Serialize and Deserialize Any C# Object

Utilities.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace digioz.BLL
{
    public static class Utilities
    {
        // Usage Serialize:     SerializeObject(links, typeof(List<Link>), @"C:\temp\links.xml");
        // Usage Deserialize:   List<Link> links2 = (List<Link>)DeserializeObject(@"C:\temp\links.xml", typeof(List<Link>));

        /// <summary>
        /// Method to Serialize any C# Object
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="objectInstance"></param>
        /// <param name="objectType"></param>
        /// <param name="saveFile"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static bool SerializeObject(object objectInstance, Type objectType, string saveFile)
        {
            try
            {
                XmlSerializer loMessageSerialize = new XmlSerializer(objectType);
                StreamWriter loWriteStream = new StreamWriter(saveFile);

                loMessageSerialize.Serialize(loWriteStream, objectInstance);
                loWriteStream.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message.ToString());
            }

            return true;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Method to Deserialize any C# Object
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="loadFile"></param>
        /// <param name="objectType"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static object DeserializeObject(string loadFile, Type objectType)
        {
            object objectInstance = new object();

            try
            {
                XmlSerializer loMessage = new XmlSerializer(objectType);
                StreamReader loStreamReader = new StreamReader(loadFile);
                objectInstance = loMessage.Deserialize(loStreamReader);
                loStreamReader.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }

            return objectInstance;
        }
    }
}