XML::DO...truction(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is XML::DO...truction(3) from User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it’s all about XML::DOM::ProcessingInstruction — literally an XML processing instruction in XML::DOM. slay. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

XML::DOM::ProcessingInstruction extends XML::DOM::Node. no cap, that’s the family tree. 🌳

It represents a "processing instruction", which XML uses as a way to keep processor-specific information right there in the text of the document. here’s the iconic example:

<?PI processing instruction?>

In that example, PI is the target and processing instruction is the data. periodt. 💖

🔍 METHODS 🔍

🎯 getTarget

The target of this processing instruction. XML defines this as being the first token following the markup that begins the processing instruction. iykyk. ✨

🍓 getData and setData (data)

The content of this processing instruction. This is from the first non white space character after the target to the character immediately preceding the ?>. that’s the whole range, bestie — no skipping. 🫶

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signed, sealed, and delivered by perl v5.42.0 on 2022-05-23 — bye bestie, go slay some XML 💅🎀🦋