The Spanner client library uses the same mechanism as all other C++ client libraries for configuration. As usual for the C++ client libraries, it adds a number of unique options only applicable for the Spanner library.
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As usual for the C++ client libraries, it adds a number of unique options only applicable for the Spanner library.\n\n###### See Also\n\n[Client Library Configuration](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/group__options.html) - for an overview of client library configuration.\n\n### Classes\n\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::DatabaseAdminRetryPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1DatabaseAdminRetryPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::DatabaseAdminBackoffPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1DatabaseAdminBackoffPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::DatabaseAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1DatabaseAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::DatabaseAdminPollingPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1DatabaseAdminPollingPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::InstanceAdminRetryPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1InstanceAdminRetryPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::InstanceAdminBackoffPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1InstanceAdminBackoffPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::InstanceAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1InstanceAdminConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner_admin::InstanceAdminPollingPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner__admin_1_1InstanceAdminPollingPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SpannerRetryPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SpannerRetryPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SpannerBackoffPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SpannerBackoffPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SpannerPollingPolicyOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SpannerPollingPolicyOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::RouteToLeaderOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1RouteToLeaderOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SessionCreatorRoleOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SessionCreatorRoleOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SessionPoolMinSessionsOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SessionPoolMinSessionsOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SessionPoolMaxSessionsPerChannelOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SessionPoolMaxSessionsPerChannelOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SessionPoolMaxIdleSessionsOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SessionPoolMaxIdleSessionsOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SessionPoolActionOnExhaustionOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SessionPoolActionOnExhaustionOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SessionPoolKeepAliveIntervalOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SessionPoolKeepAliveIntervalOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::SessionPoolLabelsOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1SessionPoolLabelsOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::QueryOptimizerVersionOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1QueryOptimizerVersionOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::QueryOptimizerStatisticsPackageOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1QueryOptimizerStatisticsPackageOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::RequestPriorityOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1RequestPriorityOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::RequestTagOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1RequestTagOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::ReadIndexNameOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1ReadIndexNameOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::ReadRowLimitOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1ReadRowLimitOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::StreamingResumabilityBufferSizeOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1StreamingResumabilityBufferSizeOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::PartitionSizeOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1PartitionSizeOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::PartitionsMaximumOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1PartitionsMaximumOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::PartitionDataBoostOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1PartitionDataBoostOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::TransactionTagOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1TransactionTagOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::ExcludeTransactionFromChangeStreamsOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1ExcludeTransactionFromChangeStreamsOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::CommitReturnStatsOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1CommitReturnStatsOption)\n- [`google::cloud::spanner::MaxCommitDelayOption`](/cpp/docs/reference/spanner/2.29.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1spanner_1_1MaxCommitDelayOption)\n\n### Types\n\n- [`DatabaseAdminPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`InstanceAdminPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)"]]
