ObjectToXElement

ObjectToXElement.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public static class GenericExtensions
{
	public static XElement ToXElement<T>(this T obj)
        {
            try
            {
                var emptyNamespace = new XmlSerializerNamespaces();
                emptyNamespace.Add(String.Empty, String.Empty);
                var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
                var writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings {OmitXmlDeclaration = true};
                var stringWriter = new StringWriter();
                using (var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter, writerSettings))
                {
                    xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, obj, emptyNamespace);
                }
                return XElement.Parse(stringWriter.ToString());
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return null;
            }
        }
}