What's the Scala way to implement a retry-able call like this one?

Question

Still the newbie in Scala and I\'m now looking for a way to implement the following code on it:

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Answer 1

This solution is not optimized by compiler to tail recursion for some reason (who knows why?), but in case of rare retries would be an option:

def retry[T](n: Int)(f: => T): T = {
  Try { f } recover {
    case _ if n > 1 => retry(n - 1)(f)
  } get
}

Usage:

val words: String = retry(3) {
  whatDoesTheFoxSay()
}

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Version with result as a Try:

def reTry[T](n: Int)(f: => T): Try[T] = {
  Try { f } recoverWith {
    case _ if n > 1 => reTry(n - 1)(f)
  }
}

Usage:

// previous usage section will be identical to:
val words: String = reTry(3) {
  whatDoesTheFoxSay()
} get

// Try as a result:
val words: Try[String] = reTry(3) {
  whatDoesTheFoxSay()
}

Version with a function returning Try

def retry[T](n: Int)(f: => Try[T]): Try[T] = {
  f recoverWith {
    case _ if n > 1 => reTry(n - 1)(f)
  }
}

Usage:

// the first usage section will be identical to:
val words: String = retry(3) {
  Try(whatDoesTheFoxSay())
} get

// if your function returns Try:
def tryAskingFox(): Try = Failure(new IllegalStateException)

val words: Try[String] = retry(3) {
    tryAskingFox()
}