ProcessingInstruction.java

/*
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 * Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, Keio University). All
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 */

package org.w3c.dom;

/**
 * The <code>ProcessingInstruction</code> interface represents a "processing 
 * instruction", used in XML as a way to keep processor-specific information 
 * in the text of the document.
 * <p>See also the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification</a>.
 */
public interface ProcessingInstruction extends Node {
    /**
     * The target of this processing instruction. XML defines this as being 
     * the first token following the markup that begins the processing 
     * instruction.
     */
    public String getTarget();

    /**
     * The content of this processing instruction. This is from the first non 
     * white space character after the target to the character immediately 
     * preceding the <code>?></code>.
     * @exception org.w3c.dom.DOMException
     *   NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.
     */
    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 <code>?></code>.
     * @exception org.w3c.dom.DOMException
     *   NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR: Raised when the node is readonly.
     */
    public void setData(String data)
                          throws DOMException;

}