import { Operation, TestOperation } from './diff';
/**
Apply a 'application/json-patch+json'-type patch to an object.

`patch` *must* be an array of operations.

> Operation objects MUST have exactly one "op" member, whose value
> indicates the operation to perform.  Its value MUST be one of "add",
> "remove", "replace", "move", "copy", or "test"; other values are
> errors.

This method currently operates on the target object in-place.

Returns list of results, one for each operation.
  - `null` indicated success.
  - otherwise, the result will be an instance of one of the Error classe
    defined in errors.js.
*/
export declare function applyPatch(object: any, patch: any): any;
/**
Produce a 'application/json-patch+json'-type patch to get from one object to
another.

This does not alter `input` or `output` unless they have a property getter with
side-effects (which is not a good idea anyway).

Returns list of operations to perform on `input` to produce `output`.
*/
export declare function createPatch(input: any, output: any): Operation[];
/**
Produce an 'application/json-patch+json'-type list of tests, to verify that
existing values in an object are identical to the those captured at some
checkpoint (whenever this function is called).

This does not alter `input` or `output` unless they have a property getter with
side-effects (which is not a good idea anyway).

Returns list of test operations.
*/
export declare function createTests(input: any, patch: Operation[]): TestOperation[];