ProcessingInstruction Interface
The ProcessingInstruction interface represents a "processing instruction", used in XML as a way to keep the processor-specific information in the text of the document.
IDL Definition
interface processingInstruction : Node {
readonly attribute DOMString target;
attribute DOMString data;
//raises(DOMException) on setting
};
Semantic Requirements
- The target attribute is the target of the processing instruction. It is the first token following the markup that begins the processing instruction
- The content attribute is the content of the processing instruction. It starts at the first non white character after the target and ends at the character immediately preceding the "?>".
DOMExceptions
- The data attribute raises a NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR DOMException when the node is readonly.
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