How to find annotation usage using Eclipse IDE?

Question

Using Eclipse IDE, I'd like to get a list of all "things" annotated with a specific Java annotation.

For instance, I would like to get a list of all methods annotated with @Bean in Spring Framework's source code or JARs.

I'm aware that it's possible to look up annotation usage programmatically, as pointed out in this question . Instead I would like to look up annotation usage at development time within my Eclipse IDE.

Answer 1

You can search for references in Eclipse. Click the annotation name, then right-click, select "References" and pick a scope for your search.

Answer 2

You can Control-click on the annotation which will open the annotation definition class and then right-click and choose References -> Workspace .

EDIT: I just checked it, and it is enough to right-click on the mentioned annotation and choosing References -> Workspace without even going into its definition.

Answer 3

In STS , there is an option in search:

in which you can specify for example: @target(org.springframework.stereotype.Service) which will find all the classes marked with @Service