C# Object to XmlElement

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What is the best way to convert the C# object to XmlEmenet? Do I just use XmlSerializer and import the XmlNode or is there a better way?

This is what I found out there wondering if there is any other better way.

public XmlElement Serialize(XmlDocument document)
{
    XmlSerializerNamespaces ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
    ns.Add("", "");
    XmlElement returnVal;
    XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(this.GetType());
    MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
    XmlTextWriter tw = new XmlTextWriter(ms, UTF8Encoding.UTF8);
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    tw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
    tw.IndentChar = ' ';
    serializer.Serialize(tw, this, ns);
    ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
    doc.Load(ms);
    returnVal = document.ImportNode(doc.DocumentElement, true) as XmlElement;
    return returnVal;
}

That depends. Why are you converting it to XML? What are you going to with the XML? The sample you posted is unnecessarily verbose, you probably won't need half of the stuff there. — svick, Jul 24 '11 at 16:51
well i need the xmelement becasue my service retruns a xmlelemnt object — Natasha Thapa, Jul 24 '11 at 17:14
What version of .NET are you using? In the later versions, you can use LINQ to XML, which is much simpler. — John Saunders, Jul 24 '11 at 17:38
@Natasha, I don't understand. You have some service that returns `XmlElement` to you? Then why do you want to create another `XmlElement`? — svick, Jul 24 '11 at 18:01
Then you'd be better off using LINQ to XML and turning the final result into an XmlElement from XElement. — John Saunders, Jul 25 '11 at 13:49

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '11 at 16:57

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You can make that into an Extension Method on the Object Type so you don't have to put that method in a bunch of different classes.

answered Jul 24 '11 at 16:57

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