import { Constructor } from '../../util';
import { PolarisMicrocontrollerFactoryMetadata } from './polaris-microcontroller-factory-metadata';
import { PolarisTransformationMetadata } from './polaris-transformation-metadata';
/**
 * Provides utility methods for manipulating Polaris metadata using the Reflect API.
 */
export declare class PolarisMetadataUtils {
    /**
     * Gets the `PolarisTransformationMetadata` that has been applied to the constructor of the type `T`.
     *
     * @note The `PolarisTransformationMetadata` of a parent class is only considered if its `inheritable` property has been set to `true`.
     *
     * @returns The `PolarisTransformationMetadata` of the `target` object or `undefined` if `target` does not have this metadata.
     */
    static getPolarisTransformationMetadata<T>(target: T | Constructor<T>): PolarisTransformationMetadata<T>;
    /**
     * Sets the specified `PolarisTransformationMetadata` on the `target` object.
     */
    static setPolarisTransformationMetadata<T>(metadata: PolarisTransformationMetadata<T>, target: Constructor<T>): void;
    /**
     * Gets the `PolarisMicrocontrollerFactoryMetadata` that has been applied to the constructor of the type `T` or one of its parents.
     *
     * @returns The `PolarisMicrocontrollerFactoryMetadata` of the `target` object or one of its parents,
     * or `undefined` if the `target` type hierarchy does not have this metadata.
     */
    static getPolarisMicrocontrollerFactoryMetadata<T>(target: T | Constructor<T>): PolarisMicrocontrollerFactoryMetadata<T, any>;
    /**
     * Sets the specified `PolarisTransformationMetadata` on the `target` object.
     */
    static setPolarisMicrocontrollerFactoryMetadata<T>(metadata: PolarisMicrocontrollerFactoryMetadata<T, any>, target: Constructor<T>): void;
    /**
     * Gets the type that has been defined for the property `propertyKey` of the class `target` using
     * the `@PolarisType` decorator.
     *
     * If no type has been defined for the `target` class, the prototype hierarchy is traversed upwards.
     *
     * @returns The type that has been defined for the specified property or `undefined` if this information is not available.
     */
    static getPropertyPolarisType<T>(target: Constructor<T>, propertyKey: keyof T & string): Constructor<any>;
    /**
     * Sets the type that has been defined for the property `propertyKey` of the class `target` using
     * the `@PolarisType` decorator.
     */
    static setPropertyPolarisType<T>(target: Constructor<T>, propertyKey: keyof T & string, propertyType: Constructor<any>): void;
    private static coerceToConstructor;
    private static getPropertyMetadataKey;
}