The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of ConnectorsClient.
The optional options argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned ConnectorsConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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\u003ccode\u003eConnectorsBackoffPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsRetryPolicyOption\u003c/code\u003e, which are used with \u003ccode\u003egoogle::cloud::Options\u003c/code\u003e for configuring behaviors.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe document includes a factory function, \u003ccode\u003eMakeConnectorsConnection\u003c/code\u003e, for constructing \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsConnection\u003c/code\u003e objects and specifies the optional arguments to configure the connection.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eA type alias, \u003ccode\u003eConnectorsPolicyOptionList\u003c/code\u003e, is defined to group the options that are applicable to Connectors.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::connectors_v1 (2.16.0)\n\nVersion 2.16.0keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.38.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.38.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.37.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.37.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.36.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.36.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.35.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.35.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.34.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.34.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.33.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.33.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.32.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.32.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.31.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.31.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.30.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.30.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.29.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.29.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.28.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.28.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.27.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.27.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.26.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.26.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.25.1](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.25.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.24.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.24.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.23.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.23.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.22.1](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.22.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.21.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.21.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.20.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.20.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.19.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.19.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.18.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.18.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.17.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.17.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.16.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.15.1](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.15.1/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.14.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.14.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.13.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.13.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.12.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.12.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1)\n- [2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [ConnectorsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsClient)\n\nConnectors is the interface for managing Connectors.\n\n### [ConnectorsConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection)\n\nThe [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection) object for [`ConnectorsClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsClient).\n\n### [ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [ConnectorsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [ConnectorsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [ConnectorsRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ConnectorsBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [ConnectorsPollingPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsPollingPolicyOption)\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### [ConnectorsRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeConnectorsConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [ConnectorsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`ConnectorsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__v1_1_1ConnectorsConnection). Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:\n\n- [`google::cloud::CommonOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::GrpcOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOptionList`](https://cloud.google.com/cpp/docs/reference/common/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud.html)\n- [`google::cloud::connectors_v1::ConnectorsPolicyOptionList`](/cpp/docs/reference/connectors/2.16.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1connectors__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\n### MakeDefaultConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()\n\nType Aliases\n------------\n\n### ConnectorsPolicyOptionList\n\n**Alias Of** : `OptionList\u003c ConnectorsRetryPolicyOption, ConnectorsBackoffPolicyOption, ConnectorsPollingPolicyOption, ConnectorsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption \u003e` \nThe options applicable to Connectors."]]
