Where to store constant objects that will be used in my application

Question

Lets say I have an item, which has fields(properties)

1. Location
2. Average value
3. Usability

And I have 10-15 items

Answer 1

You can serialize and deserialize a List to and from an XML file using this helper class:

public static class XmlHelper
{
    // Specifies whether XML attributes each appear on their own line
    const bool newLineOnAttributes = false;

    public static bool NewLineOnAttributes { get; set; }
    /// 

    /// Serializes an object to an XML string, using the specified namespaces.
    /// 
    public static string ToXml(object obj, XmlSerializerNamespaces ns)
    {
        Type T = obj.GetType();

        var xs = new XmlSerializer(T);
        var ws = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true, NewLineOnAttributes = newLineOnAttributes, OmitXmlDeclaration = true };

        var sb = new StringBuilder();
        using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, ws))
        {
            xs.Serialize(writer, obj, ns);
        }
        return sb.ToString();
    }

    /// 

    /// Serializes an object to an XML string.
    /// 
    public static string ToXml(object obj)
    {
        var ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
        ns.Add("", "");
        return ToXml(obj, ns);
    }

    /// 

    /// Deserializes an object from an XML string.
    /// 
    public static T FromXml(string xml)
    {
        XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
        using (StringReader sr = new StringReader(xml))
        {
            return (T)xs.Deserialize(sr);
        }
    }

    /// 

    /// Serializes an object to an XML file.
    /// 
    public static void ToXmlFile(Object obj, string filePath)
    {
        var xs = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
        var ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
        var ws = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true, NewLineOnAttributes = NewLineOnAttributes, OmitXmlDeclaration = true };
        ns.Add("", "");

        using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(filePath, ws))
        {
            xs.Serialize(writer, obj);
        }
    }

    /// 

    /// Deserializes an object from an XML file.
    /// 
    public static T FromXmlFile(string filePath)
    {
        StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(filePath);
        try
        {
            var result = FromXml(sr.ReadToEnd());
            return result;
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            throw new Exception(e.InnerException.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            sr.Close();
        }
    }
}

Usage:

XmlHelper.ToXmlFile(myList, @"c:\folder\file.xml");

var list = XmlHelper.FromXmlFile>(@"c:\folder\file.xml");