@Override
  public StatisticDescriptor createIntCounter(String name, String description, String units,
      boolean largerBetter) {
    return createLongCounter(name, description, units, largerBetter);
  }
Adds an already created type. If the type has already been added and is equal to the new one
then the new one is dropped and the existing one returned.

@throws IllegalArgumentException if the type already exists and is not equal to the new type
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/statistics/StatisticsTypeFactoryImpl.java