/**
 * The base class for dealing with queries.
 */
export declare class QueryBase {
    selectProperties: string[];
    expandProperties: string[];
    constructor();
    /**
    * Selects which fields will be returned when querying the service.
    */
    select(...properties: string[]): QueryBase;
    /**
    * Selects which navigation properties will be returned when querying the service.
    */
    expand(...properties: string[]): QueryBase;
    protected validatePropertyPaths(propPaths: string[], allowNested?: boolean): void;
    protected clone(setter?: Function): any;
}