    }).start();

    new Thread(() -> {
        new SonSync2().sonStart();
    }).start();

    System.in.read();
}
}

result:

I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync1. sonStarting,calling parent now ... 
I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync2. sonStarting,calling parent now ... 
I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync2 . parentStarting. now:2019-04-18 09:50:08
I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync1 . parentStarting. now:2019-04-18 09:50:08
I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync1 . parentFinished. now2019-04-18 09:50:38
I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync1. sonFinished
I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync2 . parentFinished. now2019-04-18 09:50:38
I am class com.common.interface18_design.whynotsync_onmethod.SonSync2. sonFinished

(sorry for using parent class as example)

from the result , we could know that the parent class lock is owned by every sub class, SonSync1 and SonSync2 object have different object lock . every lock is independency. so in this case , i think it is not dangerous using a synchronized in a parent class or a common interface . could anyone explain more on this ?