public static com.google.devtools.cloudtrace.v2.Span.Links parseFrom(java.nio.ByteBuffer data)
        throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
      return PARSER.parseFrom(data);
    }
<pre>
The number of dropped links after the maximum size was enforced. If
this value is 0, then no links were dropped.
</pre>

<code>int32 dropped_links_count = 2;</code>

@return The droppedLinksCount.
java-trace/proto-google-cloud-trace-v2/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/Span.java