public class Test
{
    private void WriteObjectWithInstance(XmlObjectSerializer xm, Company graph,
       string fileName)
    {
        // Use either the XmlDataContractSerializer or NetDataContractSerializer,
        // or any other class that inherits from XmlObjectSerializer to write with.
        Console.WriteLine(xm.GetType());
        FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create);
        XmlDictionaryWriter writer = XmlDictionaryWriter.CreateTextWriter(fs);
        xm.WriteObject(writer, graph);
        Console.WriteLine("Done writing {0}", fileName);
    }

    private void Run()
    {
        // Create the object to write to a file.
        Company graph = new Company();
        graph.Name = "cohowinery.com";

        // Create a DataContractSerializer and a NetDataContractSerializer.
        // Pass either one to the WriteObjectWithInstance method.
        DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Company));
        NetDataContractSerializer ndcs = new NetDataContractSerializer();
        WriteObjectWithInstance(dcs, graph, @"datacontract.xml");
        WriteObjectWithInstance(ndcs, graph, @"netDatacontract.xml");
    }

    [DataContract]
    public class Company
    {
        [DataMember]
        public string Name;
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Starting");
            Test t = new Test();
            t.Run();
            Console.WriteLine("Done");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        catch (InvalidDataContractException iExc)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("You have an invalid data contract: ");
            Console.WriteLine(iExc.Message);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        catch (SerializationException serExc)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("There is a problem with the instance:");
            Console.WriteLine(serExc.Message);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        catch (QuotaExceededException qExc)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The quota has been exceeded");
            Console.WriteLine(qExc.Message);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        catch (Exception exc)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(exc.Message);
            Console.WriteLine(exc.ToString());
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }