Java doesn't have macros, so everyone uses reflection. That moves errors to run-time. Add to that the typical enterprise patterns like dynamic dependency injection and you end up with very dynamic deployments.
I understand that. The build environment I used had type-checking for CDI annotations, obviously outside of the Java language, if I recall correctly. If the types did not line up, the build would fail. This was part of some JEE training I took out of curiosity, maybe real-world JEE is different?
