import { InstanceRoot } from './Instance';
/**
 * Serialize an Instance tree to a minimal Roblox XML (.rbxmx/.rbxlx) representation.
 * This function produces an XML string that can be saved as a .rbxmx/.rbxlx file.
 *
 * Note: Only primitive property types are serialized (string/number/boolean).
 * Other types (Vector3, CFrame, etc.) are converted to their string
 * representation via `toString()`. SharedString and Attributes are ignored.
 *
 * @param root The root InstanceRoot returned by parseBuffer().
 */
/**
 * Convert the provided Instance tree into a Roblox XML representation.  The
 * resulting XML is intended to be saved as a .rbxmx or .rbxlx file.  This
 * serializer attempts to follow the structure produced by Roblox Studio as
 * closely as practical.  Each Instance becomes an <Item> element with a
 * class and referent attribute; properties are serialized using the
 * appropriate tag based on their type.  Unknown property types fall back
 * to string representation.  Note: this serializer does not include
 * attributes or custom shared string tables.
 *
 * @param root The root container returned by parseBuffer().
 */
export declare function toXmlString(root: InstanceRoot): string;