XmlProcessingInstruction

Construct an XML processing instruction.

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Syntax

XmlProcessingInstruction

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Description

An XmlProcessingInstruction directly constructs an XML processing instruction. It is delimited by "<?" and "?>" and contains a processing instruction target which is an XML name minus the letter sequence "XML" (regardless of case), see also the W3C specification of PITarget. The PITarget must directly follow the opening delimiter "<?".

Example

  • This example constructs a processing instruction intended to be interpreted by the application myapp: 

    <?myapp rewrite="yes" ?>