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Snippet: XmlSerializer (C#)
Title: XmlSerializer Language: C#
Description: By default or given an markup-free type Serializes public properties only! Views: 84
Author: Brandon Dimperio Date Added: 1/27/2012
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1using System.IO;
2using System.Text;
3using System.Xml.Serialization;
4
5static string SerializeX(object obj)
6		{
7			using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
8			using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(memoryStream))
9			{
10				var serializer = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
11				serializer.Serialize(memoryStream, obj);
12				memoryStream.Position = 0;
13				return reader.ReadToEnd();
14			}
15		}
16
17		static object DeserializeX(string xml, Type toType)
18		{
19			using (Stream stream = new MemoryStream())
20			{
21				byte[] data = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml);
22				stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
23				stream.Position = 0;
24				var deserializer = new XmlSerializer(toType);
25				return deserializer.Deserialize(stream);
26			}
27		}