C#

/// <summary>
/// Method to convert a custom Object to XML string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pObject">Object that is to be serialized to XML</param>
/// <returns>XML string</returns>
public String serializeObject(Object pObject)
{
    try
    {
        String XmlizedString = null;
        MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
        XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(pObject.GetType());
        XmlTextWriter xmlTextWriter = new XmlTextWriter(memoryStream, Encoding.UTF8);
        xs.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, pObject);
        memoryStream = (MemoryStream)xmlTextWriter.BaseStream;
        XmlizedString = UTF8ByteArrayToString(memoryStream.ToArray());
        return XmlizedString;
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        System.Console.WriteLine(e);
        return null;
    }
}

/// <summary>
/// Method to reconstruct an Object from XML string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pXmlizedString"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public Object deserializeObject(String pXmlizedString)
{
    XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Object));
    MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(StringToUTF8ByteArray(pXmlizedString));
    XmlTextReader xmlTextReader = new XmlTextReader(memoryStream);
    return xs.Deserialize(xmlTextReader);
}

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(pObject.GetType());

XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Object));

//strType = String equal to "Namespace + Class Name". Ex: MyPackage.MyCustomClass
object newObject = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(strType));
Type type = Type.GetType(strType);
XmlSerializer xs2 = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Object));