public String getStat() {
        return this.stat;
    }
<p>
The statistic to return. It can include any CloudWatch statistic or extended statistic. For a list of valid
values, see the table in <a
href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_concepts.html#Statistic"
>Statistics</a> in the <i>Amazon CloudWatch User Guide</i>.
</p>
<p>
The most commonly used metrics for predictive scaling are <code>Average</code> and <code>Sum</code>.
</p>

@return The statistic to return. It can include any CloudWatch statistic or extended statistic. For a list of
        valid values, see the table in <a href=
        "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_concepts.html#Statistic"
        >Statistics</a> in the <i>Amazon CloudWatch User Guide</i>.</p>
        <p>
        The most commonly used metrics for predictive scaling are <code>Average</code> and <code>Sum</code>.
aws-java-sdk-autoscaling/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/autoscaling/model/MetricStat.java