import type { Schema as ISchema, ShapeSerializer } from "@smithy/types";
import { SerdeContextConfig } from "../ConfigurableSerdeContext";
import type { XmlSettings } from "./XmlCodec";
/**
 * @public
 */
export declare class XmlShapeSerializer extends SerdeContextConfig implements ShapeSerializer<string | Uint8Array> {
    readonly settings: XmlSettings;
    private stringBuffer?;
    private byteBuffer?;
    private buffer?;
    constructor(settings: XmlSettings);
    write(schema: ISchema, value: unknown): void;
    flush(): string | Uint8Array;
    private writeStruct;
    private writeList;
    private writeMap;
    private writeSimple;
    private writeSimpleInto;
    private getXmlnsAttribute;
}