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ProcessingInstruction.javaAPI DocJava SE 5 API2207Fri Aug 26 14:58:38 BST 2005org.w3c.dom

ProcessingInstruction

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

No lexical check is done on the content of a processing instruction and it is therefore possible to have the character sequence "?>" in the content, which is illegal a processing instruction per section 2.6 of [XML 1.0]. The presence of this character sequence must generate a fatal error during serialization.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification.

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public java.lang.StringgetData()
The content of this processing instruction. This is from the first non white space character after the target to the character immediately preceding the ?>.

public java.lang.StringgetTarget()
The target of this processing instruction. XML defines this as being the first token following the markup that begins the processing instruction.

public voidsetData(java.lang.String data)
The content of this processing instruction. This is from the first non white space character after the target to the character immediately preceding the ?>.

exception
DOMException NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.