import type { Root } from "../../core/Root";
import { Entity } from "../../core/util/Entity";
import { Container } from "../../core/render/Container";
export declare class MissingRefError extends Error {
    refName: string;
    constructor(refName: string);
}
export interface IParseSettings {
    /**
     * Container to add the parsed chart to, usually `root.container`. The
     * config must then build a [[Sprite]].
     */
    parent?: Container;
    /**
     * What a config block with a `type` does to an object that is already
     * there: `"strict"` replaces it with a new object of that type; `"soft"`
     * replaces it only if its type differs, and otherwise applies the block to
     * it, as if the block had no `type`.
     *
     * @default "strict"
     * @since 5.20.3
     */
    updateTargets?: "strict" | "soft";
}
/**
 * Builds charts from JSON configs.
 *
 * @see {@link https://www.amcharts.com/docs/v5/concepts/serializing/} for more info
 * @since 5.3.0
 */
export declare class JsonParser {
    protected _root: Root;
    /**
     * IMPORTANT! Do not instantiate this class via `new Class()` syntax.
     *
     * Use static method `Class.new()` instead.
     *
     * @see {@link https://www.amcharts.com/docs/v5/getting-started/#New_element_syntax} for more info
     * @ignore
     */
    constructor(root: Root, isReal: boolean);
    /**
     * Use this method to create an instance of this class.
     *
     * @see {@link https://www.amcharts.com/docs/v5/getting-started/#New_element_syntax} for more info
     * @param   root      Root element
     * @return            Instantiated object
     */
    static new<C extends typeof JsonParser, T extends InstanceType<C>>(this: C, root: Root): T;
    /**
     * Builds the chart objects a config describes, loading the classes it
     * needs first.
     *
     * @param   object    Config, as a plain object
     * @param   settings  Parse settings
     * @return            A promise of the object the config builds, usually the chart
     */
    parse<E extends Entity>(object: unknown, settings?: IParseSettings): Promise<E>;
    /**
     * Builds the chart objects a config describes, from a JSON string.
     *
     * @param   string    JSON string
     * @param   settings  Parse settings
     * @return            A promise of the object the config builds, usually the chart
     */
    parseString<E extends Entity>(string: string, settings?: IParseSettings): Promise<E>;
}
/**
 * Registers a class so that it can be parsed and instantiated by JSON parser.
 *
 * @param  name  Class name
 * @param  ref   Class reference
 * @ignore
 */
export declare function registerCustomClass(name: string, ref: any): void;
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