public Metric getMetric() {
        return this.metric;
    }
<p>
The CloudWatch metric to return, including the metric name, namespace, and dimensions. To get the exact metric
name, namespace, and dimensions, inspect the <a
href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_Metric.html">Metric</a> object that is
returned by a call to <a
href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_ListMetrics.html">ListMetrics</a>.
</p>

@return The CloudWatch metric to return, including the metric name, namespace, and dimensions. To get the exact
        metric name, namespace, and dimensions, inspect the <a
        href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_Metric.html">Metric</a> object
        that is returned by a call to <a
        href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/APIReference/API_ListMetrics.html"
        >ListMetrics</a>.
aws-java-sdk-autoscaling/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/autoscaling/model/MetricStat.java