From ef106784d44b6175da833626d47d1cf1255cff2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Cardinal <support@ayanova.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 20:58:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH]

---
 server/AyaNova/util/TaskUtil.cs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 server/AyaNova/util/TaskUtil.cs

diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/TaskUtil.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/TaskUtil.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72533501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/TaskUtil.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace AyaNova.Util
+{
+    internal static class TaskUtil
+    {
+        ///<summary>
+        ///Usage:
+        ///await WithTimeoutAfterStart(ct => SomeOperationAsync(ct), TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(n));
+        ///</summary>
+        public static async Task WithTimeoutAfterStart(Func<CancellationToken, Task> operation, TimeSpan timeout)
+        {
+            //https://stackoverflow.com/a/23478628/8939
+            var source = new CancellationTokenSource();
+            var task = operation(source.Token);
+            source.CancelAfter(timeout);
+            await task;
+        }
+
+    }//eoc
+
+}//eons
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