XmlHelper.cs

using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;

namespace StreamLabs_Helper
{
	public static class XmlHelper
	{
		public static bool NewLineOnAttributes { get; set; }
		/// <summary>
		/// Serializes an object to an XML string, using the specified namespaces.
		/// </summary>
		public static string ToXml(object obj, XmlSerializerNamespaces ns)
		{
			Type T = obj.GetType();

			var xs = new XmlSerializer(T);
			var ws = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true, NewLineOnAttributes = NewLineOnAttributes, OmitXmlDeclaration = true };

			var sb = new StringBuilder();
			using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, ws))
			{
				xs.Serialize(writer, obj, ns);
			}
			return sb.ToString();
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Serializes an object to an XML string.
		/// </summary>
		public static string ToXml(object obj)
		{
			var ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
			ns.Add("", "");
			return ToXml(obj, ns);
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Deserializes an object from an XML string.
		/// </summary>
		public static T FromXml<T>(string xml)
		{
			XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
			using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(xml))
			{
				return (T)xs.Deserialize(sr);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Deserializes an object from an XML string, using the specified type name.
		/// </summary>
		public static object FromXml(string xml, string typeName)
		{
			Type T = Type.GetType(typeName);
			XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(T);
			using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(xml))
			{
				return xs.Deserialize(sr);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Serializes an object to an XML file.
		/// </summary>
		public static void ToXmlFile(Object obj, string filePath)
		{
			var xs = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
			var ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
			var ws = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true, NewLineOnAttributes = NewLineOnAttributes, OmitXmlDeclaration = true };
			ns.Add("", "");

			using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(filePath, ws))
			{
				xs.Serialize(writer, obj);
			}
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Deserializes an object from an XML file.
		/// </summary>
		public static T FromXmlFile<T>(string filePath)
		{
			StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(filePath);
			try
			{
				var result = FromXml<T>(sr.ReadToEnd());
				return result;
			}
			catch (Exception e)
			{
				throw new Exception("There was an error attempting to read the file " + filePath + "\n\n" + e.InnerException.Message);
			}
			finally
			{
				sr.Close();
			}
		}
	}
}