DataContractSerializer - how can I output the xml to a string (as opposed to a file)

Question

I had a quick question regarding the datacontractserializer. Maybe it\'s more of a stream question. I found a piece of code that writes the xml to a filestream. I basically don\

Answer 1

Thanks to @xr280xr for pointing out my forgotten StringWriter disposal in the first draft.

/// 

/// Converts this instance to XML.
/// 
/// XML representing this instance.
public string ToXml()
{
    var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(this.GetType());
    using (var output = new StringWriter())
    using (var writer = new XmlTextWriter(output) { Formatting = Formatting.Indented })
    {
        serializer.WriteObject(writer, this);
        return output.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
    }
}