A factory function to construct an object of typeIAMConnection.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofIAMClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedIAMConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eIAMClient\u003c/code\u003e, which handles IAM resource management, and \u003ccode\u003eIAMConnection\u003c/code\u003e, which handles the connection object for the \u003ccode\u003eIAMClient\u003c/code\u003e, along with related retry and idempotency policies.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUsers can leverage factory functions like \u003ccode\u003eMakeIAMConnection\u003c/code\u003e to create \u003ccode\u003eIAMConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects, and can customize them using various options such as \u003ccode\u003eCommonOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eGrpcOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eUnifiedCredentialsOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eIAMPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e is an alias of \u003ccode\u003eOptionList< IAMRetryPolicyOption, IAMBackoffPolicyOption, IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption >\u003c/code\u003e which are the options applicable to IAM.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::iam_admin_v1 (2.20.0)\n\nVersion 2.20.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1)\n- 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[2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [IAMClient](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMClient)\n\nCreates and manages Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources.\n\n### [IAMConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection)\n\nThe [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection) object for [`IAMClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMClient).\n\n### [IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [IAMLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [IAMLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [IAMRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [IAMBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [IAMRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeIAMConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [IAMClient](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`IAMConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__v1_1_1IAMConnection). 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_admin_v1::IAMPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/iam/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1iam__admin__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### MakeDefaultIAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### IAMPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c IAMRetryPolicyOption, IAMBackoffPolicyOption, IAMConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to IAM."]]
