public RexProMessage sendRequest( RexProMessage request, int maxRetries, int waitMsBetweenTries, int timeoutSeconds) { int tries = 0; RexProMessage rcvMessage = null; // set the session for all incoming messages. request.setSessionAsUUID(this.getSessionKey()); while (rcvMessage == null && tries < maxRetries) { tries++; try { rcvMessage = rexProConnection.sendMessage(request, timeoutSeconds); } catch (Exception ex) { String logMessage = "Failure sending message via RexPro. Attempt [" + tries + "] of [" + maxRetries + "]."; if (tries < maxRetries) { logMessage = logMessage + " Trying again in " + waitMsBetweenTries + " (ms)"; } logger.error(logMessage); rcvMessage = null; // wait try { Thread.sleep(waitMsBetweenTries); } catch (InterruptedException ie) { // carry on } } } return rcvMessage; }