Convert Nested XML to C# class object and C# Class object to Nested XML File

Convert Nested XML to C# class object and C# Class object to Nested XML File

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• Introduction

In this Article we learn how to deserialize XML to C# objects and reverse from C# objects to XML files. In this article we will do practical with example with demo class and xml files.

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace TestApp
{
    public class Serializer
    {     
        public T Deserialize<T>(string input) where T : class
        {
            System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer ser = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

            using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(input))
            {
                return (T)ser.Deserialize(sr);
            }
        }

        public string Serialize<T>(T ObjectToSerialize)
        {
            XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(ObjectToSerialize.GetType());

            using (StringWriter textWriter = new StringWriter())
            {
                xmlSerializer.Serialize(textWriter, ObjectToSerialize);
                return textWriter.ToString();
            }
        }
    }
}