Block until a thread finishes, or timeout after 2 seconds : Thread Join : Thread C# Examples

    
using  System;
using  System.Threading;

class  MainClass
{
        private  static  void  DoCount()
        {
                for  (int  i  =  0;  i  <  5;  i++)
                {
                        Console.WriteLine("{0}  :  DoCount  thread",DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss.ffff"));

                        //  Sleep  for  1  second.
                        Thread.Sleep(1000);
                }
        }

        public  static  void  Main()
        {
                Thread  thread  =  new  Thread(DoCount);

                Console.WriteLine("{0}  :  Starting  DoCount  thread.",DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss.ffff"));

                thread.Start();

                if  (!thread.Join(2000))
                {
                        Console.WriteLine("{0}  :  Join  timed  out  !!",  DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss.ffff"));
                }

                //  Block  again  until  the  DoCount  thread  finishes  with  no  timeout.
                thread.Join();
        }
}