Tries to perform an action several times before giving up

EngineThatCould.cs

using System;
using System.Threading;
using log4net;

namespace Samples
{
    public class EngineThatCould
    {
        private static readonly ILog Log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(EngineThatCould));
        private const int SecondsBetweenAttempts = 1;
        private const int MaxAttempts = 5;

        public Func<Exception, bool> ShouldExpect { get; set; }

        public void Chug(Action action, string actionDesc)
        {
            if (action == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("action");
            if (actionDesc == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("actionDesc");

            if (ShouldExpect == null)
                throw new InvalidOperationException("ShouldExpect can't be null!");

            int attemptCount = 1;
            while (attemptCount <= MaxAttempts)
            {
                try
                {
                    action();
                    Log.InfoFormat("Successfully \"{0}\"", actionDesc);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    if (ShouldExpect(ex))
                    {
                        if (attemptCount == MaxAttempts)
                        {
                            Log.Error("Failed to \"" + actionDesc + "\" after attempt " + attemptCount, ex);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            Thread.Sleep(SecondsBetweenAttempts*1000);
                        }
                    }
                }
                attemptCount++;
            }
        }
    }
}