import { MappedCliOptionDefinition } from '../options/option-models';
/**
 * Validates option metadata defined in the modules and commands within the execution path
 */
export declare class OptionsValidator {
    /**
     * Creates a new instance
     */
    constructor();
    /**
     * Validates option metadata for consistency and duplications, raising errors where inconsistencies are detected
     * @param definitions All option metadata for the execution path with the associated class containers
     */
    validate(definitions: MappedCliOptionDefinition[]): void;
    private validateAlias;
    /**
     * Ensures that no options container class as two options with the name and or alias
     * @param definitions All option metadata for the execution path with the associated class containers
     */
    private hasNoDuplicatesPerClass;
    /**
     * Ensures that the alias of one option does not conflict with the name of another, and vice-versa
     * @param definitions Option metadata for the execution path with the associated class containers
     */
    private duplicatesAreConsistent;
    /**
      * Ensures that in cases where two or more classes have options with the same or alias, there is sufficient overlap between the defintions so that
      * both options would be parsed in the same manner
      * @param definitions All option metadata for the execution path with the associated class containers
      * @param property1Name Display name for an error message on the first property
      * @param property1 Returns the first property
      * @param property2Name Display name for an error message on the alternate property
      * @param property2 Returns the alternate property
      */
    private checkForInconsistentDuplicates;
}