import type { PipeSegment } from '../../../model/malloy_types';
import type { QueryOperationSpace } from '../field-space/query-spaces';
import type { ViewOrScalarFieldReference } from '../query-items/field-references';
import type { SourceFieldSpace } from '../types/field-space';
import type { PipelineComp } from '../types/pipeline-comp';
import { View } from './view';
/**
 * A view operation that is just a reference to another view or a
 * scalar field (the latter of which only works when the `scalar_lenses`)
 * experiment is enabled.
 *
 * e.g. `by_carrier` in `flights -> by_carrier`
 * e.g. `carrier.nickname` in `nest: carrier.nickname`
 */
export declare class ReferenceView extends View {
    readonly reference: ViewOrScalarFieldReference;
    elementType: string;
    constructor(reference: ViewOrScalarFieldReference);
    pipelineComp(fs: SourceFieldSpace, _isNestIn: QueryOperationSpace): PipelineComp;
    _pipelineComp(fs: SourceFieldSpace, { forRefinement }?: {
        forRefinement: boolean;
    }): PipelineComp & {
        error?: boolean;
    };
    private getRefinement;
    refine(inputFS: SourceFieldSpace, pipeline: PipeSegment[], _isNestIn: QueryOperationSpace | undefined): PipeSegment[];
    getImplicitName(): string | undefined;
}