public static class Extensions
{
	public static string ToXml<T>(this T obj)
	{
		var stream = new MemoryStream();
		var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T));
		serializer.WriteObject(stream, obj);

		return new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd();
	}

	public static T ToInstance<T>(this string str)
	{
		var stream = new MemoryStream();
		var writer = new StreamWriter(stream);
		writer.Write(str);
		writer.Flush();

		var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T));
		return (T)serializer.ReadObject(stream);
	}
}