1using System.Text;
2using System.IO;
3using System.Runtime.Serialization;
4
5 static string Serialize(object obj)
6		{
7			using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
8			using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(memoryStream))
9			{
10				DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType());
11				serializer.WriteObject(memoryStream, obj);
12				memoryStream.Position = 0;
13				return reader.ReadToEnd();
14			}
15		}
16
17		 static object Deserialize(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				DataContractSerializer deserializer = new DataContractSerializer(toType);
25				return deserializer.ReadObject(stream);
26			}
27		}