[XML de-/serialization] Convertion between XML and objects #XML #Serialize

DeserializeXml.cs

using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

/// <summary>
///     Converts an XML string to a class (XML import)
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TReturn">The class to which the XML should be converted</typeparam>
public static TReturn DeserializeXml<TReturn>(this string sXml)
{
    // If the string is empty
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sXml))
    {
        // Returns the empty class
        return default;
    }

    // Initializes an XmlSerializer with the class
    XmlSerializer XmlSerializer_Klasse = new XmlSerializer(typeof(TReturn));

    // Uses a StringReader with the passed value
    using (StringReader StringReader_Text = new StringReader(sXml))
    {
        // Deserializes the StringReader to an object
        object Objekt_Deserialisiert = XmlSerializer_Klasse.Deserialize(StringReader_Text);

        // Returns the object as class
        return (TReturn)Objekt_Deserialisiert;
    }
}

SerializeXml.cs

using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

/// <summary>
///     Converts a class to XML (XML export)
/// </summary>
public static string SerializeXml<TSerializable>(this TSerializable obj)
    where TSerializable : ... // Remove or enter your own serializeable interface or class
{
    // Initializes an XmlSerializer with the given object
    XmlSerializer XmlSerializer_Xml = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());

    // Uses a StringWriter to write the xml
    using (StringWriterUtf8 StringWriterUtf8 = new StringWriterUtf8())
    {
        // Writes the object to xml in the StringWriter
        XmlSerializer_Xml.Serialize(StringWriterUtf8, obj);

        // Returns the object as xml in string form
        return StringWriterUtf8.ToString();
    }
}

/// <summary>
///     StringWriter to write the XML as UTF-8
/// </summary>
private class StringWriterUtf8 : StringWriter
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Overrides the encoding property to return UTF-8 as encoding.
    /// </summary>
    public override Encoding Encoding
    {
        get
        {
            // Returns UTF-8
            return Encoding.UTF8;
        }
    }
}