import * as React from 'react';
import { TreeViewDefaultItemModelProperties, TreeViewValidItem } from "../models/index.js";
import { TreeViewPublicAPI } from "../internals/models/index.js";
import { RichTreeViewStore } from "../internals/RichTreeViewStore/index.js";
/**
 * Creates the ref to pass to the `apiRef` prop of the `RichTreeView` component.
 */
export declare function useRichTreeViewApiRef<R extends TreeViewValidItem<R> = TreeViewDefaultItemModelProperties>(): React.RefObject<TreeViewPublicAPI<RichTreeViewStore<R, boolean>> | undefined>;