import { EntityType, IEntity } from "./entity.type";
import { EntityMetadata } from "./entity-metadata";
import { Children, Collection, Reference } from "./navigations";
import { Primitive, DateTime, Complex, Instance } from "./locals";
/**
 * Define a class as a type of entity, describing all its cacheable, loadable and saveable properties.
 *
 * Property metadata can be defined by:
 * * using property decorators (e.g. @Property.PrimaryKey(), @Property.Reference())
 * * passing constructor arguments via this decorator
 *
 * Each entity type must have a primary key defined, and names/aliases must be unique across all properties.
 */
export declare function EntityClass(args?: Partial<EntityMetadata.CtorArgs>): (type: EntityType<any>) => void;
export declare function getEntityMetadata<T extends IEntity>(type: string | EntityType<T> | Function): EntityMetadata<T>;
export declare function isEntity(type: string | EntityType<any>): boolean;
export declare class Property {
    static Id(args?: Primitive.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
    static Primitive(args?: Primitive.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
    static Key(args?: Primitive.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
    static Date(args?: DateTime.CtorArgs): (type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<Date>) => void;
    static Complex(args?: Complex.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
    static Instance(args?: Instance.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
    static Reference(args: Reference.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
    static Children(args: Children.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
    static Collection(args: Collection.CtorArgs): <T>(type: Object, key: string, descriptor?: TypedPropertyDescriptor<T>) => void;
}