public com.google.protobuf.ByteString
          getEventTypeBytes() {
        java.lang.Object ref = eventType_;
        if (ref instanceof String) {
          com.google.protobuf.ByteString b = 
              com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8(
                  (java.lang.String) ref);
          eventType_ = b;
          return b;
        } else {
          return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        }
      }
<code>optional string eventType = 1;</code>
@return The bytes for eventType.
ql/src/gen/protobuf/gen-java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/hooks/proto/HiveHookEvents.java