(::String) — Required. The unique name of the table whose families should be modified.
Values are of the form
projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table}.
#name=
defname=(value)->::String
Parameter
value (::String) — Required. The unique name of the table whose families should be modified.
Values are of the form
projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table}.
Returns
(::String) — Required. The unique name of the table whose families should be modified.
Values are of the form
projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table}.
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\"Google::Cloud::Bigtable::Admin::V2::BigtableTableAdmin::Client#modify_column_families (method)\") \n\nInherits\n--------\n\n- Object \n\nExtended By\n-----------\n\n- Google::Protobuf::MessageExts::ClassMethods \n\nIncludes\n--------\n\n- Google::Protobuf::MessageExts\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### #ignore_warnings\n\n def ignore_warnings() -\u003e ::Boolean\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::Boolean) --- Optional. If true, ignore safety checks when modifying the column families.\n\n### #ignore_warnings=\n\n def ignore_warnings=(value) -\u003e ::Boolean\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::Boolean) --- Optional. If true, ignore safety checks when modifying the column families. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::Boolean) --- Optional. If true, ignore safety checks when modifying the column families.\n\n### #modifications\n\n def modifications() -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::Bigtable::Admin::V2::ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest::Modification\u003e\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Array](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-Array)\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::Bigtable::Admin::V2::ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest::Modification](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest-Modification)\\\u003e) --- Required. Modifications to be atomically applied to the specified table's families. Entries are applied in order, meaning that earlier modifications can be masked by later ones (in the case of repeated updates to the same family, for example).\n\n### #modifications=\n\n def modifications=(value) -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::Bigtable::Admin::V2::ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest::Modification\u003e\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Array](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-Array)\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::Bigtable::Admin::V2::ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest::Modification](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest-Modification)\\\u003e) --- Required. Modifications to be atomically applied to the specified table's families. Entries are applied in order, meaning that earlier modifications can be masked by later ones (in the case of repeated updates to the same family, for example). \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Array](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-Array)\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::Bigtable::Admin::V2::ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest::Modification](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-ModifyColumnFamiliesRequest-Modification)\\\u003e) --- Required. Modifications to be atomically applied to the specified table's families. Entries are applied in order, meaning that earlier modifications can be masked by later ones (in the case of repeated updates to the same family, for example).\n\n### #name\n\n def name() -\u003e ::String\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) --- Required. The unique name of the table whose families should be modified. Values are of the form `projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table}`.\n\n### #name=\n\n def name=(value) -\u003e ::String\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) --- Required. The unique name of the table whose families should be modified. Values are of the form `projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table}`. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::String](./Google-Cloud-Bigtable-Admin-V2-Type-String)) --- Required. The unique name of the table whose families should be modified. Values are of the form `projects/{project}/instances/{instance}/tables/{table}`."]]
