public interface

ProcessingInstruction

implements Node
org.w3c.dom.ProcessingInstruction

Class Overview

The ProcessingInstruction interface represents a "processing instruction", used in XML as a way to keep processor-specific information in the text of the document.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification.

Summary

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Inherited Constants
From interface org.w3c.dom.Node
Public Methods
abstract String getData()
Returns the content of this processing instruction.
abstract String getTarget()
The target of this processing instruction.
abstract void setData(String data)
Sets the content of this processing instruction.
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Inherited Methods
From interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Public Methods

public abstract String getData ()

Returns the content of this processing instruction. This is from the first non white space character after the target to the character immediately preceding the ?>.

Returns
  • the data of this processing instruction.

public abstract String getTarget ()

The target of this processing instruction. XML defines this as being the first token following the markup that begins the processing instruction.

Returns
  • the target of this processing instruction.

public abstract void setData (String data)

Sets the content of this processing instruction. This is from the first non white space character after the target to the character immediately preceding the ?>.

Parameters
data the new data of the processing instruction.
Throws
DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.