Generic Serialization and Deserialization

// Serialization

public static string SerializeToXml<T>(T value)

    {

           using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))

           {

                  XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

                  serializer.Serialize(writer, value);

                  return writer.ToString();

           }

    }

//Deserialization

public static 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);

       }