import { RegistryConfig, Registry } from './models';
export { Maintainer, PackageInfo, REGISTRY_UNAVAILABLE_ERROR, Registry, RegistryConfig, RegistryFailureReason, RegistryUnavailableDetails, RegistryUnavailableError, VersionInfo, createPackageInfo, createRegistryUnavailableError, createVersionInfo, isRegistryUnavailableError } from './models';
export { AbsentLookupFailure, Cache, CacheEntry, NpmLookupFailure, UnavailableLookupFailure, classifyNpmError, createCache, createNpmRegistry, escapePackageName, escapeVersion } from './npm';

/**
 * Supported registry types.
 */
type RegistryType = 'npm';
/**
 * Creates a registry client.
 *
 * @param type - Type of registry to create
 * @param config - Registry configuration
 * @returns A Registry instance
 *
 * @example Creating an npm registry client
 * const registry = createRegistry('npm')
 * const version = await registry.getLatestVersion('lodash')
 */
declare function createRegistry(type?: RegistryType, config?: RegistryConfig): Registry;

export { createRegistry };
export type { RegistryType };