Serialize Object To File

  
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public void SerializeObject(string filename, PersonnelService.PersonnelInput objectToSerialize)
{
 Stream stream = File.Open(filename, FileMode.Create); 
 XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PersonnelService.PersonnelInput));
 ser.Serialize(stream, objectToSerialize);
 stream.Close();
}