Optional. An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique
request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server ignores the
request if it has already been completed. The server guarantees that for at
least 60 minutes since the first request.
For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and
the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request
ID, the server can check if the original operation with the same request ID
was received, and if so, ignores the second request. This prevents
clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.
The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is
not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).
Optional. An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique
request ID so that if you must retry your request, the server ignores the
request if it has already been completed. The server guarantees that for at
least 60 minutes since the first request.
For example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and
the request times out. If you make the request again with the same request
ID, the server can check if the original operation with the same request ID
was received, and if so, ignores the second request. This prevents
clients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.
The request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is
not supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).
Optional. If set, performs request validation, for example, permission
checks and any other type of validation, but does not actually execute the
create request.
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MessageOrBuilder\n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[MessageOrBuilder](https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/protobuf/latest/com.google.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder.html)\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### getName()\n\n public abstract String getName()\n\nRequired. The name of the resource. For the required format, see the\ncomment on the Instance.name field.\n\n`\nstring name = 1 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.api.resource_reference) = { ... }\n`\n\n### getNameBytes()\n\n public abstract ByteString getNameBytes()\n\nRequired. The name of the resource. For the required format, see the\ncomment on the Instance.name field.\n\n`\nstring name = 1 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED, (.google.api.resource_reference) = { ... }\n`\n\n### getRequestId()\n\n public abstract String getRequestId()\n\nOptional. An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique\nrequest ID so that if you must retry your request, the server ignores the\nrequest if it has already been completed. The server guarantees that for at\nleast 60 minutes since the first request.\n\nFor example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and\nthe request times out. If you make the request again with the same request\nID, the server can check if the original operation with the same request ID\nwas received, and if so, ignores the second request. This prevents\nclients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.\n\nThe request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is\nnot supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).\n\n`string request_id = 2 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OPTIONAL];`\n\n### getRequestIdBytes()\n\n public abstract ByteString getRequestIdBytes()\n\nOptional. An optional request ID to identify requests. Specify a unique\nrequest ID so that if you must retry your request, the server ignores the\nrequest if it has already been completed. The server guarantees that for at\nleast 60 minutes since the first request.\n\nFor example, consider a situation where you make an initial request and\nthe request times out. If you make the request again with the same request\nID, the server can check if the original operation with the same request ID\nwas received, and if so, ignores the second request. This prevents\nclients from accidentally creating duplicate commitments.\n\nThe request ID must be a valid UUID with the exception that zero UUID is\nnot supported (00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000).\n\n`string request_id = 2 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OPTIONAL];`\n\n### getValidateOnly()\n\n public abstract boolean getValidateOnly()\n\nOptional. If set, performs request validation, for example, permission\nchecks and any other type of validation, but does not actually execute the\ncreate request.\n\n`bool validate_only = 3 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OPTIONAL];`"]]