VB 9.0 Xml Features. Uber Cool or...?

Microsoft XML Team's WebLog : VB 9.0 Xml features - Xml namespaces example

"Bill McCarthy asked me to post Xml axis members example using namespaces. So I updated the sample from my previous post as follows:

 

I added an imports statement for Xml namespace:

Imports ns = "http://someNamespace"

 

I also update my xml document to include namespaces:

Dim Person = _

<ns:Person ns:Dept="SQL Server" xmlns:ns="http://someNamespace">

            <ns:Name>Erik Meijer</ns:Name>

</ns:Person>

 

Finally, I updated the code that uses the new syntax for Xml axis members:

      Console.WriteLine(Person.<ns:Name>.Value)

      Console.WriteLine(Person.@ns:Dept.Value)

      Person.<ns:Name>.Value = "Mike Champion"

      Console.WriteLine(Person.<ns:Name>.Value)

… "

I saw this cool VB9/XML stuff at PDC 2005. And I’m just not sure about it…

On one hand I think it’s the coolest stuff since Spagettio's added meat-balls and on the other I have to wonder at how easy it’s going to be to build “quick and dirty” nightmares with it…

Still in the end, I DO want this feature/capability in VB9. “With great power comes…” and all that.

I think a “XML code fragment” browser would help my sanity.

Kind of like the new uber cool Document Outline window in VS2005. A project wide window to easily see, navigate to (and maybe edit?) all these XML fragments embedded in the code. Or maybe a tweak to the Class View window to show these fragments? That would do the trick…