How to deserialize an XML with information about a custom ob

Question

I was able to serialize a List of objects (List) using this code: Hide Copy Code public static string Serialize(object obj) {    using (MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream())    using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(memoryStream))    {       DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType());       serializer.WriteObject(memoryStream obj);       memoryStream.Position = 0;       return reader.ReadToEnd();    } } However I'm not able to deserialize using this code: Hide Copy Code public static object Deserialize(string xml Type toType) {       using (Stream stream = new MemoryStream())       {          byte[] data = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml);          stream.Write(data 0 data.Length);          stream.Position = 0;          DataContractSerializer deserializer = new DataContractSerializer(toType);          return deserializer.ReadObject(stream);       } } I'm not able to understand the problem. I'm using the last method by calling it with: Deserialize(SerializedObject List) but I'm getting an error saying List is a type which is not valid in the given context Could anyone help? I'm a bit over my head with this.

Mr Pogan · Answer

Sooo I have the doubtful honor of answering my own question. The problem was that I was trying to assign the output of `public static object Deserialize(string xml Type toType)` to a List generic called listOfFiles when I should have assigned to an object and then cast to a `List` using List