/**
 * Functionality related to processing of arguments inside methods or elements
 *
 * @since 0.0.7-alpha7
 */
import { ExplicitNonLiteralArg, ExplicitUtamArgument, NonLiteralArgumentInternal, UtamArgument } from '@utam/types';
import { AstConfig, ElementMethodAst } from './class-body-generator';
export interface ElementReferenceAst {
    elementRefAst?: ElementMethodAst;
    elementArgs: ExplicitNonLiteralArg[];
}
/**
 * find and return element reference together with collected element args
 * if element was already "visited" (args already collected), return empty array of element args
 * @param elementName name of the element
 * @param argsTraversalContext args traversal, used to track visited elements
 * @param elementMethodsAst array of known element getters
 * @param args arguments associated with the element getters
 * @returns array of non literal args and reference to a getter method
 */
export declare function findElementRefWithCollectedArgs(elementName: string, argsTraversalContext?: ArgsTraversalContext, elementMethodsAst?: ElementMethodAst[], args?: UtamArgument[]): ElementReferenceAst;
export interface ArgsTraversalContext {
    visitedElements: Set<string>;
    visitedMethodArgsNames: Set<string>;
    methodArgs: NonLiteralArgumentInternal[];
    containersArgsCounter: number;
}
export declare function buildArgsTraversal(methodArgs?: NonLiteralArgumentInternal[]): ArgsTraversalContext;
interface ArgsTraversalOptions {
    deep?: boolean;
    excludeLiterals?: boolean;
}
/**
 * traverse args deep into predicates to collect ALL method parameters
 * @param validationContext context of validation
 * @param args declared args
 * @param astConfig context of the processed page object
 * @param options context to processed args
 * @returns array of explicit args
 */
export declare function traverseArguments<T extends UtamArgument>(validationContext: string, args: T[] | undefined, astConfig?: AstConfig, options?: ArgsTraversalOptions, context?: ArgsTraversalContext): Array<ExplicitUtamArgument<T>>;
export {};
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