C# - Serialize Object to XML HttpResponseMessage

Sometimes we have an explicit requirement to serialize a C# object to XML HttpResponseMessage format.

This generic function can be used to achieve this conversion -

public static HttpResponseMessage CreateXmlResponse<T>(T objectToSerialize)

{

    return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)

    {

        Content = new ObjectContent<T>(objectToSerialize,

                                        new System.Net.Http.Formatting.XmlMediaTypeFormatter

                                        {

                                            UseXmlSerializer = true

                                        })

    };

}

The function takes an object of type 'T' as input and serializes it using XMLMediaTypeFormatter XML serializer available in .NET namespace System.Net.Http.Formatting.

A sample function call be like this - 

var response = CreateXmlResponse<ObjectClass>(object);