public String getState() {
        return this.state;
    }
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State of instance group. The following values are no longer supported: STARTING, TERMINATED, and FAILED.
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@return State of instance group. The following values are no longer supported: STARTING, TERMINATED, and FAILED.
@see InstanceGroupState
aws-java-sdk-emr/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/elasticmapreduce/model/InstanceGroupDetail.java