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        /// <summary>
        /// Uses the local list of accounts and returns an XML formatted string representing the list
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>XML formatted list of accounts</returns>
        public static string SerializeAccountListToXml()
        {
            XmlSerializer xmlizer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Account>));
            StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
            xmlizer.Serialize(writer, AccountList);

            return writer.ToString();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Takes an XML formatted string representing a list of accounts and returns a list object of accounts
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="listAsXml">XML formatted list of accounts</param>
        /// <returns>List object of accounts</returns>
        public static List<Account> DeserializeXmlToAccountList(string listAsXml)
        {
            XmlSerializer xmlizer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<Account>));
            TextReader textreader = new StreamReader(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(listAsXml)));

            return AccountList = (xmlizer.Deserialize(textreader)) as List<Account>;
        }