import { XML } from "./XML";
/**
 * The XMLList class contains methods for working with one or more XML elements. An XMLList object
 * can represent one or more XML objects or elements (including multiple nodes or attributes), so
 * you can call methods on the elements as a group or on the individual elements in the collection.
 * <p class="- topic/p ">If an XMLList object has only one XML element, you can use the XML class methods on the
 * XMLList object directly. In the following example, <codeph class="+ topic/ph pr-d/codeph ">example.two</codeph> is an XMLList
 * object of length 1, so you can call any XML method on it.</p><codeblock xml:space="preserve" class="+ topic/pre pr-d/codeblock ">
 * var example2 = &lt;example&gt;&lt;two&gt;2&lt;/two&gt;&lt;/example&gt;;</codeblock><p class="- topic/p ">If you attempt to use XML class methods with an XMLList object containing more than one XML
 * object, an exception is thrown; instead, iterate over the XMLList collection (using a
 * <codeph class="+ topic/ph pr-d/codeph ">for each..in</codeph> statement, for example) and apply the methods to each XML object in
 * the collection.</p>
 */
export declare class XMLList {
    static length: any;
    /**
     * Creates a new XMLList object.
     * @param	value	Any object that can be converted to an XMLList object by using the top-level XMLList() function.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    constructor(value?: any);
    addNamespace(ns: any): XML;
    appendChild(child: any): XML;
    /**
     * Calls the attribute() method of each XML object and returns an XMLList object
     * of the results. The results match the given attributeName parameter. If there is no
     * match, the attribute() method returns an empty XMLList object.
     * @param	attributeName	The name of the attribute that you want to include in an XMLList object.
     * @return	An XMLList object of matching XML objects or an empty XMLList object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    attribute(arg: any): XMLList;
    /**
     * Calls the attributes() method of each XML object and
     * returns an XMLList object of attributes for each XML object.
     * @return	An XMLList object of attributes for each XML object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    attributes(): XMLList;
    /**
     * Calls the child() method of each XML object and returns an XMLList object that
     * contains the results in order.
     * @param	propertyName	The element name or integer of the XML child.
     * @return	An XMLList object of child nodes that match the input parameter.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    child(propertyName: any): XMLList;
    childIndex(): number;
    /**
     * Calls the children() method of each XML object and
     * returns an XMLList object that contains the results.
     * @return	An XMLList object of the children in the XML objects.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    children(): XMLList;
    /**
     * Calls the comments() method of each XML object and returns
     * an XMLList of comments.
     * @return	An XMLList of the comments in the XML objects.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    comments(): XMLList;
    /**
     * Checks whether the XMLList object contains an XML object that is equal to the given
     * value parameter.
     * @param	value	An XML object to compare against the current XMLList object.
     * @return	If the XMLList contains the XML object declared in the value parameter,
     *   then true; otherwise false.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    contains(value: any): boolean;
    /**
     * Returns a copy of the given XMLList object. The copy is a duplicate of the entire tree of nodes.
     * The copied XML object has no parent and returns null if you attempt to call the parent() method.
     * @return	The copy of the XMLList object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    copy(): XMLList;
    /**
     * Returns all descendants (children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on) of the XML object
     * that have the given name parameter. The name parameter can be a
     * QName object, a String data type, or any other data type that is then converted to a String
     * data type.
     *
     *   To return all descendants, use
     * the asterisk (~~) parameter. If no parameter is passed,
     * the string "~~" is passed and returns all descendants of the XML object.
     * @param	name	The name of the element to match.
     * @return	An XMLList object of the matching descendants (children, grandchildren, and so on) of the XML objects
     *   in the original list. If there are no descendants, returns an empty XMLList object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    descendants(name?: any): XMLList;
    /**
     * Calls the elements() method of each XML object. The name parameter is
     * passed to the descendants() method. If no parameter is passed, the string "~~" is passed to the
     * descendants() method.
     * @param	name	The name of the elements to match.
     * @return	An XMLList object of the matching child elements of the XML objects.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    elements(name?: any): XMLList;
    /**
     * Checks whether the XMLList object contains complex content. An XMLList object is
     * considered to contain complex content if it is not empty and either of the following conditions is true:
     *
     *   The XMLList object contains a single XML item with complex content.The XMLList object contains elements.
     * @return	If the XMLList object contains complex content, then true; otherwise false.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    hasComplexContent(): boolean;
    /**
     * Checks for the property specified by p.
     * @param	p	The property to match.
     * @return	If the parameter exists, then true; otherwise false.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    hasOwnProperty(P?: any): boolean;
    /**
     * Checks whether the XMLList object contains simple content. An XMLList object is
     * considered to contain simple content if one or more of the following
     * conditions is true:
     * The XMLList object is emptyThe XMLList object contains a single XML item with simple contentThe XMLList object contains no elements
     * @return	If the XMLList contains simple content, then true; otherwise false.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    hasSimpleContent(): boolean;
    inScopeNamespaces(): any[];
    insertChildAfter(child1: any, child2: any): any;
    insertChildBefore(child1: any, child2: any): any;
    /**
     * Returns the number of properties in the XMLList object.
     * @return	The number of properties in the XMLList object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    length(): number;
    localName(): any;
    name(): any;
    namespace(prefix?: any): any;
    namespaceDeclarations(): any[];
    nodeKind(): string;
    /**
     * Merges adjacent text nodes and eliminates empty text nodes for each
     * of the following: all text nodes in the XMLList, all the XML objects
     * contained in the XMLList, and the descendants of all the XML objects in
     * the XMLList.
     * @return	The normalized XMLList object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    normalize(): XMLList;
    /**
     * Returns the parent of the XMLList object if all items in the XMLList object have the same parent.
     * If the XMLList object has no parent or different parents, the method returns undefined.
     * @return	Returns the parent XML object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    parent(): any;
    prependChild(value: any): XML;
    /**
     * If a name parameter is provided, lists all the children of the XMLList object that
     * contain processing instructions with that name. With no parameters, the method lists all the
     * children of the XMLList object that contain any processing instructions.
     * @param	name	The name of the processing instructions to match.
     * @return	An XMLList object that contains the processing instructions for each XML object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    processingInstructions(name?: any): XMLList;
    /**
     * Checks whether the property p is in the set of properties that can be iterated in a for..in statement
     * applied to the XMLList object. This is true only if toNumber(p) is greater than or equal to 0
     * and less than the length of the XMLList object.
     * @param	p	The index of a property to check.
     * @return	If the property can be iterated in a for..in statement, then true; otherwise false.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    propertyIsEnumerable(P?: any): boolean;
    removeNamespace(ns: any): XML;
    replace(propertyName: any, value: any): XML;
    setChildren(value: any): XML;
    setLocalName(name: any): void;
    setName(name: any): void;
    setNamespace(ns: any): void;
    /**
     * Calls the text() method of each XML
     * object and returns an XMLList object that contains the results.
     * @return	An XMLList object of all XML properties of the XMLList object that represent XML text nodes.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    text(): XMLList;
    toJSON(k: string): any;
    /**
     * Returns a string representation of all the XML objects in an XMLList object. The rules for
     * this conversion depend on whether the XML object has simple content or complex content:
     *
     *   If the XML object has simple content, toString() returns the string contents of the
     * XML object with  the following stripped out: the start tag, attributes, namespace declarations, and
     * end tag. If the XML object has complex content, toString() returns an XML encoded string
     * representing the entire XML object, including the start tag, attributes, namespace declarations,
     * and end tag.To return the entire XML object every time, use the toXMLString() method.
     * @return	The string representation of the XML object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    toString(): string;
    /**
     * Returns a string representation of all the XML objects in an XMLList object.
     * Unlike the toString() method, the toXMLString()
     * method always returns the start tag, attributes,
     * and end tag of the XML object, regardless of whether the XML object has simple content
     * or complex content. (The toString() method strips out these items for XML
     * objects that contain simple content.)
     * @return	The string representation of the XML object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    toXMLString(): string;
    /**
     * Returns the XMLList object.
     * @return	Returns the current XMLList object.
     * @langversion	3.0
     * @playerversion	Flash 9
     */
    valueOf(): XMLList;
}