Index: dam engine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Io/DamXmlSerialization.cs
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diff -u -r452 -r461
--- dam engine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Io/DamXmlSerialization.cs	(.../DamXmlSerialization.cs)	(revision 452)
+++ dam engine/trunk/src/Deltares.DamEngine.Io/DamXmlSerialization.cs	(.../DamXmlSerialization.cs)	(revision 461)
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
         /// <param name="input">The input.</param>
-        public static void SaveInputAsXml(string filename, Input input)
+        public static void SaveInputAsXmlFile(string filename, Input input)
         {
             XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Input));
             TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
         /// <returns>Input object</returns>
-        public static Input LoadInputFromXml(string filename)
+        public static Input LoadInputFromXmlFile(string filename)
         {
             Input input;
             XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Input));
@@ -56,11 +56,38 @@
         }
 
         /// <summary>
+        /// Saves the input as XML string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="input">The input.</param>
+        /// <returns>xm string</returns>
+        public static string SaveInputAsXmlString(Input input)
+        {
+            XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Input));
+            TextWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+            xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, input);
+            return writer.ToString();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads the input from XML string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="xmlString">The XML string.</param>
+        /// <returns>Input object</returns>
+        public static Input LoadInputFromXmlString(string xmlString)
+        {
+            Input input;
+            XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Input));
+            StringReader reader = new StringReader(xmlString);
+            input = (Input)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
+            return input;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
         /// Saves the output as XML.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
         /// <param name="output">The output.</param>
-        public static void SaveOutputAsXml(string filename, Output output)
+        public static void SaveOutputAsXmlFile(string filename, Output output)
         {
             XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Output));
             TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filename);
@@ -73,13 +100,38 @@
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="filename">The filename.</param>
         /// <returns>Output object</returns>
-        public static Output LoadOutputFromXml(string filename)
+        public static Output LoadOutputFromXmlFile(string filename)
         {
             Output output;
             XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Output));
             FileStream fs = new FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open);
             output = (Output)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(fs);
             return output;
         }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Saves the output as XML string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="output">The output.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string SaveOutputAsXmlString(Output output)
+        {
+            XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Output));
+            TextWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+            xmlSerializer.Serialize(writer, output);
+            return writer.ToString();
+        }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Loads the output from XML string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="outputXml">The output XML.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static Output LoadOutputFromXmlString(string outputXml)
+        {
+            Output output;
+            XmlSerializer xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(Output));
+            StringReader reader = new StringReader(outputXml);
+            output = (Output)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
+            return output;
+        }
     }
 }