I need a simple enum declaring the Java reference types, as:
public enum ReferenceType {
STRONG, SOFT, WEAK, PHANTOM;
}
Does such enum exist somewhere in the Java API or a general utility library such as Guava ? I have not been able to find it in either place, although I found third party projects that declare it (e.g. google-guice: RefrenceType).
I just try to avoid polluting my project with silly classes/enums that may exist somewhere else.
UPDATE
I found that Guava in fact used to have this, but they dropped it:
