My main problem with metaprogramming in Java is that it breaks automatic IDE refactors and static code analysis. At least the metaprogramming we did with java b

My main problem with metaprogramming in Java is that it breaks automatic IDE refactors and static code analysis. At least the metaprogramming we did with java back in the day (using reflections). If you use common java libraries made with metaprogramming - IDEs usually have plugins to work with that.