import { GraphQLNamedType } from 'graphql';
import { Instantiator } from '../types';
import { TypeResolvingContext } from '../type-expression/types';
import { Reference } from './Reference';
export declare type DefinitionKind = 'any' | 'input' | 'output';
export interface DefinitionConfig {
    definitionClass: Function | null;
    definitionName: string;
    description?: string;
    directives?: any;
}
/**
 * Contain configs required to build named GraphQL types.
 * Guarantee its type instance only created once.
 */
export declare class Definition<TConfig extends DefinitionConfig = DefinitionConfig> {
    readonly config: TConfig;
    readonly kind: DefinitionKind;
    readonly definitionClass: Function | null;
    readonly definitionName: string;
    readonly description: string | undefined;
    constructor(config: TConfig);
    protected graphqlType: GraphQLNamedType;
    getOrCreateTypeInstance(context: TypeResolvingContext): GraphQLNamedType;
    findReference<T extends Reference>(context: TypeResolvingContext, referenceClass: {
        new (v: any): T;
    }): T[];
    /**
     * Build GraphQLType instance from metadata.
     */
    buildTypeInstance(context: TypeResolvingContext): GraphQLNamedType;
    buildInstantiator(context: TypeResolvingContext): Instantiator;
}
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