.NET XML Serialization Helper Class

Question

I Collected the info from one of the previous StackoverFlow Q & A that

The following items can be serialized using the XmLSerializer class:

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•Public read/write properties and fields of public classes

•Classes that implement ICollection or IEnumerable

•XmlElement objects

•XmlNode objects

•DataSet objects

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My Question is how can we develop a XMlSerilize Helper class that takes Generic Collection as parameter for Xml Serilization.

Answer 1

public class XmlSerializationHelper
{
    public static void Serialize<T>(string filename, T obj)
    {
        XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
        using (StreamWriter wr = new StreamWriter(filename))
        {
            xs.Serialize(wr, obj);
        }
    }

    public static T Deserialize<T>(string filename)
    {
        XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
        using (StreamReader rd = new StreamReader(filename))
        {
            return (T)xs.Deserialize(rd);
        }
    }
}

(it's not specifically for generic collections, it works for any XML-serializable object)

I'm not sure if that's what you were looking for... if not, please detail what you need

Answer 2

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/CustomXmlSerializer.aspx?msg=3101055

SUMMARY:CustomXmlSerializer is an alternative to XmlSerializer, supporting both shallow and deep serialization of ArrayLists, Collections, and Dictionaries.