Factory/extension methods to create instances ofChannelCredentialsandCallCredentialsclasses
based on credential objects originating from Google auth library.
public static Task<ChannelCredentials> GetApplicationDefaultAsync()
Retrieves an instance of Google's Application Default Credentials usingGoogleCredential.GetApplicationDefaultAsync()and converts them
into a gRPCChannelCredentialsthat use the default SSL credentials.
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