XProcessingInstruction Class

Namespace: System.Xml.Linq

Assembly: System.Xml.Linq (in System.Xml.Linq.dll)

Summary

Represents an XML processing instruction. A processing instruction can be used to embed application-specific data in an XML document.

Syntax

public sealed class XProcessingInstruction : XNode

Constructors

Signature	Description
`XProcessingInstruction(string target)`	Initializes a new instance with the specified target.
`XProcessingInstruction(string target, string data)`	Initializes a new instance with the specified target and data.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`Data`	`string`	Gets or sets the content of the processing instruction.
`Target`	`string`	Gets the target of the processing instruction.
`NodeType`	`XmlNodeType`	Always returns `XmlNodeType.ProcessingInstruction`.

Methods

Signature	Description
`string ToString(SaveOptions options)`	Returns the XML representation of the node using the specified options.
`void WriteTo(XmlWriter writer)`	Writes the node to an `XmlWriter`.
`void AddAfterSelf(params object[] content)`	Adds content after this node.
`void AddBeforeSelf(params object[] content)`	Adds content before this node.

Example

Creating a processing instruction and adding it to an XDocument:


XDocument doc = new XDocument(
    new XProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet", "type=\"text/xsl\" href=\"style.xsl\""),
    new XElement("root",
        new XElement("child", "Content")
    )
);
Console.WriteLine(doc);

Remarks

The Target property identifies the application to which the processing instruction applies. The Data property contains the instruction's content.

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