class.Serialize()

Handly little function which I include in most classes. This function returns the object serialized as XML, perfect for logging etc.

/// <summary>
/// Serialize this object
/// </summary>
/// <returns>XmlDocument containing the current information serialized</returns>
public System.Xml.XmlDocument Serialize()
{

    System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer serializer = 
                new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(this.GetType());

    System.IO.StringWriter writer = new System.IO.StringWriter();
    System.Xml.XmlDocument serializedObject = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();

    serializer.Serialize(writer, this);
    serializedObject.LoadXml(writer.ToString());

    return serializedObject;

}

Developments

Scott Peterson pointed out that the following code could a useful alternative. Good work Scott.

public class XMLSerializer<T> {
 
    public System.Xml.XmlDocument Serialize(T obj) {
 
             System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer serializer = 
                    new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
    
             System.IO.StringWriter writer = new System.IO.StringWriter();
             System.Xml.XmlDocument serializedObject = new System.Xml.XmlDocument(); 
             serializer.Serialize(writer, obj);
             serializedObject.LoadXml(writer.ToString()); 
 
             return serializedObject; 
    } 
}