import { IStringOptions } from "../options";
  import XmlNode from "./XmlNode";
  /**
   * Represents character data in an XML document.
   *
   * Restricted characters, such as the ampersand (`&`), the opening angle
   * bracket (`<`), and the closing angle bracket (`>`) when it appears in the
   * string `]]>`, are all automatically escaped.
   *
   * To create an character reference or entity reference, you should use
   * {@link XmlCharRef} or {@link XmlEntityRef} respectively instead.
   *
   * XmlCharData nodes cannot have any children.
   */
  export default class XmlCharData extends XmlNode {
      private _charData;
      /**
       * Initializes a new instance of the {@link XmlCharData} class.
       *
       * @param charData Character data.
       */
      constructor(charData: string);
      /**
       * Gets the character data associated with this node.
       *
       * @returns The character data associated with this node.
       */
      /**
       * Sets the character data associated with this node.
       *
       * @param charData Character data.
       */
      charData: string;
      /**
       * Throws an exception since {@link XmlCharData} nodes cannot have any
       * children.
       *
       * @returns This method does not return.
       */
      children(): XmlNode[];
      /**
       * Throws an exception since {@link XmlCharData} nodes cannot have any
       * children.
       *
       * @param node This parameter is unused.
       * @param index This parameter is unused.
       *
       * @returns This method does not return.
       */
      insertChild(node: XmlNode, index?: number): XmlNode | undefined;
      /**
       * Throws an exception since {@link XmlCharData} nodes cannot have any
       * children.
       *
       * @param node This parameter is unused.
       *
       * @returns This method does not return.
       */
      removeChild(node: XmlNode): boolean;
      /**
       * Throws an exception since {@link XmlCharData} nodes cannot have any
       * children.
       *
       * @param index This parameter is unused.
       *
       * @returns This method does not return.
       */
      removeChildAtIndex(index: number): XmlNode;
      /**
       * Returns an XML string representation of this node.
       *
       * @param options Formatting options for the string representation.
       *
       * @returns {string} An XML string representation of this node.
       */
      toString(options?: IStringOptions): string;
  }