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at August 25, 2009 17:52 by rengber
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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();
}
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                                        Initial Description
                                        

                                    

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

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

                                        Initial Title
                                        

                                    

                                    
Dump an Arbitrary Object to XML (Bypassing Default Serialization)

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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xml, c

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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C#