public static Builder newBuilder(com.google.devtools.cloudtrace.v2.Span.TimeEvents prototype) {
      return DEFAULT_INSTANCE.toBuilder().mergeFrom(prototype);
    }
<pre>
The number of dropped message events in all the included time events.
If the value is 0, then no message events were dropped.
</pre>

<code>int32 dropped_message_events_count = 3;</code>

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