public java.lang.String getInstance() {
        java.lang.Object ref = instance_;
        if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
          com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
          java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
          instance_ = s;
          return s;
        } else {
          return (java.lang.String) ref;
        }
      }
<pre>
Optional. The full resource path of the remote instance in
the format: projects/&lt;project&gt;/locations/&lt;region&gt;/instances/&lt;instance-id&gt;
</pre>

<code>
string instance = 1 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OPTIONAL, (.google.api.resource_reference) = { ... }
</code>

@return The instance.
java-valkey/proto-google-cloud-valkey-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/memorystore/v1/CrossInstanceReplicationConfig.java