Serialization in Silverlight

When I want to serialize/deserialize class in silverlight 4/5, I found XmlSerializeris not supported.

We can use class DataContractSerializer which is supported by silverlight. Below methods using DataContractSerializer to serialize/deserialize classes:

Serialize method:

public string Serialize<T>(T data)         {             using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())             {                 var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof (T));                  serializer.WriteObject(memoryStream, data);                 memoryStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);                 var reader = new StreamReader(memoryStream);                 string content = reader.ReadToEnd();                 return content;             }         }

Deserialize method: 

public T Deserialize<T>(string xml)         {             using( var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(xml)) )             {                 var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof (T));                 T theObject = (T)serializer.ReadObject(stream);                 return theObject;             }         }