using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
public static void Test()
var s = "I'm from Foo.A";
Console.WriteLine(s.GetXml(omitStandardNamespaces : true));
public static partial class XmlExtensions
public static T? LoadFromXml<T>(this string xmlString, XmlSerializer? serial = null)
serial = serial ?? new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
using (var reader = new StringReader(xmlString))
return (T?)serial.Deserialize(reader);
public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, bool omitStandardNamespaces)
return obj.GetXml(null, omitStandardNamespaces);
public static string GetXml<T>(this T obj, XmlSerializer? serializer = null, bool omitStandardNamespaces = false)
XmlSerializerNamespaces? ns = null;
if (omitStandardNamespaces)
ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
using (var textWriter = new StringWriter())
var settings = new XmlWriterSettings() { Indent = true };
using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(textWriter, settings))
(serializer ?? new XmlSerializer(obj?.GetType() ?? typeof(T))).Serialize(xmlWriter, obj, ns);
return textWriter.ToString();
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Environment version: {0} ({1}, {2})", System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription , Environment.Version, Environment.OSVersion);
Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");