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 classes, along with their respective retry policies and configuration options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUsers can find information on factory functions, such as \u003ccode\u003eMakeIAMPolicyConnection\u003c/code\u003e, used to create and configure \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects with specific options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation includes an \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and a \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultIAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\u003c/code\u003e function, which manage retry operations for \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyConnection\u003c/code\u003e within the C++ client library.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::iam_v1 (2.26.0)\n\nVersion 2.26.0keyboard_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/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyClient)\n\nAPI Overview.\n\n### [IAMPolicyConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection)\n\nThe [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection) object for [`IAMPolicyClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyClient).\n\n### [IAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [IAMPolicyLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [IAMPolicyLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [IAMPolicyRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`IAMPolicyConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__v1_1_1IAMPolicyConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [IAMPolicyBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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/2.26.0/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`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\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()"]]