Provide static methods for Xml Serialization and Deserialization

XmlSerialize.cs

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Version: 1.0
Provide static methods for Xml Serialization and Deserialization
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public static class XmlSerialize
{
    public static bool Serialize<T>(T obj, string fileName) where T : class
    {
        try
        {
            using (var streamwriter = new StreamWriter(fileName))
            {
                var xmlserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
                xmlserializer.Serialize(streamwriter, obj);
                streamwriter.Close();
                return true;
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            throw new Exception(e.Message, e.InnerException);
        }
    }

    public static T DeSerialize<T>(string fileName) where T : class
    {
        try
        {
            if (!File.Exists(fileName))
                return Activator.CreateInstance<T>();

            using (var filestream = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open))
            {
                var xmlserializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
                var newObject = (T)xmlserializer.Deserialize(filestream);
                filestream.Close();
                return newObject;
            }
        }

        catch (Exception exp)
        {
            throw new Exception(exp.Message, exp.InnerException);
        }
    }
}