public static List <Student> readXmlList(string filePath)
{
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(StudentList));
FileStream fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs);
StudentList stdList = xs.Deserialize(sr) as StudentList;
return(stdList.students);
}
public static void writeStudentListAsXml(string filePath, List <Student> studentList)
{
StudentList lst = new StudentList();
lst.students = studentList;
XmlSerializer xs = new XmlSerializer(typeof(StudentList));
FileStream fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fs);
xs.Serialize(sw, lst);
}