Serialization and Deserialization with C#

XmlDemo.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleDev
{
    public class XmlDemo
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var parent = new Parent
            {
                Child = new List<Child>
                {
                    { new Child { Name = "Mitch" } },
                    { new Child { Name = "Stewart" } }
                }
            };

            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(parent.GetType());

            string xml = null;

            using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
            {
                serializer.Serialize(stream, parent);

                stream.Position = 0;

                xml = new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd();
            }

            Console.WriteLine(xml);
            Parent newParent = null;

            using (Stream stream = ToStream(xml))
            {
                newParent = (Parent)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
            }

            Console.WriteLine(newParent.Child.First().Name);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Adapted from:  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1879395/how-to-generate-a-stream-from-a-string
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="s"></param>
        /// <returns>Stream</returns>
        public static Stream ToStream(string s)
        {
            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
            StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(stream);
            writer.Write(s);
            writer.Flush();
            stream.Position = 0;
            return stream;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Generated using:  http://xmltocsharp.azurewebsites.net/
    /// </summary>
    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Child")]
    public class Child
    {
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Name")]
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }

    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Parent")]
    public class Parent
    {
        [XmlElement(ElementName = "Child")]
        public List<Child> Child { get; set; }
    }
}