A factory function to construct an object of type NodeTemplatesConnection that uses REST over HTTP as transport in lieu of gRPC.
REST transport should only be used for services that do not support gRPC or if the existing network configuration precludes using gRPC.
The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of NodeTemplatesClient.
The optional options argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned NodeTemplatesConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eNodeTemplatesClient\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eNodeTemplatesConnection\u003c/code\u003e, and related policy classes for managing node templates are documented in this version.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe page outlines the use of REST over HTTP as a transport option via the \u003ccode\u003eMakeNodeTemplatesConnectionRest\u003c/code\u003e function, particularly for services without gRPC support.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eStructs like \u003ccode\u003eNodeTemplatesBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eNodeTemplatesConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eNodeTemplatesRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e are available to configure various aspects of the connection and its behaviors.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::compute_node_templates_v1 (2.22.1)\n\nVersion 2.22.1keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n- 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[2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [NodeTemplatesClient](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesClient)\n\nService for the nodeTemplates resource.\n\n### [NodeTemplatesConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnection)\n\nThe [`NodeTemplatesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnection) object for [`NodeTemplatesClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesClient).\n\n### [NodeTemplatesConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [NodeTemplatesLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`NodeTemplatesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [NodeTemplatesLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`NodeTemplatesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [NodeTemplatesRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`NodeTemplatesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [NodeTemplatesBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [NodeTemplatesConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [NodeTemplatesPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesPollingPolicyOption)\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### [NodeTemplatesRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeDefaultNodeTemplatesConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\n### MakeNodeTemplatesConnectionRest(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`NodeTemplatesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnection) that uses REST over HTTP as transport in lieu of gRPC. \nREST transport should only be used for services that do not support gRPC or if the existing network configuration precludes using gRPC.\n\nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [NodeTemplatesClient](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`NodeTemplatesConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1_1_1NodeTemplatesConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::RestOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::compute_node_templates_v1::NodeTemplatesPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/compute/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1compute__node__templates__v1)\n\n| **Note:** Unexpected options will be ignored. To log unexpected options instead, set `GOOGLE_CLOUD_CPP_ENABLE_CLOG=yes` in the environment.\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### NodeTemplatesPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c NodeTemplatesRetryPolicyOption, NodeTemplatesBackoffPolicyOption, NodeTemplatesPollingPolicyOption, NodeTemplatesConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to NodeTemplates."]]