The service controller environment to use. If empty, no control plane
feature (like quota and billing) will be enabled. The recommended value for
most services is servicecontrol.googleapis.com
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If empty, no control plane\nfeature (like quota and billing) will be enabled. The recommended value for\nmost services is servicecontrol.googleapis.com\n\n### MethodPolicies\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cMethodPolicy\u003e MethodPolicies { get; }\n\nDefines policies applying to the API methods of the service.\n\n### Parser\n\n public static MessageParser\u003cControl\u003e Parser { get; }\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### CalculateSize()\n\n public int CalculateSize()\n\n### Clone()\n\n public Control Clone()\n\n### Equals(Control)\n\n public bool Equals(Control other)\n\n### Equals(object)\n\n public override bool Equals(object other)\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.Equals(object)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object))\n\n### GetHashCode()\n\n public override int GetHashCode()\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode)\n\n### MergeFrom(Control)\n\n public void MergeFrom(Control other)\n\n### MergeFrom(CodedInputStream)\n\n public void MergeFrom(CodedInputStream input)\n\n### ToString()\n\n public override string ToString()\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\n### WriteTo(CodedOutputStream)\n\n public void WriteTo(CodedOutputStream output)"]]
