Generics Serializer with file saving on file system

Generics Serializer with file saving on file system and in String

using System;

using System.Xml.Serialization;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

namespace Retalix.Client.HandHeldTraderJoesOffice.Model

{

    public class SerializerUtils

{

             public static object Deserialize<T>(string serializeableFilePath)

    {           

             var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));

             var reader = new StreamReader(serializeableFilePath);

            T result = (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader);

            reader.Close();           

             return result;

     }

       

     public static object Serialize(T data, string serializeableFilePath)

     {           

          var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));                 

          var writer = new StreamWriter(serializeableFilePath);

          serializer.Serialize(writer, data);           

          writer.Close();           

          return result;

      }

    }

}

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using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.IO;
using BroadwayBox.SeatingChart.Common;

namespace BroadwayBoxSeattingChartWS.Serialization
{
    public class SerializerUtils
    {
        public static string Serialize<T>(T data)
        {
            try
            {
                var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
                TextWriter writer = new StringWriter();
                serializer.Serialize(writer, data);
                return writer.ToString();            
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }            
        }

        public static T Deserialize<T>(string data)
        {
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
            TextReader reader = new StringReader(data);
            return (T)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
        }

        public static string SerializeWithXmlTextWriter(Chart chart)
        {            
            var ms = new MemoryStream();
            using (var writer = new XmlTextWriter(ms, Encoding.UTF8))
            {
                chart.WriteToXml(writer);

                return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.ToArray());
            }                     
        }
    }
}