ProcessingInstruction (Common DOM API)

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org.w3c.dom
Interface ProcessingInstruction

All Superinterfaces:: Node

public interface ProcessingInstruction
extends 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.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

String getData()
          The content of this processing instruction.

String getTarget()
          The target of this processing instruction.

void setData(String data)
          The content of this processing instruction.

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

appendChild, cloneNode, getAttributes, getChildNodes, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isSupported, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix

Method Detail

getTarget

public String getTarget()

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

getData

public String getData()

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

Throws:: DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.

setData

public void setData(String data)
             throws DOMException