import { PropertySchema } from "./decorators";
import { ClassType } from "@marcj/estdlib";
/**
 * Converts a argument of a method from class to plain.
 */
export declare function argumentClassToPlain<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, methodName: string, argument: number, value: any): any;
/**
 * Converts a result type of a method from class to plain.
 */
export declare function methodResultClassToPlain<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, methodName: string, value: any): any;
/**
 * Converts an argument of a method from class to plain.
 */
export declare function argumentPlainToClass<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, methodName: string, argument: number, value: any): any;
/**
 * Converts a single property value.
 */
export declare function propertyClassToPlain<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, propertyName: string, propertyValue: any, propertySchema?: PropertySchema): any;
/**
 * Converts a result type of a method from class to plain.
 */
export declare function methodResultPlainToClass<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, methodName: string, value: any): any;
/**
 * Clones a class instance deeply.
 */
export declare function cloneClass<T>(target: T, parents?: any[]): T;
/**
 * Converts a class instance into a plain object, which can be used with JSON.stringify() to convert it into a JSON string.
 */
export declare function classToPlain<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, target: T, options?: {
    excludeReferences?: boolean;
}): any;
/**
 * Takes a regular object with partial fields defined of classType and converts only them into the class variant.
 *
 * Returns a new regular object again.
 */
export declare function partialPlainToClass<T, K extends keyof T>(classType: ClassType<T>, target: {
    [path: string]: any;
}, parents?: any[]): Partial<{
    [F in K]: any;
}>;
/**
 * Takes a object with partial class fields defined of classType and converts only them into the plain variant.
 *
 * Returns a new regular object again.
 */
export declare function partialClassToPlain<T, K extends keyof T>(classType: ClassType<T>, target: {
    [path: string]: any;
}): Partial<{
    [F in K]: any;
}>;
/**
 * Take a regular object literal and returns an instance of classType.
 * Missing data is either replaced by the default value of that property or undefined.
 *
 * This method does not validate the given data. Use either [[validatedPlainToClass]] to validate beforehand
 * or use [[validate]] on your newly created instance.
 *
 * ```typescript
 * const entity = plainToClass(MyEntity, {field1: 'value'});
 * entity instanceof MyEntity; //true
 * ```
 */
export declare function plainToClass<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, data: object, parents?: any[]): T;
/**
 * Same as [plainToClass] but with validation before creating the class instance.
 *
 * ```typescript
 * try {
 *     const entity = await validatedPlainToClass(MyEntity, {field1: 'value'});
 *     entity instanceof MyEntity; //true
 * } catch (error) {
 *     if (error instanceof ValidationFailed) {
 *         //handle that case.
 *     }
 * }
 * ```
 */
export declare function validatedPlainToClass<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, data: object, parents?: any[]): T;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function deleteExcludedPropertiesFor<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, item: any, target: 'mongo' | 'plain'): void;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function getIdField<T>(classType: ClassType<T>): (keyof T & string) | undefined;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function getDecorator<T>(classType: ClassType<T>): string | undefined;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function getRegisteredProperties<T>(classType: ClassType<T>): string[];
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function isArrayType<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, property: string): boolean;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function isMapType<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, property: string): boolean;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function isEnumAllowLabelsAsValue<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, property: string): boolean;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function isExcluded<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, property: string, wantedTarget: string): boolean;
export declare function getEntityName<T>(classType: ClassType<T>): string;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function getDatabaseName<T>(classType: ClassType<T>): string | undefined;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function getCollectionName<T>(classType: ClassType<T>): string | undefined;
/**
 * @hidden
 */
export declare function applyDefaultValues<T>(classType: ClassType<T>, value: {
    [name: string]: any;
}): object;