The returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of ExecutionsClient.
The optional options argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned ExecutionsConnection. Expected options are any of the types in the following option lists:
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such as \u003ccode\u003eExecutionsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eExecutionsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy\u003c/code\u003e, can be configured.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eMakeExecutionsConnection\u003c/code\u003e function is used to create an \u003ccode\u003eExecutionsConnection\u003c/code\u003e object and can be configured by passing options as arguments.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Namespace google::cloud::workflows_executions_v1 (2.42.0-rc)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [2.42.0-rc (latest)](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1)\n- [2.41.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.41.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1)\n- [2.40.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.40.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1)\n- [2.39.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.39.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1)\n- 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[2.11.0](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/2.11.0/namespacegoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1) \n\nClasses\n-------\n\n### [ExecutionsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsClient)\n\nExecutions is used to start and manage running instances of \\[Workflows\\]\\[google.cloud.workflows.v1.Workflow\\] called executions.\n\n### [ExecutionsConnection](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnection)\n\nThe [`ExecutionsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnection) object for [`ExecutionsClient`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsClient).\n\n### [ExecutionsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy)\n\n### [ExecutionsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsLimitedErrorCountRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ExecutionsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnection) based on counting errors.\n\n### [ExecutionsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsLimitedTimeRetryPolicy)\n\nA retry policy for [`ExecutionsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnection) based on elapsed time.\n\n### [ExecutionsRetryPolicy](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsRetryPolicy)\n\nThe retry policy for [`ExecutionsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnection).\n\nStructs\n-------\n\n### [ExecutionsBackoffPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsBackoffPolicyOption)\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### [ExecutionsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnectionIdempotencyPolicyOption)\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### [ExecutionsRetryPolicyOption](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/structgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsRetryPolicyOption)\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### MakeExecutionsConnection(Options)\n\nA factory function to construct an object of type [`ExecutionsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnection). \nThe returned connection object should not be used directly; instead it should be passed as an argument to the constructor of [ExecutionsClient](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsClient).\n\nThe optional `options` argument may be used to configure aspects of the returned [`ExecutionsConnection`](/cpp/docs/reference/workflows/latest/classgoogle_1_1cloud_1_1workflows__executions__v1_1_1ExecutionsConnection). 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`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\n- [`google::cloud::workflows_executions_v1::ExecutionsPolicyOptionList`](about:invalid#zCSafez)\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### MakeDefaultExecutionsConnectionIdempotencyPolicy()"]]
