Module java.xml
Package 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.

    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.

    • 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.
      • getData

        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 ?>.
      • setData

        void setData​(String data)
              throws DOMException
        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.