Class UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder (1.31.0)

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public static final class UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder extends GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder> implements UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequestOrBuilder

A request message for Instances.UpdateDisplayDevice. See the method description for details.

Protobuf type google.cloud.compute.v1.UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest

Inheritance

Object > AbstractMessageLite.Builder<MessageType,BuilderType> > AbstractMessage.Builder<BuilderType> > GeneratedMessageV3.Builder > UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Implements

UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequestOrBuilder

Inherited Members

AbstractMessage.Builder.findInitializationErrors()

AbstractMessage.Builder.getInitializationErrorString()

AbstractMessage.Builder.internalMergeFrom(AbstractMessageLite)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(byte[])

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(byte[],ExtensionRegistryLite)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(byte[],int,int)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(byte[],int,int,ExtensionRegistryLite)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(ByteString)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(ByteString,ExtensionRegistryLite)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(CodedInputStream)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(CodedInputStream,ExtensionRegistryLite)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(Message)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(InputStream)

AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(InputStream,ExtensionRegistryLite)

AbstractMessage.Builder.newUninitializedMessageException(Message)

AbstractMessage.Builder.toString()

AbstractMessageLite.Builder.<T>addAll(Iterable<T>,Collection<? super T>)

AbstractMessageLite.Builder.<T>addAll(Iterable<T>,List<? super T>)

AbstractMessageLite.Builder.internalMergeFrom(MessageType)

AbstractMessageLite.Builder.mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream)

AbstractMessageLite.Builder.mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream,ExtensionRegistryLite)

AbstractMessageLite.Builder.mergeFrom(MessageLite)

AbstractMessageLite.Builder.newUninitializedMessageException(MessageLite)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.addRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor,Object)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.clear()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.clearField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.clearOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.clone()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getAllFields()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getDescriptorForType()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getFieldBuilder(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getOneofFieldDescriptor(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getParentForChildren()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor,int)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getRepeatedFieldBuilder(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor,int)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getRepeatedFieldCount(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)

com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getUnknownFieldSetBuilder()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.getUnknownFields()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.hasField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.hasOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.internalGetFieldAccessorTable()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.internalGetMapField(int)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.internalGetMutableMapField(int)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.isClean()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.isInitialized()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.markClean()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.mergeUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet)

com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.mergeUnknownLengthDelimitedField(int,com.google.protobuf.ByteString)

com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.mergeUnknownVarintField(int,int)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.newBuilderForField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.onBuilt()

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.onChanged()

com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.parseUnknownField(com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream,com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite,int)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.setField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor,Object)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.setRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor,int,Object)

com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.setUnknownFieldSetBuilder(com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet.Builder)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.setUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet)

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder.setUnknownFieldsProto3(UnknownFieldSet)

Object.equals(Object)

Object.finalize()

Object.getClass()

Object.hashCode()

Object.notify()

Object.notifyAll()

Object.wait()

Object.wait(long)

Object.wait(long,int)

Static Methods

getDescriptor()

public static final Descriptors.Descriptor getDescriptor()

Returns
Type	Description
Descriptor

Methods

addRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder addRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

Parameters
Name	Description
field	FieldDescriptor
value	Object

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.addRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

build()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest build()

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest

buildPartial()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest buildPartial()

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest

clear()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clear()

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.clear()

clearDisplayDeviceResource()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clearDisplayDeviceResource()

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

clearField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clearField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

Parameter
Name	Description
field	FieldDescriptor

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.clearField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

clearInstance()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clearInstance()

Name of the instance scoping this request.

string instance = 18257045 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

clearOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clearOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof)

Parameter
Name	Description
oneof	OneofDescriptor

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.clearOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof)

clearProject()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clearProject()

Project ID for this request.

string project = 227560217 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "project"];

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

clearRequestId()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clearRequestId()

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported ( 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

optional string request_id = 37109963;

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

clearZone()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clearZone()

The name of the zone for this request.

string zone = 3744684 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "zone"];

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

clone()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder clone()

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.clone()

getDefaultInstanceForType()

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest getDefaultInstanceForType()

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest

getDescriptorForType()

public Descriptors.Descriptor getDescriptorForType()

Returns
Type	Description
Descriptor

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.getDescriptorForType()

getDisplayDeviceResource()

public DisplayDevice getDisplayDeviceResource()

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
DisplayDevice	The displayDeviceResource.

getDisplayDeviceResourceBuilder()

public DisplayDevice.Builder getDisplayDeviceResourceBuilder()

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
DisplayDevice.Builder

getDisplayDeviceResourceOrBuilder()

public DisplayDeviceOrBuilder getDisplayDeviceResourceOrBuilder()

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
DisplayDeviceOrBuilder

getInstance()

public String getInstance()

Name of the instance scoping this request.

string instance = 18257045 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
String	The instance.

getInstanceBytes()

public ByteString getInstanceBytes()

Name of the instance scoping this request.

string instance = 18257045 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
ByteString	The bytes for instance.

getProject()

public String getProject()

Project ID for this request.

string project = 227560217 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "project"];

Returns
Type	Description
String	The project.

getProjectBytes()

public ByteString getProjectBytes()

Project ID for this request.

string project = 227560217 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "project"];

Returns
Type	Description
ByteString	The bytes for project.

getRequestId()

public String getRequestId()

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported ( 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

optional string request_id = 37109963;

Returns
Type	Description
String	The requestId.

getRequestIdBytes()

public ByteString getRequestIdBytes()

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported ( 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

optional string request_id = 37109963;

Returns
Type	Description
ByteString	The bytes for requestId.

getZone()

public String getZone()

The name of the zone for this request.

string zone = 3744684 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "zone"];

Returns
Type	Description
String	The zone.

getZoneBytes()

public ByteString getZoneBytes()

The name of the zone for this request.

string zone = 3744684 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "zone"];

Returns
Type	Description
ByteString	The bytes for zone.

hasDisplayDeviceResource()

public boolean hasDisplayDeviceResource()

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Returns
Type	Description
boolean	Whether the displayDeviceResource field is set.

hasRequestId()

public boolean hasRequestId()

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported ( 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

optional string request_id = 37109963;

Returns
Type	Description
boolean	Whether the requestId field is set.

internalGetFieldAccessorTable()

protected GeneratedMessageV3.FieldAccessorTable internalGetFieldAccessorTable()

Returns
Type	Description
FieldAccessorTable

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.internalGetFieldAccessorTable()

isInitialized()

public final boolean isInitialized()

Returns
Type	Description
boolean

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.isInitialized()

mergeDisplayDeviceResource(DisplayDevice value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder mergeDisplayDeviceResource(DisplayDevice value)

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	DisplayDevice

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

mergeFrom(UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest other)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder mergeFrom(UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest other)

Parameter
Name	Description
other	UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

mergeFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder mergeFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Parameters
Name	Description
input	CodedInputStream
extensionRegistry	ExtensionRegistryLite

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

AbstractMessage.Builder<BuilderType>.mergeFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Exceptions
Type	Description
IOException

mergeFrom(Message other)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder mergeFrom(Message other)

Parameter
Name	Description
other	Message

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

AbstractMessage.Builder<BuilderType>.mergeFrom(Message other)

mergeUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

public final UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder mergeUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

Parameter
Name	Description
unknownFields	UnknownFieldSet

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.mergeUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

setDisplayDeviceResource(DisplayDevice value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setDisplayDeviceResource(DisplayDevice value)

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	DisplayDevice

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

setDisplayDeviceResource(DisplayDevice.Builder builderForValue)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setDisplayDeviceResource(DisplayDevice.Builder builderForValue)

The body resource for this request

.google.cloud.compute.v1.DisplayDevice display_device_resource = 289686106 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Parameter
Name	Description
builderForValue	DisplayDevice.Builder

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

setField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

Parameters
Name	Description
field	FieldDescriptor
value	Object

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.setField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

setInstance(String value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setInstance(String value)

Name of the instance scoping this request.

string instance = 18257045 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	String The instance to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

setInstanceBytes(ByteString value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setInstanceBytes(ByteString value)

Name of the instance scoping this request.

string instance = 18257045 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	ByteString The bytes for instance to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

setProject(String value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setProject(String value)

Project ID for this request.

string project = 227560217 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "project"];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	String The project to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

setProjectBytes(ByteString value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setProjectBytes(ByteString value)

Project ID for this request.

string project = 227560217 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "project"];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	ByteString The bytes for project to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

setRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index, Object value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index, Object value)

Parameters
Name	Description
field	FieldDescriptor
index	int
value	Object

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.setRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index, Object value)

setRequestId(String value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setRequestId(String value)

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported ( 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

optional string request_id = 37109963;

Parameter
Name	Description
value	String The requestId to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

setRequestIdBytes(ByteString value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setRequestIdBytes(ByteString value)

An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server will know to ignore the request if it has already been completed. For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request ID, the server can check if original operation with the same request ID was received, and if so, will ignore the second request. This prevents clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments. The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is not supported ( 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).

optional string request_id = 37109963;

Parameter
Name	Description
value	ByteString The bytes for requestId to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

setUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

public final UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

Parameter
Name	Description
unknownFields	UnknownFieldSet

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder

Overrides

GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<BuilderType>.setUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

setZone(String value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setZone(String value)

The name of the zone for this request.

string zone = 3744684 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "zone"];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	String The zone to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.

setZoneBytes(ByteString value)

public UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder setZoneBytes(ByteString value)

The name of the zone for this request.

string zone = 3744684 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.cloud.operation_request_field) = "zone"];

Parameter
Name	Description
value	ByteString The bytes for zone to set.

Returns
Type	Description
UpdateDisplayDeviceInstanceRequest.Builder	This builder for chaining.