import type { HsonNode } from "./types.js";
export type OrdinaryHsonStructure = Readonly<{
    kind: "empty-element";
}> | Readonly<{
    kind: "legacy-empty-element-wrapper";
    cluster: HsonNode;
}> | Readonly<{
    kind: "element";
    cluster: HsonNode;
}> | Readonly<{
    kind: "object";
    cluster: HsonNode;
}> | Readonly<{
    kind: "object-scalar";
    cluster: HsonNode;
}> | Readonly<{
    kind: "array";
    cluster: HsonNode;
}> | Readonly<{
    kind: "invalid";
    reason: string;
}>;
/**
 * Classify the structural relationship retained by one ordinary Hson node.
 *
 * This is deliberately shallow: descendants are validated by the invariant
 * walker in their parent branch. The classifier never mutates, normalizes, or
 * infers structure from names, attributes, metadata, or source spelling.
 */
export declare function classify_ordinary_hson_structure(node: HsonNode): OrdinaryHsonStructure;
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