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:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis document provides reference information for multiple versions of the Google Cloud Memcache C++ library, ranging from version 2.11.0 to the latest release candidate 2.37.0-rc.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheClient\u003c/code\u003e class is used to manage Cloud Memorystore for Memcached instances, with the \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheConnection\u003c/code\u003e object being a critical component for client interaction.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eVarious retry policies are detailed, including \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, designed to handle connection issues.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eMakeCloudMemcacheConnection\u003c/code\u003e function is used to create \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects, allowing customization through various options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document details multiple structs such as \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcachePollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eCloudMemcacheRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, allowing users to configure aspects of the connection and operations.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::memcache_v1 (2.22.1)\n\nVersion 2.22.1keyboard_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/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheClient)\n\nConfigures and manages Cloud Memorystore for Memcached instances.\n\n### [CloudMemcacheConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection)\n\nThe [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection) object for [`CloudMemcacheClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheClient).\n\n### [CloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [CloudMemcacheLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [CloudMemcacheLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [CloudMemcacheRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`CloudMemcacheConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1memcache__v1_1_1CloudMemcacheConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [CloudMemcacheBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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/2.22.1/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`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::memcache_v1::CloudMemcachePolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/memcache/2.22.1/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."]]
