@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