processingInstruction object

Represents a processing instruction for an XML parser.

Members

The processingInstruction object has these types of members:

The processingInstruction object has these methods.

Method	Description
appendChild	Appends an element as a child to the object.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
compareDocumentPosition	Compares the position of two nodes in a document.
insertBefore	Inserts an element into the document hierarchy as a child node of a parent object.
isSameNode	Determines if two node references refer to the same node.
isSupported	Returns a value indicating whether or not the object supports a specific DOM standard.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.
replaceNode	Replaces the object with another element.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

The processingInstruction object has these properties.

Property	Description
data	Gets the data of a processing instruction.
firstChild	Gets a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object.
lastChild	Gets a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object.
localName	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
namespaceURI	Retrieves the namespace URI of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
nodeName	Gets the name of a particular type of node.
nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
nodeValue	Gets or sets the value of a node.
ownerDocument	Retrieves the document object associated with the node.
parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
prefix	Retrieves the local name of the fully qualified XML declaration for a node.
previousSibling	Gets a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
target	Gets the target of a processing instruction.
textContent	Sets or retrieves the text content of an object and any child objects.

A processing instruction provides direction to an XML parser. The following code example shows a processing instruction that is specified in markup.


<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="style.css"?>

Use the createProcessingInstruction method of a document to create an instance of an ProcessingInstruction object.