while(connectionAttempts < maxConnectionAttempts) {

   connectionAttempts++;

   try {

       response = resolver.send(Message.newQuery(queryRecord));

       if(response.getRcode() == Rcode.REFUSED || response.getRcode() == Rcode.SERVFAIL ) {

           //For these two options, give a few more attempts, with a slight delay.

           try {

               log.debug("Failed to lookup '"+recordName+"' with rcode: "+response.getRcode()+", trying 3 times. connectionAttempts="+connectionAttempts);

               Thread.sleep(500);

           } catch (InterruptedException e) {

               throw new IllegalStateException(e);

           }

                   

       } else {

           break;

       }

   } catch (IOException e) {

       /* Patch to retry on SocketTimeoutException */

      // *** patch removed //In spite of what the method spec states, it doesn't actually throw this

       // *** patch removed throw new IllegalStateException(e);

       log.info("IOException encountered in lookup '"+recordName+"', trying 3 times. connectionAttempts="+connectionAttempts);

       try {

          Thread.sleep(1000*connectionAttempts);

       } catch (InterruptedException int_e) {

          throw new IllegalStateException(int_e);

       }

   }

}