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Google Cloud Discovery Engine V1 Client - Class Answer (1.11.1)
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Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Discovery Engine V1 Client class Answer.
Defines an answer.
Generated from protobuf message google.cloud.discoveryengine.v1.Answer
Namespace
Google \ Cloud \ DiscoveryEngine \ V1
Methods
__construct
Parameter
Name Description
data
mixed
getName
Immutable. Fully qualified name
projects/{project}/locations/global/collections/{collection}/engines/{engine}/sessions/*/answers/*
Returns
Type Description
string
setName
Immutable. Fully qualified name
projects/{project}/locations/global/collections/{collection}/engines/{engine}/sessions/*/answers/*
Parameter
Name Description
var
string
Returns
Type Description
$this
getState
The state of the answer generation.
Returns
Type Description
intEnum of type State .
setState
The state of the answer generation.
Parameter
Name Description
var
int
Enum of type State .
Returns
Type Description
$this
getAnswerText
Returns
Type Description
string
setAnswerText
Parameter
Name Description
var
string
Returns
Type Description
$this
getGroundingScore
A score in the range of [0, 1] describing how grounded the answer is by the
reference chunks.
Returns
Type Description
float
hasGroundingScore
clearGroundingScore
setGroundingScore
A score in the range of [0, 1] describing how grounded the answer is by the
reference chunks.
Parameter
Name Description
var
float
Returns
Type Description
$this
getCitations
setCitations
Returns
Type Description
$this
getGroundingSupports
Optional. Grounding supports.
setGroundingSupports
Optional. Grounding supports.
Returns
Type Description
$this
getReferences
setReferences
Returns
Type Description
$this
Suggested related questions.
Suggested related questions.
Parameter
Name Description
var
string[]
Returns
Type Description
$this
getSteps
setSteps
Returns
Type Description
$this
getQueryUnderstandingInfo
Query understanding information.
hasQueryUnderstandingInfo
clearQueryUnderstandingInfo
setQueryUnderstandingInfo
Query understanding information.
Returns
Type Description
$this
getAnswerSkippedReasons
Additional answer-skipped reasons. This provides the reason for ignored
cases. If nothing is skipped, this field is not set.
setAnswerSkippedReasons
Additional answer-skipped reasons. This provides the reason for ignored
cases. If nothing is skipped, this field is not set.
Parameter
Name Description
var
int[]
Returns
Type Description
$this
getCreateTime
Output only. Answer creation timestamp.
hasCreateTime
clearCreateTime
setCreateTime
Output only. Answer creation timestamp.
Returns
Type Description
$this
getCompleteTime
Output only. Answer completed timestamp.
hasCompleteTime
clearCompleteTime
setCompleteTime
Output only. Answer completed timestamp.
Returns
Type Description
$this
getSafetyRatings
Optional. Safety ratings.
setSafetyRatings
Optional. Safety ratings.
Returns
Type Description
$this
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