using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Runtime.Serialization; using System.IO; using System.Text; using System; class BadDataContractSerializer { public static object Deserialize(TextBox type, TextBox data) { var ds = new DataContractSerializer(Type.GetType(type.Text)); // BAD return ds.ReadObject(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.Text))); } }