Xml Serialization Helper
using System; using System.IO; using System.Xml.Serialization; namespace Objectware.Silverlight.Testing.Runner.Utilities { /// <summary> /// Summary description for SerializationHelper. /// </summary> public static class SerializationHelper { private static string InternalSerializer(Type type, object content) { StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type); serializer.Serialize(writer, content); return writer.ToString(); } public static string SerializeToString(Type type, object content) { return InternalSerializer(type, content); } public static string SerializeToString<T>(T content) { return InternalSerializer(typeof(T), content); } public static object DeserializeFromString(Type type, string content) { using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(content)) { XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type); return serializer.Deserialize(reader); } } public static T DeserializeFromString<T>(string content) { using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(content)) { XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)); return (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader); } } } }