import { ValveSection, RuleType } from './config-permission';
/**
 * Validates a rule. Makes sure that the rule is either a boolean or a string,
 * that it doesn't contain the new keyword or unsupported function invocations
 * and that it can be compiled into a javascript function
 */
export declare const validate: (rule: string | boolean, section: ValveSection, type: RuleType) => boolean | string;
/**
 * Cross References:
 *
 * Cross references are denoted with an underscore function _()
 * They can take path variables: _($someId)
 * variables from data: _(data.someValue)
 * or strings: _('user/egon')
 */
export declare const parse: (rule: boolean | string, variables: any) => any;