A factory function to construct an object of typeIDSConnection.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor ofIDSClient.
The optionaloptionsargument may be used to configure aspects of the returnedIDSConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eIDSLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe documentation includes struct definitions for configuring options related to backoff, idempotency, polling, and retry policies, such as \u003ccode\u003eIDSBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIDSPollingPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIDSRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page describes functions such as \u003ccode\u003eMakeIDSConnection\u003c/code\u003e, a factory function to create \u003ccode\u003eIDSConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects, which are essential for the creation of an \u003ccode\u003eIDSClient\u003c/code\u003e object, with an explanation of the expected and optional parameters and their functionalities.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page also includes the \u003ccode\u003eMakeDefaultIDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy\u003c/code\u003e function which defines a default idempotency policy for the \u003ccode\u003eIDSConnection\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::ids_v1 (2.24.0)\n\nVersion 2.24.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [IDSClient](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient)\n\nThe IDS Service.\n\n### [IDSConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection)\n\nThe [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection) object for [`IDSClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient).\n\n### [IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [IDSLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [IDSLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [IDSRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [IDSBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [IDSPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSPollingPolicyOption)\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### [IDSRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeIDSConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [IDSClient](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`IDSConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/ids/2.24.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1ids__v1_1_1IDSConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::ids_v1::IDSPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\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### MakeDefaultIDSConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]