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

I suggest combining the methods given by Pat and marc_s:

public static string DataContractSerializeObject(T objectToSerialize)
{
    using (var output = new StringWriter())
    using (var writer = new XmlTextWriter(output) {Formatting = Formatting.Indented})
    {
        new DataContractSerializer(typeof (T)).WriteObject(writer, objectToSerialize);
        return output.GetStringBuilder().ToString();
    }
}