public static object DeSerializeFromXmlString(System.Type typeToDeserialize, string xmlString) {

    byte[] bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xmlString);

    MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(bytes);

    System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer xmlSerializer =

        new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(typeToDeserialize);

    return xmlSerializer.Deserialize(memoryStream);

 

Example

[Test]

public void GetBigList() {

    var textRepository = ObjectFactory.GetInstance<ITextRepository>();

    List<BrandAndCode> brandAndCodeList = textRepository.GetList(...);

    string xml = SerializeToXmlString(brandAndCodeList);

    Console.Out.WriteLine("xml = {0}", xml);

     var brandAndCodeList2 = DeSerializeFromXmlString(typeof (BrandAndCode[]), xml);