public java.lang.String getAuthority() {
      java.lang.Object ref = authority_;
      if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
        authority_ = s;
        return s;
      } else {
        return (java.lang.String) ref;
      }
    }
<pre>
Output only. The user who authorized the creation of the
subscription.

Format: `users/{user}`

For Google Workspace users, the `{user}` value is the
[`user.id`](https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/reference/rest/v1/users#User.FIELDS.ids)
field from the Directory API.
</pre>

<code>
string authority = 10 [(.google.api.field_behavior) = OUTPUT_ONLY, (.google.api.resource_reference) = { ... }
</code>

@return The authority.
java-workspaceevents/proto-google-cloud-workspaceevents-v1/src/main/java/com/google/apps/events/subscriptions/v1/Subscription.java