/** Reserved key holding an element's own text content when the element is represented as a
 *  record (because it also carries attributes). '#' is not a legal XML name char, so it never
 *  collides with a real attribute or child-element name. */
export declare const TEXT_KEY = "#text";
export declare function readXml(span: string | null | undefined, caseInsensitive: boolean): Record<string, unknown>;
/**
 * Rootless read: parse the WHOLE text's top-level elements directly, with no enclosing root
 * element to strip (a flat sequence like `<a>..</a><b>..</b>`). Used for `ExtractOptions.rootless`
 * responses. Leading/trailing non-element text is ignored. Never throws. Mirrors Java readRootless.
 */
export declare function readXmlRootless(text: string | null | undefined, caseInsensitive: boolean): Record<string, unknown>;
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