import { Model } from "../model";
import { SerialMeta } from "./base";
import { BaseRelationField, BaseRelationMeta, BaseRelationOptions } from "./base_relation";
import { BaseCollectionInterface, CollectionInterface } from './collection_interfaces';
export interface CollectionOptions<T, R> extends BaseRelationOptions<T, R> {
    indexBy?: keyof R;
    backingType?: 'Object' | 'Array' | 'Map' | 'Set' | typeof Object | typeof Array | typeof Map | typeof Set | typeof BaseCollectionInterface;
}
export declare class CollectionField<S extends Model<any, any>, R> extends BaseRelationField<{
    collectionInitialized: boolean;
    collectionInterface: BaseCollectionInterface<R>;
} & BaseRelationMeta, CollectionOptions<S, R>, S> {
    constructor(ctx: ClassMemberDecoratorContext, options?: CollectionOptions<S, R>);
    protected inInverseAction: boolean;
    protected getInterface(inst: S): BaseCollectionInterface<R>;
    protected getCollection(inst: S): any;
    protected assertInitialized(inst: S): any;
    protected iterateCollectionItems(inst: S): IterableIterator<R>;
    protected getCollectionInterfaceType(inst: S, given: any): CollectionInterface<R>;
    protected buildCollectionInterface(inst: S, given: any): BaseCollectionInterface<R>;
    protected setCollection(inst: S, coll: any): void;
    protected storeObject(inst: S, object: any, {}?: {}): void;
    protected unstoreObject(inst: S, object: any): void;
    offerObjectFromInverse(inst: S, object: any, inverseField: BaseRelationField<any, any, any>): void;
    removeObjectFromInverse(inst: S, object: any, inverseField: BaseRelationField<any, any, any>): void;
    access: ClassAccessorDecoratorTarget<any, any>;
    decorate(target: any, context: ClassMemberDecoratorContext): any;
    serialize(inst: S, object: any, meta: SerialMeta): void;
    deserialize(inst: S, object: any, meta: SerialMeta): void;
    attach(inst: S): void;
    detach(inst: S): void;
}
export type AnyCollectionField = CollectionField<any, any>;
export declare const collection: <R, T extends Model<any, any>>(options: CollectionOptions<T, R>) => (value: any, context: ClassAccessorDecoratorContext<T>) => any;