XML serialization

C deserialization.cs

public Person Deserialize(string file)
{
   XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Person));
   Stream reader = new FileStream("myXmFile.xml", FileMode.Open);
   Person temp=(Person)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
   reader.Close();
   return temp;
}

C serialization.cs

public void Serialize()
{
   XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Person));
   Stream writer = new FileStream("myXmFile.xml", FileMode.Create);
   serializer.Serialize(writer, this);
   writer.Close();
}

C# deserialization.cs

public Person Deserialize(string file)
{
   XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Person));
   Stream reader = new FileStream("C:\\myXmFile.xml", FileMode.Open);
   Person temp=(Person)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
   reader.Close();
   return temp;
}

C# serialization.cs

public void Serialize()
{
   XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Person));
   Stream writer = new FileStream("C:\\myXmFile.xml", FileMode.Create);
   serializer.Serialize(writer, this);
   writer.Close();
}

Example class.cs

public class Person 
{
   public string FirstName;
   public string LastName;
   public int SSNo;
   …
}

Example serialization.cs

public void Serialize()
{
   XmlTextWriter textWriter = new XmlTextWriter("myXmFile.xml", null);
   // Opens the document
   textWriter.WriteStartDocument();
   // Write first element
   textWriter.WriteStartElement("Person");
   // Write next element
   textWriter.WriteStartElement("Name", "");
   textWriter.WriteString(Firstname);
   textWriter.WriteEndElement();
   ...
   textWriter.WriteEndDocument();
   // close writer
   textWriter.Close();
}