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    <p>Use a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.stringwriter.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>StringWriter</code></a> instead of a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.streamwriter.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>StreamWriter</code></a>:</p> <pre><code>public static string SerializeObject&lt;T&gt;(this T toSerialize) { XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(toSerialize.GetType()); using(StringWriter textWriter = new StringWriter()) { xmlSerializer.Serialize(textWriter, toSerialize); return textWriter.ToString(); } } </code></pre> <p>Note, it is important to use <code>toSerialize.GetType()</code> instead of <code>typeof(T)</code> in XmlSerializer constructor: if you use the first one the code covers all possible subclasses of <code>T</code> (which are valid for the method), while using the latter one will fail when passing a type derived from <code>T</code>.    Here is a link with some example code that motivate this statement, with <code>XmlSerializer</code> throwing an <code>Exception</code> when <code>typeof(T)</code> is used, because you pass an instance of a derived type to a method that calls SerializeObject that is defined in the derived type's base class: <a href="http://ideone.com/1Z5J1" rel="noreferrer">http://ideone.com/1Z5J1</a>.</p> <p>Also, Ideone uses Mono to execute code; the actual <code>Exception</code> you would get using the Microsoft .NET runtime has a different <code>Message</code> than the one shown on Ideone, but it fails just the same.</p>
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    1. CO@JohnSaunders: ok, it is a good idea to move this discussion on Meta. Here is the [link to the question I just posted on Meta Stack Overflow regarding this edit](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/135865/188113).
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    2. CO@casperOne Guys, please stop messing with my answer. The point is to use StringWriter instead of StreamWriter, everything else is not relevant to the question. If you want to discuss details such as `typeof(T)` versus `toSerialize.GetType()`, please do so, but not in my answer. Thanks.
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    3. CO@dtb Sorry, but [Stack Overflow is collaboratively edited](http://stackoverflow.com/faq#editing). Also, [this specific answer has been discussed on meta](http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/135872/140951), so the edit stands. If you disagree, then please reply to that post on meta on why you think your answer is a special case and *shouldn't* be collaboratively edited.
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