Generic Serialization Method - Microsoft C#.NET

using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Text;

public static XmlDocument Serialize(Type type, Object source)
{

MemoryStream stream = null;
TextWriter writer = null;
XmlDocument document = null;
try
{

stream = new MemoryStream();
writer = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.Unicode);
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
serializer.Serialize(writer, source);
int count = (int)stream.Length;
byte[] array = new byte[count];
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
stream.Read(array, 0, count);
UnicodeEncoding utf = new UnicodeEncoding();
document = new XmlDocument();
document.LoadXml(utf.GetString(array).Trim());

}
catch (Exception e)
{

ExceptionManager.Publish(e);

}
finally
{

if (stream != null) stream.Close();
if (writer != null) writer.Close();

}
return document;

}