> Some annotations work like higher-order functions, except that my advanced Java IDE is unable to find what function is wrapping the annotated function. Intel

> Some annotations work like higher-order functions, except that my advanced Java IDE is unable to find what function is wrapping the annotated function. Intellij can show you which aspects have been applied for e.g. AspectJ or Spring AOP. I mean if you or your company really insist on writing your own metaprogramming library then yes, IDE can't do much to help you, but that hardly represents industry practice.