@java.lang.Override
      public com.google.protobuf.ByteString getIpAddressRangeBytes() {
        java.lang.Object ref = "";
        if (ipRangeCase_ == 2) {
          ref = ipRange_;
        }
        if (ref instanceof String) {
          com.google.protobuf.ByteString b =
              com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8((java.lang.String) ref);
          if (ipRangeCase_ == 2) {
            ipRange_ = b;
          }
          return b;
        } else {
          return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        }
      }
<pre>
An IP address range in the CIDR format. For example: `10.0.0.0/24`.
</pre>

<code>string ip_address_range = 2;</code>

@return The bytes for ipAddressRange.
java-vmwareengine/proto-google-cloud-vmwareengine-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/vmwareengine/v1/ExternalAccessRule.java