i get this error while deserializing..there is an error in xml document (0,0)

[khushboosoni]

inner exception is root element is missing...plz help.Here is the code....

 public string SerializeObject(Object objToSerialize)
        {
            XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(objToSerialize.GetType());
            StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); 
            ser.Serialize(writer, objToSerialize);       
            writer.Close();
            return writer.ToString();
        } 
 

public object DeSerializeAnObject(string xmlOfAnObject,Type ObjectType)
        {
            StringReader reader = new StringReader(xmlOfAnObject);
            XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(ObjectType);
            XmlTextReader XmlReader = new XmlTextReader(reader);
            try
            {
                Object ObjDeserialize = new Object();
                ObjDeserialize = (Object)ser.Deserialize(reader);
                return ObjDeserialize;
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw new Exception(ex.StackTrace);
            }
 
            finally
            {
                XmlReader.Close();
                reader.Close();
            }
        }
 

[Plater]

Correct the line to this:
ObjDeserialize = (Object)ser.Deserialize(XmlReader);

[khushboosoni]

Thanks.Deserialization works now,but i have another problem.When i assign the deserialized object i get the default values of the object,not the updated values.

[khushboosoni]

XmlTextReader XmlReader = new XmlTextReader(strReader);

Is it because of this line that while deserializing the object returned has default values and not what we set it.
While debugging the code, XmlReader is set to none.

[Plater]

Hmmm, I just ran this test:

List<string> fnn = new List<string>();
            fnn.Add("fred");
            fnn.Add("bill");
            string s = SerializeObject(fnn);
            object o = DeSerializeAnObject(s, fnn.GetType());
            List<string> retfnn = (List<string>)o;
 

And retfnn had the same two values as fnn