/**
 * Shared text-processing utilities for Gradle DSL parsers.
 * Used by settings-catalogs-parser.ts and plugins-block-parser.ts.
 */
/**
 * Strips single-line (`//`) and block (`/* ... *\/`) comments from Gradle DSL content.
 */
export declare function stripComments(content: string): string;
/**
 * Finds the brace-balanced block following `keyword` in `content`, searching from `fromIdx`.
 * Returns `{ inner, end }` where `inner` is the content between `{` and its matching `}`,
 * and `end` is the index just past the closing `}`. Returns null if not found or unbalanced.
 */
export declare function findFirstBlock(content: string, keyword: string, fromIdx?: number): {
    inner: string;
    end: number;
} | null;
/**
 * Extracts the inner content of the first brace-balanced block following `keyword`.
 * Returns null if not found or unbalanced.
 */
export declare function extractBlock(content: string, keyword: string): string | null;
/**
 * Extracts the first brace-balanced block starting at position `fromIdx` in `content`
 * (i.e. searches for the opening `{` from that position without requiring a keyword match).
 * Returns null if not found or unbalanced.
 */
export declare function extractBlockAt(content: string, fromIdx: number): string | null;
/**
 * Finds all occurrences of `keyword` in `content` and returns the inner content
 * of the brace-balanced block following each occurrence.
 */
export declare function findAllBlocks(content: string, keyword: string): string[];