import Joi from "joi";
type Options = {
    /** Custom error message, will be followed by validation errors from Joi */
    message?: string;
};
/**
 * Validates an object against to a JOI schema
 *
 * @example
 * import { validate } from "@eng-automation/js";
 * import { configSchema } from "./utils";
 *
 * const myConfig: unknown = JSON.parse(jsonString);
 * const config: ConfigurationFile validate<ConfigurationFile>(config, configSchema, { message: "Configuration file is invalid" });
 *
 * @param item the javascript object to be parsed.
 * @param schema the [JOI.schema object]({@link https://joi.dev/api/})
 * @param options an object with a message value. See example.
 * @returns the objected converted to the given type
 */
export declare function validate<T>(item: unknown, schema: Joi.Schema, options?: Options): T;
export {};