wpf - How can i serialize xaml "Brush"? -

how can or best method serialize system.windows.media.brush ?

here discussion of how serialize wpf:

http://statestreetgang.net/post/2008/06/xaml-serialization-ftw.aspx

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/// <summary> /// serializes specified object /// </summary> /// <param name="toserialize">object serialize.</param> /// <returns>the object serialized xaml</returns> private string serialize(object toserialize) {     xmlwritersettings settings = new xmlwritersettings();     // might want wrap these in #if debug's      settings.indent = true;     settings.newlineonattributes = true;     // gets rid of xml version      settings.conformancelevel = conformancelevel.fragment;     // buffer stringbuilder     stringbuilder sb = new stringbuilder();     xmlwriter writer = xmlwriter.create(sb, settings);     // need moar documentation on manager, plox msdn     xamldesignerserializationmanager manager = new xamldesignerserializationmanager(writer);     manager.xamlwritermode = xamlwritermode.expression;     // extremely rare throw exception     xamlwriter.save(toserialize, manager);      return sb.tostring(); }  /// <summary> /// deserializes object xaml. /// </summary> /// <param name="xamltext">the xaml text.</param> /// <returns>the deserialized object</returns> /// <exception cref="xmlexception">thrown if serialized text not formed xml</exception> /// <exception cref="xamlparseexception">thrown if unable deserialize xaml</exception> private object deserialize(string xamltext) {     xmldocument doc = new xmldocument();     // may throw xmlexception     doc.loadxml(xamltext);     // may throw xamlparseexception     return xamlreader.load(new xmlnodereader(doc)); }