using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Xml.Serialization; using System.IO; using System.Text; using System; class GoodXmlSerializer { public static object Deserialize1(TextBox data) { // GOOD var ds = new XmlSerializer(typeof(GoodXmlSerializer)); return ds.Deserialize(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.Text))); } public static object Deserialize2(TextBox type) { var ds = new XmlSerializer(Type.GetType(type.Text)); // GOOD return ds.Deserialize(new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("hardcoded"))); } }