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string Serialise<T>(T serialisableObject) { var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(serialisableObject.GetType()); using (var ms = new MemoryStream()) { using (var xw = XmlWriter.Create(ms, new XmlWriterSettings() { Encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false), Indent = true, NewLineOnAttributes = true, })) { xmlSerializer.Serialize(xw,serialisableObject); return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray()); } } }