C# XML (de)serialization made simple. I am sick of C# approach to use 12 lines of code where one would suffice. These two functions will (de)serialize string <=> object and with nice format two.

gistfile1.cs

string Serialize(object o)
{
    XmlWriterSettings Settings = new XmlWriterSettings()
    {
        Indent = true,
        IndentChars = "  ",
        NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.None,
        NewLineChars = "\n",
    };
    var sb = new StringBuilder();
    var writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, Settings);
    new XmlSerializer(o.GetType()).Serialize(writer, o);
    writer.Close();
    return sb.ToString();
}
T Deserialize<T>(string input_string)
{
    using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(input_string))
    {
        return (T)new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)).Deserialize(reader);
    }
}