import type { MarkdownRef } from "./forms/FormDefinition";
export interface TokenInstance {
    end: number;
    start: number;
    token: string;
}
export interface TokenValues {
    [token: string]: string;
}
export declare function findTokenInstances(formatString: string | undefined): TokenInstance[];
/**
 * Gets a string representation of the supplied value.
 * @param token The name of the token being replaced.
 * @param value The value to replace the token.
 */
export declare function getTokenValueString(token: string, value: any): string;
export declare function replacePlaceholders(formatString: string, tokenInstances: TokenInstance[], tokenValues: TokenValues): MarkdownRef;
/**
 * Returns the value itself, or an empty string if the value is `null` or `undefined`.
 *
 * Care must be taken to handle two cases correctly:
 * 1) A "falsey" value such as zero should be preserved as it is still a legitimate value.
 * 2) Values of `undefined` and `null` must not be mistakenly interpreted to mean
 *    "the field name was invalid".
 * @param value A value to inspect.
 * @returns The value itself, or an empty string if the value is `null` or `undefined`.
 */
export declare function valueOrEmptyString(value: any): any;