/**
 * Port of RelationBuilder.php — generates Eloquent relation methods.
 */
interface RelationResult {
    method: string;
    imports: string[];
}
interface RelationContext {
    sourceTableName: string;
    targetTableName: string;
    /** Non-conventional physical table resolved from an explicit pivot schema.
     * Omitted when Laravel can infer the joining table from model basenames. */
    pivotTableName?: string;
    /** Property names declared on the explicit `kind: pivot` schema for
     * this M2M (e.g. `["position", "notes"]`). Surfaced in the generated
     * `belongsToMany()` chain via `->withPivot(...)` so consumers can
     * read those columns through the relation. Empty / undefined when
     * the user has not added custom columns to the pivot schema. */
    pivotProperties?: string[];
}
/** Build Eloquent relation method PHP code. */
export declare function buildRelation(propName: string, property: Record<string, unknown>, modelNamespace: string, context?: RelationContext): RelationResult | null;
/** Generate the table name Laravel's joiningTable() infers from model basenames. */
export declare function generatePivotTableName(sourceModel: string, targetModel: string): string;
/** Get the return type hint for a relation. */
export declare function getReturnType(relation: string): string;
/**
 * Build a chained `->orderBy('col', 'dir')` PHP fragment from an OrderByList.
 * Returns an empty string if no ordering is configured. Issue #40.
 */
export declare function formatOrderByChain(orderBy: unknown): string;
export {};