public sealed class AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention : IMessage<AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention>, IEquatable<AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention>, IDeepCloneable<AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the AlloyDB v1alpha API class AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention.
A time based retention policy specifies that all backups within a certain
time period should be retained.
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Class AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention (1.0.0-alpha12)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [1.0.0-alpha12 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention)\n- [1.0.0-alpha11](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/1.0.0-alpha11/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention) \n\n public sealed class AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention : IMessage\u003cAutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention\u003e, IEquatable\u003cAutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cAutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the AlloyDB v1alpha API class AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention.\n\nA time based retention policy specifies that all backups within a certain\ntime period should be retained. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[AutomatedBackupPolicy](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types)[TimeBasedRetention](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[AutomatedBackupPolicy](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types)[TimeBasedRetention](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[AutomatedBackupPolicy](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types)[TimeBasedRetention](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha/latest/Google.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.AlloyDb.V1Alpha.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### TimeBasedRetention()\n\n public TimeBasedRetention()\n\n### TimeBasedRetention(TimeBasedRetention)\n\n public TimeBasedRetention(AutomatedBackupPolicy.Types.TimeBasedRetention other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### RetentionPeriod\n\n public Duration RetentionPeriod { get; set; }\n\nThe retention period."]]
