Module java.xml
Package javax.xml.stream.events

## Interface ProcessingInstruction

- All Superinterfaces:
    `XMLEvent`, `XMLStreamConstants`

      public interface ProcessingInstruction
      extends XMLEvent

  An interface that describes the data found in processing instructions
  Since:
    1.6

- - ### Field Summary

    - ### Fields declared in interface javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants

      `ATTRIBUTE, CDATA, CHARACTERS, COMMENT, DTD, END_DOCUMENT, END_ELEMENT, ENTITY_DECLARATION, ENTITY_REFERENCE, NAMESPACE, NOTATION_DECLARATION, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, SPACE, START_DOCUMENT, START_ELEMENT`

  - ### Method Summary

    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `String` | `getData()` | The data section of the processing instruction
    `String` | `getTarget()` | The target section of the processing instruction

    - ### Methods declared in interface javax.xml.stream.events.XMLEvent

      `asCharacters, asEndElement, asStartElement, getEventType, getLocation, getSchemaType, isAttribute, isCharacters, isEndDocument, isEndElement, isEntityReference, isNamespace, isProcessingInstruction, isStartDocument, isStartElement, writeAsEncodedUnicode`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getTarget

          String getTarget()

      The target section of the processing instruction
      Returns:
        the String value of the PI or null

    - #### getData

          String getData()

      The data section of the processing instruction
      Returns:
        the String value of the PI's data or null