A factory function to construct an object of typeIAMConnection.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofIAMClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedIAMConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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IAM resources, \u003ccode\u003eIAMConnection\u003c/code\u003e for connecting to the IAM service, and several retry policy classes like \u003ccode\u003eIAMLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIAMLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIAMRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e for handling connection retries.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeIAMConnection\u003c/code\u003e factory function is provided to construct an \u003ccode\u003eIAMConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, allowing for optional configurations via various option lists, such as \u003ccode\u003eCommonOptionList\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eGrpcOptionList\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page also documents structs like \u003ccode\u003eIAMBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIAMRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and a type alias called \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e which shows what options are available when using the IAM service.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::iam_admin_v1 (2.15.1)\n\nVersion 2.15.1keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [IAMClient](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMClient)\n\nCreates and manages Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources.\n\n### [IAMConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection)\n\nThe [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection) object for [`IAMClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMClient).\n\n### [IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [IAMLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [IAMLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [IAMRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [IAMBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMBackoffPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the backoff policy.\n\n### [IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure which operations are retried.\n\n### [IAMRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMRetryPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the retry policy.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### MakeIAMConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [IAMClient](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::iam_admin_v1::IAMPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\n### MakeDefaultIAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### IAMPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c IAMRetryPolicyOption, IAMBackoffPolicyOption, IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to IAM."]]
