/**
 * Handle the raw text of a JSON response which may contain MSJSON style dates and
 * deserialize (JSON.parse) the data in a way that restores Date objects rather than
 * strings.
 *
 * MSJSON style dates are in the form:
 *
 *     "lastModified": "\/Date(1496158224000)\/"
 *
 * This format unnecessarily (but intentionally) escapes the "/" character. So the parsed
 * JSON will have no trace of the escape character (\).
 *
 * @param text The raw JSON text
 */
export declare function deserializeVssJsonObject<T>(text: string): T | null;