import * as THREE from 'three';
import type { BaseScatterConfig, LODConfig, NoiseDistributionConfig, DensityMapConfig, ScatterEvents } from '../core';
/**
 * Serialized scatter system data
 */
export interface ScatterSaveData {
    /** System type identifier */
    type: string;
    /** Serialized configuration */
    config: SerializedScatterConfig;
    /** Snapshot of instance transforms (optional) */
    instances?: SerializedInstance[];
}
/**
 * Serialized instance transform
 */
export interface SerializedInstance {
    position: [number, number, number];
    rotation: [number, number, number];
    scale: [number, number, number];
}
/**
 * Serialized configuration (JSON-safe version of BaseScatterConfig)
 */
export interface SerializedScatterConfig {
    density: number;
    maxInstances?: number;
    visibilityRange: number;
    chunkSize?: number;
    scaleRange?: [number, number];
    rotationRange?: [number, number];
    heightOffset?: number;
    alignToNormal?: boolean;
    randomSeed?: number;
    showChunksDebug?: boolean;
    noiseDistribution?: NoiseDistributionConfig;
    lod?: LODConfig;
    densityMap?: Omit<DensityMapConfig, 'worldBounds'> & {
        worldBounds: {
            min: [number, number];
            max: [number, number];
        };
    };
    [key: string]: unknown;
}
/**
 * Utility class for serializing and deserializing scatter system configurations
 */
export declare class ScatterSerializer {
    /**
     * Serialize a BaseScatterConfig to a JSON-safe object
     */
    static serializeConfig(config: BaseScatterConfig): SerializedScatterConfig;
    /**
     * Deserialize a configuration back to Three.js objects
     */
    static deserializeConfig(serialized: SerializedScatterConfig, source: THREE.Mesh | THREE.Group, events?: ScatterEvents): BaseScatterConfig;
    /**
     * Serialize to JSON string
     */
    static toJSON(config: BaseScatterConfig, type: string): string;
    /**
     * Deserialize from JSON string
     */
    static fromJSON(json: string, source: THREE.Mesh | THREE.Group, events?: ScatterEvents): {
        type: string;
        config: BaseScatterConfig;
    };
}
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