def LockRetryWrapper(self,
                       subject,
                       retrywrap_timeout=1,
                       retrywrap_max_timeout=10,
                       blocking=True,
                       lease_time=None):
    """Retry a DBSubjectLock until it succeeds.

    Args:
      subject: The subject which the lock applies to.
      retrywrap_timeout: How long to wait before retrying the lock.
      retrywrap_max_timeout: The maximum time to wait for a retry until we
        raise.
      blocking: If False, raise on first lock failure.
      lease_time: lock lease time in seconds.

    Returns:
      The DBSubjectLock object

    Raises:
      DBSubjectLockError: If the maximum retry count has been reached.
    """
    timeout = 0
    while timeout < retrywrap_max_timeout:
      try:
        return self.DBSubjectLock(subject, lease_time=lease_time)
      except DBSubjectLockError:
        if not blocking:
          raise
        stats_collector_instance.Get().IncrementCounter("datastore_retries")
        time.sleep(retrywrap_timeout)
        timeout += retrywrap_timeout

    raise DBSubjectLockError("Retry number exceeded.")