String - DeserializeXml

A string extension method that deserialize an Xml string to object.

Try it

public static void Main()
{
    var XmlString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-16\"?>\r\n<ArrayOfString xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\">\r\n  <string>Fizz</string>\r\n  <string>Buzz</string>\r\n</ArrayOfString>";

     // C# Extension Method: String - DeserializeXml
     var result = XmlString.DeserializeXml<List<string>>(); // new List<string> {"Fizz", "Buzz"};

	foreach(var val in result)
	{
     	Console.WriteLine(val);
	}
}

View Source 
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

public static partial class Extensions
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     A string extension method that deserialize an Xml as &lt;T&gt;.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="T">Generic type parameter.</typeparam>
    /// <param name="this">The @this to act on.</param>
    /// <returns>The desieralize Xml as &lt;T&gt;</returns>
    public static T DeserializeXml<T>(this string @this)
    {
        var x = new XmlSerializer(typeof (T));
        var r = new StringReader(@this);

        return (T) x.Deserialize(r);
    }
}