Serialize object to XML with custom object with indentation

Serialize object to XML with custom object with indentation 

If you want to serialize object without including the tag XMLInclude and with nice indentation and formatting use the below method  

 

public static String SerializeObject(object objectToSerialize, List<Type> knownTypes)

        {

            XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(objectToSerialize.GetType(), knownTypes.ToArray());

            var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

            var xmlTextWriter = XmlTextWriter.Create(stringBuilder, new XmlWriterSettings { NewLineChars = "\r\n", Indent = true });

            xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlTextWriter, objectToSerialize);

            return stringBuilder.ToString();

        }

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