public sealed class DataSourceConnectionSpec : IMessage<DataSourceConnectionSpec>, IEquatable<DataSourceConnectionSpec>, IDeepCloneable<DataSourceConnectionSpec>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Data Catalog v1 API class DataSourceConnectionSpec.
Specification that applies to a data source connection. Valid only for
entries with the DATA_SOURCE_CONNECTION type.
Only one of internal specs can be set at the time, and cannot
be changed later.
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Class DataSourceConnectionSpec (2.16.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.16.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.15.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.15.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.14.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.14.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.13.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.13.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.12.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.12.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.11.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.11.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.10.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.10.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.9.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.9.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.8.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.7.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.6.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.5.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.4.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.3.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.2.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.1.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [2.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/2.0.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [1.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.8.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [1.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [1.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.6.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [1.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.5.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [1.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.4.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [1.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.3.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n- [1.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/1.2.0/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec) \n\n public sealed class DataSourceConnectionSpec : IMessage\u003cDataSourceConnectionSpec\u003e, IEquatable\u003cDataSourceConnectionSpec\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cDataSourceConnectionSpec\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Data Catalog v1 API class DataSourceConnectionSpec.\n\nSpecification that applies to a data source connection. Valid only for\nentries with the `DATA_SOURCE_CONNECTION` type.\nOnly one of internal specs can be set at the time, and cannot\nbe changed later. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e DataSourceConnectionSpec \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[DataSourceConnectionSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[DataSourceConnectionSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[DataSourceConnectionSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.DataSourceConnectionSpec), [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.DataCatalog.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DataCatalog.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### DataSourceConnectionSpec()\n\n public DataSourceConnectionSpec()\n\n### DataSourceConnectionSpec(DataSourceConnectionSpec)\n\n public DataSourceConnectionSpec(DataSourceConnectionSpec other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### BigqueryConnectionSpec\n\n public BigQueryConnectionSpec BigqueryConnectionSpec { get; set; }\n\nOutput only. Fields specific to BigQuery connections."]]