org.w3c.dom
Interface ProcessingInstruction

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProcessingInstructionImpl

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.

Fields inherited from class 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

java.lang.String	getData() The content of this processing instruction.
java.lang.String	getTarget() The target of this processing instruction.
void	setData(java.lang.String data)

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 java.lang.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 java.lang.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(java.lang.String data)
             throws DOMException