Convert Object to XML

private function convertobjectToXML(obj:Object):XML
{
var qName:QName = new QName("list");
var xmlDocument:XMLDocument = new XMLDocument();
var simpleXMLEncoder:SimpleXMLEncoder = new SimpleXMLEncoder(xmlDocument);
var xmlNode:XMLNode = simpleXMLEncoder.encodeValue(obj, qName, xmlDocument);
var xml:XML = new XML(xmlDocument.toString());
trace(xml);
return xml;
}