@Autowired and @Value may be used as meta-annotations for custom injection annotations

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Autowired.java

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @see Qualifier
  * @see Value
  */
-@Target({ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD})
+@Target({ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 public @interface Autowired {

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.PriorityOrdered;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ public class AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBean
 
 	private Annotation findAutowiredAnnotation(AccessibleObject ao) {
 		for (Class<? extends Annotation> type : this.autowiredAnnotationTypes) {
-			Annotation annotation = ao.getAnnotation(type);
+			Annotation annotation = AnnotationUtils.getAnnotation(ao, type);
 			if (annotation != null) {
 				return annotation;
 			}

spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/annotation/Value.java

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanExpressionResolver
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AutowireCandidateResolver#getSuggestedValue
  */
-@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
+@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 public @interface Value {