public static class SerializeHelper
    {
        public static byte[] Serialize(this object obj)
        {
            DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType());

            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

            serializer.WriteObject(ms, obj);

            ms.Seek(0, 0);
            return ms.ToArray();
        }

        public static T Deserialize<T>(this byte[] data)
        {
            DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof (T));

            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data);
            ms.Seek(0, 0);
            return (T) (serializer.ReadObject(ms));
        }

        public static string SerializeToString(this object obj)
        {
            DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(obj.GetType());

            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();

            serializer.WriteObject(ms, obj);

            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(ms.GetBuffer(), 0, (int) ms.Length);
        }

        public static T DeserializeFromString<T>(this string data)
        {
            byte[] buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data);

            DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof (T));

            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(buffer);
            ms.Seek(0, 0);
            return (T) (serializer.ReadObject(ms));
        }
    }