Add BatchSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter) to match SimpleSpanProcessor (#8564)

Author: jimbobbennett

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### SDK
+
+#### Traces
+
+* Add `BatchSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter)` convenience factory to mirror
+  `SimpleSpanProcessor.create(SpanExporter)`
+  ([#8561](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/issues/8561))
+
 ## Version 1.63.0 (2026-06-05)
 
 ### API

docs/apidiffs/current_vs_latest/opentelemetry-sdk-trace.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 Comparing source compatibility of opentelemetry-sdk-trace-1.64.0-SNAPSHOT.jar against opentelemetry-sdk-trace-1.63.0.jar
-No changes.
+***  MODIFIED CLASS: PUBLIC FINAL io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor  (not serializable)
+	===  CLASS FILE FORMAT VERSION: 52.0 <- 52.0
+	+++  NEW METHOD: PUBLIC(+) STATIC(+) io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.BatchSpanProcessor create(io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export.SpanExporter)

sdk/trace/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/BatchSpanProcessor.java

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 package io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export;
 
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.MeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.context.Context;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.common.CompletableResultCode;
@@ -54,6 +56,24 @@ public final class BatchSpanProcessor implements SpanProcessor {
   private final Worker worker;
   private final AtomicBoolean isShutdown = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a new {@link BatchSpanProcessor} with default configuration which batches spans
+   * exported by the SDK then pushes them to the {@code spanExporter}.
+   *
+   * <p>This is a convenience method equivalent to {@code
+   * BatchSpanProcessor.builder(spanExporter).build()}. Use {@link #builder(SpanExporter)} if you
+   * need to customize the configuration.
+   *
+   * @param spanExporter the {@link SpanExporter} to which the Spans are pushed.
+   * @return a new {@link BatchSpanProcessor}.
+   * @throws NullPointerException if the {@code spanExporter} is {@code null}.
+   * @since 1.64.0
+   */
+  public static BatchSpanProcessor create(SpanExporter spanExporter) {
+    requireNonNull(spanExporter, "spanExporter");
+    return builder(spanExporter).build();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a new Builder for {@link BatchSpanProcessor}.
    *

sdk/trace/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/sdk/trace/export/BatchSpanProcessorTest.java

@@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ void builderDefaults() {
             TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(BatchSpanProcessorBuilder.DEFAULT_EXPORT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void createDefaults() {
+    BatchSpanProcessor processor =
+        BatchSpanProcessor.create(new WaitingSpanExporter(0, CompletableResultCode.ofSuccess()));
+    assertThat(processor).isNotNull();
+    processor.shutdown().join(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void createNull() {
+    assertThatThrownBy(() -> BatchSpanProcessor.create(null))
+        .isInstanceOf(NullPointerException.class)
+        .hasMessage("spanExporter");
+  }
+
   @Test
   void builderInvalidConfig() {
     assertThatThrownBy(