HTML DOM Level 2 Reference: ProcessingInstruction

Represents a Processing Instruction in an XML document.

Browser/User Agent Support

IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
no 1.0+ 7.0+ no no no

IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
no	1.0+	7.0+	no	no	no

Constructors

Constructor IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
ProcessingInstruction Constructor
Represents a Processing Instruction in an XML document.
no 1.0+ 7.0+ no no no

Constructor	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
ProcessingInstruction Constructor Represents a Processing Instruction in an XML document.	no	1.0+	7.0+	no	no	no

Properties

Property IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
data
PI data or content
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target
PI target name
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Property	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
data PI data or content	no	1.0+	7.0+	no	no	no

target PI target name	no	1.0+	7.0+	no	no	no

Remarks

Represents a Processing Instruction, which is a way to keep document processing information inside an XML document. For instance, instructions on which stylesheets to apply can be defined in a processing instruction, even though that isn't directly related to the content of the document.

Availability

HTML DOM Level 1 | HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

Constructor Detail

ProcessingInstruction ProcessingInstruction()

Represents a Processing Instruction in an XML document.

Visibility: internal

Property Detail

String data

PI data or content

For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/data.html

Remarks

Represents the content data of a processing instruction. This is the entire text between the target name and the closing ?> tag. Setting this value throws an exception if this node is marked as read-only.

Availability