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This field is only populated on\n[SearchService.Search](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchService-Client#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchService__Client_search_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchService::Client#search (method)\")\nAPI. \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### #next_chunks\n\n def next_chunks() -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk\u003e\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk](./Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-Chunk)\\\u003e) --- The next chunks of the current chunk. The number is controlled by [SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.ChunkSpec.num_next_chunks](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchRequest-ContentSearchSpec-ChunkSpec#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchRequest__ContentSearchSpec__ChunkSpec_num_next_chunks_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchRequest::ContentSearchSpec::ChunkSpec#num_next_chunks (method)\"). This field is only populated on [SearchService.Search](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchService-Client#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchService__Client_search_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchService::Client#search (method)\") API.\n\n### #next_chunks=\n\n def next_chunks=(value) -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk\u003e\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk](./Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-Chunk)\\\u003e) --- The next chunks of the current chunk. The number is controlled by [SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.ChunkSpec.num_next_chunks](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchRequest-ContentSearchSpec-ChunkSpec#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchRequest__ContentSearchSpec__ChunkSpec_num_next_chunks_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchRequest::ContentSearchSpec::ChunkSpec#num_next_chunks (method)\"). This field is only populated on [SearchService.Search](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchService-Client#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchService__Client_search_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchService::Client#search (method)\") API. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk](./Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-Chunk)\\\u003e) --- The next chunks of the current chunk. The number is controlled by [SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.ChunkSpec.num_next_chunks](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchRequest-ContentSearchSpec-ChunkSpec#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchRequest__ContentSearchSpec__ChunkSpec_num_next_chunks_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchRequest::ContentSearchSpec::ChunkSpec#num_next_chunks (method)\"). This field is only populated on [SearchService.Search](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchService-Client#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchService__Client_search_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchService::Client#search (method)\") API.\n\n### #previous_chunks\n\n def previous_chunks() -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk\u003e\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk](./Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-Chunk)\\\u003e) --- The previous chunks of the current chunk. The number is controlled by [SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.ChunkSpec.num_previous_chunks](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchRequest-ContentSearchSpec-ChunkSpec#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchRequest__ContentSearchSpec__ChunkSpec_num_previous_chunks_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchRequest::ContentSearchSpec::ChunkSpec#num_previous_chunks (method)\"). This field is only populated on [SearchService.Search](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchService-Client#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchService__Client_search_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchService::Client#search (method)\") API.\n\n### #previous_chunks=\n\n def previous_chunks=(value) -\u003e ::Array\u003c::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk\u003e\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk](./Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-Chunk)\\\u003e) --- The previous chunks of the current chunk. The number is controlled by [SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.ChunkSpec.num_previous_chunks](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchRequest-ContentSearchSpec-ChunkSpec#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchRequest__ContentSearchSpec__ChunkSpec_num_previous_chunks_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchRequest::ContentSearchSpec::ChunkSpec#num_previous_chunks (method)\"). This field is only populated on [SearchService.Search](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchService-Client#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchService__Client_search_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchService::Client#search (method)\") API. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::Array\\\u003c[::Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::Chunk](./Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-Chunk)\\\u003e) --- The previous chunks of the current chunk. The number is controlled by [SearchRequest.ContentSearchSpec.ChunkSpec.num_previous_chunks](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchRequest-ContentSearchSpec-ChunkSpec#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchRequest__ContentSearchSpec__ChunkSpec_num_previous_chunks_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchRequest::ContentSearchSpec::ChunkSpec#num_previous_chunks (method)\"). This field is only populated on [SearchService.Search](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-discovery_engine-v1beta/latest/Google-Cloud-DiscoveryEngine-V1beta-SearchService-Client#Google__Cloud__DiscoveryEngine__V1beta__SearchService__Client_search_instance_ \"Google::Cloud::DiscoveryEngine::V1beta::SearchService::Client#search (method)\") API."]]
