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*/
/**
* @module table/tablecaption/tablecaptionediting
*/
import { Plugin } from "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core";
import { ModelElement } from "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine";
/**
* The table caption editing plugin.
*/
export declare class TableCaptionEditing extends Plugin {
	/**
	* A map that keeps saved JSONified table captions and table model elements they are
	* associated with.
	*
	* To learn more about this system, see {@link #_saveCaption}.
	*/
	private _savedCaptionsMap;
	/**
	* A map that keeps generated ids for table captions to reuse them if the same caption is rendered again.
	*/
	private _captionIdsMapping;
	/**
	* @inheritDoc
	*/
	static get pluginName(): "TableCaptionEditing";
	/**
	* @inheritDoc
	*/
	static override get isOfficialPlugin(): true;
	/**
	* @inheritDoc
	*/
	init(): void;
	/**
	* Returns the saved {@link module:engine/model/element~ModelElement#toJSON JSONified} caption
	* of a table model element.
	*
	* See {@link #_saveCaption}.
	*
	* @internal
	* @param tableModelElement The model element the caption should be returned for.
	* @returns The model caption element or `null` if there is none.
	*/
	_getSavedCaption(tableModelElement: ModelElement): ModelElement | null;
	/**
	* Saves a {@link module:engine/model/element~ModelElement#toJSON JSONified} caption for
	* a table element to allow restoring it in the future.
	*
	* A caption is saved every time it gets hidden. The
	* user should be able to restore it on demand.
	*
	* **Note**: The caption cannot be stored in the table model element attribute because,
	* for instance, when the model state propagates to collaborators, the attribute would get
	* lost (mainly because it does not convert to anything when the caption is hidden) and
	* the states of collaborators' models would de-synchronize causing numerous issues.
	*
	* See {@link #_getSavedCaption}.
	*
	* @internal
	* @param tableModelElement The model element the caption is saved for.
	* @param caption The caption model element to be saved.
	*/
	_saveCaption(tableModelElement: ModelElement, caption: ModelElement): void;
}