The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofAlloyDBAdminClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedAlloyDBAdminConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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policies.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are factory functions available, such as \u003ccode\u003eMakeAlloyDBAdminConnection\u003c/code\u003e, that simplifies the creation of objects.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eAlloyDBAdminPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e is an alias defining the configurable options for the client.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::alloydb_v1 (2.16.0)\n\nVersion 2.16.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [AlloyDBAdminClient](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminClient)\n\nService describing handlers for resources.\n\n### [AlloyDBAdminConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnection)\n\nThe [`AlloyDBAdminConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnection) object for [`AlloyDBAdminClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminClient).\n\n### [AlloyDBAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [AlloyDBAdminLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`AlloyDBAdminConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [AlloyDBAdminLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`AlloyDBAdminConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [AlloyDBAdminRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`AlloyDBAdminConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [AlloyDBAdminBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [AlloyDBAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [AlloyDBAdminPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminPollingPolicyOption)\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### [AlloyDBAdminRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeAlloyDBAdminConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`AlloyDBAdminConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [AlloyDBAdminClient](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`AlloyDBAdminConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__v1_1_1AlloyDBAdminConnection). 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::alloydb_v1::AlloyDBAdminPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/alloydb/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1alloydb__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### MakeDefaultAlloyDBAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### AlloyDBAdminPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c AlloyDBAdminRetryPolicyOption, AlloyDBAdminBackoffPolicyOption, AlloyDBAdminPollingPolicyOption, AlloyDBAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to AlloyDBAdmin."]]