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public static string SerializeToXmlString(object targetInstance)
{
string retVal = string.Empty;
TextWriter writer = new StringWriter();
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(targetInstance.GetType());
serializer.Serialize(writer, targetInstance);
retVal = writer.ToString();
return retVal;
}
public static object DeserializeFromXmlString(string objectXml, Type targetType)
{
object retVal = null;
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(targetType);
StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(objectXml);
XmlTextReader xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(StringReader);
retVal = serializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
return retVal;
}

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