DataContractSerializer (C#)

using System.Text; 2using System.IO; 3using System.Runtime.Serialization; 4 5 static string Serialize(object obj) 6		{ 7			using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream()) 8			using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(memoryStream)) 9			{ 10				DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType()); 11				serializer.WriteObject(memoryStream, obj); 12				memoryStream.Position = 0; 13				return reader.ReadToEnd(); 14			} 15		} 16 17		 static object Deserialize(string xml, Type toType) 18		{ 19			using (Stream stream = new MemoryStream()) 20			{ 21				byte[] data = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml); 22				stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length); 23				stream.Position = 0; 24				DataContractSerializer deserializer = new DataContractSerializer(toType); 25				return deserializer.ReadObject(stream); 26			} 27		}