import { type TokenCredential } from '@azure/identity';
import type { LoginMethod } from '../types/LoginMethod.js';
import type { TaskReporter } from '@ms-cloudpack/task-reporter';
import type EventEmitter from 'events';
import type { TelemetryClient } from '@ms-cloudpack/telemetry';
/**
 * Gets a credential for the given login method.
 * If the login method is 'azure-cli', it will return an AzureCliCredential.
 * Otherwise, it will return an InteractiveBrowserCredential or a DeviceCodeCredential with persistent token settings.
 * If an authentication record has never been saved before, it will authenticate the credential and save the authentication record.
 */
export declare function getCredential(options: {
    loginMethod: LoginMethod;
    cachePath: string;
    tenantId?: string;
}, context: {
    reporter: TaskReporter;
    azureLogger: EventEmitter;
    telemetryClient: TelemetryClient;
}): Promise<TokenCredential>;
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