diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
index 45db5f7b5c..1603c52132 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectGroup.cs
@@ -311,8 +311,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
 
         public string ToXmlString()
         {
-            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
-            XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(sw);
+            using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
+            {
+                using (XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(sw))
+                {
+                    ToXml(writer);
+                }
+
+                return sw.ToString();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void ToXml(XmlTextWriter writer)
+        {
             writer.WriteStartElement(String.Empty, "SceneObjectGroup", String.Empty);
             writer.WriteStartElement(String.Empty, "RootPart", String.Empty);
             m_rootPart.ToXml(writer);
@@ -329,8 +340,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             }
             writer.WriteEndElement();
             writer.WriteEndElement();
-            writer.Close();
-            return sw.ToString();
         }
 
         #region Copying
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index 22408d3063..1004e62011 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
         private string m_inventoryFileName = "";
         private LLUUID m_folderID = LLUUID.Zero;
 
-        [XmlIgnore] public PhysicsActor PhysActor = null;
+        [XmlIgnore] 
+        public PhysicsActor PhysActor = null;
 
         protected Dictionary<LLUUID, TaskInventoryItem> TaskInventory = new Dictionary<LLUUID, TaskInventoryItem>();