public static string ObjectToString(object o)
{
  XDocument doc = new XDocument();
  string objectType = o.GetType().ToString();
  doc.AddFirst(new XElement(objectType));

  foreach (PropertyInfo pi in o.GetType().GetProperties())
  {
    doc.Root.Add(new XElement(pi.Name, Convert.ToString(pi.GetValue(o, null))));
  }
  return doc.ToString();
}

Useful in cases where the object author has specified their own serialization that doesn't work for you.

Dump an Arbitrary Object to XML (Bypassing Default Serialization)

xml, c

C#