import { SerializableOrElement } from './driver';
declare const SUPPORTED_LOCATOR_STRATEGIES: readonly ["css selector", "accessibility id", "-android uiautomator", "-ios class chain"];
/**
 * Mobile locator strategies aren't part of any standard (unlike WebDriver locator strategies).
 * We use the enumerated attributes found in the appium documentation that are also used in the WDIO codebase
 *
 * @see https://github.com/appium/appium-xcuitest-driver#element-location (class chain)
 * @see https://github.com/appium/appium-uiautomator2-driver#element-location (android uiautomator)
 * @see http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/finding-elements/index.html
 * @see http://appium.io/docs/en/commands/element/find-elements/index.html#selector-strategies
 */
type ByStrategies = (typeof SUPPORTED_LOCATOR_STRATEGIES)[number];
export interface ByClass {
    /** location strategies */
    using: ByStrategies;
    /** selector value */
    value: string;
    toString: () => string;
}
declare class By implements ByClass {
    using: ByStrategies;
    value: string;
    constructor(using: string, value: string);
    validateStrategy(using: string): ByStrategies;
    static accessibilityId(selector: string): By;
    static classChain(selector: string): By;
    static css(selector: string): By;
    static uiAutomator(selector: string): By;
    toString(): string;
}
declare function checkLocator(locator: By | ByClass | LocatorFunction | Record<string, string>): Locator | By;
type LocatorFunction = (...args: SerializableOrElement[]) => By;
type Locator = LocatorFunction | ByClass;
export { checkLocator, By };
export type { Locator };
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