public String getStatus() {
        return this.status;
    }
<p>
The status of the Amazon DocumentDB event notification subscription.
</p>
<p>
Constraints:
</p>
<p>
Can be one of the following: <code>creating</code>, <code>modifying</code>, <code>deleting</code>,
<code>active</code>, <code>no-permission</code>, <code>topic-not-exist</code>
</p>
<p>
The <code>no-permission</code> status indicates that Amazon DocumentDB no longer has permission to post to the
SNS topic. The <code>topic-not-exist</code> status indicates that the topic was deleted after the subscription
was created.
</p>

@return The status of the Amazon DocumentDB event notification subscription.</p>
        <p>
        Constraints:
        </p>
        <p>
        Can be one of the following: <code>creating</code>, <code>modifying</code>, <code>deleting</code>,
        <code>active</code>, <code>no-permission</code>, <code>topic-not-exist</code>
        </p>
        <p>
        The <code>no-permission</code> status indicates that Amazon DocumentDB no longer has permission to post
        to the SNS topic. The <code>topic-not-exist</code> status indicates that the topic was deleted after the
        subscription was created.
aws-java-sdk-docdb/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/docdb/model/EventSubscription.java