import type { CollectionAfterChangeHook, CollectionBeforeReadHook } from 'payload';
import type { PageCollectionConfig } from '../types/PageCollectionConfig.js';
/**
 * Returns the fields that the setVirtualFields hook depends on to correctly generate the virtual fields.
 */
export declare function dependentFields(collectionConfig: PageCollectionConfig): string[];
/**
 * A [CollectionBeforeReadHook] that sets the values for all virtual fields (path, breadcrumbs, alternatePaths) before a document is read.
 *
 * A "before read" hook is used, because it is fired before localized fields are flattened which is necessary for generating the alternate paths.
 */
export declare const setVirtualFieldsBeforeRead: CollectionBeforeReadHook;
/**
 * A `CollectionAfterChangeHook` that sets the values for all virtual fields.
 *
 * This hook is NOT redundant with `setVirtualFieldsBeforeRead` — Payload does not call
 * `beforeRead` hooks during create/update operations (only `afterRead` hooks fire).
 * Therefore this `afterChange` hook is the only way to compute virtual fields on `doc`
 * and `previousDoc` after a document is created or updated.
 */
export declare const setVirtualFieldsAfterChange: CollectionAfterChangeHook;