JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition

Name

Document.createProcessingInstruction( ): create a ProcessingInstruction node — DOM Level 1 Core:

Synopsis

ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(Stringtarget,
                                                  String data)
     throws DOMException;

Arguments

target

The target of the processing instruction.

data

The content text of the processing instruction.

Returns

A newly created ProcessingInstruction node.

Throws

This method may throw a DOMException with one of the following code values in the following circumstances:

INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR

The specified target contains an illegal character.

NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR

This is an HTML document and does not support processing instructions.