Define the interface for controlling how the Bigtable client backsoff from failed RPC operations.
The C++ client for Bigtable needs to hide partial and temporary failures from the application. However, we need to give the users enough flexibility to control how many attempts are made to reissue operations, how often these attempts are executed, and how to signal that an error has occurred.
The application provides an instance of this class when the Table (or TableAdmin) object is created. This instance serves as a prototype to create new RPCBackoffPolicy objects of the same (dynamic) type and with the same initial state.
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[2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.15.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RPCBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.14.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RPCBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.13.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RPCBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.12.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RPCBackoffPolicy)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.11.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RPCBackoffPolicy) \nDefine the interface for controlling how the Bigtable client backsoff from failed RPC operations. \nThe C++ client for Bigtable needs to hide partial and temporary failures from the application. However, we need to give the users enough flexibility to control how many attempts are made to reissue operations, how often these attempts are executed, and how to signal that an error has occurred.\n\nThe application provides an instance of this class when the [Table](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.31.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1Table) (or [TableAdmin](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.31.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1TableAdmin)) object is created. This instance serves as a prototype to create new [RPCBackoffPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/bigtable/2.31.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1bigtable_1_1RPCBackoffPolicy) objects of the same (dynamic) type and with the same initial state.\n\nFunctions\n---------\n\n### 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### Setup(grpc::ClientContext \\&) const\n\nUpdate the ClientContext for the next call.\n\n### OnCompletion(Status const \\&)\n\nReturn the delay after an RPC operation has completed.\n\n### OnCompletion(grpc::Status const \\&)\n\n### OnCompletion()"]]
