[C#] XML Serialize/Deserialize - Stream Extension Class

[xor]

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    public static class XmlSerializerExtensions
    {
        public static T LoadFromXml<T>(this Stream stream)
        {
            var type = typeof(T);
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
            return (T)serializer.Deserialize(stream);
        }


        public static void SaveToXml<T>(this Stream stream, T obj)
        {
            var type = typeof (T);
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
            serializer.Serialize(stream, obj);
        }
    }

[Xires]

I think I would overload SaveToXml() to serialize to a string and return that string.  Has more cookies.

[ArkPhaze]

There's absolutely no safety behind these functions to check if the data is even serializable or not. You're missing out on a lot of useful functionality.

[xor]

You're right ArkPhaze. Exception handling is to be done by the caller.
As for overloads, that's user preference.


This function builds upon Streams as a means of quickly reading / writing to File Systems, Memory, Network. It's by no means designed for production systems, though I don't see the inherent safety issues? So any enlightenment would be nice.


-- xor

[ArkPhaze]

I'm talking about taking on a similar TryParse() paradigm, and these 2 methods:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.serialization.xmlserializer.candeserialize%28v=vs.110%29.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.type.isserializable%28v=vs.110%29.aspx

These should probably not be done on the caller side for best design.