A factory function to construct an object of typeIDSConnection.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofIDSClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedIDSConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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available for \u003ccode\u003eIDSConnection\u003c/code\u003e, such as \u003ccode\u003eIDSLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIDSLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIDSRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation outlines the use of \u003ccode\u003eIDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and how it can be used with \u003ccode\u003eIDSClient\u003c/code\u003e to configure idempotent operations.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere is also information on the use of the \u003ccode\u003eMakeIDSConnection\u003c/code\u003e function to generate an \u003ccode\u003eIDSConnection\u003c/code\u003e, along with the possible list of options to pass for configuration, along with the \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultIDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e function.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::ids_v1 (2.15.1)\n\nVersion 2.15.1keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [IDSClient](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient)\n\nThe IDS Service.\n\n### [IDSConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection)\n\nThe [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection) object for [`IDSClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient).\n\n### [IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [IDSLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [IDSLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [IDSRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [IDSBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [IDSPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSPollingPolicyOption)\n\nUse with [`google::cloud::Options`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1Options.html) to configure the long-running operations polling policy.\n\n### [IDSRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeIDSConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [IDSClient](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection). 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::ids_v1::IDSPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__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### MakeDefaultIDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### IDSPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c IDSRetryPolicyOption, IDSBackoffPolicyOption, IDSPollingPolicyOption, IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to IDS."]]
