import { IFeature, IPagination } from '@metad/contracts';
import { Repository } from 'typeorm';
import { CrudService } from '../core/crud/crud.service';
import { Feature } from './feature.entity';
export declare class FeatureService extends CrudService<Feature> {
    readonly featureRepository: Repository<Feature>;
    constructor(featureRepository: Repository<Feature>);
    /**
     * Retrieves top-level features (those with no parent) from the database. Allows specifying related entities
     * to be included in the result. Features are ordered by their creation time in ascending order.
     *
     * @param relations An array of strings indicating which related entities to include in the result.
     * @returns A promise resolving to a paginated response containing top-level IFeature objects.
     */
    getParentFeatures(relations?: string[]): Promise<IPagination<IFeature>>;
    seedDB(): Promise<void>;
}