import { PartialPackage } from './types';
/**
 * Interface for return values of functions in this module.
 */
export interface ReturnValue {
    /**
     * The operation result.
     */
    result: boolean;
    /**
     * If the operation was unsuccessful, this property contains an error message.
     */
    errorMessage?: string;
}
/**
 * Checks, whether the given package definition file is a usable file.
 * @param {string} absolutePackageDefinitionPath The (absolute) path to the package definition file.
 * @returns {ReturnValue} The result key contains the success of the operation. If false, errorMessage contains an error message.
 */
export declare const checkPackageDefinitionFile: (absolutePackageDefinitionPath: string) => ReturnValue;
/**
 * Checks, whether the given output path is a usable director. It creates the directory if it does not exist.
 * @param {string} absoluteOutputDirPath The (absolute) path of the output directory.
 * @returns {ReturnValue} The result key contains the success of the operation. If false, errorMessage contains an error message.
 */
export declare const prepareOutputDirectory: (absoluteOutputDirPath: string) => ReturnValue;
/**
 * Reads the package definition file and returns its content as an object.
 * @param {string} absolutePackageDefinitionPath The (absolute) path to the package definition file.
 * @returns {PartialPackage} A partial package definition.
 */
export declare const readPackageDefinitionFile: (absolutePackageDefinitionPath: string) => PartialPackage;
/**
 * Reads a file relative to a package definition and returns its content.
 * @param {string} relativeFilePath The path of the file to read, relative to the package definition file.
 * @param {string} absolutePackageDefinitionPath The absolute path to the package definition file.
 * @returns {string} The contents of the given file.
 */
export declare const readScriptFileRelativeToDefintion: (relativeFilePath: string, absolutePackageDefinitionPath: string) => string;
/**
 * Writes the given content to the given file path to disk.
 * @param {string} jsonContent The JSON document (string) to write to disk.
 * @param {string} outputPath The file name to write the content to.
 */
export declare const writePackageDefinition: (jsonContent: string, outputPath: string) => void;