public static T DeserializeObject <T>(string xml)
{
xml.AssertHasText("xml");
StringReader strReader = null;
XmlSerializer serializer = null;
XmlTextReader xmlReader = null;
T returnObj = default(T);
try
{
object obj = null;
strReader = new StringReader(xml);
serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
xmlReader = new XmlTextReader(strReader);
obj = serializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
if (obj is T)
{
returnObj = (T)obj;
}
else
{
returnObj = (T)Convert.ChangeType(obj, typeof(T));
}
}
catch (InvalidCastException)
{
return(returnObj);
}
finally
{
if (xmlReader.IsNotNull())
{
xmlReader.Close();
}
if (strReader.IsNotNull())
{
strReader.Close();
}
}
return(returnObj);
}