public java.lang.String getValue() {
        java.lang.Object ref = value_;
        if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
          com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
          java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
          value_ = s;
          return s;
        } else {
          return (java.lang.String) ref;
        }
      }
<pre>
The class item's value.
</pre>

<code>string value = 1;</code>

@return The value.
java-speech/proto-google-cloud-speech-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/speech/v1/CustomClass.java