Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: annotation, message_event. 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: annotation, message_event. 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: annotation, message_event. 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: message_event, annotation. 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: message_event, annotation. 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: message_event, annotation. 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### #annotation=\n\n def annotation=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::Annotation\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::Annotation](./Google-Cloud-Trace-V2-Span-TimeEvent-Annotation)) --- Text annotation with a set of attributes.\n\n\nNote: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `annotation`, `message_event`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::Annotation](./Google-Cloud-Trace-V2-Span-TimeEvent-Annotation)) --- Text annotation with a set of attributes.\n\n\n Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `annotation`, `message_event`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.\n\n### #message_event\n\n def message_event() -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::MessageEvent\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::MessageEvent](./Google-Cloud-Trace-V2-Span-TimeEvent-MessageEvent)) --- An event describing a message sent/received between Spans.\n\n\n Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `message_event`, `annotation`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.\n\n### #message_event=\n\n def message_event=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::MessageEvent\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::MessageEvent](./Google-Cloud-Trace-V2-Span-TimeEvent-MessageEvent)) --- An event describing a message sent/received between Spans.\n\n\nNote: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `message_event`, `annotation`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Cloud::Trace::V2::Span::TimeEvent::MessageEvent](./Google-Cloud-Trace-V2-Span-TimeEvent-MessageEvent)) --- An event describing a message sent/received between Spans.\n\n\n Note: The following fields are mutually exclusive: `message_event`, `annotation`. If a field in that set is populated, all other fields in the set will automatically be cleared.\n\n### #time\n\n def time() -\u003e ::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp\n\n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The timestamp indicating the time the event occurred.\n\n### #time=\n\n def time=(value) -\u003e ::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp\n\n**Parameter**\n\n- **value** ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The timestamp indicating the time the event occurred. \n**Returns**\n\n- ([::Google::Protobuf::Timestamp](./Google-Protobuf-Timestamp)) --- The timestamp indicating the time the event occurred."]]
