.NET XML Serialization with System.Xml.Serialization

From SOAP, to app configuration, model templating, EDI/ETL, and beyond, XML is a mainstay in software and will continue to be (see- HTML)

Source Code:

 using System;  
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;  
 using System.Xml.Serialization;  
 using System.IO;  
 using System.Xml.Linq;  
 using System.Xml;  
 namespace DemoTests  
 {  
   [TestClass]  
   public class TextXmlSerialization  
   {  
     public const string xml =  
       "<XMLEntityCollection>" +  
         "<XMLEntities>" +  
           "<XMLEntity>" +   
             "<ID>1</ID>" +   
             "<Name>TestName1</Name>" +   
           "</XMLEntity>" +  
           "<XMLEntity>" +  
             "<ID>2</ID>" +  
             "<Name>TestName2</Name>" +  
           "</XMLEntity>" +  
         "</XMLEntities>" +  
       "</XMLEntityCollection>";  
     [TestMethod]  
     public void TestDeserialize()  
     {  
       XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(XMLEntityCollection));  
       using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(xml))  
       {  
         XMLEntityCollection ents = (XMLEntityCollection)serializer.Deserialize(reader);  
         TestSerialize(ents);  
       }  
     }  
     [TestMethod]  
     public void TestSerialize(XMLEntityCollection ents)  
     {  
       XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(ents.GetType());  
       using (StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter())  
       {  
         xmlSerializer.Serialize(stringWriter, ents);  
         Assert.IsNotNull(stringWriter);  
       }  
     }  
   }  
   [Serializable()]  
   public class XMLEntity  
   {  
     [XmlElement("ID")]  
     public string Id { get; set; }  
     [XmlElement("Name")]  
     public string Name { get; set; }  
   }  
   [Serializable()]  
   [XmlRoot("XMLEntityCollection")]  
   public class XMLEntityCollection  
   {  
     [XmlArray("XMLEntities")]  
     [XmlArrayItem("XMLEntity", typeof(XMLEntity))]  
     public XMLEntity[] Ents { get; set; }  
   }  
 }  

.NET XML Deserialization with System.Xml.Serialization: 

Instantiated (ents) object containing XML from the deserialized XML string

.NET XML Serialization with System.Xml.Serialization:

XML genertaed  by the stringWriter when serializing ents object into XML using the NET XMLSerializer type

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/364253/how-to-deserialize-xml-document