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/**
 * @module engine/model/element
 */
import { ModelNode, type ModelNodeAttributes } from './node.js';
import { type ModelItem } from './item.js';
/**
 * Model element. Type of {@link module:engine/model/node~ModelNode node} that has a
 * {@link module:engine/model/element~ModelElement#name name} and {@link module:engine/model/element~ModelElement#getChildren child nodes}.
 *
 * **Important**: see {@link module:engine/model/node~ModelNode} to read about restrictions using `Element` and `Node` API.
 */
export declare class ModelElement extends ModelNode {
    /**
     * Element name.
     */
    readonly name: string;
    /**
     * List of children nodes.
     */
    private readonly _children;
    /**
     * Creates a model element.
     *
     * **Note:** Constructor of this class shouldn't be used directly in the code.
     * Use the {@link module:engine/model/writer~ModelWriter#createElement} method instead.
     *
     * @internal
     * @param name Element's name.
     * @param attrs Element's attributes. See {@link module:utils/tomap~toMap} for a list of accepted values.
     * @param children One or more nodes to be inserted as children of created element.
     */
    constructor(name: string, attrs?: ModelNodeAttributes, children?: string | ModelItem | Iterable<string | ModelItem>);
    /**
     * Number of this element's children.
     */
    get childCount(): number;
    /**
     * Sum of {@link module:engine/model/node~ModelNode#offsetSize offset sizes} of all of this element's children.
     */
    get maxOffset(): number;
    /**
     * Is `true` if there are no nodes inside this element, `false` otherwise.
     */
    get isEmpty(): boolean;
    /**
     * Gets the child at the given index. Returns `null` if incorrect index was passed.
     *
     * @param index Index in this element.
     * @returns Child node.
     */
    getChild(index: number): ModelNode | null;
    /**
     * Gets the child at the given offset. Returns `null` if incorrect index was passed.
     *
     * @param offset Offset in this element.
     * @returns Child node.
     */
    getChildAtOffset(offset: number): ModelNode | null;
    /**
     * Returns an iterator that iterates over all of this element's children.
     */
    getChildren(): IterableIterator<ModelNode>;
    /**
     * Returns an index of the given child node. Returns `null` if given node is not a child of this element.
     *
     * @param node Child node to look for.
     * @returns Child node's index in this element.
     */
    getChildIndex(node: ModelNode): number | null;
    /**
     * Returns the starting offset of given child. Starting offset is equal to the sum of
     * {@link module:engine/model/node~ModelNode#offsetSize offset sizes} of all node's siblings that are before it. Returns `null` if
     * given node is not a child of this element.
     *
     * @param node Child node to look for.
     * @returns Child node's starting offset.
     */
    getChildStartOffset(node: ModelNode): number | null;
    /**
     * Returns index of a node that occupies given offset. If given offset is too low, returns `0`. If given offset is
     * too high, returns {@link module:engine/model/element~ModelElement#getChildIndex index after last child}.
     *
     * ```ts
     * const textNode = new Text( 'foo' );
     * const pElement = new Element( 'p' );
     * const divElement = new Element( [ textNode, pElement ] );
     * divElement.offsetToIndex( -1 ); // Returns 0, because offset is too low.
     * divElement.offsetToIndex( 0 ); // Returns 0, because offset 0 is taken by `textNode` which is at index 0.
     * divElement.offsetToIndex( 1 ); // Returns 0, because `textNode` has `offsetSize` equal to 3, so it occupies offset 1 too.
     * divElement.offsetToIndex( 2 ); // Returns 0.
     * divElement.offsetToIndex( 3 ); // Returns 1.
     * divElement.offsetToIndex( 4 ); // Returns 2. There are no nodes at offset 4, so last available index is returned.
     * ```
     */
    offsetToIndex(offset: number): number;
    /**
     * Returns a descendant node by its path relative to this element.
     *
     * ```ts
     * // <this>a<b>c</b></this>
     * this.getNodeByPath( [ 0 ] );     // -> "a"
     * this.getNodeByPath( [ 1 ] );     // -> <b>
     * this.getNodeByPath( [ 1, 0 ] );  // -> "c"
     * ```
     *
     * @param relativePath Path of the node to find, relative to this element.
     */
    getNodeByPath(relativePath: Array<number>): ModelNode;
    /**
     * Returns the parent element of the given name. Returns null if the element is not inside the desired parent.
     *
     * @param parentName The name of the parent element to find.
     * @param options Options object.
     * @param options.includeSelf When set to `true` this node will be also included while searching.
     */
    findAncestor(parentName: string, options?: {
        includeSelf?: boolean;
    }): ModelElement | null;
    /**
     * Converts `Element` instance to plain object and returns it. Takes care of converting all of this element's children.
     *
     * @returns `Element` instance converted to plain object.
     */
    toJSON(): unknown;
    /**
     * Creates a copy of this element and returns it. Created element has the same name and attributes as the original element.
     * If clone is deep, the original element's children are also cloned. If not, then empty element is returned.
     *
     * @internal
     * @param deep If set to `true` clones element and all its children recursively. When set to `false`,
     * element will be cloned without any child.
     */
    _clone(deep?: boolean): ModelElement;
    /**
     * {@link module:engine/model/element~ModelElement#_insertChild Inserts} one or more nodes at the end of this element.
     *
     * @see module:engine/model/writer~ModelWriter#append
     * @internal
     * @param nodes Nodes to be inserted.
     */
    _appendChild(nodes: string | ModelItem | Iterable<string | ModelItem>): void;
    /**
     * Inserts one or more nodes at the given index and sets {@link module:engine/model/node~ModelNode#parent parent} of these nodes
     * to this element.
     *
     * @see module:engine/model/writer~ModelWriter#insert
     * @internal
     * @param index Index at which nodes should be inserted.
     * @param items Items to be inserted.
     */
    _insertChild(index: number, items: string | ModelItem | Iterable<string | ModelItem>): void;
    /**
     * Removes one or more nodes starting at the given index and sets
     * {@link module:engine/model/node~ModelNode#parent parent} of these nodes to `null`.
     *
     * @see module:engine/model/writer~ModelWriter#remove
     * @internal
     * @param index Index of the first node to remove.
     * @param howMany Number of nodes to remove.
     * @returns Array containing removed nodes.
     */
    _removeChildren(index: number, howMany?: number): Array<ModelNode>;
    /**
     * Removes children nodes provided as an array and sets
     * the {@link module:engine/model/node~ModelNode#parent parent} of these nodes to `null`.
     *
     * These nodes do not need to be direct siblings.
     *
     * This method is faster than removing nodes one by one, as it recalculates offsets only once.
     *
     * @internal
     * @param nodes Array of nodes.
     */
    _removeChildrenArray(nodes: Array<ModelNode>): void;
    /**
     * Creates an `Element` instance from given plain object (i.e. parsed JSON string).
     * Converts `Element` children to proper nodes.
     *
     * @param json Plain object to be converted to `Element`.
     * @returns `Element` instance created using given plain object.
     */
    static fromJSON(json: any): ModelElement;
}