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Actor
The actor of a Drive activity.
JSON representation
{// Union fieldtypecan be only one of the following:"user":{object (User)},"anonymous":{object (AnonymousUser)},"impersonation":{object (Impersonation)},"system":{object (SystemEvent)},"administrator":{object (Administrator)}// End of list of possible types for union fieldtype.}
Fields
Union fieldtype. The type of actor.typecan be only one of the following:
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