export interface DecodedRef {
    entity: string;
    /** PK values come back as strings; caller coerces back to number/etc. per metadata. */
    pkValues: string[];
}
export declare function encodeRef(entity: string, record: Record<string, unknown>, pkFields: string[]): string;
export declare function decodeRef(refString: string): DecodedRef;
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