The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofLanguageServiceClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedLanguageServiceConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage provides documentation for the Google Cloud C++ client library's Natural Language API, with version 2.37.0-rc being the latest release candidate, and 2.28.0 as the version covered in this section.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe content includes a list of available versions, ranging from 2.11.0 up to the latest, and links to the corresponding documentation for each version.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eKey classes like \u003ccode\u003eLanguageServiceClient\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eLanguageServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e are detailed, providing interfaces for performing text analysis and managing connections to the Natural Language API.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eRetry and backoff policies, including \u003ccode\u003eLanguageServiceRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eLanguageServiceBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, are documented, outlining how to configure error handling and retries for API interactions.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page documents the \u003ccode\u003eMakeLanguageServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e function, which is used to construct \u003ccode\u003eLanguageServiceConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects and allows configuration using various option lists.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::language_v1 (2.28.0)\n\nVersion 2.28.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/language/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [LanguageServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceClient)\n\nProvides text analysis operations such as sentiment analysis and entity recognition.\n\n### [LanguageServiceConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnection)\n\nThe [`LanguageServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnection) object for [`LanguageServiceClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceClient).\n\n### [LanguageServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [LanguageServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`LanguageServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [LanguageServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`LanguageServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [LanguageServiceRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`LanguageServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [LanguageServiceBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [LanguageServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [LanguageServiceRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeLanguageServiceConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`LanguageServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [LanguageServiceClient](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`LanguageServiceConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/language/2.28.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1language__v1_1_1LanguageServiceConnection). 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::language_v1::LanguageServicePolicyOptionList`](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### MakeDefaultLanguageServiceConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]