xml serializer for xml serialization in c# (dot.net v3.5)

public class CXMLConv
{

    public static T fromXML<T>(string x, T obj)
    {
        try {
            XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
            StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(x);

            return (T)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(stringReader);
        }
        catch (Exception ex) {
            Logger.prn("Deserializing problem for XML:"+x,ex);
            Assertions.Throw("Incorrect incoming XML specified." );
            return obj;
        }


    }

    public static string toXML(Object obj)
    {
        XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
        StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
        XmlWriterSettings writerSettings = new XmlWriterSettings();
        writerSettings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;
        writerSettings.Indent = true;

        using (XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter, writerSettings))
        {
            xmlSerializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, obj);
        }
        return stringWriter.ToString();

    }
}

more...