import type { Field } from '../model/implementation/field.js';
import type { QueryNode } from '../query-tree/base.js';
import { VariableQueryNode } from '../query-tree/variables.js';
export interface CreateFieldNodeOptions {
    readonly skipNullFallbackForEntityExtensions?: boolean;
    readonly rootEntityVar?: VariableQueryNode;
    /**
     * If true, child entity fields use a TraversalQueryNode instead of a FieldQueryNode
     *
     * This is useful if it is expected that filtering, mapping, sorting etc. will be added because
     * TraversalQueryNode has native support for those and will be optimized better in the AQL generation.
     *
     * We do not always set this, because sometimes, a FieldQueryNode (with SafeListQueryNode)
     * can be recognized more easily by other optimizations like those of QuantifierFilterNode
     *
     * @default false
     */
    readonly preferTraversals?: boolean;
    /**
     * Call this on collect fields that traverse root entities to store a reference to the root entity in the stack
     */
    readonly registerRootNode?: (rootNode: QueryNode) => void;
}
export declare function createFieldNode(field: Field, sourceNode: QueryNode, options?: CreateFieldNodeOptions): QueryNode;