Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: create_link_request, delete_link_request. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.
Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: create_link_request, delete_link_request. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.
Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: create_link_request, delete_link_request. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.
Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: delete_link_request, create_link_request. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.
Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: delete_link_request, create_link_request. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.
Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: delete_link_request, create_link_request. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.
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If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.\n\n### #create_link_request=\n\n def create_link_request=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::CreateLinkRequest\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::CreateLinkRequest](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-CreateLinkRequest)) --- CreateLink RPC request.\n\n\nNote: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `create_link_request`, `delete_link_request`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::CreateLinkRequest](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-CreateLinkRequest)) --- CreateLink RPC request.\n\n\n Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `create_link_request`, `delete_link_request`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.\n\n### #delete_link_request\n\n def delete_link_request() -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::DeleteLinkRequest\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::DeleteLinkRequest](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-DeleteLinkRequest)) --- DeleteLink RPC request.\n\n\n Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `delete_link_request`, `create_link_request`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.\n\n### #delete_link_request=\n\n def delete_link_request=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::DeleteLinkRequest\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::DeleteLinkRequest](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-DeleteLinkRequest)) --- DeleteLink RPC request.\n\n\nNote: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `delete_link_request`, `create_link_request`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::DeleteLinkRequest](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-DeleteLinkRequest)) --- DeleteLink RPC request.\n\n\n Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `delete_link_request`, `create_link_request`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.\n\n### #end_time\n\n def end_time() -\u003e ::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The end time of an operation.\n\n### #end_time=\n\n def end_time=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The end time of an operation. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The end time of an operation.\n\n### #start_time\n\n def start_time() -\u003e ::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The start time of an operation.\n\n### #start_time=\n\n def start_time=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The start time of an operation. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The start time of an operation.\n\n### #state\n\n def state() -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::OperationState\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::OperationState](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-OperationState)) --- State of an operation.\n\n### #state=\n\n def state=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::OperationState\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::OperationState](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-OperationState)) --- State of an operation. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Logging::V2::OperationState](./Google-Cloud-Logging-V2-OperationState)) --- State of an operation."]]