public com.google.protobuf.ByteString getMethodBytes() {
      java.lang.Object ref = method_;
      if (ref instanceof 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