The resource type of a child collection that the annotated field
references. This is useful for annotating the parent field that
doesn't have a fixed resource type.
The resource type of a child collection that the annotated field
references. This is useful for annotating the parent field that
doesn't have a fixed resource type.
The resource type of a child collection that the annotated field
references. This is useful for annotating the parent field that
doesn't have a fixed resource type.
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This is useful for annotating the `parent` field that\n doesn't have a fixed resource type.\n\n Example: \n\n message ListLogEntriesRequest {\n string parent = 1 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n child_type: \"logging.googleapis.com/LogEntry\"\n };\n }\n\n### #child_type=\n\n def child_type=(value) -\u003e ::String\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) ---\n\n The resource type of a child collection that the annotated field\n references. This is useful for annotating the `parent` field that\n doesn't have a fixed resource type.\n\n Example: \n\n message ListLogEntriesRequest {\n string parent = 1 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n child_type: \"logging.googleapis.com/LogEntry\"\n };\n }\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) ---\n\n The resource type of a child collection that the annotated field\n references. This is useful for annotating the `parent` field that\n doesn't have a fixed resource type.\n\n Example: \n\n message ListLogEntriesRequest {\n string parent = 1 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n child_type: \"logging.googleapis.com/LogEntry\"\n };\n }\n\n### #type\n\n def type() -\u003e ::String\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) ---\n\n The resource type that the annotated field references.\n\n Example: \n\n message Subscription {\n string topic = 2 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n type: \"pubsub.googleapis.com/Topic\"\n }];\n }\n\n Occasionally, a field may reference an arbitrary resource. In this case,\n APIs use the special value \\* in their resource reference.\n\n Example: \n\n message GetIamPolicyRequest {\n string resource = 2 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n type: \"*\"\n }];\n }\n\n### #type=\n\n def type=(value) -\u003e ::String\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) ---\n\n The resource type that the annotated field references.\n\n Example: \n\n message Subscription {\n string topic = 2 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n type: \"pubsub.googleapis.com/Topic\"\n }];\n }\n\n Occasionally, a field may reference an arbitrary resource. In this case,\n APIs use the special value \\* in their resource reference.\n\n Example: \n\n message GetIamPolicyRequest {\n string resource = 2 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n type: \"*\"\n }];\n }\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) ---\n\n The resource type that the annotated field references.\n\n Example: \n\n message Subscription {\n string topic = 2 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n type: \"pubsub.googleapis.com/Topic\"\n }];\n }\n\n Occasionally, a field may reference an arbitrary resource. In this case,\n APIs use the special value \\* in their resource reference.\n\n Example: \n\n message GetIamPolicyRequest {\n string resource = 2 [(google.api.resource_reference) = {\n type: \"*\"\n }];\n }"]]