/** A parsed XML element. `attrs` preserves declared attributes (entity-decoded);
 *  `children` are child elements in document order; `text` is the concatenated
 *  direct text content (trimmed), used for elements like `conditionExpression`. */
export interface XmlElement {
    /** The qualified name as written, e.g. `bpmn:serviceTask` or `process`. */
    name: string;
    attrs: Record<string, string>;
    children: XmlElement[];
    text: string;
}
/** The local (un-prefixed) name of an element or attribute. */
export declare function localName(qualified: string): string;
/** Parse an XML document into its root element. Throws on a malformed document
 *  (unbalanced tags, no root, or more than one top-level element). Comments,
 *  CDATA, the `<?xml?>` prolog and other processing instructions are handled;
 *  CDATA content contributes to `text`. */
export declare function parseXml(xml: string): XmlElement;