Serialize & Deserialize + C#

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Serialize (convert an object instance to an XML document):

// Assuming obj is an instance of an object

XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());

System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();

System.IO.StringWriter writer = new System.IO.StringWriter(sb);

ser.Serialize(writer, obj);

XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

doc.LoadXml(sb.ToString());

Deserialize (convert an XML document into an object instance):

//Assuming doc is an XML document containing a serialized object and objType is a System.Type set to the type of the object.

XmlNodeReader reader = new XmlNodeReader(doc.DocumentElement);

XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(objType);

object obj = ser.Deserialize(reader);

// Then you just need to cast obj into whatever type it is eg:

MyClass myObj = (MyClass)obj;