import { ApplicableAnnotation } from './controller';
/**
 * @see {@link Result}
 */
export interface ResultCtor<T> {
    ensure<T>(arg: Result<T> | T): Result<T>;
    new (argsOrResult: ApplicableAnnotation[] | any, result?: T): Result<T>;
    (argsOrResult: ApplicableAnnotation[] | any, result?: T): Result<T>;
}
/**
 * To return metadata and a result from a controller
 * @example
 * ```
 *
 * @Controller()
 * export class ExampleController {
 *
 *   @Get('/')
 *   index() {
 *     return Result([
 *       new Header('ETag', '"foobar"'),
 *       new Json()
 *     ], { foo: 'bar' });
 *   }
 * }
 *
 * // equivalent to
 *
 * @Controller()
 * export class ExampleController {
 *
 *   @Get('/')
 *   @Header('ETag', '"foobar"')
 *   @Json()
 *   index() {
 *     return { foo: 'bar' };
 *   }
 * }
 * ```
 */
export interface Result<T> {
    readonly args: ApplicableAnnotation[];
    readonly result: T;
}
export declare const Result: ResultCtor<any>;