Color Extensions: ToArgb

Cool extension from http://www.jeff.wilcox.name

internal static class ColorExtensions
{
    public static int ToArgb(this Color color)
    {
        int argb = color.A << 24;
        argb += color.R << 16;
        argb += color.G << 8;
        argb += color.B;

        return argb;
    }
}

Xml Serialization Helper Class

public static class XmlHelper
{
    public static string ToXml(this object obj)
    {
        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(obj.GetType());
        using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
        {
            serializer.Serialize(sw, obj);
            return sw.ToString();
        }
    }

    public static T FromXml<T>(this string data)
    {
        XmlSerializer s = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
        using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(data))
        {
            object obj = s.Deserialize(reader);
            return (T)obj;
        }
    }
}

So we can do this:

string personString = person.ToXml();
Person newPerson = personString.FromXml<Person>();