Generic Json Serialization Extension Method

    public static class JsonSerializer
    {
        public static string Serialize<T>(this T data)
        {
            try
            {
                DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
                var stream = new MemoryStream();
                serializer.WriteObject(stream, data);
                string jsonData = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stream.ToArray(), 0, (int)stream.Length);
                stream.Close();
                return jsonData;
            }
            catch
            {
                return "";
            }
        }
        public static T Deserialize<T>(this string jsonData)
        {
            try
            {
                DataContractJsonSerializer slzr = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
                var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsonData));
                T data = (T)slzr.ReadObject(stream);
                stream.Close();
                return data;
            }
            catch
            {
                return default(T);
            }
        }
    }