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}\n\n### Parser\n\n public static MessageParser\u003cMethodPolicy\u003e Parser { get; }\n\n### RequestPolicies\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cFieldPolicy\u003e RequestPolicies { get; }\n\nPolicies that are applicable to the request message.\n\n### Selector\n\n public string Selector { get; set; }\n\nSelects a method to which these policies should be enforced, for example,\n\"google.pubsub.v1.Subscriber.CreateSubscription\".\n\nRefer to \\[selector\\]\\[google.api.DocumentationRule.selector\\] for syntax\ndetails.\n\nNOTE: This field must not be set in the proto annotation. It will be\nautomatically filled by the service config compiler .\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### CalculateSize()\n\n public int CalculateSize()\n\n### Clone()\n\n public MethodPolicy Clone()\n\n### Equals(MethodPolicy)\n\n public bool Equals(MethodPolicy 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(MethodPolicy)\n\n public void MergeFrom(MethodPolicy 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)"]]
