diff --git a/SPR-12749/pom.xml b/SPR-12749/pom.xml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPR-12749/pom.xml
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+
+ 4.0.0
+ org.springframework.issues
+ SPR-12749
+ 1.0-SNAPSHOT
+ jar
+
+
+ UTF-8
+
+ 1.6
+ 4.1.4.RELEASE
+ 1.7.5
+
+
+
+
+ org.springframework
+ spring-context
+ ${spring.version}
+
+
+
+ org.springframework
+ spring-test
+ ${spring.version}
+
+
+
+ org.slf4j
+ slf4j-api
+ ${slf4j.version}
+
+
+ org.slf4j
+ slf4j-log4j12
+ ${slf4j.version}
+ runtime
+
+
+
+ junit
+ junit
+ 4.11
+ test
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-compiler-plugin
+ 2.5.1
+
+ ${java.version}
+ ${java.version}
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-surefire-plugin
+ 2.12.4
+
+
+ **/*Tests.java
+ **/*Test.java
+
+
+ **/*Abstract*.java
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ spring-maven-snapshot
+ Springframework Maven Snapshot Repository
+ http://repo.spring.io/snapshot
+
+ true
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/SPR-12749/src/main/resources/.gitignore b/SPR-12749/src/main/resources/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/MyMetaAnnotation.java b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/MyMetaAnnotation.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..11e9b9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/MyMetaAnnotation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.springframework.issues;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
+
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = {SpringConfig.class})
+@TestExecutionListeners({MyTestExecutionListener.class})
+public @interface MyMetaAnnotation {
+}
diff --git a/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/MyTestExecutionListener.java b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/MyTestExecutionListener.java
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index 00000000..ba373021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/MyTestExecutionListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ *
+ */
+package org.springframework.issues;
+
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListener;
+
+/**
+ * @author derickso
+ *
+ */
+public class MyTestExecutionListener implements TestExecutionListener {
+ protected static volatile boolean listenerRun = false;
+
+ @Override
+ public void beforeTestClass(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+ listenerRun = true;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void prepareTestInstance(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+ listenerRun = true;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void beforeTestMethod(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+ listenerRun = true;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void afterTestMethod(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void afterTestClass(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
+ }
+
+ public static boolean isListenerRun() {
+ return listenerRun;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/ReproTests.java b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/ReproTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3673af17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/ReproTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.springframework.issues;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListeners;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests;
+import org.springframework.test.util.MetaAnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.test.util.MetaAnnotationUtils.AnnotationDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test that reproduces an issue reported against SPR JIRA. @Test methods within
+ * need not pass with the green bar! Rather they should fail in such a way that
+ * demonstrates the reported issue.
+ */
+@MyMetaAnnotation
+public class ReproTests extends AbstractJUnit4SpringContextTests {
+ @Test
+ public void repro() {
+ AnnotationDescriptor descriptor = MetaAnnotationUtils.findAnnotationDescriptor(ReproTests.class,
+ TestExecutionListeners.class);
+ Assert.assertTrue(MyTestExecutionListener.isListenerRun());
+ Class[] classes = (Class[]) descriptor.getAnnotationAttributes().get("value");
+ Assert.assertEquals(1, classes.length);
+ Assert.assertEquals(MyTestExecutionListener.class, classes[0]);
+ }
+}
diff --git a/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/SpringConfig.java b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/SpringConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..870546aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPR-12749/src/test/java/org/springframework/issues/SpringConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package org.springframework.issues;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class SpringConfig {
+}
diff --git a/SPR-12749/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/SPR-12749/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82776b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPR-12749/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, stdout
+
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - <%m>%n
+
+log4j.category.org.springframework=WARN
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