JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

Document.createProcessingInstruction( ) — create a ProcessingInstruction node

Availability

DOM Level 1 Core

Synopsis

ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(String target, 
                                                  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.