import { ColumnMeta, RowData } from '@tanstack/react-table';
import { DataTableColumnDef } from './DataTable.types';
declare module '@tanstack/react-table' {
    interface ColumnMeta<TData extends RowData, TValue> {
        /** Logical horizontal alignment for the column's header and cell content. */
        align?: 'start' | 'end';
    }
}
/**
 * Arguments for {@link createBeamColumn}: a standard {@link DataTableColumnDef}
 * plus a top-level `align` convenience field.
 */
export type CreateBeamColumnArgs<TData extends RowData, TValue = unknown> = DataTableColumnDef<TData, TValue> & {
    /** Horizontal alignment; folded into `meta.align`. */
    align?: ColumnMeta<TData, TValue>['align'];
};
/**
 * Folds `align` into `meta.align` instead of introducing a new stored column
 * type. Pure authoring convenience with no runtime meaning of its own — a
 * hand-written `meta: { align: 'end' }` renders identically. Merges into an
 * existing `meta` rather than clobbering it.
 *
 * @param column - {@link CreateBeamColumnArgs}.
 * @returns A plain {@link DataTableColumnDef} with no top-level `align`.
 */
export declare function createBeamColumn<TData extends RowData, TValue = unknown>(column: CreateBeamColumnArgs<TData, TValue>): DataTableColumnDef<TData, TValue>;