public sealed class UpdateInstanceRequest : IMessage<UpdateInstanceRequest>, IEquatable<UpdateInstanceRequest>, IDeepCloneable<UpdateInstanceRequest>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
The request for [UpdateInstance][google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.InstanceAdmin.UpdateInstance].
Required. A mask specifying which fields in [Instance][google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.Instance] should be updated.
The field mask must always be specified; this prevents any future fields in
[Instance][google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.Instance] from being erased accidentally by clients that do not know
about them.
Required. The instance to update, which must always include the instance
name. Otherwise, only fields mentioned in [field_mask][google.spanner.admin.instance.v1.UpdateInstanceRequest.field_mask] need be included.
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