/// <reference types="node" />
import { Channel } from 'nerdbank-streams';
import { MessageConnection } from 'vscode-jsonrpc';
/**
 * Constructs a message connection to a given pipe
 * @param pipe The channel or duplex to use for communicating
 */
export declare function constructMessageConnection(pipe: Channel | NodeJS.ReadWriteStream, connectionFactory: (stream: NodeJS.ReadableStream & NodeJS.WritableStream) => MessageConnection): MessageConnection;
export declare function isReadWriteStream(object: any): object is NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
export declare function clone<T extends object>(obj: T): T;
export declare function isChannel(object: any): object is Channel;