@java.lang.Override
    public com.google.cloud.speech.v2.ExplicitDecodingConfig.AudioEncoding getEncoding() {
      com.google.cloud.speech.v2.ExplicitDecodingConfig.AudioEncoding result =
          com.google.cloud.speech.v2.ExplicitDecodingConfig.AudioEncoding.forNumber(encoding_);
      return result == null
          ? com.google.cloud.speech.v2.ExplicitDecodingConfig.AudioEncoding.UNRECOGNIZED
          : result;
    }
<pre>
Required. Encoding of the audio data sent for recognition.
</pre>

<code>
.google.cloud.speech.v2.ExplicitDecodingConfig.AudioEncoding encoding = 1 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];
</code>

@return The encoding.
java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v2/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/speech/v2/ExplicitDecodingConfig.java