import '../proof/patch-domhandler.ts';
export interface DomAnchor {
    xPath: string;
    /** Byte range of the element in the source html (parse5 source locations),
     *  matching the slice the attestor reveals for this xPath. */
    start: number;
    end: number;
}
/**
 * A verified xPath to the tightest element containing one of `targets`, or
 * undefined if the value isn't present in the parsed tree. Prefers a short
 * stable selector (unique id → identifying attr → class), falling back to an
 * absolute child-indexed path (`/html[1]/body[1]/…/option[1]`). Every candidate
 * is checked with the real `xpath` engine and only returned if it resolves,
 * first-match, to that exact element.
 */
export declare function elementAnchor(html: string, targets: string[]): DomAnchor | undefined;