Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Spanner Instance Admin V1 API class Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Instance::V1::GetInstanceRequest.
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If absent, all [Instance](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/latest/Google-Cloud-Spanner-Admin-Instance-V1-Instance \"Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Instance::V1::Instance (class)\") fields are returned.\n\n### #field_mask=\n\n def field_mask=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Protobuf::FieldMask\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Protobuf::FieldMask](./Google-Protobuf-FieldMask)) --- If field_mask is present, specifies the subset of [Instance](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/latest/Google-Cloud-Spanner-Admin-Instance-V1-Instance \"Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Instance::V1::Instance (class)\") fields that should be returned. If absent, all [Instance](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/latest/Google-Cloud-Spanner-Admin-Instance-V1-Instance \"Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Instance::V1::Instance (class)\") fields are returned. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Protobuf::FieldMask](./Google-Protobuf-FieldMask)) --- If field_mask is present, specifies the subset of [Instance](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/latest/Google-Cloud-Spanner-Admin-Instance-V1-Instance \"Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Instance::V1::Instance (class)\") fields that should be returned. If absent, all [Instance](/ruby/docs/reference/google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/latest/Google-Cloud-Spanner-Admin-Instance-V1-Instance \"Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Instance::V1::Instance (class)\") fields are returned.\n\n### #name\n\n def name() -\u003e ::String\n\n**Returns**\n\n- (::String) --- Required. The name of the requested instance. Values are of the form `projects/\u003cproject\u003e/instances/\u003cinstance\u003e`.\n\n### #name=\n\n def name=(value) -\u003e ::String\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** (::String) --- Required. The name of the requested instance. Values are of the form `projects/\u003cproject\u003e/instances/\u003cinstance\u003e`. \n**Returns**\n\n- (::String) --- Required. The name of the requested instance. Values are of the form `projects/\u003cproject\u003e/instances/\u003cinstance\u003e`."]]
