ConvertToXml

gistfile1.cs

public static XmlDocument ToXml(object thisObj)
        {
            XmlDocument propertyDoc = new XmlDocument();
            XmlNode rootNode = propertyDoc.CreateElement(thisObj.GetType().Name.Replace("[]", "Array"));
            propertyDoc.AppendChild(rootNode);
            if (thisObj.GetType().IsArray)
            {
                Array objects = (Array)thisObj;
                foreach (object obj in objects)
                {
                    rootNode.AppendChild(propertyDoc.ImportNode(ToXml(obj).SelectSingleNode("/*"), true));
                }
                return propertyDoc;
            }
            PropertyInfo[] properties = thisObj.GetType().GetProperties(BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.IgnoreCase | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.GetProperty);
            if (properties.Length == 0 || thisObj.GetType().IsValueType || thisObj.GetType() == typeof(string))
            {
                XmlNode propertyNode = propertyDoc.CreateNode("element", thisObj.GetType().Name, string.Empty);
                rootNode.InnerText = thisObj.ToString();
                return propertyDoc;
            }
            foreach (PropertyInfo property in properties)
            {
                if (property.PropertyType.IsArray)
                {
                    XmlNode propertyArrayNode = propertyDoc.CreateNode("element", property.Name, string.Empty);
                    rootNode.AppendChild(propertyArrayNode);
                    object arrayObj = property.GetValue(thisObj, null);
                    Array objects = (Array)arrayObj;
                    if (objects != null)
                    {
                        foreach (object obj in objects)
                        {
                            try
                            {
                                propertyArrayNode.AppendChild(propertyDoc.ImportNode(ToXml(obj).SelectSingleNode("/*"), true));
                            }
                            catch (Exception)
                            {
                                XmlNode propertyNode = propertyDoc.CreateNode("element", obj.GetType().Name, string.Empty);
                                propertyNode.InnerText = obj.ToString();
                                propertyArrayNode.AppendChild(propertyNode);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    XmlNode propertyNode = propertyDoc.CreateNode("element", property.Name, string.Empty);
                    object obj = property.GetValue(thisObj, null);
                    if (obj == null)
                    {
                        propertyNode.InnerText = string.Empty;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        propertyNode.InnerXml = ToXml(obj).SelectSingleNode("/*").InnerXml;
                    }
                    rootNode.AppendChild(propertyNode);
                }
            }
            return propertyDoc;
        }