Serialize and Deserialize XML using dot.net c#

Question

I have spent the last few hours putting togeather the following code after reading much that seems out of date or that does\'nt quite seem to work.

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Answer 1

I suggest moving the type parameter T to the enclosing class and making the XmlSerializer instance static. A static field in a generic class is per closed type, so SerializationHelper and SerializationHelper will each have separate instances of the field.

Also, I'm not sure that catch { return String.Empty; } is the best idea either -- masking problems to avoid crashing makes me nervous.