import { MaybePromise } from '../util/promises';
import { URI } from '../util/uri';
export declare const defaultReferenceMergePolicy = "by_keyword";
export type ReferenceMergePolicy = 'by_keyword' | 'overwrite' | 'none' | 'default';
export type DereferenceOptions = {
    defaultJSONSchemaDialect?: URI;
    cloned?: boolean;
    retrieve?: (uri: URI) => any;
    baseURI?: URI;
    referenceMergePolicy?: ReferenceMergePolicy;
};
export type AsyncDereferenceOptions = Omit<DereferenceOptions, 'retrieve'> & {
    retrieve?: (uri: URI) => Promise<any>;
};
export declare function dereferenceOpenAPI(openAPI: any, options?: DereferenceOptions | AsyncDereferenceOptions): MaybePromise<any>;