public java.lang.String getExternalAddress() {
      java.lang.Object ref = "";
      if (ipRangeCase_ == 3) {
        ref = ipRange_;
      }
      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
        return (java.lang.String) ref;
      } else {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
        if (ipRangeCase_ == 3) {
          ipRange_ = s;
        }
        return s;
      }
    }
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The name of an `ExternalAddress` resource. The external address must
have been reserved in the scope of this external access rule's parent
network policy.  Provide the external address name in the form of
`projects/{project}/locations/{location}/privateClouds/{private_cloud}/externalAddresses/{external_address}`.
For example:
`projects/my-project/locations/us-central1-a/privateClouds/my-cloud/externalAddresses/my-address`.
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<code>string external_address = 3 [(.google.api.resource_reference) = { ... }</code>

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