/**
 * This is about as close as we can get in Typescript
 */
export type AbstractConstructor<T> = Function & {
    prototype: T;
};
/**
 * Standard definition of a constructor.
 */
export type ClassConstructor<T> = new (...args: any[]) => T;
/**
 * Allow for implicit typing of constants and interfaces.
 * Inspired by Angular and some colleges at work.
 */
export declare class InjectionToken<T> {
    private id;
    constructor(id: string | symbol);
    get description(): string;
    toString(): string;
}
/**
 * Universal id that can be bound to a constant, class, or factories.
 */
export type InjectableId<T> = (string | symbol | AbstractConstructor<T> | ClassConstructor<T> | InjectionToken<T>) & {
    readonly description?: string;
};
/**
 * Retrieve instances previously bound to the specified InjectableId.
 */
export interface Injector {
    /**
     * Check to see if the existing InjectableId is known (aka has been bound).
     * Error callbacks may wish to know if a particular InjectableId is available.
     * Also the Container's bindXXX calls always overwrite any previous bindings, so you may want to use this as a gate.
     *
     * @param id    The id to check for.
     * @param ascending If true, this will search up the chain of parent containers (if they exist).  Default is false (only checks if the id is bound within this container).
     */
    isIdKnown<T>(id: InjectableId<T> | AbstractConstructor<T>, ascending?: boolean): boolean;
    /**
     * Return an instance of <T> previously bound to 'id'.
     *
     * @throws Error if the InjectableId was never registered, OR if there are unresolved asynchronous dependencies in the dependency tree for 'id'.
     */
    get<T>(id: InjectableId<T> | AbstractConstructor<T>): T;
    /**
     * awaits the asynchronous resolution of all dependencies in the tree for 'id'.
     */
    resolve<T>(id?: InjectableId<T> | AbstractConstructor<T>): Promise<T>;
}