Code to Serialize Object in C# .Net

Please use the below method if you want to serialize any object. This method returns you a string which is XML consists of all public properties and public data members of the object passed. It perfectly works for any type of reference type object.


String SerializeObject(Object obj)
{
try
{
String XmlizedString = null;
MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8);

xs.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, obj);
memoryStream = (MemoryStream)xmlTextWriter.BaseStream;
XmlizedString = UTF8ByteArrayToString(memoryStream.ToArray());
return XmlizedString;
}

catch (Exception e)
{
System.Console.WriteLine(e);
return null;
}
}