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using System.Xml.Serialization; 
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		private string Serialize(MyTestClass vData)
		{
			StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); 
			XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(vData.GetType()); 
			serializer.Serialize(sw, vData); 
			sw.Close(); 

			return sw.ToString(); 
		}
		
		private MyTestClass Deserialize(string xmlString) 
		{ 
			StringReader sr = new StringReader(xmlString); 
			XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(MyTestClass)); 
			MyTestClass vDeserializedObject = (MyTestClass)serializer.Deserialize(sr); 
			sr.Close(); 
			
			return vDeserializedObject; 
		}

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