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    copied!<p>I am fan of extension methods, therefore I use this always:</p> <pre><code>using System.IO; using System.Xml.Serialization; public static class SerializationExtensionMethods { /// &lt;summary&gt; /// Serializes the object. /// &lt;/summary&gt; /// &lt;typeparam name="T"&gt;&lt;/typeparam&gt; /// &lt;param name="toSerialize"&gt;To serialize.&lt;/param&gt; /// &lt;returns&gt;&lt;/returns&gt; public static string SerializeObjectToXml&lt;T&gt;(this T toSerialize) { XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(toSerialize.GetType()); StringWriter textWriter = new StringWriter(); xmlSerializer.Serialize(textWriter, toSerialize); return textWriter.ToString(); } /// &lt;summary&gt; /// Serializes the object. /// &lt;/summary&gt; /// &lt;typeparam name="T"&gt;&lt;/typeparam&gt; /// &lt;param name="toSerialize"&gt;To serialize.&lt;/param&gt; /// &lt;param name="path"&gt;The path.&lt;/param&gt; public static void SerializeObjectToFile&lt;T&gt;(this T toSerialize, string path) { string xml = SerializeObjectToXml&lt;T&gt;(toSerialize); using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path, false)) { sw.Write(xml); } } /// &lt;summary&gt; /// Deserializes the specified XML. /// &lt;/summary&gt; /// &lt;typeparam name="T"&gt;&lt;/typeparam&gt; /// &lt;param name="xml"&gt;The XML.&lt;/param&gt; /// &lt;returns&gt;&lt;/returns&gt; public static T DeserializeFromXml&lt;T&gt;(this T original, string xml) { XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)); TextReader textReader = new StringReader(xml); return (T)serializer.Deserialize(textReader); } /// &lt;summary&gt; /// Deserializes the specified object. /// &lt;/summary&gt; /// &lt;typeparam name="T"&gt;&lt;/typeparam&gt; /// &lt;param name="original"&gt;The original.&lt;/param&gt; /// &lt;param name="path"&gt;The path.&lt;/param&gt; /// &lt;returns&gt;&lt;/returns&gt; public static T DeserializeFromFile&lt;T&gt;(this T original, string path) { string xml = string.Empty; using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path)) { xml = sr.ReadToEnd(); } return DeserializeFromXml&lt;T&gt;(original, xml); } } </code></pre> <p>Usage to serialize:</p> <pre><code>YourClassType obj = new YourClassType(); </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code>List&lt;YourClassType&gt; obj = new List&lt;YourClassType&gt;(); string xml = obj.SerializeObjectToXml(); </code></pre> <p>or</p> <pre><code>obj.SerializeObjectToFile("PathToYourFile"); // It will save a file with your classes serialized (works with everything with the [Serializable] attribute). </code></pre> <p>Usage to deserialize:</p> <pre><code>YourClassType obj = new YourClassType().DeserializeFromXml("XML string here"); List&lt;YourClassType&gt; obj = new List&lt;YourClassType&gt;().DeserializeFromFile("XML string here"); </code></pre> <p>or </p> <pre><code>YourClassType obj = new YourClassType().DeserializeFromFile("PathToYourFile"); </code></pre> <p>And you have it running :)</p> <p>I prefer extension methods because it allows you to have your code very clean, this works with every kind of object type you have, as far as it implements the <code>[Serializable]</code> attribute on it.</p> <p>If you need to specify how it will be serialized (as nodes or attributes), you can add the attribute on each of your properties such as:</p> <pre><code>[XmlElement("NameOfTheElementYouWant")] [XmlAttribute("NameOfTheAttributeYouWant")] [XmlText] </code></pre> <p>Hope this helps someone in the future.</p> <p>Alejandro</p>
 

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