import type { PropertiesNode } from './nodes.js';
/** Result of parsing a `.properties` file. */
export type ParseResult = {
    /** Whether the content starts with a BOM character. */
    hasBom: boolean;
    /** The detected end-of-line character sequence. */
    eolCharacter: string;
    /** All parsed nodes in file order. */
    nodes: PropertiesNode[];
};
/**
 * Parse a `.properties` file into a lossless sequence of nodes.
 *
 * Every element in the file — properties, comments, and blank lines — is
 * preserved in order. Duplicate keys are all retained. The original content
 * can be reconstructed exactly by joining node raw lines with the EOL
 * character.
 *
 * @param content - The content of a `.properties` file.
 *
 * @returns The parse result with BOM info, detected EOL, and ordered nodes.
 */
export declare const parseDocument: (content: string | Buffer) => ParseResult;