Linq to Xml VS XmlSerializer VS DataContractSerializer

Question

In my web method, I get an object of some third party C# entity class. The entity class is nothing but the DataContract. This entity class is quite com

Answer 1

Another option is to utilize LINQ and Reflection to create a generic class to serialize your object to XML. A good example of this can be found at http://primecoder.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-serialize-objects-to-xml-using.html . I am not sure what your XML needs to look like at the end of the day, but if it is pretty basic this could do the trick. You would not need to make changes as your entity classes add/remove/change properties, and you could use this across all of your objects (and other projects if stored in a utility DLL).