feat: [StorageControl] add a DeleteFolderRecursive API definition (#8909)

* feat: add a DeleteFolderRecursive API definition

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StorageControl/metadata/V2/StorageControl.php

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * GENERATED CODE WARNING
+ * This file was automatically generated - do not edit!
+ */
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// [START storage_v2_generated_StorageControl_DeleteFolderRecursive_sync]
+use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
+use Google\ApiCore\OperationResponse;
+use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\Client\StorageControlClient;
+use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest;
+use Google\Rpc\Status;
+
+/**
+ * Deletes a folder recursively. This operation is only applicable to a
+ * hierarchical namespace enabled bucket.
+ *
+ * @param string $formattedName Name of the folder being deleted, however all of its contents
+ *                              will be deleted too. Format:
+ *                              `projects/{project}/buckets/{bucket}/folders/{folder}`
+ *                              Please see {@see StorageControlClient::folderName()} for help formatting this field.
+ */
+function delete_folder_recursive_sample(string $formattedName): void
+{
+    // Create a client.
+    $storageControlClient = new StorageControlClient();
+
+    // Prepare the request message.
+    $request = (new DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest())
+        ->setName($formattedName);
+
+    // Call the API and handle any network failures.
+    try {
+        /** @var OperationResponse $response */
+        $response = $storageControlClient->deleteFolderRecursive($request);
+        $response->pollUntilComplete();
+
+        if ($response->operationSucceeded()) {
+            printf('Operation completed successfully.' . PHP_EOL);
+        } else {
+            /** @var Status $error */
+            $error = $response->getError();
+            printf('Operation failed with error data: %s' . PHP_EOL, $error->serializeToJsonString());
+        }
+    } catch (ApiException $ex) {
+        printf('Call failed with message: %s' . PHP_EOL, $ex->getMessage());
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper to execute the sample.
+ *
+ * This sample has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a code
+ * template only. It will require modifications to work:
+ *  - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.
+ *  - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service client,
+ *    please see the apiEndpoint client configuration option for more details.
+ */
+function callSample(): void
+{
+    $formattedName = StorageControlClient::folderName('[PROJECT]', '[BUCKET]', '[FOLDER]');
+
+    delete_folder_recursive_sample($formattedName);
+}
+// [END storage_v2_generated_StorageControl_DeleteFolderRecursive_sync]

StorageControl/samples/V2/StorageControlClient/delete_folder_recursive.php

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\CreateAnywhereCacheRequest;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\CreateFolderRequest;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\CreateManagedFolderRequest;
+use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\DeleteFolderRequest;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\DeleteManagedFolderRequest;
 use Google\Cloud\Storage\Control\V2\DisableAnywhereCacheRequest;
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
  * @method PromiseInterface<Folder> createFolderAsync(CreateFolderRequest $request, array $optionalArgs = [])
  * @method PromiseInterface<ManagedFolder> createManagedFolderAsync(CreateManagedFolderRequest $request, array $optionalArgs = [])
  * @method PromiseInterface<void> deleteFolderAsync(DeleteFolderRequest $request, array $optionalArgs = [])
+ * @method PromiseInterface<OperationResponse> deleteFolderRecursiveAsync(DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest $request, array $optionalArgs = [])
  * @method PromiseInterface<void> deleteManagedFolderAsync(DeleteManagedFolderRequest $request, array $optionalArgs = [])
  * @method PromiseInterface<AnywhereCache> disableAnywhereCacheAsync(DisableAnywhereCacheRequest $request, array $optionalArgs = [])
  * @method PromiseInterface<AnywhereCache> getAnywhereCacheAsync(GetAnywhereCacheRequest $request, array $optionalArgs = [])
@@ -594,6 +596,35 @@ public function deleteFolder(DeleteFolderRequest $request, array $callOptions =
         $this->startApiCall('DeleteFolder', $request, $callOptions)->wait();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Deletes a folder recursively. This operation is only applicable to a
+     * hierarchical namespace enabled bucket.
+     *
+     * The async variant is {@see StorageControlClient::deleteFolderRecursiveAsync()} .
+     *
+     * @example samples/V2/StorageControlClient/delete_folder_recursive.php
+     *
+     * @param DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest $request     A request to house fields associated with the call.
+     * @param array                        $callOptions {
+     *     Optional.
+     *
+     *     @type RetrySettings|array $retrySettings
+     *           Retry settings to use for this call. Can be a {@see RetrySettings} object, or an
+     *           associative array of retry settings parameters. See the documentation on
+     *           {@see RetrySettings} for example usage.
+     * }
+     *
+     * @return OperationResponse<null>
+     *
+     * @throws ApiException Thrown if the API call fails.
+     */
+    public function deleteFolderRecursive(
+        DeleteFolderRecursiveRequest $request,
+        array $callOptions = []
+    ): OperationResponse {
+        return $this->startApiCall('DeleteFolderRecursive', $request, $callOptions)->wait();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Permanently deletes an empty managed folder.
      *