public java.lang.String getType() {
        java.lang.Object ref = type_;
        if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
          com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
          java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
          type_ = s;
          return s;
        } else {
          return (java.lang.String) ref;
        }
      }
<pre>
The type of the packet. Its possible values is codec dependent.

The fully qualified type name is always the concatenation of the
value in `type_class` together with the value in `type`, separated by a
'/'.

Note that specific codecs can define their own type hierarchy, and so the
type string here can in fact be separated by multiple '/'s of its own.

Please see the open source SDK for specific codec documentation.
</pre>

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

@return The type.
java-visionai/proto-google-cloud-visionai-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/visionai/v1/PacketType.java