@java.lang.Override
  public com.google.protobuf.ByteString getMethodBytes() {
    java.lang.Object ref = method_;
    if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
      com.google.protobuf.ByteString b =
          com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8((java.lang.String) ref);
      method_ = b;
      return b;
    } else {
      return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
    }
  }
<pre>
Output only. Method that initiated the operation e.g.
google.cloud.vpcaccess.v1.Connectors.CreateConnector.
</pre>

<code>string method = 1 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OUTPUT_ONLY];</code>

@return The bytes for method.
java-vpcaccess/proto-google-cloud-vpcaccess-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vpcaccess/v1/OperationMetadata.java