Convert Hashtable to xml string and back to HashTable without using .NET Serializer

Question

Does anyone know how to convert a Hashtable to an XML String then back to a HashTable without using the .NET based XMLSerializer. The XMLSerializer poses some security concerns

Answer 1

I don't have time to test this, but try:

XDocument doc = new XDocument("HashTable",
                               from de in hashTable
                               select new XElement("Item",
                                                   new XAttribute("key", de.Key),
                                                   new XAttribute("value", de.Value)));