import type { Adapter, CompiledQuery } from '../types';
export declare function findAll<Node, ElementNode extends Node>(query: CompiledQuery<ElementNode>, nodes: ReadonlyArray<Node>, adapter: Adapter<Node, ElementNode>, xmlMode: boolean): ElementNode[];
export declare function findOne<Node, ElementNode extends Node>(query: CompiledQuery<ElementNode>, nodes: ReadonlyArray<Node>, adapter: Adapter<Node, ElementNode>, xmlMode: boolean): ElementNode | null;
/**
 * Convert the user-supplied root into a search context. Mirrors
 * `css-select`'s `prepareContext` — a single root node is replaced by its
 * children (so the root itself isn't a candidate); arrays go through
 * `removeSubsets` to avoid testing nested selections twice.
 */
export declare function prepareContext<Node, ElementNode extends Node>(elements: Node | Node[], adapter: Adapter<Node, ElementNode>): ReadonlyArray<Node>;