chore(deps): upgrade gapic-generator-java to 2.8.0 and update gax-jav…

…a to 2.18.1 (#1143)

- [ ] Regenerate this pull request now.

PiperOrigin-RevId: 450543911

Source-Link: googleapis/googleapis@5528344

Source-Link: googleapis/googleapis-gen@9f6775c
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google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1/AutoMlClient.java

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFuture;
 import com.google.api.core.ApiFutures;
-import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
 import com.google.api.gax.core.BackgroundResource;
 import com.google.api.gax.longrunning.OperationFuture;
 import com.google.api.gax.paging.AbstractFixedSizeCollection;
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@ public static final AutoMlClient create(AutoMlSettings settings) throws IOExcept
    * Constructs an instance of AutoMlClient, using the given stub for making calls. This is for
    * advanced usage - prefer using create(AutoMlSettings).
    */
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public static final AutoMlClient create(AutoMlStub stub) {
     return new AutoMlClient(stub);
   }
@@ -154,7 +152,6 @@ protected AutoMlClient(AutoMlSettings settings) throws IOException {
     this.operationsClient = OperationsClient.create(this.stub.getOperationsStub());
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   protected AutoMlClient(AutoMlStub stub) {
     this.settings = null;
     this.stub = stub;
@@ -165,7 +162,6 @@ public final AutoMlSettings getSettings() {
     return settings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public AutoMlStub getStub() {
     return stub;
   }

google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1/PredictionServiceClient.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package com.google.cloud.automl.v1;
 
-import com.google.api.core.BetaApi;
 import com.google.api.gax.core.BackgroundResource;
 import com.google.api.gax.longrunning.OperationFuture;
 import com.google.api.gax.rpc.OperationCallable;
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ public static final PredictionServiceClient create(PredictionServiceSettings set
    * Constructs an instance of PredictionServiceClient, using the given stub for making calls. This
    * is for advanced usage - prefer using create(PredictionServiceSettings).
    */
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public static final PredictionServiceClient create(PredictionServiceStub stub) {
     return new PredictionServiceClient(stub);
   }
@@ -144,7 +142,6 @@ protected PredictionServiceClient(PredictionServiceSettings settings) throws IOE
     this.operationsClient = OperationsClient.create(this.stub.getOperationsStub());
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   protected PredictionServiceClient(PredictionServiceStub stub) {
     this.settings = null;
     this.stub = stub;
@@ -155,7 +152,6 @@ public final PredictionServiceSettings getSettings() {
     return settings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public PredictionServiceStub getStub() {
     return stub;
   }

google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1/stub/AutoMlStubSettings.java

@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ public UnaryCallSettings<ExportModelRequest, Operation> exportModelSettings() {
     return listModelEvaluationsSettings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public AutoMlStub createStub() throws IOException {
     if (getTransportChannelProvider()
         .getTransportName()

google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1/stub/PredictionServiceStubSettings.java

@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ public UnaryCallSettings<BatchPredictRequest, Operation> batchPredictSettings()
     return batchPredictOperationSettings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public PredictionServiceStub createStub() throws IOException {
     if (getTransportChannelProvider()
         .getTransportName()

google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1beta1/AutoMlClient.java

@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ public static final AutoMlClient create(AutoMlSettings settings) throws IOExcept
    * Constructs an instance of AutoMlClient, using the given stub for making calls. This is for
    * advanced usage - prefer using create(AutoMlSettings).
    */
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public static final AutoMlClient create(AutoMlStub stub) {
     return new AutoMlClient(stub);
   }
@@ -155,7 +154,6 @@ protected AutoMlClient(AutoMlSettings settings) throws IOException {
     this.operationsClient = OperationsClient.create(this.stub.getOperationsStub());
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   protected AutoMlClient(AutoMlStub stub) {
     this.settings = null;
     this.stub = stub;
@@ -166,7 +164,6 @@ public final AutoMlSettings getSettings() {
     return settings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public AutoMlStub getStub() {
     return stub;
   }

google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1beta1/PredictionServiceClient.java

@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ public static final PredictionServiceClient create(PredictionServiceSettings set
    * Constructs an instance of PredictionServiceClient, using the given stub for making calls. This
    * is for advanced usage - prefer using create(PredictionServiceSettings).
    */
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public static final PredictionServiceClient create(PredictionServiceStub stub) {
     return new PredictionServiceClient(stub);
   }
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ protected PredictionServiceClient(PredictionServiceSettings settings) throws IOE
     this.operationsClient = OperationsClient.create(this.stub.getOperationsStub());
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   protected PredictionServiceClient(PredictionServiceStub stub) {
     this.settings = null;
     this.stub = stub;
@@ -156,7 +154,6 @@ public final PredictionServiceSettings getSettings() {
     return settings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public PredictionServiceStub getStub() {
     return stub;
   }

google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1beta1/stub/AutoMlStubSettings.java

@@ -659,7 +659,6 @@ public UnaryCallSettings<ExportModelRequest, Operation> exportModelSettings() {
     return listModelEvaluationsSettings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public AutoMlStub createStub() throws IOException {
     if (getTransportChannelProvider()
         .getTransportName()

google-cloud-automl/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/automl/v1beta1/stub/PredictionServiceStubSettings.java

@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ public UnaryCallSettings<BatchPredictRequest, Operation> batchPredictSettings()
     return batchPredictOperationSettings;
   }
 
-  @BetaApi("A restructuring of stub classes is planned, so this may break in the future")
   public PredictionServiceStub createStub() throws IOException {
     if (getTransportChannelProvider()
         .getTransportName()