/**
 * Represents a collection of documents in a document db.
 */
export interface IZDatabaseDocumentCollection {
    /**
     * The collection name.
     */
    name: string;
    /**
     * A list of left outer join targets.
     */
    join: Array<{
        target: string;
        local: string;
        foreign: string;
        as: string;
    }>;
}
/**
 * A builder that builds a collection for a document database.
 */
export declare class ZDatabaseDocumentCollectionBuilder {
    private _collection;
    /**
     * Initializes a new instance of this object.
     *
     * @param name -
     *        The name of the collection.
     */
    constructor(name: string);
    /**
     * Adds a left outer join to the collection.
     *
     * @param target -
     *        The target collection to join against.
     * @param local -
     *        The local field to match on.
     * @param foreign -
     *        The foreign field to match the local to.
     * @param as -
     *        The output property.
     *
     * @returns
     *        This object.
     */
    join(target: string, local: string, foreign: string, as: string): this;
    /**
     * Returns the built collection.
     *
     * @returns
     *        The built collection.
     */
    build(): IZDatabaseDocumentCollection;
}