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service.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe class has multiple constructors, allowing the user to create an instance of the class with default parameters, or with a custom \u003ccode\u003einitial_delay\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003emaximum_delay\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eExponentialBackoffPolicy\u003c/code\u003e class includes several functions such as \u003ccode\u003eclone()\u003c/code\u003e, which returns a new copy of the object, \u003ccode\u003eSetup()\u003c/code\u003e, which allows to update the \u003ccode\u003eClientContext\u003c/code\u003e for the next call, and \u003ccode\u003eOnCompletion()\u003c/code\u003e, which determines the delay after an RPC operation.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThere are multiple overloads of the \u003ccode\u003eOnCompletion\u003c/code\u003e function that take either a \u003ccode\u003eStatus const &\u003c/code\u003e or \u003ccode\u003egrpc::Status const &\u003c/code\u003e as a parameter, and they all return a \u003ccode\u003estd::chrono::milliseconds\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Class ExponentialBackoffPolicy (2.29.0)\n\nVersion 2.29.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.41.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.40.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.39.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.38.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.37.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.36.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- 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[2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.17.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.11.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1ExponentialBackoffPolicy) \nImplement a simple exponential backoff policy.\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### ExponentialBackoffPolicy(internal::RPCPolicyParameters)\n\n### ExponentialBackoffPolicy(std::chrono::duration\\\u003c Rep1, Period1 \\\u003e, std::chrono::duration\\\u003c Rep2, Period2 \\\u003e)\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### virtual clone() const\n\nReturn a new copy of this object. \nTypically implemented as \n\n return std::unique_ptr\u003cRPCRetryPolicy\u003e(new Foo(*this));\n\n### virtual Setup(grpc::ClientContext \\&) const\n\nUpdate the ClientContext for the next call.\n\n### virtual OnCompletion(Status const \\&)\n\nReturn the delay after an RPC operation has completed.\n\n### virtual OnCompletion(grpc::Status const \\&)\n\n### OnCompletion()"]]
