import { DomainObject } from './DomainObject';
export declare const MARK_AS_DOMAIN_LITERAL: unique symbol;
/**
 * In Domain Driven Design, a Literal (a.k.a. Value Object), is a type of Domain Object for which:
 * - properties are immutable
 *   - i.e., it represents some literal value which happens to have a structured object shape
 *   - i.e., if you change the value of any of its properties, it is a different literal
 * - identity does not matter
 *   - i.e., it is uniquely identifiable by its non-metadata properties
 *
 * The purpose of a Domain Literal is to represent distinct, literal values which happen to have a structured object shape
 *
 * For example,
 * - A `Address { street, city, state, country }` is a literal. Changing any of the properties, like `street`, produces a completely new address
 * - A `Geocode { latitude, longitude }` is a literal. Changing either property means you are dealing with a new geocode
 */
export declare class DomainLiteral<T extends Record<string, any>> extends DomainObject<T> {
    /**
     * DomainLiteral marker symbol for cross-version compatibility.
     *
     * Uses Symbol.for() to create a global symbol that works across different versions
     * of the domain-objects library. The value is the version string.
     */
    static readonly [MARK_AS_DOMAIN_LITERAL]: string;
    /**
     * `DomainLiteral.primary` defines the surrogate key of the domain.literal, utilized as the primary key in persistance
     *
     * for example,
     * - an `Address { uuid, ... }` is likely going to have a primary key of `uuid`
     *
     * ref
     * - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogate_key
     */
    static primary?: readonly [string];
}