import type { FieldDef, QueryFieldDef, TypeDesc, AtomicFieldDef, TurtleDef } from '../../../model/malloy_types';
import { SpaceEntry } from './space-entry';
import type { FieldSpace } from './field-space';
export declare abstract class SpaceField extends SpaceEntry {
    readonly refType = "field";
    protected fieldTypeFromFieldDef(def: AtomicFieldDef): TypeDesc;
    protected turtleTypeFromTurtleDef(def: TurtleDef): TypeDesc;
    protected typeFromFieldDef(def: AtomicFieldDef | TurtleDef): TypeDesc;
    getQueryFieldDef(_fs: FieldSpace): QueryFieldDef | undefined;
    fieldDef(): FieldDef | undefined;
    /**
     * Called by field reference code generation to gain access to the
     * annotation properties on the field being referenced. ColumnSpaceFields
     * will have the original field def, and will implement this method,
     * nothing else should be referencable, but if somehow one of those is
     * referenced, don't bother to compute the fieldDef.
     */
    constructorFieldDef(): FieldDef | undefined;
}