The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofDomainsClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedDomainsConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eDomainsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eDomainsRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are also several structs available to use with \u003ccode\u003egoogle::cloud::Options\u003c/code\u003e for configuring options, they are: \u003ccode\u003eDomainsBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eDomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eDomainsPollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eDomainsRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page describes a factory function, \u003ccode\u003eMakeDomainsConnection(Options)\u003c/code\u003e, for creating \u003ccode\u003eDomainsConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects, used in conjunction with \u003ccode\u003eDomainsClient\u003c/code\u003e construction, including what can be expected from the optional options argument.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eFinally, it describes the type alias \u003ccode\u003eDomainsPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, which specifies the options applicable to Domains, and includes information on the \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultDomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e function.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::domains_v1 (2.17.0)\n\nVersion 2.17.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [DomainsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsClient)\n\nThe Cloud Domains API enables management and configuration of domain names.\n\n### [DomainsConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnection)\n\nThe [`DomainsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnection) object for [`DomainsClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsClient).\n\n### [DomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [DomainsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`DomainsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [DomainsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`DomainsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [DomainsRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`DomainsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [DomainsBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [DomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [DomainsPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsPollingPolicyOption)\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### [DomainsRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeDomainsConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`DomainsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [DomainsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`DomainsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__v1_1_1DomainsConnection). 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::domains_v1::DomainsPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/domains/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1domains__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### MakeDefaultDomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### DomainsPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c DomainsRetryPolicyOption, DomainsBackoffPolicyOption, DomainsPollingPolicyOption, DomainsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to Domains."]]