using System.Xml.Serializateion;

public static string SerializeToString (object obj)
	{
		XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer (obj.GetType ());
 
		using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter()) {
			serializer.Serialize (writer, obj);
 
			return writer.ToString ();
		}
	}
 
	public static T SerializeFromString<T> (string xml)
	{
		XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer (typeof(T));
  
		using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(xml)) {
			return (T)serializer.Deserialize (reader);
		}
	}