public com.google.protobuf.ByteString getIpAddressBytes() {
      java.lang.Object ref = "";
      if (ipRangeCase_ == 1) {
        ref = ipRange_;
      }
      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString b =
            com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8((java.lang.String) ref);
        if (ipRangeCase_ == 1) {
          ipRange_ = b;
        }
        return b;
      } else {
        return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
      }
    }
<pre>
A single IP address. For example: `10.0.0.5`.
</pre>

<code>string ip_address = 1;</code>

@return The bytes for ipAddress.
java-vmwareengine/proto-google-cloud-vmwareengine-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vmwareengine/v1/ExternalAccessRule.java