* type.
     *
     * In practice, we are very unlikely to see `null`: The `WeakReference` to the enum constant
     * won't be cleared as long as the enum constant is referenced somewhere, and the enum constant
     * is referenced somewhere for as long as the enum class is loaded. *Maybe in theory* the enum
     * class could be unloaded after the above call to `getEnumConstants` but before we call