Spring Fix @Timed annotation (Make it meta-annotation)

The javadoc of the @Timed annotation says: "This annotation may be used as a meta-annotation to create custom composed annotations."

The @Inherited annotation is missing, so @Timed cannot be used to create meta-annotation. We should add the @Inherited annotation to be respect the javadoc or omit the meta-annotation line from javadoc.

// Steps to reproduce the problem:

@Timed(millis = 5000L)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(TYPE)
@interface MetaAnnotation {}

@MetaAnnotation
class TargetClass {
}

Timed timed = TargetClass.class.getAnnotation(Timed.class);
// timed is null

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Comment From: Ammar0

The @Timed and @Repeat annotations have the same problem. The Javadoc says they are meta-annotation but they are not. I have created another branch to submit a fix for both annotations.

Comment From: rstoyanchev

@Ammar0 please use backticks to escape annotations which otherwise are interpreted as mentions and generate notifications.