/**
 * Azure Resource Manager template serializer.
 *
 * Converts Declarable entities into ARM template JSON with:
 * - resources[] array (not keyed by logical name like CloudFormation)
 * - apiVersion per resource (from lexicon registry)
 * - Resource-level fields (sku, kind, identity, tags, zones, plan, location)
 *   hoisted from properties
 * - ARM bracket expression references
 * - parameters, outputs sections
 */
import type { Serializer } from "@intentius/chant/serializer";
export declare function apiVersionRegistryCandidates(dir?: string): string[];
export declare function loadApiVersions(candidates?: string[]): Map<string, string>;
/** Test hook: drop the cached registry so the next lookup reloads it. */
export declare function resetApiVersionCache(): void;
/**
 * Registry lookup without the serializer's fallback: the pinned apiVersion for
 * `resourceType`, or `undefined` when neither the overrides nor the generated
 * registry know the type. ARM resource types are case-insensitive and the live
 * listing does not always echo the casing the registry uses, so the match is
 * case-insensitive too. Used by prune (#1472), which needs an apiVersion for a
 * type the current template no longer declares.
 */
export declare function lookupApiVersion(resourceType: string): string | undefined;
export declare function getApiVersion(resourceType: string): string;
/**
 * Azure ARM template serializer implementation.
 */
export declare const azureSerializer: Serializer;
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