/**
 * Author:
 * xtbj@cn.ibm.com
 */
import { AbstractSession, IProfile, IProfileSaved, IProfileLoaded } from "@zowe/imperative";
export declare class NVCoreUtil {
    static saveProfile(profileName: string, nvProfile: IProfile): Promise<IProfileSaved>;
    /**
     * Loads default z/OSMF profile. The profile must have already been
     * created using Zowe CLI, and not rely on base profiles
     *
     * @param {string} profileType - The name of the profile type
     * @param {boolean} mergeWithBase - Whether or not to merge with the base profile
     * @returns {IProfile} - The default profile (or merged profile, if requested)
     */
    static getDefaultProfile(): Promise<IProfileLoaded>;
    /**
     * Handle base path to connect to rest service from APIML
     * @returns {string} - Returns the API URI
     */
    static handleBasePath(session: AbstractSession): string;
    /**
     * Retrieves the Zowe CLI home directory. In the situation Imperative has
     * not initialized it we mock a default value.
     * @returns {string} - Returns the Zowe home directory
     */
    private static getZoweDir;
}