The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofIAMPolicyClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedIAMPolicyConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyConnection\u003c/code\u003e, and related retry and idempotency policies, with links for deeper information on each.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page lists structures that are used for configuring the \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, such as \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eIt describes functions like \u003ccode\u003eMakeIAMPolicyConnection\u003c/code\u003e, used to create an \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyConnection\u003c/code\u003e object, and \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultIAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, as well as providing a type alias named \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::iam_v1 (2.17.0)\n\nVersion 2.17.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [IAMPolicyClient](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyClient)\n\nAPI Overview.\n\n### [IAMPolicyConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection)\n\nThe [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection) object for [`IAMPolicyClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyClient).\n\n### [IAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [IAMPolicyLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [IAMPolicyLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [IAMPolicyRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [IAMPolicyBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [IAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [IAMPolicyRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeIAMPolicyConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [IAMPolicyClient](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection). 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_v1::IAMPolicyPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__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### MakeDefaultIAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### IAMPolicyPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c IAMPolicyRetryPolicyOption, IAMPolicyBackoffPolicyOption, IAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to IAMPolicy."]]