@java.lang.Override
          public TimeEvents parsePartialFrom(
              com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream input,
              com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
              throws com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
            Builder builder = newBuilder();
            try {
              builder.mergeFrom(input, extensionRegistry);
            } catch (com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
              throw e.setUnfinishedMessage(builder.buildPartial());
            } catch (com.google.protobuf.UninitializedMessageException e) {
              throw e.asInvalidProtocolBufferException()
                  .setUnfinishedMessage(builder.buildPartial());
            } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
              throw new com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException(e)
                  .setUnfinishedMessage(builder.buildPartial());
            }
            return builder.buildPartial();
          }
<pre>
The number of dropped message events in all the included time events.
If the value is 0, then no message events were dropped.
</pre>

<code>int32 dropped_message_events_count = 3;</code>

@return This builder for chaining.
java-trace/proto-google-cloud-trace-v2/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/cloudtrace/v2/Span.java