The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofCloudMemcacheClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedCloudMemcacheConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheConnection\u003c/code\u003e object.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eRetry policies, like \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, are provided for handling connection errors in \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheConnection\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeCloudMemcacheConnection\u003c/code\u003e function allows creating a \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheConnection\u003c/code\u003e object and it accepts an optional argument \u003ccode\u003eoptions\u003c/code\u003e to configure the connection.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::memcache_v1 (2.14.0)\n\nVersion 2.14.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [CloudMemcacheClient](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheClient)\n\nConfigures and manages Cloud Memorystore for Memcached instances.\n\n### [CloudMemcacheConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection) object for [`CloudMemcacheClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheClient).\n\n### [CloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [CloudMemcacheLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [CloudMemcacheLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [CloudMemcacheRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudMemcacheBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [CloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [CloudMemcachePollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcachePollingPolicyOption)\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### [CloudMemcacheRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeCloudMemcacheConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [CloudMemcacheClient](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection). 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::memcache_v1::CloudMemcachePolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__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### MakeDefaultCloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### CloudMemcachePolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c CloudMemcacheRetryPolicyOption, CloudMemcacheBackoffPolicyOption, CloudMemcachePollingPolicyOption, CloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to CloudMemcache."]]
