How can I add a type constraint to include anything serializable in a generic method?

Question

My generic method needs to serialize the object passed to it, however just insisting that it implements ISerializable doesn\'t seem to work. For example, I have a struct ret

Answer 1

Instead of

XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

try

XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(message.GetType());