How to keep XmlSerializer from killing NewLines in Strings?

Question

Suppose I have a simple Class with just one Member a String.

public class Abc
{
    private String text;

    public String Text
    {
        get { return          


        

Answer 1

Nice solution, Lachlan Roche!

The function below (in VB.NET) uses a StringWriter to return a String, rather than writing the result to a file using an XmlWriter.

  ''' 

  ''' Exports the object data to an XML formatted string.
  ''' Maintains CR characters after deserialization.
  ''' The object must be serializable to work.
  ''' 

  Public Function ExportObjectXml(ByVal obj As Object) As String
    If obj Is Nothing Then
      Return String.Empty
    End If

    Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(obj.GetType)
    Dim settings As New XmlWriterSettings With {.NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.Entitize}

    Using output As New StringWriter
      Using writer As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(output, settings)
        serializer.Serialize(writer, obj)
        Return output.ToString
      End Using
    End Using
  End Function