import { ExceptionMessage } from '../exception/exception-message';
/**
 * Failure type should be used to transform Error objects into a plain transferable record.
 *
 * @since v0.3.0
 */
export interface Failure {
    readonly name: string;
    readonly message: ExceptionMessage;
    readonly chain: string[];
}
/**
 * Creates a {@linkcode Failure} from a given {@linkcode Error}.
 * When given an {@linkcode Exception}, unpacks its chain of previous {@linkcode Error|errors}.
 * Otherwise, {@linkcode Failure.chain} will have only the given `error`.
 *
 * @since v0.3.0
 */
export declare function failure(error: Error): Failure;