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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def retry_request(self, method, action, body=None, headers=None, params=None):
 """Call do_request with the default retry configuration. Only idempotent requests should retry failed connection attempts. :raises: ConnectionFailed if the maximum # of retries is exceeded """

        max_attempts = self.retries + 1
        for i in range(max_attempts):
            try:
                return self.do_request(method, action, body=body,
                                       headers=headers, params=params)
            except exceptions.ConnectionFailed:
                # Exception has already been logged by do_request()
                if i < self.retries:
                    _logger.debug('Retrying connection to Neutron service')
                    time.sleep(self.retry_interval)
                elif self.raise_errors:
                    raise

        if self.retries:
            msg = (_("Failed to connect to Neutron server after %d attempts")
                   % max_attempts)
        else:
            msg = _("Failed to connect Neutron server")

        raise exceptions.ConnectionFailed(reason=msg)