Question

I have tried to serialize data using XmlSerializer. I have found very a useful post: XML Serializable Generic Dictionary.

But in fact I need to put the result of serialization not in file but in a string variable, how can I do this?

Answer 1

Instead of using some StreamWriter which points to file you can use StringWriter class.

        using (StringWriter writer = new StringWriter())
        {
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof (YourType));
            serializer.Serialize(writer, yourObject);
        }