Feature request for enum of reference types

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Not sure if this is the right place for a feature request, if not my apologies.
Could it be possible to add an enum with the known Java reference types ?
I found some projects that declare such enum (e.g., 
http://tinyurl.com/nbyyl5e). It may be useful to have it in Guava instead of 
scattered in different projects.

Such enum is written below:

public enum ReferenceType {
    STRONG, SOFT, WEAK, PHANTOM;
}

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sergio...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2014 at 11:00

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We actually used to have this, because we used to have a need for it.  But it's 
unclear what purpose it would serve today. Guava generally doesn't provide 
things that lack sufficiently compelling functionality even when they would 
prevent multiple projects from defining their own copies.

Original comment by kevinb@google.com on 10 Feb 2014 at 5:10

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I see. I do think there is a need for a project that model at the meta-level 
the distinct Java artifacts, such as the reference types mentioned above.
But as you say, that is (maybe?) outside the current Guava scope.

Thanks for the clarification.

Original comment by sergio...@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2014 at 2:43

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This issue has been migrated to GitHub.

It can be found at https://github.com/google/guava/issues/<issue id>

Original comment by cgdecker@google.com on 1 Nov 2014 at 4:10

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Original comment by cgdecker@google.com on 3 Nov 2014 at 9:07

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