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This article explains about executing a function within a time limit. Also includes a helper class which helps to implement timeout functions easily. This article deals with running multiple timeout processes each with time limit.
namespace TimeoutFunctions.Tests
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using NUnit.Framework;
    using TimeoutFunctions;
    using System.Threading;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.IO;

    [TestFixture]
    public class TimeoutProcessTests
    {
        [Test]
        public void CanTimeoutRunningProcess() {
            WaitCallback waitCallBack = GetLongRunningProcess();
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            bool status = timeoutProcess.Start(null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), waitCallBack);
            Assert.That(!status, "Process is not timing out");
        }

        [Test]
        public void CanFinishRunningProcessWithMoreTimeoutLimit() {
            WaitCallback waitCallBack = GetAFastRunningProcess();
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            bool status = timeoutProcess.Start(null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30), waitCallBack);
            Assert.That(status, "Process is not completing");
        }

        [Test]
        public void CanTimeoutBlockedProcess() {
            WaitCallback waitCallBack = GetBlockedProcess(5000);
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            bool success = timeoutProcess.Start(null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), waitCallBack);
            Assert.That(!success);
        }

        EventWaitHandle nUnitHandle = new AutoResetEvent(false);
        [Test]
        public void AsyncProcessTimeoutTest() {
            WaitCallback waitCallBack = GetLongRunningProcess();
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCompleted += timeoutProcess_AsyncProcessTimedout;
            timeoutProcess.StartAsync(null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), waitCallBack);
            nUnitHandle.WaitOne();
        }

        void timeoutProcess_AsyncProcessTimedout(object sender, AsyncProcessEventArgs e) {
            Assert.That(!e.HasProcessCompleted, "Async operation not timed out");
            Assert.AreEqual(false, e.IsThreadRunning, "Operation timedout, but thread still running");
            nUnitHandle.Set();
        }

        EventWaitHandle[] waitHandles = null;
        [Test]
        public void MultipleAsyncProcessTimingout() {
            const int waitHandleCount = 10;
            waitHandles = new EventWaitHandle[waitHandleCount];
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCompleted += timeoutProcess_MultipleAsyncProcessTimedout;
            for (int i = 0; i < waitHandleCount; i++) {
                waitHandles[i] = new AutoResetEvent(false);
                WaitCallback waitCallBack = GetLongRunningProcess();
                timeoutProcess.StartAsync(i, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2), waitCallBack);
            }
            Assert.AreEqual(10, timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCount, "Process count is not matching");
            Assert.That(timeoutProcess.IsAsyncProcessExecuting, "AsyncProcessExecuting flag is setting");
            WaitHandle.WaitAll(waitHandles);
        }

        void timeoutProcess_MultipleAsyncProcessTimedout(object sender, AsyncProcessEventArgs e) {
            int processIndex = (int)e.UserState;
            Assert.That(!e.HasProcessCompleted, string.Format("Async operation {0} not timed out", processIndex));
            waitHandles[processIndex].Set();
        }

        [Test]
        public void MultipleAsyncProcessCompletedSuccessfully() {
            const int waitHandleCount = 10;
            waitHandles = new EventWaitHandle[waitHandleCount];
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCompleted += timeoutProcess_MultipleAsyncProcessCompleted;
            for (int i = 0; i < waitHandleCount; i++) {
                waitHandles[i] = new AutoResetEvent(false);
                WaitCallback waitCallBack = GetAFastRunningProcess();
                timeoutProcess.StartAsync(i, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), waitCallBack);
            }
            WaitHandle.WaitAll(waitHandles);
            Assert.AreEqual(0, timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCount, "Async process count is not matching");
            Assert.That(!timeoutProcess.IsAsyncProcessExecuting, "Async process executing flag is not resetting");
        }

        void timeoutProcess_MultipleAsyncProcessCompleted(object sender, AsyncProcessEventArgs e) {
            int processIndex = (int)e.UserState;
            Assert.That(e.HasProcessCompleted, string.Format("Async operation {0} not completed", processIndex));
            waitHandles[processIndex].Set();
        }

        [Test]
        public void AsyncProcessCountComingCorrectly() {
            TimeoutProcess process = new TimeoutProcess();
            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                WaitCallback waitCallBack = GetLongRunningProcess();
                process.StartAsync(null, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), waitCallBack);
            }
            Assert.AreEqual(10, process.AsyncProcessCount, "Async process count is not matching");
        }

        [Test]
        public void AsyncProcessCompletionTestWithAValidObject() {
            List<int> data = new List<int>();
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCompleted += delegate(object sender, AsyncProcessEventArgs args)
            {
                Assert.AreEqual(true, args.HasProcessCompleted);
                nUnitHandle.Set();
            };
            WaitCallback callBack = delegate(object obj)
            {
                Thread.Sleep(2000);
                for (int i = 0; i < 2000; i++)
                    data.Add(i);
            };
            timeoutProcess.StartAsync(null, TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1), callBack);
            nUnitHandle.WaitOne();
            Assert.AreEqual(0, timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCount, "Async process not ended");
            Assert.AreEqual(2000, data.Count, "Invalid data count detected");
        }

        [Test]
        public void AsyncProcessTimeoutTestWithAValidObject() {
            List<int> data = new List<int>();
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCompleted += delegate(object sender, AsyncProcessEventArgs args)
            {
                nUnitHandle.Set();
                Assert.AreEqual(false, args.IsThreadRunning, "Worker still running");
            };
            WaitCallback callBack = delegate(object obj)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < 2000000; i++) {
                    data.Add(i);
                    Thread.Sleep(100);
                }
            };
            timeoutProcess.StartAsync(null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), callBack);
            nUnitHandle.WaitOne();
            Assert.AreEqual(0, timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCount, "Async process not ended");
            Assert.AreNotEqual(2000000, data.Count, "Invalid data count detected");
        }

        [Test]
        public void ShouldTimeoutEvenUserHandlesThreadExceptions() {
            WaitCallback callBack = delegate(object obj)
            {

                for (int i = 0; i < 200000; i++) {
                    try {
                        Debug.WriteLine(i);
                    }
                    catch (ThreadAbortException) {
                        // do nothing
                    }
                    catch (ThreadInterruptedException) {
                        // do nothing
                    }
                }

            };
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            bool status = timeoutProcess.Start(null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), callBack);
            Assert.AreEqual(false, status, "User handled thread exception process not timing out");
        }

        [Test]
        public void IsThreadRunningComingTRUE() {
            WaitCallback callBack = delegate(object obj)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < 200000; i++) {
                    try {
                        Debug.WriteLine(i);
                    }
                    catch (ThreadAbortException) {
                        // don't allow to reset
                        Thread.ResetAbort();
                    }
                }
            };
            TimeoutProcess timeoutProcess = new TimeoutProcess();
            timeoutProcess.AsyncProcessCompleted += delegate(object sender, AsyncProcessEventArgs args)
            {
                Assert.AreEqual(true, args.IsThreadRunning, "Thread running flag is not set");
                Assert.AreEqual(true, args.AsyncWorker != null, "Async worker is NULL");
                nUnitHandle.Set();
            };
            timeoutProcess.StartAsync(null, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1), callBack);
            nUnitHandle.WaitOne();
        }

        WaitCallback GetLongRunningProcess() {
            return delegate(object obj)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < 200000; i++) {
                    Debug.WriteLine(i);
                }
            };
        }

        WaitCallback GetBlockedProcess(int duration) {
            return delegate(object obj)
            {
                Thread.Sleep(duration);
            };
        }

        WaitCallback GetAFastRunningProcess() {
            return delegate(object obj)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
                    Debug.WriteLine(i);
                }
            };
        }
    }
}

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