//#region src/wkt/fieldmask.d.ts
/**
 * One field entry in a {@link FieldMaskSchema}: its wire-format name and, for message-typed fields, a lazy reference to the nested message's schema. Array, map, enum, and scalar fields omit `children`.
 */
interface FieldMaskSchemaField {
  readonly wire: string;
  readonly children?: () => FieldMaskSchema;
}
/**
 * Structural description of one message's FieldMask-reachable fields. Maps each typescript field name to its wire-format name and, for message-typed fields, a lazy `() => FieldMaskSchema` reference that lets recursive and mutually-recursive messages describe themselves.
 */
type FieldMaskSchema = Readonly<Record<string, FieldMaskSchemaField>>;
/**
 * A field mask implementing google.protobuf.FieldMask semantics.
 */
declare class FieldMask<T = unknown> {
  private readonly _tag;
  private readonly paths;
  private constructor();
  /**
   * Build a FieldMask from typescript field name paths against the target message's schema. Validates every path by walking each segment through the schema and throws Error when any segment fails.
   *
   * Reserved for generated per-message factories; user code should call the factory (e.g. `alertFieldMask(...)`), which supplies the schema before delegating here.
   *
   * @internal
   */
  static build<T>(paths: string[], schema: FieldMaskSchema): FieldMask<T>;
  /**
   * Serialize the mask to the wire-format string.
   */
  toString(): string;
}
//#endregion
export { FieldMask, FieldMaskSchema, FieldMaskSchemaField };
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