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.

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

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() Returns the content of this processing instruction.
String	getTarget() The target of this processing instruction.
void	setData(String data) Sets 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

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.

getData

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.

setData

void setData(String data)
             throws DOMException

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.