import { Artifact, Generation, GenerationLike } from '@dolittle/sdk.artifacts';
import { EventTypeAlias } from './EventTypeAlias';
import { EventTypeId, EventTypeIdLike } from './EventTypeId';
/**
 * Represents the type of an event.
 */
export declare class EventType extends Artifact<EventTypeId> {
    readonly alias?: EventTypeAlias | undefined;
    /**
     * Initializes a new instance of {@link EventType} class.
     * @param {EventTypeId} id - The unique identifier of the event type.
     * @param {Generation} [generation] - Optional generation - will default to {@link generation.first}.
     * @param {EventTypeAlias} [alias] - Optional alias.
     */
    constructor(id: EventTypeId, generation?: Generation, alias?: EventTypeAlias | undefined);
    /**
     * Gets a value indicating whether there is an alias for the Event Type.
     * @returns {boolean} A value indicating whether there is an alias for the Event Type.
     */
    hasAlias(): boolean;
    /** @inheritdoc */
    toString(): string;
    /**
     * Creates an instance of {@link EventType} from an event type id and generation.
     * @param {EventTypeIdLike} id - The Event Type Id.
     * @param {GenerationLike} generation - The generation of the Event Type.
     * @returns {EventType} The created event type.
     */
    static from(id: EventTypeIdLike, generation?: GenerationLike): EventType;
}
/**
 * Checks whether or not an object is an instance of {@link EventType}.
 * @param {any} object - The object to check.
 * @returns {boolean} True if the object is an {@link EventType}, false if not.
 */
export declare const isEventType: (object: any) => object is EventType;
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