public java.lang.String getCharactersToSkip() {
    java.lang.Object ref = "";
    if (charactersCase_ == 1) {
      ref = characters_;
    }
    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 (charactersCase_ == 1) {
        characters_ = s;
      }
      return s;
    }
  }
public java . lang . String getCharactersToSkip ( ) { java . lang . Object ref = "" ; if ( charactersCase_ == 1 ) { ref = characters_ ; } 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 ( charactersCase_ == 1 ) { characters_ = s ; } return s ; } }
<code>string characters_to_skip = 1;</code>