/**
 * The base class for all ContractCase State Descriptors. You shouldn't need to
 * extend this.
 *
 * You don't need to read the documentation for this class unless you are working
 * on a wrapper for ContractCase.
 *
 * @public
 */
export declare abstract class AnyState {
    /** @internal */
    readonly '_case:state:type': string;
    /** The name of this state, used to determine which state handler to run */
    readonly stateName: string;
    /**
     * The base class for all ContractCase State Descriptors. You shouldn't need to
     * extend this.
     *
     * You don't need to read the documentation for this class unless you are working
     * on a wrapper for ContractCase.
     *
     * @param stateName - The name of the state used by this example. This must
     * match one of the state handlers provided in the configuration during the
     * example run.
     */
    constructor(stateType: string, stateName: string);
    /**
     * You shouldn't need to override or call this method.
     *
     * It exists because the ContractCase matcher format is not legal in all languages that ContractCase supports.
     *
     * It isn't called by any implementation directly, it's used on the javascript side by `JSON.stringify()`.
     *
     * Calling it from a wrapper library will return unhelpful results, as JSii can't map all objects that it returns.
     *
     * WARNING: Do not return a string from this method. You must instead return
     * an object that can be serialised to JSON following the matcher format
     * described in [Extending ContractCase](https://case.contract-testing.io/docs/reference/plugin-framework).
     *
     * @returns An object in the matcher format described [in the Extending ContractCase documentation](https://case.contract-testing.io/docs/reference/plugin-framework).
     */
    toJSON(): unknown;
    /**
     * You shouldn't need to override this method. You don't need to call this
     * method, unless working on a wrapper for ContractCase.
     *
     * This method returns the entire state descriptor as a JSON string, as a convenience
     * so that wrapper libraries don't need to figure out how to walk a tree of example objects.
     *
     * @returns A JSON string representation of this state.
     */
    stringify(): string;
}
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