import type { Element } from '@xmldom/xmldom';
import type { ReplacementValue } from './replacement-keys.js';
export interface PatchResult {
    outputPath: string;
    zeroMatchKeys: string[];
}
/**
 * Patch a DOCX document by replacing bracketed placeholders with template tags.
 * Uses a char_map algorithm to handle cross-run replacements where Word splits
 * placeholder text across multiple XML run elements.
 *
 * Supports two key syntax types:
 * - Simple: "search text" → replaces all occurrences
 * - Context: "context > placeholder" → in tables, replaces placeholder in rows
 *   where label matches; in paragraphs, replaces first placeholder after context
 *
 * Processing order: context keys first, simple keys last.
 * This ensures qualified rules claim their targets before simple rules sweep up the rest.
 */
export interface PatchOptions {
    /** Hex color (e.g. "000000") to apply to replacement text. When set, the
     *  patcher explicitly sets <w:color> on runs that receive replacement text,
     *  overriding any inherited placeholder styling (e.g. gray). */
    replacementColor?: string;
}
export declare function patchDocument(inputPath: string, outputPath: string, replacements: Record<string, ReplacementValue>, options?: PatchOptions): Promise<PatchResult>;
/**
 * Get the text content of the first table cell (label cell) in the same row
 * as the paragraph. Returns null if the paragraph is not inside a table cell.
 */
export declare function getTableRowContext(para: Element): string | null;
export declare function getRunText(run: Element): string;
/**
 * Check if a run is safe to remove when its text is empty.
 * Returns true only if all element children are <w:rPr> or <w:t>.
 * Returns false if the run contains drawings, fields, breaks, or other non-text elements.
 */
export declare function isRunSafeToRemove(run: Element): boolean;
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