Cleanest way to write retry logic?

Question

Occasionally I have a need to retry an operation several times before giving up. My code is like:

int retries = 3;
while(true) {
  try {
    DoSomething();
         


        

Answer 1

Keep it simple with C# 6.0

public async Task Retry(Func action, TimeSpan retryInterval, int retryCount)
{
    try
    {
        return action();
    }
    catch when (retryCount != 0)
    {
        await Task.Delay(retryInterval);
        return await Retry(action, retryInterval, --retryCount);
    }
}