How to add a Timeout to Console.ReadLine()?

Question

I have a console app in which I want to give the user x seconds to respond to the prompt. If no input is made after a certain period of time, program logic should

Answer 1

My code is based entirely on the friend's answer @JSQuareD

But I needed to use Stopwatch to timer because when I finished the program with Console.ReadKey() it was still waiting for Console.ReadLine() and it generated unexpected behavior.

It WORKED PERFECTLY for me. Maintains the original Console.ReadLine ()

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("What is the answer? (5 secs.)");
        try
        {
            var answer = ConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(5000);
            Console.WriteLine("Answer is: {0}", answer);
        }
        catch
        {
            Console.WriteLine("No answer");
        }
        Console.ReadKey();
    }
}

class ConsoleReadLine
{
    private static string inputLast;
    private static Thread inputThread = new Thread(inputThreadAction) { IsBackground = true };
    private static AutoResetEvent inputGet = new AutoResetEvent(false);
    private static AutoResetEvent inputGot = new AutoResetEvent(false);

    static ConsoleReadLine()
    {
        inputThread.Start();
    }

    private static void inputThreadAction()
    {
        while (true)
        {
            inputGet.WaitOne();
            inputLast = Console.ReadLine();
            inputGot.Set();
        }
    }

    // omit the parameter to read a line without a timeout
    public static string ReadLine(int timeout = Timeout.Infinite)
    {
        if (timeout == Timeout.Infinite)
        {
            return Console.ReadLine();
        }
        else
        {
            var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
            stopwatch.Start();

            while (stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds < timeout && !Console.KeyAvailable) ;

            if (Console.KeyAvailable)
            {
                inputGet.Set();
                inputGot.WaitOne();
                return inputLast;
            }
            else
            {
                throw new TimeoutException("User did not provide input within the timelimit.");
            }
        }
    }
}