Document.createProcessingInstruction(String target, String data) has the following syntax.
ProcessingInstruction createProcessingInstruction(String target, String data) throws DOMException
In the following code shows how to use Document.createProcessingInstruction(String target, String data) method.
//from w w w. j a v a2s . c o m import java.io.File; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; import org.w3c.dom.ProcessingInstruction; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setValidating(true); factory.setExpandEntityReferences(false); Document doc = factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(new File("filename")); // Add a PI at the beginning of the document Element element = doc.getDocumentElement(); ProcessingInstruction pi = doc.createProcessingInstruction("target", "instruction"); element.getParentNode().insertBefore(pi, element); } }