@NotPersistent should be annotated with @Inherited?

[fengdai]

I use auto-value and auto-value-parcel to generate my keys.
Persistent keys which implement Parcelable are totally OK. Like this:

@AutoValue
public abstract class PersistentKey implements Parcelable {
  public static PersistentKey create() {
    return new AutoValue_PersistentKey();
  }
}

My problem is when I define a key which should not be persistent. Like this:

@AutoValue @NotPersistent
public abstract class NotPersistentKey {
  public static NotPersistentKey create() {
    return new AutoValue_NotPersistentKey();
  }
}

As you know, the actual key the application uses is AutoValue_NotPersistentKey which is generated by auto-value and doesn't have @NotPersistent annotation. So Flow throws.

Maybe @NotPersistent should be annotated with @Inherited? Or make it an interface?

[loganj]

Pretty sure exposing a filtering hook (#220) is more appropriate, and then you can supply your own filtering logic.