import { AbstractNode } from './abstract_node';
import { AbstractElement } from './abstract_element';
export declare type DocCreator = (xmlstr: string) => AbstractDocument;
export declare abstract class AbstractDocument {
    abstract root(): AbstractElement;
    abstract equals(other: AbstractDocument): boolean;
    abstract createElement(name: string, nsUri?: string): AbstractElement;
    abstract createTextNode(value: string): AbstractNode;
    abstract serialize(pretty?: boolean): string;
}