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() 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, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isSupported, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

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.

Returns:

The target of this 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 ?>.

Returns:

The content of this processing instruction

setData

public 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 ?>.

Parameters:

data - character data to add to the node, may not be null

Throws:

DOMException - NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.